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An iranian regime
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Armed with long range missiles and nuclear
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Weapons, would be a dire threat to every american.
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I will never allow the world's number one sponsor of terror,
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Which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon.
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Can't let that happen.
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If america enters this field militarily,
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The damage it will receive will be irreversible.
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The united states
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And its partners have launched operation epic fury.
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Iran's formerly supreme leader
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Is dead.
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Social media videos
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Show citizens celebrating in the streets
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After the death of khamenei was confirmed.
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One high ranking commander stated,
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We are preparing the largest operation in the country's
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History against us and israeli targets.
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We are facing an escalation with no return.
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Is this the start of a prolonged conflict with
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Global consequences?
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The death of khamenei marks a defining moment.
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What comes next is uncertain.
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Is this the spark that ignites be third world war?
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And is the death of one man the end of a threat,
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Or the beginning of a global catastrophe?
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So says the world press.
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They're talking about uncertain times.
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They're talking about the third world war.
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They're talking about catastrophe.
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What if it's something different?
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Then all three of those.
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We thought we would actually bring
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Reza soffer, who?
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How about inviting somebody that is a persian?
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How about bringing an iranian?
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How about bringing somebody that actually knows?
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And i'm going to actually say
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And prophetic, 2006.
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This is your book, reza, the coming
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Fall of islam in iran.
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And this is something that the lord told you
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About all those years ago, 20 years ago now. and,
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Your thoughts?
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We don't want to listen to the world media,
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Only we want to hear,
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First of all, what you're thinking
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And what the lord is saying through you.
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Well, first of all, it's such a joy to be with you guys
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Here in dallas
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And talk about what god is doing in the middle east.
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This is a pivotal time for the middle east
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And for what god is planning to do in the coming years
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Regarding the greatest harvest of the earth,
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The precious fruits of the earth, as james puts
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It, and muslims coming to christ and millions.
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I believe for the past 47 years,
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They salameh the government of the ayatollahs in iran
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Have put in practice the reality of the seventh century islam.
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And by doing that, people
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Have tasted the reality of that demonic religion.
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And i could strongly
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Say islam is dead in iran. wow.
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Islam is coming to die in the middle east.
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But god has started it with iran. wow.
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And that's just the beginning.
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So it's not uncertain.
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It's not world war three, and it's not catastrophe.
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We're starting to signal that we're seeing a revival
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That could break out in this part of the world
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As this regime comes to an end.
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You know, logically,
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Look at we have 8 billion people on the planet earth.
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If this was the end time, i would say god is a failure.
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Because the majority of the human being will go to hell.
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And so i believe what james says about the precious
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Fruits of the earth, the greatest revival
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That man has seen.
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We started seeing it in iran.
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And i believe it's kind of spread out
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Throughout the middle east.
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You know the middle east has always been the key.
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And so i believe this is an incredible time.
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This is the most exciting time of, of human of human race.
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How about christianity started in the middle east.
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How about that. right. okay. all right.
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So and judaism.
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So let's let's just do this.
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Let's let's make sure we know how we got here.
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Ready. watch this.
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For many viewers,
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The story of iran is more than just headlines.
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It's a nation with deep biblical roots,
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Ancient history, and a modern journey
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That continues to shape the world today.
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In the early 20th century, iran was ruled by the shah,
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A monarch who pushed the country toward rapid modernization
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And close ties with western nations.
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His reforms brought progress, but also growing frustration.
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Many iranians felt their traditions,
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Faith and identity were being overshadowed
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And that political freedoms were slipping away.
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By 1979, that tension reached a breaking point.
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Millions took to the streets
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In what became known as the islamic revolution.
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The shah fled the country, and ayatollah khomeini returned
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From exile to establish a new government built
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On islamic law and resistance to western influence.
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Overnight, iran shifted from a monarchy to a theocracy,
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A change that would reshape the middle east for generations.
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Just months later, anger toward the united states
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Erupted into the iranian hostage crisis.
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Under the leadership of ayatollah khomeini,
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Students stormed the u.s.
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Embassy in tehran, taking 52 americans
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Captive for 444 days.
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The crisis shocked the world and marked the beginning
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Of decades of mistrust between iran and the west.
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In the years that followed,
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Iran fought a devastating war with iraq,
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Strengthened its revolutionary guard,
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And expanded its influence across the region
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Through political, military, and religious alliances.
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Its nuclear ambitions and support for proxy groups
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Have kept tensions high, drawing global attention and concern.
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Today, iran stands in
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One of the most volatile moments since the islamic revolution.
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Recent strikes by the u.s.
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And israel
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Have dealt a seismic blow to the regime's leadership.
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Killing supreme leader ayatollah khamenei
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And several top commanders.
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Yet, even as many iranians hope to reclaim
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Their nation's future,
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The ruling regime has responded with renewed defiance,
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Pushing the region into a moment where the coming weeks
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May prove pivotal for the middle east.
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We are hearing on the news, reza,
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All sorts of reasons that this campaign is happening.
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You can take venezuela and the oil and the oil
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That is in iran,
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And you can start talking about pressurization on china.
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There's a whole bunch of geopolitical reasons for this,
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But the earth is the lord's
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And the fullness thereof, and all they that dwell therein.
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So god is in control of this situation,
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And you can signal, like the secular world
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And our opening peace, uncertainty,
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World war three catastrophe or the you know, you can either
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Look at it this way or you can see a opening
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And a renewal happening and a growth,
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Beginning to happen in the world.
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And i believe, that,
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Why sit and listen
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To the secular media when we have a holy spirit filled,
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Friend reza soffer,
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Who has been operating tbn najat
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Television for how many years now have we been doing?
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Najat.
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Well, we started 2003 in oklahoma.
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And then your dad saw what's happening.
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He said, reza, move out here in 2006.
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We started with tbn.
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That's been extremely important to what god is doing that
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That country.
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So that's all in farsi, in the army.
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And for 100% farsi.
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And we have been
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Speaking the name of jesus in that part of the world over.
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What satellite into that part of the world?
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A couple of satellites we're broadcasting now
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That covers all of iran, all of afghanistan,
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All of middle east, actually, and all of europe.
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Yeah.
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So iranians
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And afghanis and tajik people that speak farsi
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See us everywhere that live in europe or in the middle east.
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Okay.
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Why don't we
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Forget what the secular news media is saying for a moment
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And listen to what god is saying about this moment?
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But it it it i think it bears,
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Speaking about where you come from.
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Okay.
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And you can have, you know,
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This person that understands geopolitics.
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You can have that person on a news channel,
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But when you have somebody, they can hear
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From the holy spirit and, can speak to us, but
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Begin, start at the beginning with you were,
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You were a pretty tough, pretty tough dude back then.
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I remember being about 14, 15 years old when you started
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Hearing the word ayatollah. yeah.
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And and so i was aware of that.
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I was aware of the hostages.
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I was aware that president reagan, just before he came,
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They let those people because they
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They knew that president reagan
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Would probably do something about it.
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But those were the times when you,
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My sweet brother, were you were a bad guy.
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I was a radical muslim.
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That's true.
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You know, if you look at the
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History of mankind, you see the various movement
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Have come to surface for one purpose,
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For god to expose.
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Yeah.
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Like go back to fascism, go back to the time of communism.
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You see that?
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When fascism rose, a whole bunch of leaders rose in 19.
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You know, i grew up in iran as a my father
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Was a radical muslim scholar and a writer.
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And so as far back as i can remember, my dad forced me to do
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Islamic law.
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I had to do my prayer in arabic.
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And persians don't speak arabic.
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And so i had to learn that prayer by heart,
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Not understanding what i'm saying, and repeated five times
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Through a series of customs washing, standing, bending,
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Going down on my forehead and blah blah blah.
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I fasted the month of ramadan, 30 days.
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My mom say, well, just drink a little bit water.
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It's okay because i was six years old.
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I go, mom, i cannot because the law says
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No drinking as long as the sun is up.
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Thank god i got saved. when i got to sweden.
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I lived in sweden for eight years north of sweden.
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Sun doesn't set for six month.
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Wow. that's why there are no muslims up there.
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You know, in the realm of the.
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And so i practiced the best way i could know how.
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But a muslim has no confidence in salvation.
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Because no matter how much good i do, is that enough.
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How have i done?
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As a matter of fact,
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Muhammad's wife asked him to forgive her sin.
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She said, i'm not sure whether my sins are forgiven.
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How can i forgive your sins?
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Wow. so that's the prophet.
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And she had muslim know that.
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And we all were aware of that.
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My work is not good enough.
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And so you do more thorough law, which is an arabic word.
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Oftentimes the koran talks about means
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Striving for the cause of a law.
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And that's what radicalism come from, all these, islamists
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That want to kill other people and fight for islam.
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And so it was until i came to
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Sweden and met two swedish missionaries.
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The swedish culture at that time was very close culture.
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So i was the outside of the culture.
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But these guys took me in, loved on me,
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Took me to their bible study, fed me
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And i thought, this is very interesting.
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I'm interested in what whatever they have to say.
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In reality, i wasn't i was still radical,
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But they gave me a bible in persian
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And i started reading the bible for the first time in my life.
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I read a script of god that i could understand
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In my native language. goodness.
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That's why faith comes by hearing
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And hearing the word of god.
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And so after six month of reading, and i
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And i have to remind you that i read day
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And night because i was zealous for god.
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And i have to say this thing that i'm really
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Jealous of muslims having a zeal for god,
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That i haven't seen it quite a bit in the christian faith.
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Part of
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It is because we take it for granted the love of god.
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But anyhow,
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Confusion began in my heart.
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And so one night i said, i reasoned with thought.
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The bible said, let's come together. and reason.
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I reasoned with god.
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I said,
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You know, from my childhood i was told muhammad is the way.
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Muhammad is the last of the prophet, the final religion.
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Everyone has to convert to islam.
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Now i hear that jesus is the son of god,
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Which i do not understand what that means,
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Because the muslim believe that god married
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Mary and jesus was born.
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But i said, i said, i heard that in the bible,
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This is you are alive. are you?
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Are you god? are you alive?
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If you are, you should hear my prayer.
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And so if the supreme god
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Coming to my room right now and i'll give you my life.
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So i challenged him.
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This is the summertime in sweden.
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The sun sets about,
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I would say about,
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Ten, 11, 12:00 at night, mid-summer.
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And then he rises about 330.
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So i went to bed, woke up at 3:00 to do my prayer
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As i sat on my bed trying to wake up,
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I heard the voice of god married for the first time in my life.
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After all those years of praying and fasting,
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Beating myself with chains
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As a shiite muslim, never heard anything supernatural here.
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I prayed one prayer to jesus and i heard his voice.
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It was internal,
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But it was as though somebody like you talking to him. wow.
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And he had a perfect persian accent.
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He called me just the way my mom used to call me.
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He goes, reza, you don't need to pray like this anymore.
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Your sins are forgiven you.
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And it wasn't so much what i heard that impacted me,
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What i felt.
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I felt that all of that guilt throughout the years
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That i'd been terry was lifted from my soul.
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I really felt like i was born anew.
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I experienced the born again.
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And so i put my head back on that pillow
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And slept like a baby.
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And i have been ever since.
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And so that was.
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But that was the beginning of my trial, my faith in christ.
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Can you help our audience understand something?
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We hear tons of narratives on the news,
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But a lot of the christians
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Maybe don't understand here that are watching
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That persians
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And the persian empire are not muslims.
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Okay. and so back up a little bit.
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Let's go back, in fact, to 680.
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Right.
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And tell us the story of your people
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And what happened that kind of even predates
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Our little how we got here segment.
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We just did,
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You got to go back to 680 for this to make a ton of sense.
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You know, after muhammad's death,
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In, in, 632, the islamic movement,
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Expanded through the caliphate, and they came to iran
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And they massacred tens of thousands of people
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And enforce the islamic law upon the land.
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There's several books written on it.
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Really sad to read this book.
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What the the arab forces did to to the persian culture.
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Burn all their books.
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Burn entire library of books.
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Persian were famous in their architectural
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In, in in art, poetry and so on and so forth.
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And so it was by force.
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You either had to die or become a muslim.
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And so islam and the shia islam came to iran.
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And so iran became a shiite force.
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She had country.
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And, of course, during the, the after world war one,
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The shah's father tried to secularized iran,
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Taking away the
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Hijab, the, the covering and so many other things.
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Public prayers were forbidden, so on, so forth.
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And of course, with his son coming to power,
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Muhammad is a sharp.
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Then he tried to really modernize iran
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And turn it into a almost like a western state.
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And this is when this is, this is in 19.
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I think he the cia brought him back because there was a coup.
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He was, sent to exile.
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He was brought back,
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If i'm not mistaken, in 1950, somewhere in the 50s.
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And then he was to power in power until 1979,
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When revolution took place.
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So the shia muslim
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Faith
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Took over in iran forced its way.
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It was basically convert to islam or die.
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Correct.
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And this all happened.
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So for centuries, you were in essence held captive.
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They had we had this one era of time
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In the early 20th century, where some freedoms i remember
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People referring to iran as the paris of the middle east.
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Right.
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And it was free and open.
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And, you know, are american movie stars were vacationing
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And the women were so beautiful and stylish, stylish
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And all of that.
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And what happened, did did that regime overplay its hand?
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In some ways?
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What happened for the muslim
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Upper upheaval again, that caused,
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What is looking like it's coming to an end again,
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You know, in actually in the year i left iran, 1978,
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There were 50,000 americans in tehran.
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In my city alone.
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And so iran was extremely open.
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We used to say, iran is the 51st state of the united states.
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And so what happened was that the communism
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From north came in, by a has by, party called to their party
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And communism was a threat to the existence
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Of the shah's regime. right.
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And so shah started forbidding these guys, imprisoning them,
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Torturing them.
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And that was the beginning of an uprising,
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Almost like we saw pre-world war one.
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Europe, the czars were overthrown.
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Here it comes.
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Communism was spreading.
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Okay.
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And so khomeini was one of the main opposer of the shah
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Because it was his relationship with the states.
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And so shah put him in exile
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And first to iraq and later to paris.
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And he started
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Sending these on cassette tapes, old cassette tapes,
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Speeches about the shah and the corruption of the show.
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And that was the beginning of a movement.
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As a matter of fact, my dad used to take me
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When i was a little kid,
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Take me to these meetings with ayatollahs, reading the koran.
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These are underground meetings.
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Nobody knew about him
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Reading the koran and talking about khomeini's speeches.
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Okay, so then 47 years later, modern time,
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Then it's almost like the underground
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Christian church is having secret meetings
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And then and literally were watching things happen
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And what it feels like we will even discuss
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A little bit more is that, you know, what we're seeing in 2026.
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Here is the beginning of what could be
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The greatest revival we've seen in our generation.
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Our pastor, gary zamora, had a thought,
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In service recently, and i wanted to play this quick clip.
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Jesus said something one time.
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He said, seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness.
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And then he also said.
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When you pray, pray my kingdom come.
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Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.
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The kingdom of god is growing up out of the earth
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Just like god said it would.
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He said,
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The kingdom of god is within you,
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And we are the planting of the lord.
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And god has planted us in this earth.
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He has chose this place
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To watch his kingdom and faith in who christ is.
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Grow up out of it, just like in a garden.
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And when seed begins to break soil,
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A lot of changes happen around the seed.
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A lot of things happen in the earth.
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The conflict in iran right now
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Is seed literally growing up out of the earth.
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I want to encourage you don't fear
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Jesus is lord over all the nations.
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He's lord over all the earth.
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But seed is growing up and change is coming.
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I don't have a message to tell you
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That this is the end of time.
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What i feel is this is the beginning of a new day.
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This is a new season.
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And the word says that another parable
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Where jesus is talking and he said that wheat and tares
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Begin to grow up
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Out of the field simultaneously at the same time.
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And the servant came and said, should we rip the tares out?
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And so the wheat can grow?
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And jesus said, no, let them grow together.
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I'll take care of the harvest.
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The one courage you god, is taking care of the harvest.
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Listen,
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He never promised that he was going to end all these wars.
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But what the lord has promised us is that he would finish
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What he has started.
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And that's exactly what god is doing today.
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Even in the midst of all this conflict.
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Remember,
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He is not
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Only ordering our steps,
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But he is ordering the steps of the nations
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And he is still lord.
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To the glory of god is what gary just said was
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A 2026 version of what you wrote 20 years ago in this book,
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The coming fall of islam and iran.
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And inside this book, you're declaring the fall of islam.
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You saw that 20 years ago.
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In the book, what do you say
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Comes after the fall of islam and your great revival?
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So what gary just prophesied and was speaking about,
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You wrote about 20 years ago, where did this book come from?
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Actually, origin story in.
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Great question, by the way.
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1990 i lived in sweden, was co pastoring
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With one of the largest churches in that country, traveled
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Around the world mass crusade in unreached areas 1990.
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The lord spoke to me.
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He said, give your hubs to the church,
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Pack your bag, move to america.
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A great revivals coming.
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You got to get ready.
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And so it's a it's a it's a beautiful story.
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I was i was i said, lord, i'm married.
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You get to talk to her as well.
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This is, this is our first house, you know.
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And so the following day my pastor
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Said, let's go have lunch.
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We're going to chinese restaurant.
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And he was a man of prayer and a man of faith.
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Pastor bruce betts is eating that, and i'm eating.
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The lord spoke to me again.
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He said, if you give your house
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To the church, i'll bless you in advance.
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So we finish.
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I'm not saying anything to him.
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The church was in a very financial crisis.
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There were almost about to lose the church.
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So we're going back to the church.
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It's about 100 yards. he goes, come with me, my pastor.
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I go, where are we going?
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He goes across the street to the bank,
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Write a check for 60,000 swedish kronor and hands it to me.
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I go, what is this for?
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Because the lord just spoke to me. he'd never.
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I've served him for four years, never giving me any money.
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He goes, the lord spoke to me to give this to you.
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And so i did.
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What exactly the lord
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Told me came to america, i started praying,
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I prayed for two years, day and night, fasted
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Most of the time, and one day i was in my.
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I started church and back in oklahoma, in tulsa,
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Oklahoma, i was on my knees praying.
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Saturday night and the lord,
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You know, i went to
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I usually go on my knees and pray what the lord wants me
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To say the following day with the church,
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I heard the lord said to me.
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He said, you are going to be on television in iran shortly.
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And a great movie is coming.
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And, in my prayer, in my mind, i'm thinking,
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I know tv, it's too expensive.
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I don't have the money. i'm rob
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And i argue with the lord.
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I'm not the right person for tv.
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I don't have that charisma that needs to be on tv.
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And i'm arguing with him.
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And i said, okay, finally, if you want me to do it,
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I'll do it if you provide the money.
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And so i come out on myself.
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It was 7:00. i went on my knees,
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And when i came to myself, it was 11:00 at night.
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I thought i was in my prayer for 20 minutes max.
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My knees were numb.
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I was in that situation for four hours.
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And an incredible miracle happened
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When i was in philadelphia preaching in a church,
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A little charismatic church.
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The lord came to my room.
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I usually when i have healing services, i prayed for this
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As long as eight hours just in tongues.
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So i started at 8:00 in the morning praying that meeting.
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About 12:00 the lord walked into my room.
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I felt his presence.
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He says, tonight a man is coming, giving you.
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Is it okay to tell these stories?
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This is this is interesting for what's happening, he said.
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A man is coming to the meeting and giving you a $90,000.
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You have two upcoming crusades in india.
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Pay $50,000, the $45,000 you get to buy tv equipment
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And you start broadcasting into iran.
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And i again, me with the persian mind arguing nonstop.
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I go, lord, i'm preaching this
00:26:41.056 --> 00:26:42.824
Charismatic church and pentecostal church.
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If they give me $1,500 after service, i'd be tap dancing.
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There's no way 95.
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So i'm arguing and i came to my son, the lord.
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Forgive me whatever you say.
00:26:52.167 --> 00:26:54.035
So i go to the service
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And the lord was there a blind person that ms.
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For 40 years received her sight member
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Of my wife's family's presbyterian church.
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They couldn't believe this happened. anyhow.
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And, they took the offering.
00:27:09.184 --> 00:27:11.286
The pastor said, you take the offense.
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I'm not going to take the offering. you take the offer.
00:27:12.754 --> 00:27:14.522
So he took the offering for a ministry.
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I went home and,
00:27:16.458 --> 00:27:19.561
I started countered with one of our,
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Director of our network.
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And so i'm counting the money.
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There were $1,700 in the cash and checks.
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I go, i told you, lord.
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But then i found a note.
00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:34.109
A man said, i'm sending you $90,000
00:27:34.109 --> 00:27:37.378
This coming week from my account.
00:27:37.378 --> 00:27:39.748
I'm funny.
00:27:39.748 --> 00:27:40.949
He sent me two different checks.
00:27:40.949 --> 00:27:43.151
Exactly one for $45,000, one for 50.
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It was amazing.
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And so i did the two crusades in india, and then the $45,000.
00:27:49.090 --> 00:27:53.962
One of our church member had tv equipment, bought it from him.
00:27:53.962 --> 00:27:56.865
I would put the camera there, go push the button behind,
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Sit in front of it, and teaching farsi about jesus.
00:28:00.935 --> 00:28:03.905
The first broadcast that went out,
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I was on a secular satellite station,
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Basically in california.
00:28:07.575 --> 00:28:08.643
I didn't even know that
00:28:08.643 --> 00:28:09.811
There are such a thing as a satellite broadcast.
00:28:09.811 --> 00:28:12.847
So i'm waiting in my office before i go to district
00:28:12.847 --> 00:28:15.850
Church service.
00:28:15.850 --> 00:28:16.985
10:00 in the morning, i hear a call from from iran.
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I answer it, guy goes, i want to accept jesus.
00:28:19.621 --> 00:28:21.823
They just saw the program.
00:28:21.823 --> 00:28:22.857
Another call comes in.
00:28:22.857 --> 00:28:24.125
Another call comes, and i was half an hour on the phone call.
00:28:24.125 --> 00:28:27.595
I said i got to go to the service that week.
00:28:27.595 --> 00:28:29.731
I had to add three more lines to our phone.
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And just hundreds and hundreds of call people accepting jesus.
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And then your dad heard about this, and,
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Two years later, he said, come out here to visit.
00:28:41.442 --> 00:28:44.312
You know, i knocked on every possible door.
00:28:44.312 --> 00:28:46.815
I needed $1 million to start this network.
00:28:46.815 --> 00:28:49.617
I couldn't raise more than $200,000.
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I said, lord, i told you, i'm not the right person. and
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Through another
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Miracle, through ben ferro,
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I was watching, i was listening, i was in my woodshop
00:29:01.262 --> 00:29:03.998
Listening to radio, and i heard ben farrell.
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The lord said to me, go talk to this man.
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I called the radio station.
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I said, i need the number to this man.
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I called him up.
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I said, ben, this is reza safa.
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He goes, what? i go, reza safa.
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He goes, i've been looking for you for two years.
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Oh, wow.
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And ben ferro contacted the former,
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Director, don't remember his name here.
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And then send him.
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What's happening?
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Send the news of what's happening.
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Talk to your dad.
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That called me. came out here. i thought to myself.
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Lord, help me to good at pitch for him on this.
00:29:34.295 --> 00:29:38.366
I called harold british and i said, harold, i'm
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A little nervous to go and sit.
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Doctor kraft, would you come with me?
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So he came from san diego.
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We came into the office.
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Your dad was late. he had a dentist appointment.
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He walked in.
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He sat on this chair.
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The first thing he goes to me, he goes, rosa.
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He called me rosa.
00:29:54.182 --> 00:29:55.650
When can we start this network?
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Wow. i go, lord, is it this easy?
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Really?
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And that was just the beginning of a tremendous move
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That have been reza 2005, i believe it was 2005.
00:30:03.458 --> 00:30:07.862
So for 20 years, tbn has been working with you
00:30:07.862 --> 00:30:13.134
In the farsi language and doing programing into farsi.
00:30:13.134 --> 00:30:17.805
And a lot of it's done right there in southern california.
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I'm going to ask you a question.
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I have to say this, folks, tbn
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Is sent of god.
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You i mean, you two.
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I love you guys so much for the sake of the gospel.
00:30:28.816 --> 00:30:33.121
Because, listen, i was a muslim and i was so hungry for god
00:30:33.121 --> 00:30:37.158
And never heard that.
00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:38.826
What the gospel is the answer for the middle east.
00:30:38.826 --> 00:30:42.630
And tbn has been the key element in god,
00:30:42.630 --> 00:30:46.701
Using it to broadcast over the kingdoms of this world
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Shall become a part of his christ.
00:30:50.772 --> 00:30:53.041
Amen.
00:30:53.041 --> 00:30:54.075
Thank you so much for what you guys have done.
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Praise god!
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Okay,
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This is a question between me and matt
00:30:58.046 --> 00:30:59.681
Because on our little cards, we have 77 million
00:30:59.681 --> 00:31:02.850
People have access to tv nejat in iran alone.
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Now, is that through the air?
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Because everyone is about 100 million down.
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Yeah. oh yeah.
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And then we have tajikistan and afghanistan
00:31:14.262 --> 00:31:16.397
As well, but 120 million altogether.
00:31:16.397 --> 00:31:18.399
But in the farsi language.
00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.801
And that's what i love about tbn
00:31:19.801 --> 00:31:21.135
Is that not all the i mean, do you carry the praise program?
00:31:21.135 --> 00:31:24.939
We do actually.
00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.740
So you you translators translate it,
00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:28.242
But most of your program is in first.
00:31:28.242 --> 00:31:30.511
Everything is in farsi, right?
00:31:30.511 --> 00:31:32.413
We love that.
00:31:32.413 --> 00:31:33.481
It's voiceover translating in with subtitles.
00:31:33.481 --> 00:31:37.652
It is all it indigenous programing in essence or that's
00:31:37.652 --> 00:31:42.390
What we are 80% of it. yeah.
00:31:42.390 --> 00:31:44.225
You know we have various broadcasters that are on tbn.
00:31:44.225 --> 00:31:46.794
We also broadcast their teaching voiceover in farsi.
00:31:46.794 --> 00:31:50.031
Yeah. okay. and so many of,
00:31:50.031 --> 00:31:52.467
Of the people around the world are we've,
00:31:53.301 --> 00:31:56.471
We've heard over the last decade or two about these visions
00:31:56.471 --> 00:32:01.743
And jesus showing up to muslim. yes.
00:32:01.743 --> 00:32:05.146
And these dreams and these visions
00:32:05.146 --> 00:32:06.948
That people have, we've heard that for
00:32:06.948 --> 00:32:08.916
For years and years and years.
00:32:08.916 --> 00:32:10.451
And that's what's happening.
00:32:10.451 --> 00:32:11.753
I love what's happening right now, you know, through the
00:32:11.753 --> 00:32:15.089
Through the horror of of war and strife, god
00:32:15.089 --> 00:32:19.160
Is doing something new.
00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:22.096
There is a revival which is a resurrection.
00:32:22.096 --> 00:32:25.933
And i think it's so funny that, when you talk about,
00:32:25.933 --> 00:32:31.572
The ayatollah and all of them coming
00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:34.642
And taking the identity of the persians, well, it's
00:32:34.642 --> 00:32:37.845
What the enemy has always wanted is to take the identity of who
00:32:37.845 --> 00:32:42.016
We are. yeah. away from us. right.
00:32:42.016 --> 00:32:44.519
And and i think that the, the freedom
00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:47.789
That people are feeling all around the world
00:32:47.789 --> 00:32:50.992
As persians, as iranians is just amazing.
00:32:50.992 --> 00:32:54.328
And i heard, i did hear on the news
00:32:54.328 --> 00:32:55.830
A while ago that only like 10 or 20%
00:32:55.830 --> 00:32:58.399
Of the people in iran even believe in the ayatollah
00:32:58.399 --> 00:33:02.403
Or that regime happening in the other percent.
00:33:02.403 --> 00:33:05.940
It's a small percentage compared to that.
00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:08.142
But again, what you said a while ago,
00:33:08.142 --> 00:33:10.278
These people are willing to die for their faith. yes.
00:33:10.278 --> 00:33:13.247
And they've got that zeal
00:33:13.247 --> 00:33:15.116
Because they don't know salvation.
00:33:15.116 --> 00:33:16.751
No, they don't know the truth. they don't know the truth.
00:33:16.751 --> 00:33:19.587
Let me let me say this.
00:33:19.587 --> 00:33:21.022
20 years ago, reza, you saw this day,
00:33:21.022 --> 00:33:26.861
I think
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The i'm not sure the exact date on the clip
00:33:28.062 --> 00:33:31.065
We're going to go to from kim coleman, i think it was 215. so,
00:33:31.065 --> 00:33:35.770
20 years ago, you wrote this book,
00:33:36.537 --> 00:33:39.974
The fall of islam in iran.
00:33:39.974 --> 00:33:42.243
You see revival.
00:33:42.243 --> 00:33:44.378
So 2026 is signaling revival, not the end.
00:33:44.378 --> 00:33:48.282
Correct? right.
00:33:48.282 --> 00:33:49.317
Kim clement, ten years ago ish, 11 years ago,
00:33:49.317 --> 00:33:52.620
Said, this way you will not be stopped.
00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:55.423
He will not be silenced by these that have tried
00:33:53.654 --> 00:33:58.626
To silence them in the middle east.
00:33:58.626 --> 00:34:02.330
So i saw these massive events being planned
00:34:02.330 --> 00:34:04.332
By god and his holy spirit.
00:34:04.332 --> 00:34:06.567
This preservation
00:34:06.567 --> 00:34:08.136
And the time for it has extended into the middle east
00:34:08.136 --> 00:34:11.572
And especially for god's people in iran.
00:34:11.572 --> 00:34:13.774
Jimmy, this is a prophetic thing
00:34:13.774 --> 00:34:16.477
Where a massive shaking is going to take place in iran.
00:34:16.477 --> 00:34:20.548
Now, it may sound obvious.
00:34:20.548 --> 00:34:21.983
No, no, no no, this is something god ordained.
00:34:21.983 --> 00:34:25.052
This is not something obama ordained.
00:34:25.052 --> 00:34:28.656
This is not something america ordained.
00:34:28.656 --> 00:34:31.692
This is something god has ordained.
00:34:31.692 --> 00:34:35.129
A massive shaking in iran,
00:34:35.129 --> 00:34:37.532
Which will reveal god's absolute displeasure
00:34:37.532 --> 00:34:41.002
With iran and the fact that is presently taking place.
00:34:41.002 --> 00:34:44.906
And the result will be hundreds of thousands of christians will
00:34:44.906 --> 00:34:48.576
Be freed
00:34:48.576 --> 00:34:49.977
In iran.
00:34:50.244 --> 00:34:51.179
Amen. signaling a revival.
00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:53.781
You saw it 20 years ago.
00:34:53.781 --> 00:34:55.550
Kim saw it 11 years ago.
00:34:55.550 --> 00:34:58.019
Gary preached it last sunday.
00:34:58.019 --> 00:35:01.088
And that's what our message is to the world, that
00:35:01.088 --> 00:35:04.759
This time is signaling an unbelievable mass revival.
00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:10.798
This is the beginning of something.
00:35:10.798 --> 00:35:12.500
This isn't the end of it. this is the beginning.
00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:15.469
Okay,
00:35:15.469 --> 00:35:18.206
Look, get reza's, book,
00:35:18.206 --> 00:35:22.543
Please.
00:35:22.777 --> 00:35:23.844
You know, this is just it's kind of the, you know,
00:35:23.844 --> 00:35:27.281
It is the roadmap for what we believe is happening.
00:35:27.281 --> 00:35:31.519
And reza, your other book, inside islam exposing
00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:35.189
And reaching the world of islam, this is another book that
00:35:35.189 --> 00:35:38.960
You've written.
00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:40.061
And just go to the website and the information
00:35:40.061 --> 00:35:42.997
Is on the screen.
00:35:42.997 --> 00:35:44.165
They can get it on amazon as well.
00:35:44.165 --> 00:35:45.866
Sure. yeah.
00:35:45.866 --> 00:35:47.034
That little company amazon, i've heard of that one. so
00:35:47.034 --> 00:35:51.072
Help us help our audience
00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:55.176
Understand the inner workings.
00:35:55.776 --> 00:35:58.946
You know what's going on?
00:35:58.946 --> 00:36:01.015
A lot of prognostication goes on on the secular news.
00:36:01.015 --> 00:36:06.020
You were doing, a news hit this morning
00:36:06.020 --> 00:36:10.157
And the news anchor said to you, i've never heard any of this.
00:36:10.157 --> 00:36:14.262
Okay, give our audience
00:36:14.262 --> 00:36:15.963
Some things that they're going to go, man,
00:36:15.963 --> 00:36:17.965
I didn't hear that on any news channel anywhere in the world.
00:36:17.965 --> 00:36:21.002
I heard it right here from reza.
00:36:21.002 --> 00:36:23.437
You know, when the revolution took place,
00:36:23.437 --> 00:36:26.207
Right after the revolution,
00:36:26.207 --> 00:36:27.975
A year after they had that war with iraq and khomeini,
00:36:27.975 --> 00:36:32.246
The main leader, first realize that they have
00:36:32.246 --> 00:36:35.283
To fasten their cords into the ground strongly,
00:36:35.283 --> 00:36:39.053
So they came up with this idea of irgc,
00:36:39.053 --> 00:36:42.290
The what we call him, step off the revolutionary guard.
00:36:43.357 --> 00:36:47.561
Irgc began to,
00:36:47.895 --> 00:36:51.232
Entrench
00:36:51.499 --> 00:36:52.333
Itself in every aspect of that society
00:36:52.333 --> 00:36:55.636
Because usually in a dictatorship,
00:36:55.636 --> 00:36:57.938
You have a militia group protecting the dictator
00:36:57.938 --> 00:37:02.276
And the elites and their main task is the protection.
00:37:02.276 --> 00:37:06.113
Right? irgc went beyond that.
00:37:06.113 --> 00:37:08.749
They started taking over the economical pieces
00:37:08.749 --> 00:37:11.786
Of the country.
00:37:12.153 --> 00:37:13.054
They branched out many,
00:37:13.054 --> 00:37:15.589
Because all the sanction against the iranian government
00:37:15.589 --> 00:37:18.926
From the west.
00:37:18.926 --> 00:37:20.127
So all your you started building these companies
00:37:20.127 --> 00:37:23.798
In canada, in america,
00:37:23.798 --> 00:37:26.667
In europe by individuals, many of which we exposed
00:37:26.667 --> 00:37:31.572
To the u.s government because one of our top,
00:37:31.572 --> 00:37:36.010
Ministers of the government became a christian
00:37:36.977 --> 00:37:39.847
And exposed all of that, another story.
00:37:39.847 --> 00:37:43.551
But, so they began to
00:37:43.551 --> 00:37:46.987
Spread their roots out throughout the entire country.
00:37:46.987 --> 00:37:50.825
And together with the army,
00:37:50.825 --> 00:37:52.426
They changed all the leaders of the army.
00:37:52.426 --> 00:37:54.462
They put in place all the irgc people, highly,
00:37:54.462 --> 00:37:58.532
Highly pro the government, very radical group of people.
00:37:58.532 --> 00:38:03.771
And then they started expanding to another group called basij.
00:38:03.771 --> 00:38:07.007
And then they took over the military, the army,
00:38:07.007 --> 00:38:10.478
As so they are.
00:38:10.845 --> 00:38:11.979
So rooted in the ground
00:38:11.979 --> 00:38:14.982
And with their coercive mindset,
00:38:14.982 --> 00:38:18.319
Brute brutality that they have shown to the iranian people,
00:38:19.453 --> 00:38:23.157
They are fastened to that land and part of it.
00:38:23.157 --> 00:38:27.027
Again, we're talking about it.
00:38:27.027 --> 00:38:29.597
This is all orchestrated by god, not his will,
00:38:29.597 --> 00:38:32.800
But orchestrated it for one purpose.
00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:35.936
The soul of muslims, 1.8 billion muslims on the planet
00:38:35.936 --> 00:38:40.241
Earth by then becoming harsher and harder.
00:38:40.241 --> 00:38:44.378
People tasted the islamic sharia law,
00:38:44.378 --> 00:38:48.449
The islamic sharia law is absolute of fresh.
00:38:48.449 --> 00:38:52.319
I give you one example.
00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:54.188
I was in dubai out at night eating.
00:38:54.188 --> 00:38:57.925
And here's a woman completely covered in dark
00:38:57.925 --> 00:39:01.996
And has a net over her face.
00:39:02.596 --> 00:39:04.398
She's eating spaghetti
00:39:04.398 --> 00:39:06.667
And so she raises this net over her face.
00:39:06.667 --> 00:39:10.337
You can see anything raises this net every time she puts it.
00:39:10.337 --> 00:39:14.842
A group of spaghetti in her mouth
00:39:15.576 --> 00:39:17.978
And that stuff is running all over the place.
00:39:17.978 --> 00:39:20.281
The man is sitting there, looks like he's in his pajamas
00:39:20.281 --> 00:39:23.751
And he's breathing.
00:39:23.751 --> 00:39:26.387
It broke my heart when i saw it.
00:39:26.387 --> 00:39:27.988
I broke my heart.
00:39:27.988 --> 00:39:29.290
I said, god, the gospel needs to penetrate these people. yes.
00:39:29.290 --> 00:39:33.494
And so god wanted them to taste.
00:39:33.494 --> 00:39:36.497
Now he's allowing the taliban to taste it.
00:39:36.497 --> 00:39:39.633
When america went to iraq, to afghanistan,
00:39:39.633 --> 00:39:42.636
I said, that's the major mistake.
00:39:42.636 --> 00:39:44.738
America will be defeated because it's not god's timing,
00:39:44.738 --> 00:39:48.108
Because they have to taste the reality of taliban. wow.
00:39:48.108 --> 00:39:51.545
So that they rejected so that they say
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They spewed out of their system.
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Once they see the truth, the truth has to be revealed.
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And so i believe that.
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And so i'm questioning whether it's their time to go,
00:40:04.492 --> 00:40:07.528
Whether god is done
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Show the fullness of the evilness of this religion.
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If it happens,
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I rejoice because people are craving for freedom.
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If it doesn't, i know god has got a tremendous, tremendous
00:40:18.839 --> 00:40:23.544
Move ahead
00:40:23.844 --> 00:40:25.379
For muslims
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As well as the jews, because a strong nuclear
00:40:26.714 --> 00:40:30.284
Iran is a threat to the existence of the jews.
00:40:30.284 --> 00:40:33.821
And the bible says that and doesn't come until they started
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Saying, blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord.
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So i believe this is just the beginning of
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It has already started
00:40:44.198 --> 00:40:46.734
Of a great move of god.
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What were you aware of happening
00:40:48.269 --> 00:40:52.239
Amongst the christian church in iran?
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Even before this
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Obvious,
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New thing that's happened with the with the bombing
00:41:01.348 --> 00:41:04.151
And the u.s.
00:41:04.151 --> 00:41:04.919
Participation, what was happening
00:41:04.919 --> 00:41:06.554
Even prior to that with the christian church,
00:41:06.554 --> 00:41:08.656
Well before revolution, there were only 500 believers in iran.
00:41:08.656 --> 00:41:12.560
You imagine.
00:41:12.893 --> 00:41:14.795
And there were churches, you know, in several cities,
00:41:14.795 --> 00:41:17.364
But very small.
00:41:17.364 --> 00:41:18.532
And most of them were armenians.
00:41:18.532 --> 00:41:20.668
So after revolution, ten years into the revolution, when that
00:41:20.668 --> 00:41:24.471
Movie started, you know, the move of god is started.
00:41:24.471 --> 00:41:27.374
Now we're talking about possibly millions of believers in iran,
00:41:27.374 --> 00:41:30.644
Right after we start here.
00:41:31.211 --> 00:41:32.947
By what year now? we started 2000.
00:41:32.947 --> 00:41:35.783
The movement has started about 2003.
00:41:35.783 --> 00:41:38.385
The move of god was supernatural miracles.
00:41:38.385 --> 00:41:41.288
People seeing jesus in person, in a vision or in a dream,
00:41:41.288 --> 00:41:45.426
A miracle of new testament type of miracle taking place in you
00:41:45.426 --> 00:41:49.563
Talking more than 20 years ago, a sovereign god started work.
00:41:49.563 --> 00:41:54.101
Outpouring of god. okay, go ahead.
00:41:54.101 --> 00:41:56.036
And then the first year we started to broadcast,
00:41:56.036 --> 00:41:59.340
I started 100 underground churches in various cities
00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:02.843
In tehran, in iran.
00:42:02.843 --> 00:42:04.645
And of course, most of them were lost to persecution
00:42:04.645 --> 00:42:07.114
And many of them are sitting in prison now.
00:42:07.114 --> 00:42:09.917
But, so
00:42:10.150 --> 00:42:12.286
Possibly now, i would say thousands of underground groups,
00:42:12.286 --> 00:42:15.522
Small groups, 20, 30, 15, even with persecution.
00:42:15.522 --> 00:42:19.593
And, i just talked to one person the other day,
00:42:20.494 --> 00:42:24.264
A couple of weeks ago,
00:42:24.264 --> 00:42:25.733
He said, pastor, i want you to greet some of
00:42:25.733 --> 00:42:28.135
Some of our group people.
00:42:28.135 --> 00:42:29.803
I thought it was he and his family.
00:42:29.803 --> 00:42:31.338
And here in the room, there were 30 people
00:42:31.338 --> 00:42:33.741
There all just coming to the phone, loving on me,
00:42:33.741 --> 00:42:36.744
Sending their kisses.
00:42:36.744 --> 00:42:37.811
And you know,
00:42:37.811 --> 00:42:39.079
I go, it's amazing what god is doing in that light.
00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:41.949
And so somehow, even under persecution, people have a dish
00:42:41.949 --> 00:42:45.886
On the top of their apartment building or their building.
00:42:45.886 --> 00:42:49.023
And inasmuch as the revolutionary guard
00:42:49.023 --> 00:42:51.925
Would sometimes raid those buildings
00:42:51.925 --> 00:42:54.361
And throw the satellite dishes off or destroy them,
00:42:54.361 --> 00:42:57.698
I remember you telling a story of
00:42:57.698 --> 00:43:00.167
It was almost like as soon as the revolutionary guard
00:43:00.167 --> 00:43:03.404
Were throwing the satellite dishes
00:43:03.404 --> 00:43:04.705
Off this side of the building,
00:43:04.705 --> 00:43:05.739
Somebody had a rope and was pulling another one
00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:07.608
Up on the other side of the building. yeah.
00:43:07.608 --> 00:43:09.276
And and it was just not going to ever get snuffed out.
00:43:09.276 --> 00:43:13.414
The the gospel was penetrating through satellite.
00:43:13.414 --> 00:43:16.650
And you're getting the proof of that with phone calls
00:43:16.650 --> 00:43:20.988
And letters and communications, emails, that kind of stuff.
00:43:20.988 --> 00:43:23.691
Text, social media, social media and,
00:43:23.691 --> 00:43:27.161
Inside of this era,
00:43:27.628 --> 00:43:31.265
What have you heard?
00:43:31.732 --> 00:43:33.067
Even in the last few days at the beginning of this
00:43:33.067 --> 00:43:36.003
Brand new campaign?
00:43:36.003 --> 00:43:37.771
Well, you know, everybody's in the street dancing, rejoicing.
00:43:37.771 --> 00:43:42.876
Everybody says trump is our our savior.
00:43:42.876 --> 00:43:47.748
The joy, the heart, the craving for freedom.
00:43:47.748 --> 00:43:50.617
It's unspeakable in the hearts of these people.
00:43:50.617 --> 00:43:54.021
Almost every believer calls me pastor.
00:43:54.021 --> 00:43:57.191
Will this government go?
00:43:57.191 --> 00:43:59.126
Will we have freedom in this country?
00:43:59.126 --> 00:44:01.662
Will we be able to have our own church services
00:44:01.662 --> 00:44:04.465
And sing our own songs without being afraid?
00:44:04.465 --> 00:44:07.301
The neighbors are going to hear us and report us.
00:44:07.301 --> 00:44:09.636
So there is a tremendous hunger in the hearts of millions
00:44:09.636 --> 00:44:12.873
Of people today for freedom in that land.
00:44:12.873 --> 00:44:15.976
You see the fall of islam.
00:44:15.976 --> 00:44:19.046
You see that you wrote about it 20 years ago in this book.
00:44:19.046 --> 00:44:23.283
Do you think this is the time for that?
00:44:23.283 --> 00:44:26.386
I'm not sure.
00:44:26.754 --> 00:44:28.722
You talking about islam or the government going.
00:44:28.722 --> 00:44:31.091
Yeah, the government is going. this regime, islam is dead.
00:44:31.091 --> 00:44:33.393
Islam has fallen.
00:44:33.393 --> 00:44:34.728
Even the people that you see
00:44:34.728 --> 00:44:36.096
In the streets now, pro-government demonstrations,
00:44:36.096 --> 00:44:39.867
In reality, they don't really believe in it
00:44:39.867 --> 00:44:42.069
Because some of the elites
00:44:42.069 --> 00:44:43.704
Within the government, the kids are out here
00:44:43.704 --> 00:44:46.206
Living in canada,
00:44:46.206 --> 00:44:47.341
In america, in luxury and in just, you know, partying.
00:44:47.341 --> 00:44:51.545
And we've seen many of it.
00:44:51.545 --> 00:44:53.647
So even those who go out there for the regime,
00:44:53.647 --> 00:44:56.583
They don't believe in it.
00:44:56.583 --> 00:44:57.785
Islam has died in the hearts of the majority of the people.
00:44:57.785 --> 00:45:01.121
That's a very provocative thing to say.
00:45:01.121 --> 00:45:03.190
Reza, and i like that.
00:45:03.190 --> 00:45:05.125
I like a little controversy.
00:45:05.125 --> 00:45:06.593
I always, always like a little bit controversy.
00:45:06.593 --> 00:45:09.496
You're saying that islam, as a religion in iran is dead.
00:45:09.496 --> 00:45:15.602
Is dead.
00:45:15.602 --> 00:45:16.236
It took over and 680
00:45:16.236 --> 00:45:19.106
It had a time where it largely got kind of
00:45:19.106 --> 00:45:21.708
Kicked out a little bit, but it came back with a vengeance.
00:45:21.708 --> 00:45:25.012
And for the last 47 years, it's been sharia law
00:45:25.012 --> 00:45:29.049
Or die virtually. right.
00:45:29.049 --> 00:45:31.752
So you're declaring islam is dead in iran?
00:45:31.752 --> 00:45:35.289
Absolutely. okay.
00:45:35.289 --> 00:45:36.390
So that leaves then what are they all fighting for?
00:45:36.390 --> 00:45:40.060
If they're if if they if if you're right
00:45:40.060 --> 00:45:43.730
And islam is dead,
00:45:44.164 --> 00:45:46.567
Then are they just trying to stay gripped on to power?
00:45:46.567 --> 00:45:50.571
What what are we what are we talking about here?
00:45:50.571 --> 00:45:52.105
You know, the iranian government today.
00:45:52.105 --> 00:45:54.141
I even doubt
00:45:54.141 --> 00:45:56.076
Even the top ranking ayatollahs, whether they have faith
00:45:56.076 --> 00:45:59.146
In islam.
00:45:59.146 --> 00:46:00.147
Wow. i really doubt that because i've spoken
00:46:00.147 --> 00:46:02.850
With somebody who told us who who became a believer.
00:46:02.850 --> 00:46:05.252
Five i us became believer through tbn a job.
00:46:05.252 --> 00:46:08.622
Well, one of them called me.
00:46:08.622 --> 00:46:09.923
He said, for two years we listened to you,
00:46:09.923 --> 00:46:12.593
We hated you, but we listened to you.
00:46:12.593 --> 00:46:14.895
We loved what you talked about.
00:46:14.895 --> 00:46:16.396
God, my sister, who thought i'm mentally crazy,
00:46:16.396 --> 00:46:19.867
Married to a minister of the government.
00:46:19.867 --> 00:46:22.402
She told me one day she resisted me so much
00:46:22.402 --> 00:46:24.872
In the beginning with fast and pray day and night.
00:46:24.872 --> 00:46:28.275
She said to me, one that i cannot live
00:46:28.275 --> 00:46:30.344
Without your teachings.
00:46:30.344 --> 00:46:31.879
My goodness, she told me, and this is absolute truth.
00:46:31.879 --> 00:46:34.748
She said, the knowledge that you have of god
00:46:34.748 --> 00:46:38.018
And the way they compare is to the your little nail, said
00:46:38.018 --> 00:46:41.889
The ayatollah,
00:46:41.889 --> 00:46:43.123
You know, don't have that much knowledge about god and people.
00:46:43.123 --> 00:46:46.426
People realize that because what light does,
00:46:46.426 --> 00:46:50.197
Light takes away darkness without any battle involved.
00:46:50.197 --> 00:46:53.533
Yeah, the truth is so strong.
00:46:53.533 --> 00:46:55.936
All i have to do it, just preach it.
00:46:55.936 --> 00:46:58.772
Nothing. yeah.
00:46:58.772 --> 00:46:59.673
I don't need to add any spices to it.
00:46:59.673 --> 00:47:01.508
I don't need to raise my voice.
00:47:01.508 --> 00:47:03.443
I don't need no organ playing the background.
00:47:03.443 --> 00:47:05.946
I don't need to jump around the church back and forth.
00:47:05.946 --> 00:47:08.582
All i have to do just.
00:47:08.582 --> 00:47:10.417
This is what the lord told me years ago when i was crusading
00:47:10.417 --> 00:47:13.687
In muslim areas.
00:47:13.687 --> 00:47:14.955
He goes, you speak what i tell you what the bible says.
00:47:14.955 --> 00:47:18.792
Don't add anything to it.
00:47:18.792 --> 00:47:20.227
I will show them who i am.
00:47:20.227 --> 00:47:22.029
Beautiful.
00:47:22.029 --> 00:47:23.063
So my job, my task is to tell the truth as it is,
00:47:23.063 --> 00:47:25.899
And you shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
00:47:25.899 --> 00:47:28.669
Well, you have been a part of tbn so long
00:47:28.669 --> 00:47:31.805
You would have remembered stationary.
00:47:31.805 --> 00:47:33.907
Remember back in the day when you had a typewriter
00:47:33.907 --> 00:47:36.109
In your stationary at the bottom of our station?
00:47:36.109 --> 00:47:38.812
I you know
00:47:38.812 --> 00:47:39.980
The scripture that my dad placed there 53 years ago and i
00:47:39.980 --> 00:47:44.151
If i be lifted up, i'll draw all men onto myself.
00:47:44.151 --> 00:47:47.888
Amen.
00:47:47.888 --> 00:47:48.755
So, reza, you're living proof of that.
00:47:48.755 --> 00:47:52.359
You're not yelling, running, screaming.
00:47:52.359 --> 00:47:54.861
You don't have organs fancy behind you.
00:47:54.861 --> 00:47:57.130
You're not doing any of that.
00:47:57.130 --> 00:47:58.699
You're simply lifting up jesus.
00:47:58.699 --> 00:48:01.201
Amen. and then guess what?
00:48:01.201 --> 00:48:02.169
He takes on the responsibility to draw people.
00:48:02.169 --> 00:48:04.972
It's not even our responsibility to draw is to lift him up.
00:48:04.972 --> 00:48:08.175
That's what i usually just switch of the
00:48:08.175 --> 00:48:09.876
Is it
00:48:09.876 --> 00:48:10.410
The darkness of things
00:48:10.410 --> 00:48:11.545
That is just such a beautiful thing and we're, we're,
00:48:11.545 --> 00:48:15.215
We're we're simply declaring the goodness of who god is.
00:48:15.215 --> 00:48:19.119
And when light comes into you,
00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:21.788
When, when the holy spirit in filled you.
00:48:21.788 --> 00:48:24.958
Okay.
00:48:24.958 --> 00:48:26.159
All you had to do is speak about his goodness and his love.
00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:30.564
Because what i remember
00:48:30.564 --> 00:48:32.065
About your testimony is you were deathly afraid of dying
00:48:32.065 --> 00:48:36.803
Because you didn't know if you had been good enough.
00:48:36.803 --> 00:48:40.273
Isn't that what isn't that your competition?
00:48:40.273 --> 00:48:43.310
That's the sense with it
00:48:43.844 --> 00:48:45.112
All muslims, all muslims, that just are not doing enough
00:48:45.112 --> 00:48:48.849
To be forgiven and to have eternal life.
00:48:48.849 --> 00:48:50.984
Because what you impacted me years ago with your testimony,
00:48:50.984 --> 00:48:54.855
Reza, is you would say, there i am a young man,
00:48:54.855 --> 00:48:59.359
And from the outward appearance i'm doing everything right.
00:48:59.359 --> 00:49:02.863
But as i'm going down
00:49:03.363 --> 00:49:05.799
And actually reciting
00:49:05.799 --> 00:49:07.501
The prayers in a language that i didn't really even speak,
00:49:07.501 --> 00:49:11.471
I had to learn enough to say my prayers.
00:49:11.471 --> 00:49:13.840
You were wondering on the inside.
00:49:14.574 --> 00:49:17.677
Yeah.
00:49:17.677 --> 00:49:18.745
You know, am i really thinking about the right thing?
00:49:18.745 --> 00:49:20.714
Am i really?
00:49:20.714 --> 00:49:21.882
See, so the inward side of who you were, the outward side
00:49:21.882 --> 00:49:25.786
Said you were a different thing,
00:49:25.786 --> 00:49:27.287
Beautiful and muslim that believed it.
00:49:27.287 --> 00:49:29.556
And on the inside you had no idea
00:49:29.556 --> 00:49:31.758
Whether you were good enough. yeah.
00:49:31.758 --> 00:49:33.160
And you lived in fear because of it? yeah.
00:49:33.160 --> 00:49:35.729
Jesus filled you up.
00:49:35.729 --> 00:49:37.064
When he pours through you, they sense that.
00:49:37.064 --> 00:49:40.267
And apparently you have more knowledge
00:49:40.267 --> 00:49:43.236
About god than the mullahs have in their little pinkies.
00:49:43.236 --> 00:49:47.240
You know that, like i said,
00:49:47.841 --> 00:49:49.976
And this is the case with all muslims and
00:49:49.976 --> 00:49:53.713
And everyone, if not muslims, hindus, buddhists.
00:49:53.713 --> 00:49:57.150
Sure.
00:49:57.150 --> 00:49:58.151
That lack of confidence in god, lack of that.
00:49:58.151 --> 00:50:01.988
I'm good enough.
00:50:01.988 --> 00:50:03.390
That's why there's so many theories
00:50:03.390 --> 00:50:04.891
On, oh, we're going to come back.
00:50:04.891 --> 00:50:06.426
We're going to die, we're going to reincarnate,
00:50:06.426 --> 00:50:08.228
We're going to do this and that.
00:50:08.228 --> 00:50:09.596
So there is that comfort as he who has the son first.
00:50:09.596 --> 00:50:13.467
John 512, he has eternal life.
00:50:13.467 --> 00:50:16.369
And that's the confidence that we have before the father.
00:50:17.504 --> 00:50:20.574
And that's the only founding christianity.
00:50:20.574 --> 00:50:23.076
It does.
00:50:23.076 --> 00:50:23.710
It doesn't exist in islam.
00:50:23.710 --> 00:50:26.079
In just a couple of minutes, i'm going to ask pastor
00:50:26.079 --> 00:50:29.049
Gary to kind of close in prayer.
00:50:29.049 --> 00:50:31.017
And i want to, talk about your book again
00:50:31.017 --> 00:50:34.454
20 years ago.
00:50:34.821 --> 00:50:37.924
You wrote this book,
00:50:37.924 --> 00:50:40.360
And you basically felt the lord tell you to write this.
00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:45.665
Okay.
00:50:45.665 --> 00:50:46.366
So the fall of islam in iran,
00:50:46.366 --> 00:50:49.636
20 years later, this is this has been this has been,
00:50:49.636 --> 00:50:54.207
Let's say, prophetic for 20 years now.
00:50:54.207 --> 00:50:56.610
It's becoming a reality.
00:50:56.610 --> 00:50:58.645
We pray 100%.
00:50:58.645 --> 00:51:01.214
It becomes a reality
00:51:01.214 --> 00:51:02.349
And that the regime falls and the people are free.
00:51:02.349 --> 00:51:04.885
Okay.
00:51:04.885 --> 00:51:05.685
For, for for a revival to happen.
00:51:05.685 --> 00:51:07.988
But let's be clear in the last couple of minutes,
00:51:07.988 --> 00:51:11.491
You're seem to be signaling
00:51:12.092 --> 00:51:15.128
Your bold statement was islam is dead in iran. yes.
00:51:15.128 --> 00:51:20.267
Very few people really believe it.
00:51:20.267 --> 00:51:21.968
They're doubting it. okay.
00:51:21.968 --> 00:51:23.970
So all they're really trying to hold on to his power money.
00:51:23.970 --> 00:51:27.707
Lots of oil there. right?
00:51:27.707 --> 00:51:29.075
Okay,
00:51:29.075 --> 00:51:29.976
So they're trying to hold on to power,
00:51:29.976 --> 00:51:32.245
But we're signaling the greatest revival is upon us
00:51:32.245 --> 00:51:36.249
In the last minute.
00:51:36.249 --> 00:51:37.150
Just take the final last,
00:51:37.150 --> 00:51:39.452
Two minutes and give me your final thoughts here.
00:51:39.452 --> 00:51:42.322
I'll.
00:51:42.322 --> 00:51:43.223
I just want to say to all the believers
00:51:43.223 --> 00:51:44.558
That are watching us that, you know, when, when,
00:51:44.558 --> 00:51:48.428
When is the time of harvest god send out workers.
00:51:48.428 --> 00:51:52.299
And i want to say that
00:51:52.766 --> 00:51:54.568
All this stuff that has been happening in the middle east
00:51:54.568 --> 00:51:57.904
Is god say it's time for the islamic world.
00:51:57.904 --> 00:52:01.474
And i believe islam is the last frontier.
00:52:01.474 --> 00:52:04.544
And i believe that churches need to concentrate
00:52:04.544 --> 00:52:07.814
In the middle east.
00:52:08.281 --> 00:52:09.482
One of the greatest need we have today is lack of pastors.
00:52:09.482 --> 00:52:13.720
And once the doors open, there's so many churches with
00:52:13.720 --> 00:52:17.157
People that are leading and without experience
00:52:17.157 --> 00:52:19.492
And knowledge of the bible.
00:52:19.492 --> 00:52:21.194
So i, i encourage everyone get involved
00:52:21.194 --> 00:52:24.130
With what's happening in the middle east today.
00:52:24.130 --> 00:52:26.333
It's god's will for these last days.
00:52:26.333 --> 00:52:29.236
It's god's will for this great revival that is coming our way.
00:52:29.236 --> 00:52:36.810
Go ahead.
00:52:37.110 --> 00:52:37.644
The cross of christ
00:52:37.644 --> 00:52:39.946
That's, you know,
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Justice and mercy had to take place for our sins.
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And there is a cross that jesus died on so that we don't.
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So that because we knew we couldn't,
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We couldn't do it on our own, there had to be a savior
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Come and die for us, and to take all this sin
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So that the pressure of being good enough
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Or being to to bad, to be able to receive the goodness of god,
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That's what the
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The blood of jesus did for us and the grace of christ.
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And i just believe this is a beautiful new day.
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And reza, we love you.
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We thank you. appreciate you.
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Let me so proud of, tbn and enjoy it.
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And the timing of of what it means.
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Right.
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Let me go out by quoting you.
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Islam is dead.
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Islam is dead in iran, and it will soon be in all over
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Middle east. thank you.
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Jesus.
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I know that you're not going to hear that a lot of
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What we got to say
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Islam is dead in iran.
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Pastor gary, take this out. prayer, please.
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I'd like to pray
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With everyone today in regards to what's going on
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And what god is doing and what is going to be done.
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So if you join me today, father, we thank you in jesus
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Mighty name, in the name of our savior,
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That you're always with us,
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That you keep us, that you lead and you guide us.
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And you really made it easy.
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We make it complicated.
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You made it easy.
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You said trust in the lord
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And he'll direct our steps.
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So, lord, i pray for everyone.
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I pray for comfort and god i pray in jesus mighty name.
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Today you would comfort the hearts of the brokenhearted,
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Set the captive free.
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Lord, lead the people out of their prisons,
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Whether it's in their minds or literally, physically and god,
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Bring a light of truth and joy and hope into the nations.
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Father, i give you praise and thank you.
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And i see that you are bringing down
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Every high and lofty place, just as you said you would.
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You're bringing lo those things that exalt themselves
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Against the knowledge of who you are,
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And yet at the same time raising up those people
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That have been bowed low and that have been surrendered
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To you, god and your glory is increasing in degree.
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So, lord, be glorified in your earth,
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For the kingdom of god is at hand.
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And father, we know that you are lord at all times.
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Even though we walk through the
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Valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil
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Because you are with us
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And god, we praise you that you're ever god,
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Ever powerful, ever present,
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Ever, lord, and ever with us.
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In jesus name.
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Reza Safa: The Coming Fall of Islam in Iran | Praise

March 2, 2026 | 55:29

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