From wars and rumors of war abroad, to the rise of anti-Christian, "woke" ideology here at home, it’s clear that Americans are living in perilous and unprecedented times. Some would even say that we’re witnessing biblical prophecy unfold in real time. Stakelbeck Tonight will make sense of these stunning developments through a bold and biblical lens.
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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: A Biblical Perspective of Israel | Stakelbeck Tonight | July 31, 2025
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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- I'm erick stakelbeck,
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- And the two state delusion lives on.
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- It seems that western so-called leaders just can't let go
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- Of their obsession to establish a palestinian state.
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- And they could care less what israel thinks about it.
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- Even though the state
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- Could only be created by taking land away from israel,
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- Including half of jerusalem
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- And large chunks of the biblical heartland,
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- Judea and samaria, israel, which is the size of the
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- State of new jersey, would be shrunk down to roughly
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- The size of delaware or rhode island.
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- Those are some pretty insecure borders when you're surrounded
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- By radical islamic enemies that want to kill you.
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- But again, the weak woke governments
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- In much of the western world just don't seem to care.
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- The october 7th massacre,
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- In which thousands of palestinian civilians joined
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- Hamas in invading israel and maiming and butchering
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- 1200 innocent people women, children, the elderly.
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- It apparently isn't registering because in the past few days
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- We've seen france, great britain and canada all declare
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- That they are going
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- To recognize a palestinian state this september at the u.n.
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- General assembly in new york.
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- Germany and australia also said this week
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- That a palestinian state needs to happen.
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- They say the two state solution is the only way
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- To a lasting middle east peace.
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- The un secretary general
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- Summed up the reasoning behind this two state delusion.
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- Watch.
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- The only realistic, just and sustainable
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- Solution is two states israel and palestine,
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- Living side by side in peace and security
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- Within secure and recognized borders
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- On the basis of the three 90s 1967 lines,
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- With jerusalem as the capital of both.
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- In line with international law,
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- Un resolutions and other relevant agreements.
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- Folks, it's almost become a zombie
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- Like mantra for these people.
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- October 7th had no effect on them.
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- The fact that the palestinians voted hamas into power
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- No effect.
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- The fact that both hamas and the palestinian authority
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- Still refuse to even recognize israel's right to exist.
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- No big deal.
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- And oh, those 50 hostages that hamas still holds
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- In captivity in gaza. move along.
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- Nothing to see here.
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- Repeat after me in your best zombie voice.
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- Must have palestinian state.
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- Thankfully, there is one western leader
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- Who isn't siding with the zombies,
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- And who has the common sense and moral clarity to know
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- That rewarding the palestinians with a state
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- Would be exactly that. take a look.
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- Is there?
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- At least that's all the rhetoric.
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- Israel bound to come to some sort of long term solution.
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- Well, you could make the case that you're rewarding people
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- That you know, you're rewarding hamas if you do that.
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- That i don't think they should be rewarded. so.
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- I'm not in that camp, to be honest.
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- If we'll let you know where we are.
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- But i am not in that camp.
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- Yes. if you do that, you really are rewarding abbas.
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- And i'm not about to do that.
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- Amen.
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- And here's the good news.
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- Trump once again has leverage in this situation,
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- And he's shown he's not afraid to use it.
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- He wrote on truth social yesterday quote wow.
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- Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood
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- For palestine.
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- That will make it very hard for us
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- To make a trade deal with them.
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- Oh, canada.
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- Trump then followed up today with another healthy dose
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- Of common sense, writing the fastest way
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- To end the humanitarian crisis in gaza
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- Is for hamas to surrender and release the hostages.
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- Thank you, mr. president.
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- Folks, we've got a modern day winston churchill and trump
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- Surrounded by groveling neville chamberlain
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- And other western capitals.
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- That's the current state of the west.
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- So what does that mean for israel, america and the church?
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- And is revival at the doorstep?
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- Doctor jack graham is here with powerful insights
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- Straight from god's word. next.
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- As the
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- World turns increasingly against israel,
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- The stakes for people of faith have never been higher.
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- With international pressure mounting, nations like canada,
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- The uk and france are preparing to recognize
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- A palestinian state, all while hamas still holds hostages
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- And israel is still fighting for its very survival.
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- What does all of this mean for the church,
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- For america, and for christians around the world?
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- Joining us now is our good friend, pastor jack
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- Graham, senior pastor of preston wood baptist church.
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- Host of the bible in the year podcast
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- And one of the most
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- Influential voices in the global church today.
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- Pastor jack, always great to see you.
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- Great to see you.
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- Thanks for. having me. of course.
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- And you and i were talking before we started off
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- Camera and saying, man, we are living in some monumental times.
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- And we've got two great leaders, president trump obviously
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- In dc, bibi netanyahu in israel, and yet israel right now,
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- Pastor jack bearing the brunt from other western nations.
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- I mean, we're talking canada, britain, france
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- Declaring unilaterally whether israel likes it or not,
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- That they're going to declare a palestinian state.
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- What do you make of this? and this is, again,
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- These are supposed to be friends of israel.
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- Exactly.
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- Well, there is a subtle and sometimes not so subtle,
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- Anti-semitism in the world.
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- And we shouldn't be surprised by this,
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- Because the bible tells us that the people of israel will
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- Be scattered and they will be persecuted.
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- And so it, in one sense, is not surprising
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- That we're seeing the world
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- At some level, turning against israel
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- In spite of the fact that god has promised to bless those
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- Who bless israel and curse those who curse israel.
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- The secret of america is,
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- In our faith, in the foundations of our faith.
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- And a part of that
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- Has been our support of israel, especially in recent years.
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- And so i'm concerned.
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- I'm concerned when i see european nations and others,
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- Some in this nation, in america,
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- Not standing with the biblical worldview.
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- We at our church, we talk a lot about biblical worldview,
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- Which is to see the world through the lens of scripture.
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- And if you start making decisions and and and if you,
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- Are a person who lives by what's going on around you,
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- You're going to be confused, double minded in every way.
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- But if you if you know your bible
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- And you understand what the bible is saying
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- About israel, about the state of the world
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- In any generation,
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- Then you won't be living,
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- In fear, but you'll be living with your faith intact.
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- Yeah. and you know your bible very well, pastor jack graham.
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- Do you think this is sort of a wheat and tares kind of moment?
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- We see these nations lining up against israel.
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- It seems that israel, in god's prophetic plan,
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- Is really a dividing line of sorts.
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- Do you kind of see that lining up that way?
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- And again, these are western nations.
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- You'd expect more, perhaps,
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- But this is kind of post-christian europe.
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- It is.
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- And so in europe, you have a situation where,
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- Once again, since the second world war
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- And the holocaust, you have jewish people
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- That are very concerned about their future.
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- And if they're going to be, you know, supported.
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- And in america, we see some of the same thing
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- With the protests on the college campuses and some political,
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- Figures and others supporting the palestinian movement,
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- Which in effect is in support of terrorism.
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- Not every palestinian is a terrorist.
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- Of course we know that.
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- But the fact is that these terrorists,
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- Hamas and others,
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- Are part of the palestinian movement in the world.
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- And so when you're supporting a movement that is anti-god
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- And anti-christ and anti-jewish, then you're supporting
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- Something that is destructive at every level.
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- We see the false narrative,
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- The palestinian narrative, israel's
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- Intentionally starving the palestinians, etc..
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- Not true, not true.
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- But it's been stunning to me to see portions of the church
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- Pick up that narrative and run with it.
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- And even in the conservative movement,
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- What do you make of this growth of what
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- We would call replacement theology?
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- God's done with israel
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- Jewish people, it seems like a dangerous moment.
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- I reject replacement theology totally and completely,
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- Because god keeps his promises to us
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- As followers and believers in christ,
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- And he keeps his promises to israel.
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- And when he gave israel a promise
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- That they would be a nation
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- Until the end of time
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- And through the end of time into the future,
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- Beyond time, that promise, god never breaks a promise.
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- And he's not breaking his promise to israel.
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- So to replace.
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- I mean, the idea that in case
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- Someone may be wondering, what does that mean?
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- Replacement theology, the idea is that the church,
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- Christians, are now spiritual israel,
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- And that theology is that there's that israel,
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- The people of israel are no different than scandinavia
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- Or germany or russia or any other people.
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- But when you read your bible once again, you discover
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- That israel will not be replaced
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- In god's providence, in god's plans, that they are right
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- In the center of it.
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- In fact, the central sign, the super sign, if you will,
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- That we are in the final hours, if you will, of human history.
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- Where on the clock is the super sign of israel?
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- Once israel went back into the land and restored
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- As god had promised them in 1948,
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- And they are in their homeland.
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- They're fighting to preserve that.
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- And yet, in the end,
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- The scenario in the bible is that the whole world
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- Will rise up against israel in that day.
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- They will be alienated and isolated.
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- But god has a plan, and he delivers them in his own way.
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- It's hard for me to believe that people can look at 1948
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- And the miraculous reestablishment
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- Of the nation state of israel and say,
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- Just a coincidence,
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- Just a happenstance of history and craziness.
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- But that's why we have pastor jack graham here, folks.
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- Follow him on instagram.
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- Across social media,
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- We've been talking about israel, but coming up after the break,
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- We're going to bring it right here at home.
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- Revival in america.
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- Are there stirrings?
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- We'll break it down with pastor jack after the break.
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- Stick around.
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- Stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck
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- Tonight, we're talking to our good
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- Friend, pastor jack graham, senior pastor of preston wood
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- Baptist church right here in texas
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- And author of a great book, folks, the jesus book.
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- Now, i want you to text right now, 59789.
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- That's 59789 to learn more about the book and pick it up.
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- It is truly a book for such a time as this.
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- And pastor jack,
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- An exciting time for america right now for believers.
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- President trump in the white house
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- Right now establishing a faith office.
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- I mean, we have people praying in the white house openly.
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- You've been a part of this.
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- Tell us more about the movement we're seeing in d.c.
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- Right now. well, it is a movement of prayer.
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- Christians have prayed for generations that,
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- That america would return to god.
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- And every generation needs to pray
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- To that end for revival and spiritual awakening,
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- And that it would touch every segment of society,
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- From sports to entertainment to government, that
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- That the word of god
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- And the message of the gospel of jesus christ would penetrate,
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- Light in the darkness, if you will.
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- And so what we're seeing today, i believe, is specifically
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- You're talking about the white house and president trump.
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- An openness and more than an openness and encouragement
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- To support religious liberty, to support the sanctity of life,
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- Protecting innocent life in the womb,
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- To care for the sick and the dying,
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- To take care of people in housing.
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- The establishment of the government of that
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- President trump has so many believers
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- And followers of jesus are in, our current administration
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- And the president himself.
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- And ever since,
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- You know, his near-death experience when he was shot,
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- You know, he's public and saying,
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- You know, my faith is deeper,
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- My faith is stronger now, i believe,
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- But now i really believe he knows god,
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- Preserved his life for a purpose.
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- And we're seeing that purpose filled,
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- Fulfilled every single day.
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- And we don't worship a man.
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- Everyone who's a christian knows we worship jesus christ.
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- And president trump is a man,
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- But he's god's man in the white house right now.
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- And, he's he's not,
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- He's not disappointing us as christians,
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- The promises made are promises kept true.
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- And and so not only is he inviting people in,
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- The administration, in the faith office are inviting people in,
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- But the prayers that result in policy,
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- Whether it's related to, again, religious freedom,
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- Are the business world.
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- The economy, national, the jewish nation, israel,
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- The fact that christians are now impacting
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- And influencing policy for the american people.
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- That's what's very exciting.
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- He's a man on a mission.
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- President trump, i think, after butler, pa
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- Certainly, pastor jack, as you said.
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- But it seems
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- There's a trickle down effect and a very encouraging way
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- In among the american people, among generation z,
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- Young people buying up bibles, the culture now,
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- Entertainment industry shifting.
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- Tell us more about that. those stirrings of revival.
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- I believe we're experiencing, as you say, stirrings of revival.
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- There's an old gospel song that says something like,
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- Raindrops around us are
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- Falling, talking about revival, raindrops falling around us.
- 00:14:20.182 --> 00:14:24.019
- But oh, for the showers we played.
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- So we're seeing the raindrops.
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- We're seeing,
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- A steady rain, if you will, a revival.
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- I do believe in churches
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- That are preaching the gospel and teaching god's word.
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- On college campuses, the movement that is going on
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- Among young people on college campuses.
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- I grew up in the, jesus movement era of the late 1960s.
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- And this feels that looks a lot like the jesus movement
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- And then some, because now you've got the power of media
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- More than ever.
- 00:14:55.451 --> 00:14:56.652
- And so now there's, there's a turning,
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- To christ, a turning to god, or it's not a turning a seeking.
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- And so this is the best time in my lifetime
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- To preach the gospel.
- 00:15:07.162 --> 00:15:08.497
- I mean, there's never been a better time than right now
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- To preach the gospel.
- 00:15:11.300 --> 00:15:12.301
- The spirit of god is moving.
- 00:15:12.301 --> 00:15:14.203
- There's just a new boldness, a new bravery,
- 00:15:14.203 --> 00:15:17.473
- And is is happening. god's moving.
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- Bible sales talking about the jesus book, which is the bible.
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- Bible sales are increasing up
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- Beyond 20%.
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- Yeah.
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- In america, in the united kingdom,
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- There's pockets of revival in the united kingdom.
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- You hear about all the,
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- You know, the advance of other religions in europe, muslim,
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- Moslem, islam and others.
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- But there is a movement going on
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- In the christian church right now in, in europe.
- 00:15:43.632 --> 00:15:46.802
- So god always has his people destiny. very true.
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- And when when the tide is moving in
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- One way, god always turns the tide.
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- And i do believe god is turning the tide in our generation.
- 00:15:54.109 --> 00:15:57.646
- And i'm excited about that because i have grandchildren
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- Now. and, you know, they're ages 8 to 21
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- And they're going to be the next generation.
- 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.721
- And in our church, we're seeing it,
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- With our young people.
- 00:16:08.424 --> 00:16:09.658
- This is the finest group of young people, most committed.
- 00:16:09.658 --> 00:16:13.896
- They're radical for their faith
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- And not just religious, but revolutionary in their faith.
- 00:16:16.432 --> 00:16:20.502
- It's happening, right now.
- 00:16:20.502 --> 00:16:22.337
- So we need to seize that opportunity as well.
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- It's good to have influence in government,
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- Good to have a president that supports what we're doing.
- 00:16:27.309 --> 00:16:29.511
- But god is moving, and we don't need to miss that movement.
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- Exactly.
- 00:16:32.581 --> 00:16:33.682
- So well put, pastor jack. and so encouraging.
- 00:16:33.682 --> 00:16:35.818
- And folks, by the way, it's preston wood baptist church.
- 00:16:35.818 --> 00:16:38.387
- If you're anywhere around plano, texas, stop on stop on by
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- And see pastor jack.
- 00:16:42.291 --> 00:16:43.358
- After the break, we're going to talk about pastor
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- Jack mentioned the jesus book again.
- 00:16:45.294 --> 00:16:47.863
- It's a time for such a time as this.
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- You're gonna want to hear more about it
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- That's coming up next. stick around.
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- That's coming up next. stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- We're talking to pastor jack graham, senior pastor
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- Of preston wood baptist church right here in texas.
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- And folks got a great new book called the jesus book.
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- Now text again, 59789 to pick up a copy to learn more.
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- Pastor jack, tell us more.
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- I love this book.
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- Tell us more about it.
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- This is a book that's been near and dear to your heart.
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- Now it's out. there. tell us more about it.
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- Yeah, i got out there last year, actually.
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- Yeah.
- 00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:25.300
- And it really flowed out of my podcast,
- 00:17:25.300 --> 00:17:28.370
- The bible in a year with jack graham, which is on parade.com.
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- Yeah.
- 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.641
- When we saw this incredible growing interest in the bible,
- 00:17:32.641 --> 00:17:35.377
- People want to know, what does the bible actually say?
- 00:17:35.377 --> 00:17:38.614
- What is the bible all about?
- 00:17:38.614 --> 00:17:40.149
- Because many people don't know.
- 00:17:40.149 --> 00:17:42.084
- And what i do in the in this is, is, you know,
- 00:17:42.084 --> 00:17:45.787
- We went right through the bible, nearly 300 episodes
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- From genesis one all the way to revelation.
- 00:17:48.991 --> 00:17:51.126
- And it took a lot of time.
- 00:17:51.126 --> 00:17:52.361
- But boy was a great experience for me
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- Just to once again live in the bible.
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- And i do a little opening and a little closed on that,
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- And it's not a little it's
- 00:17:58.767 --> 00:17:59.801
- A good application of that particular passage.
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- And, and so people can go right
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- Through the bible with an audible approach and,
- 00:18:06.141 --> 00:18:11.113
- It's truly amazing to see the interest,
- 00:18:11.947 --> 00:18:14.950
- Growing interest in what does god's word actually say.
- 00:18:14.950 --> 00:18:19.021
- And this is how people get bogged down.
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- They say,
- 00:18:20.322 --> 00:18:20.756
- You know, i'm
- 00:18:20.756 --> 00:18:21.690
- Going to read through the bible this year,
- 00:18:21.690 --> 00:18:22.791
- And then they get stuck in the desert in leviticus,
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- And they doubt i'll keep going.
- 00:18:24.526 --> 00:18:25.961
- But if you and you know, just the stories of the bible
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- And the adventures of the old testament and,
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- And so that is why i wrote the jesus book,
- 00:18:32.067 --> 00:18:35.370
- Because, jesus is the story of the bible.
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- And if you don't know
- 00:18:39.641 --> 00:18:40.842
- The main plot, the main theme, the main purpose of the bible,
- 00:18:40.842 --> 00:18:43.178
- You're going to miss the whole thing.
- 00:18:43.178 --> 00:18:44.413
- If people say, i don't understand the bible,
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- Well, you got to understand the plot.
- 00:18:46.315 --> 00:18:47.983
- Yeah. what's this talking about?
- 00:18:47.983 --> 00:18:49.451
- From the first of it, the old testament,
- 00:18:49.451 --> 00:18:51.620
- All the way to the new testament is all
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- About redemption, salvation, and how god loves the world
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- And has provided through his son jesus salvation to all
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- Who will believe.
- 00:19:01.063 --> 00:19:01.797
- So on the road to emmaus
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- After the resurrection, jesus was walking.
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- People were discouraged.
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- These these disciples were on their
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- Way home, defeated, hopeless.
- 00:19:09.504 --> 00:19:11.440
- And jesus joins them.
- 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:13.075
- And there's a conversation that takes place.
- 00:19:13.075 --> 00:19:15.611
- And it says in luke 24 that beginning with moses,
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- Which is the first five books of the bible,
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- The talk and the prophets, the rest of the old testament,
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- Jesus showed them
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- In all the scriptures those things concerning himself.
- 00:19:26.588 --> 00:19:30.225
- So i took that theme in this book to really teach people
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- How to read and understand the bible better.
- 00:19:33.729 --> 00:19:36.131
- The subtitle really says it.
- 00:19:36.131 --> 00:19:38.066
- It's the jesus book.
- 00:19:38.066 --> 00:19:39.167
- I know it's god's book, i know it's the holy bible,
- 00:19:39.167 --> 00:19:41.370
- But it's the jesus book is i'm trying to focus on this,
- 00:19:41.370 --> 00:19:45.207
- This red line of redemption that runs through the scripture
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- Cover bible anywhere, and it bleeds
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- All those blood stories in the old time.
- 00:19:51.179 --> 00:19:53.382
- What's that about?
- 00:19:53.382 --> 00:19:54.149
- God was preparing the world
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- For the
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- For the giving of his son and the blood of christ,
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- Which cleanses us from every sin. so?
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- So i wrote this book to help people
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- Understand and read the bible
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- For themselves.
- 00:20:06.161 --> 00:20:07.329
- It's great to go here.
- 00:20:07.329 --> 00:20:08.430
- Wonderful biblical preaching and being a bible class.
- 00:20:08.430 --> 00:20:11.366
- But to be able to,
- 00:20:11.366 --> 00:20:14.002
- To look at god's word, allow the holy spirit to teach you.
- 00:20:14.002 --> 00:20:17.306
- And we talk about that.
- 00:20:17.306 --> 00:20:18.440
- We talk about the nature and authority of scripture.
- 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:20.509
- There's some apologetics in there, evidences
- 00:20:20.509 --> 00:20:23.078
- Why we can believe the bible is the word of god.
- 00:20:23.078 --> 00:20:26.081
- Is it the word of god? why? how can you? how can you know?
- 00:20:26.081 --> 00:20:28.817
- We talk about that.
- 00:20:28.817 --> 00:20:30.085
- We talk about the bible when it comes to, suffering
- 00:20:30.085 --> 00:20:33.121
- And the questions of
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- Pain and suffering in the world, the mysteries of god's will.
- 00:20:34.890 --> 00:20:38.627
- It's a very practical, very personal.
- 00:20:38.627 --> 00:20:40.929
- We go deep sometimes.
- 00:20:40.929 --> 00:20:42.264
- And on the other times, we're we're making it where the
- 00:20:42.264 --> 00:20:45.634
- The seeker or the brand new christian
- 00:20:45.634 --> 00:20:47.803
- Who doesn't know anything could understand the bible.
- 00:20:47.803 --> 00:20:50.872
- That's why i wrote it. it's great.
- 00:20:50.872 --> 00:20:52.341
- And it breaks down, folks.
- 00:20:52.341 --> 00:20:53.308
- Again, the jesus book
- 00:20:53.308 --> 00:20:54.376
- Reading and understanding the bible for yourself.
- 00:20:54.376 --> 00:20:57.412
- And that's key.
- 00:20:57.412 --> 00:20:57.879
- And of course,
- 00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:59.014
- Check out the podcast again for the book text 59789.
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- Up next, final thoughts and a closing prayer with doctor
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- Jack graham. don't move.
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- Jack graham. don't move.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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- As we wrap up here, quick programing note tomorrow night,
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- The ninth of of a pivotal date in israel's history will be
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- Go on the ground in jerusalem and you'll find out why.
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- But pastor jack graham, as you wrap up,
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- We've been talking
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- Israel, america, the church, exciting things happening.
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- Can you take us out in prayer?
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- I would love to.
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- And when we talk about revival of spiritual awakening, israel,
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- The world scene,
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- You know, really we need to draw a circle around ourselves
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- And pray for personal revival in our churches,
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- But in our homes and in our families.
- 00:21:46.193 --> 00:21:48.396
- And that's what's on my heart in these days, that our church
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- And that every church that knows and loves
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- The lord jesus christ would surrender
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- To the lordship of christ and their lives
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- Be filled with the spirit of god.
- 00:21:57.605 --> 00:21:58.939
- And then go take this message
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- Of good news of the gospel of christ to the world.
- 00:22:00.474 --> 00:22:03.577
- And there's again a great opportunity.
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- We have an open door.
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- When god opens doors, no man can shut them.
- 00:22:08.048 --> 00:22:10.618
- So we need the boldness and the courage and the faith
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- To go through those doors and do what god called us to do,
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- Why he made us. so let's pray.
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- We thank you, lord, for
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- The opportunity of these days, these great hours of history.
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- Thank you that we could live in the midst of a time like this,
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- And that you are giving us, the privilege
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- Of being your people and being your church.
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- We do pray that we will constantly support
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- What you support, including the nation of israel.
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- And we pray for our friends in israel for their protection
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- And your provision.
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- We thank you for your church, and we ask you, oh god, that
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- Preachers and pastors and church leaders would seize the day.
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- The moment in the opportunity.
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- We pray for people to come to christ in record
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- Numbers of salvations, people
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- Just being saved by the power of jesus christ.
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- That this would happen here and all over the world.
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- That we would reach our neighbors and the nations
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- With the good news of jesus christ.
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- Amen. and amen. amen.
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- Jack graham, thank you so much.
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- This is great. we will do it again soon.
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- My pleasure.
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- Yes. god bless, pastor jack.
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- We'll see you again soon and we will see you tomorrow night.
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- Remember, the ninth of up until then.
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- God bless you. we'll see you soon.
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