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September 22, 2025 | 25:5

Erick Stakelbeck as he delves into the aftermath of the assassination of patriot and evangelist Charlie Kirk. The nation is in turmoil as forces of darkness seek to prevail, but a wave of revival sweeps through America, sparked by Charlie's powerful legacy. Government officials boldly proclaim the gospel, while believers rally for a spiritual battle at the National Prayer Altar event. Amidst the chaos, President Trump's strong stance for Israel and faith in God signal a potential revival. As the nation faces spiritual decline, the call for personal repentance and renewal echoes, offering hope for a brighter future.

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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: "Charlie Kirk Has Changed History" | Stakelbeck Tonight | September 22, 2025

Welcome to stakelbeck
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Tonight i'm erick stakelbeck, and revival has come to america.
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It had been stirring for some time and now it's here.
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It was unmistakable
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At sunday's memorial service for charlie kirk.
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For four solid hours.
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Speaker.
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After speaker,
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Including our very top government
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Officials, proclaimed the gospel of jesus christ
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Not only for the
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Massive audience in attendance at arizona's state farm stadium,
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But also for the untold millions who were watching live
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Around the world.
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As president trump said, it was like an old time revival
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With the murder of charlie kirk, a great patriot, evangelist
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And man of god, the devil has severely overplayed his hand.
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The response to charlie's assassination
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Has not been rioting and burning down cities,
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As we've seen from the radical left.
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Time and time again.
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Instead, the response from charlie's
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Family, supporters and those closest to him
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Has been a massive outpouring of the love of jesus.
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People everywhere
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Are posting on social media how they just bought
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Their first bible, or just returned to church
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For the first time in years because of charlie.
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God is using charlie in death even more than in life.
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It's a mighty move of god.
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Folks,
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We haven't seen something like this in america in a long time,
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And we've never seen it
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With our government literally leading the way.
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Just listen to secretary of state marco
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Rubio share the essence of the gospel here
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Better than many american pastors.
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Watch.
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One of the things he wants us to take away from this,
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From all of this, is the following.
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His deep belief
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That we were all created.
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Every single one of us before the beginning of time.
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By the hands of the god of the universe, an all powerful god
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Who loved us
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And created us for the purpose of living with him in eternity.
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But then sin entered the world and separated us
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From our creator.
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And so god took on the form of a man and came down
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And lived among us.
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And he suffered like men,
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And he died like a man.
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But on the third day he rose unlike any mortal man.
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And then.
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And to prove any doubters wrong,
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He ate with his disciples so they could see.
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And they touched his wounds.
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He didn't rise as a.
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Ghost or as a spirit, but his flesh.
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And then he rose to the heavens.
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But he promised he would return, and he will.
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And when he returns, because he took on that death,
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Because he carried that cross,
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We were freed from the sin that separated us from him.
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And when he returns, there will be a new heaven
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And a new earth,
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And we will all be together,
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And we are going to have a great reunion.
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There again with charlie and all the people we love.
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Thank you and god bless you.
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I don't know about you, but i had chills watching that.
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That's america's top diplomat sharing the gospel, unashamed.
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Before the eyes of the world.
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Of course,
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A central theme in the message of jesus is forgiveness.
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And charlie's widow, erica, gave an unforgettable example
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Of that during her speech, publicly forgiving the man
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Who murdered her husband and left
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Their two small children without their dad.
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Less than two weeks ago.
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My husband, charlie.
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He wanted to save.
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Young men,
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Just like the one who took his life.
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That young man.
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That young man
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On the cross.
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Our savior said.
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Father.
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Forgive them, for they not know what they do for you.
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That man.
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That young man.
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I forgive him.
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Incredible, folks.
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Erica kirk is a force of nature.
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She'll now take over the organization charlie built.
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Turning point usa.
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Needless to say, the movement is in very good hands.
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But in the meantime, secretary of war pete hegseth reminded us
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What we've lost.
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Charlie kirk was a citizen
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Who had the biblical heart of a soldier of the faith,
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Who put on every single day the full armor of god
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With a smile
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As the scriptures tell all christ followers to do.
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Charlie kirk,
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A warrior for country, a warrior for christ.
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He ran the race.
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He finished the fight.
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Now it's our turn.
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My charge to all of you live
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Worthy of charlie kirk's sacrifice.
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And put christ at the center of your life
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As he advocated for giving his.
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Charlie has heard the words
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Echoing now in heaven.
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Well done,
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Good and faithful servant.
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Charlie will take it from here.
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God bless.
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Amen.
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Now, charlie kirk was pivotal in
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Bringing health and human services secretary robert
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F kennedy jr and president trump together prior to last year's
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Election, and rfk jr shed some personal light
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On the impact that charlie has had
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On young people across america.
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Watch.
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A couple of days ago,
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My niece or my granddaughter
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Left for college in europe.
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Her mother noticed that she packed a bible
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And her mother asked her why she made that choice.
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She said, i want to live more like charlie.
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She wanted to live more like charlie
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Because charlie wanted to live more like christ.
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In the process,
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He introduced untold millions of young people to the gospel.
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Charlie's commitment to following jesus even
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Energized the vice president of the united states.
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You know, i was.
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Telling somebody backstage
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That i always felt a little uncomfortable
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Talking about my faith in. public.
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As much as i love the lord,
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And as much as it was an important part of my life.
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I have talked more about jesus christ in the past two weeks.
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Than i have my entire time in public life.
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For charlie.
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We will remember that it is better to stand on our feet
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Defending the united states of america and defending the truth
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Than it is to die on our knees.
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My friends, for charlie, we.
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Must remember
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That he is a hero to the united states of america,
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And he is a martyr for the christian faith.
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May our heavenly father give us the courage to live
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As charlie lived.
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That is what we must do for charlie.
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You ran a good. race, my friend. i love you.
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We've got it from here.
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Thank you.
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Folks, i've said that trump and vance
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May not have won the
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2024 election without charlie's tireless efforts.
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So it was fitting that the president closed out
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Sunday, stirring memorial service by proclaiming
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What's becoming more and more apparent as the days go by.
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Charlie kirk changed history.
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The lesson of charlie's life is that you should never
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Underestimate what one person can do with a good heart.
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A righteous cause, a cheerful spirit
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And the will to fight, fight, fight,
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Have to fight.
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While saving our country.
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And charlie's a big factor.
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Such a big factor.
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Charlie kirk started with only an idea
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To change minds on college campuses.
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And instead he ended up with a far greater achievement.
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Changing history.
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He changed history.
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Today, charlie kirk rests in glory in heaven
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For all eternity.
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Here's the big takeaway
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From sunday what the enemy meant for evil.
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God meant for good.
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There is a great harvest out there, and charlie's life
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And even his death have made it ripe.
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As the body of christ.
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Now, is it time for us to be even more bold,
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To proclaim the gospel and to live out our faith?
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Revival is here,
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But as the light is increasing, so is the darkness.
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Because we live in prophetic times.
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This week at the u.n., several western nations
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Are recognizing a palestinian state coming up.
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We'll break down the implications.
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And what israel must do next.
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Stick around.
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Stick around.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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They've been vowing for weeks that they were going to do it.
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And now they have.
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On sunday, canada.
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Great britain, australia and portugal all formally
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Recognized a palestinian state.
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The move coincides with this week's u.n.
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General assembly and has sent shockwaves
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Throughout israel and the broader middle east.
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So what does this mean for israel's future,
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And what does it say about the future of the west?
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Lisa smith is the bestselling
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Author of the plot against the president
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And disappearing the president
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And a writer for tablet magazine, and he joins us now.
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Leigh, always great to see you, my friend.
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And look, right away, hamas is thanking
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Britain, portugal, canada
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For this move to recognize a palestinian state.
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It seems like that pretty much says it all.
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That hamas
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Is praising this move, it seems, only embolden hamas.
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How do you see it?
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Well, i mean, it's terrible.
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It's terrible for israel,
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But it's also terrible for american interests.
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I mean, israel is perhaps the centerpiece
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Of america's security architecture,
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Certainly in the middle east,
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In the eastern mediterranean, as well as the persian gulf.
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And so to do this is an effort to weaken israel,
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And that weakens the united states as well.
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Then when you come to nato partners like,
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Like canada, like the, like the uk,
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I mean, it's it's disastrous. why?
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Why are these, nations that are ostensibly,
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Nominally lined up with the united states?
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We're not just talking about.
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We're talking about western civilization at large,
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But in particular, we're talking about the american security
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Architecture that's existed since world war two.
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Why are they trying to undermine that?
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It's hugely destructive.
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Lee, great points.
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All around israel, in my view,
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Is the first line of defense
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For judeo-christian western civilization.
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And it seems that western
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Leaders are intent with the, with the notable exception
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Of president trump, are intent on committing cultural suicide.
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Hey, prime minister netanyahu said, look,
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We're furious about this in israel.
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And we'll have a response after the un general assembly to
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This move from western nations recognizing a palestinian state.
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Lee, how can israel respond to this diplomatic onslaught?
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Well, i mean, the, the trump administration has said, well,
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If they're acting unilaterally against you,
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Then we have no reservations about you taking
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Unilateral steps as well.
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And we've already seen that the trump administration,
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Has encouraged, prime minister benjamin
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Netanyahu to annex parts of judea and samaria.
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And this happened during trump's first term as well.
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But, erick,
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I just wanted to,
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Echo again what you're talking about
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In terms of western civilization.
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I mean, it's just disgraceful,
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These places that we once thought were, you know,
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I mean, especially england that,
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You know, were once the crucible of western civilization.
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And now they've they've done and that what have they done?
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They've turned against one of the foundations,
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Which is israel.
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Yeah.
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England, as you said,
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Was a standard bearer for the west in so many ways.
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Hey, we've got
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The enemies of israel, obviously on the radical left
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And radical islamist.
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But you've written a lot about this, exposing this,
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This increasing echo chamber in some quarters of the right.
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It's openly anti-semitic in some cases and undermining
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Israel in others.
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Where is this all coming from?
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And you've said there's a china connection to all this.
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Tell us more about that.
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Well, i mean, i think the one of the very important things is,
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When we see different
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Information being transmitted on social media and elsewhere,
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As well as the press,
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I think that
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We have to understand that china plays a big role in this.
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We see a lot of people talking about qatar.
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Oh, so-and-so being paid by qatar.
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Is qatar contributing to the chaos in the region?
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And i certainly don't mean to exculpate qatar.
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The point is this the, the world actor
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That has the most to gain by a weakened israel,
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And therefore a weakened
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United states in the middle east is china, right?
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That is, united that is america's chief rival right now.
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That is our most hostile adversary.
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So again, when people are talking about,
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Well, there's the problems with qatar,
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There's iran, there's russia.
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Certainly all these things are true.
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But at the top of that pyramid
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Is the people's republic of china,
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The chinese communist party.
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So that's something that we ought to be
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Keeping in mind, too.
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Yeah.
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Lee's such a great point that really
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No one's talking about the china angle there.
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By the way, we've got a great book
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Coming out very soon called the china matrix.
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We'll have you back to talk about that.
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About a minute left.
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Lee, how important is president trump's
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Strong stance for israel
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As the world seems to be devolving
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Into anti-israel madness,
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Which we see so clearly this week at the un?
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How important is president trump's voice in this?
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You know, i want to say on one hand, erick,
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I mean, donald trump is a normal american,
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But i but by which i mean ordinary american.
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He loves israel.
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He thinks israel is important.
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He loves israel for itself
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And also what it means for the united states. right.
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Both, historical israel and current day israel,
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There is the strategic israel,
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And also what israel means to the foundations
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Of the united states and what it means to the west.
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So that's normal, except in this context, it's extraordinary.
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And then once you take donald trump out of that,
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It's like, wow, this this is a president,
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Who really has been more pro-israel
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Then than any other president in american history
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And for very, very important reasons.
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And really,
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The relationship between donald trump and prime minister
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Benjamin netanyahu.
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I've written about this before for tablet.
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But it's a
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Historic relationship, a historic friendship
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As great as the friendship between churchill and fdr?
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Absolutely as great as the friendship
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Between reagan and margaret thatcher.
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Today's relationship between trump and netanyahu is crucial
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To the advancement of our civilization.
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Amen.
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I've been saying exactly the same thing
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The world's two most impactful leaders
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Working together, two churchillian figures.
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Really.
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It's amazing to see the great breakdown, as always.
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Hey, we'll see you again soon to talk about the china matrix.
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Folks, be sure to follow leon x and across social media.
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God bless lee.
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Keep up the great work.
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And coming up after the break, we've been talking about
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Revival in america that's stirring memorial service
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For charlie kirk.
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Yesterday will a very important event is coming up
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In washington, dc.
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You'll learn about the prayer altar after the break.
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Stick around.
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Stick around.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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Charlie kirk didn't just make headlines in life.
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And now in death.
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He's changed the entire conversation,
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Especially when it comes to jesus.
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I recently sat down with pastor james ward jr, founder
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And senior pastor of insight church outside chicago,
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To reflect on charlie's lasting impact.
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Take a look.
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This is the time that i believe that charlie's organization
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Was turning point usa was really a prophetic declaration
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That turning point usa,
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I believe now is a turning point in the usa.
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I believe that there's going to be a shift.
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I can look at his life
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And i see something similar that happened to jesus our lord.
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That happened to stephen the martyr.
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That when the word of god is spoken,
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When the truth of god is spoken
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There, there's there's a gnashing of the teeth,
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And people kill jesus and stephen for the words.
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They could not stay in the words that they spoke.
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And i believe that that's what happened to charlie.
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You're right. the enemy overplays his hand.
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But this is the time that i think that we're going
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To see christian communicators emboldened right now
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Using the offensive weapon that god has given us,
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Which is the sword of the spirit, the word of god.
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Yeah.
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Pastor wilson, and look, in terms of the spiritual battle
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That we're locked in.
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You're on the front lines of that.
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The national prayer altar event at the museum of the bible
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Here in dc, october 30th. coming up.
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Tell us more about it,
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How we can attend, how we can watch
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Who's going to be there and what the messages.
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Yeah.
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So this is something that the lord has put in sharing
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In my heart years ago. this is our eighth prayer altar.
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Great partnership with, museum of the bible.
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The theme this year that god put on our heart is in god
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We trust.
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This is our nation's official motto, 5456.
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Eisenhower actually signed that legislation
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To add that language
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To our pledge of allegiance, even in terms of, under god.
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In god we trust.
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And so this is something that our nation
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Has to return to faith in god.
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This is a spiritual battle of epic proportions.
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This is not just evil.
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Evil is generic.
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Evil is nonspecific.
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This is satanic.
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And we got to call it for what is it?
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What? it is satanic is diabolical.
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It's a murderous spirit that destroys
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And despises the image of god.
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And everything is good.
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And the only way to address those things is with
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Is with spiritual resources.
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You cannot destroy
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A net, a spiritual enemy with natural resources.
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The weapons of our warfare are not carnal.
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They're mining unto god.
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And so we're calling for believers to join us
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At museum of the bible on thursday,
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October 30th for the prayer altar.
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And it's simply man
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To push back against darkness and invoke the name of jesus.
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But god's blessing over our nation.
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Only god can resolve the things that we're dealing with.
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But we're not helpless and we're not hopeless
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Because of our faith in our lord jesus christ.
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Yeah. amen. pastor, we can watch online as well, right?
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Yes, absolutely.
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Yeah.
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We're partnering with cbn again this year
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Of course with deal and media
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That we're going to be live broadcasting
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Where we can everybody can watch online.
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And we love.
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The museum of the bible.
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It's a great place here in dc.
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President trump
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I think we see stirrings perhaps pastor
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You're talking about the need for a revival.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Do you think we see stirrings gen z in particular,
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Who charlie kirk did such a great job of reaching?
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Yeah.
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Do you see some stirrings
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Of revival, number one and number two,
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How much does that start from the top?
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President trump obviously talking openly about
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God as a faith office in the white house.
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Now, do you see those two things kind of working hand in hand,
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You know, potential revival
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And the messaging from the very top?
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Yeah, there there is absolutely a revival.
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And i one of the advantages
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Of traveling across the nation in the nations
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Is being able to see god at work.
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There's so much focus on dc. but this is global.
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This is not just about washington dc.
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It's a move of the spirit of god.
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I like to frame the importance of trump's role,
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And i also like to quantify his role as a pastor.
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Trump is not the pastor in chief.
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He's not the guy
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That's here to lead the church, or to teach our bible studies,
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Or even to have to call us to prayer.
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That's something that should come
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From the people of god by the spirit of god.
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But i think that what trump
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Became over the years, eric trump is a reaction.
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He's not the action. he's a reaction.
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He's the he's the fever to the symptom of the disease
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Of spiritual decline, moral decline.
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Even the church abdicating from that position
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Of holding the moral, moral high ground.
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Trump kind of came in, so to speak,
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To be the the big brother,
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To stop the bully from taking your lunch money
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At school every day.
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That's just how god is using him.
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But this is a time for the church,
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And namely for pastors like myself, to stand up,
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To make disciples, and to lead our congregations
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And lead god's people forward in the things of god.
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And we sometimes talk about church
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Shouldn't be involved in politics.
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I think pastors now have to disciple their people
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Effectively to live in a politically charged world,
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And to know how to live in a way
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That their their lifestyle, in their faith
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Is represented with the issues that we're facing today.
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Thanks again to pastor james for for joining us, folks.
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Again.
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The national prayer altar event takes place october
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30th at the museum of the bible in washington, d.c.
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You'll want to check that out.
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Coming up, my final thoughts on revival.
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It's here.
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So what comes next?
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Stick around to find out.
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Stick around to find out.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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As we wrap up here,
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I've been reflecting on yesterday's
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Incredible memorial service for charlie kirk.
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I think it's very clear that revival is here.
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I think of psalm 85, verse six, will you not revive
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Us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
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I saw that yesterday at the memorial service.
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Praise, worship, and proclaiming the gospel.
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And then what comes next?
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Psalm 51, verse ten create in me a pure heart,
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Oh god, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
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Personal repentance is the way.
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That's a big part of this national revival.
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Hey, great week lined up.
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Bill o'reilly's here, pastor jack graham.
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You'll want to keep it right here till tomorrow night.
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God bless you. we'll see you soon.
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Erick Stakelbeck: "Charlie Kirk Has Changed History" | Stakelbeck Tonight

September 22, 2025 | 25:5

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