We are racing towards the
global crisis at the close.
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God is going to set
up His kingdom on Earth.
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Preparation for the
tribulation and the translation
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is to develop a
character like Jesus Christ.
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To reach every hamlet,
every village, every man,
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every child,
every person in India,
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every person in South America,
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must hear these
Three Angels' messages.
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These are
stories that illustrate
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the kind of fabric of
character and perseverance
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that we need to go
through the tribulation
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just as certainly as they did.
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The Bible makes it very clear,
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we are living
in an unusual hour.
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The last grains of
sand are trickling through
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the hour glass of time
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and the door probation
is about to swing shut.
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Well, tonight we
are going to visit
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the hottest spot on earth.
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You know I come
from Dallas, Texas.
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I thought that was the
hottest place on earth,
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but the Middle
East, that is the hot spot
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in more ways than one.
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Will the Middle
East conflict erupt
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into World War III?
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Why are all eyes
on Israel tonight?
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What is at the core
of the constant fighting
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between the Arabs and the Jews?
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Why so much blood?
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Well, let us explore
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the truth behind the
turmoil in the Middle East.
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Would you agree, the news will,
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night by night give you
many times a biased version?
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How many agree,
God has something
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to say about what's going on?
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After decades of living
under oppressive dictatorships,
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popular revolts have
broken out among the people
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of the Arab world and
they have spread rapidly,
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quickly from Tunisia to
Egypt and across the region.
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President Obama says,
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about Gaddafi's
reign and regime.
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The future now is in, the what?
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The future of Libya is
in the hands of its people.
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We know that, for example,
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there was the
Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
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Here is a picture
that's worth a thousand words
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of the million
march there in Egypt,
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and here is an Egyptian
soldier joining the protestors
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in celebration of
Mubarak's downfall,
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and they're in Cairo.
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And here you see
other protesters.
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And
demonstrators now are standing
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on an army
vehicle there in Cairo,
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and the sign read,
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"Leave, you
tyrant. Down with Mubarak."
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Well, guess what?
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This oppressive, as
some would have esteem him,
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a dictator, has been toppled.
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And here you see a picture
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of Day of Anger,
marchers in street.
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The people want to
over throw the regime.
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And that is exactly what
has unfolded in the news.
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The main head quarters
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of the National
Democratic Party,
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after being set on fire during
the 2011 Egyptian protests.
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And here are Cairo protestors
praying, Muslims praying.
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Here is the day of
anger riot police closing in.
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So what sparked
the Egyptian protest?
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Police brutality,
state of emergency laws,
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lack of free
elections and freedom of speech,
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uncontrollable
corruption, high unemployment,
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sound familiar, food
price inflation, sound familiar,
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low minimum
wage, sound familiar.
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And so think about it.
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Netanyahu and Mubarak checking
their watches back in 2010.
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And Mubarak had a role
and reign from 1981 to 2011.
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So we're talking about Gaddafi,
that ruled for 42 years.
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And as far as I
can tell, toppled.
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Mubarak ruled many, many, many,
many years as well, toppled.
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Would you agree,
there is a lot of changes
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that are taking
place in the Middle East?
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Protestors,
they're marching in Cairo,
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as of January 29,
there were over 300 dead,
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over 2000 wounded,
and what about Syria?
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Where hundreds and
hundreds have died.
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And so there are very few
moments, Barack Obama said,
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"There are very few moments
in our lives, where we have
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the privilege to
witness history taking place.
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This is one of those moments.
This is one of those times.
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The people of Egypt have spoken.
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Their voices have been heard,
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and Egypt will
never be the same."
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Talk about stupendous, changes.
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All right, I don't
have time to go into detail
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about all of comprehensive
look and all of the changes
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that are taking
place with rapid fire,
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but I will tell you this.
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One word, I
personally believe that sums up
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the current situation,
the explosive situation
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in the Middle East,
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that the massive uprisings,
the popular uprisings.
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I believe there is
one word, suspense.
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Would you agree the
big question now is,
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okay now what?
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What's next? Is it
all gonna calm down?
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Is democracy gonna rule?
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Are we all gonna
lay down our arms?
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Or will the
conflict be recycled?
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And so, the end I
believe, is not near.
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I do believe it's
here, because the Bible says
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says in 1
Thessalonians Chapter 5.
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Take your Bible and turn with me
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to 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5.
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"But concerning the times
and the seasons, brethren,
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you have no need that
I should write to you.
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For you,
yourselves know perfectly well
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that the day of the Lord,
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so comes as a
thief in the night."
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Well the Lord will come
as a thief in the night,
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but the events
leading up to His coming
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will also take place, I believe,
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unexpectedly by an
overwhelming surprise
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as a thief in the night.
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"For when they say,"
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when this is the
prevailing sentiment.
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"When they say
peace and safety, then"
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what kind of destruction,
comes out of nowhere?
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"Sudden destruction
comes upon them as labor pains
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upon a pregnant women
and they shall not escape."
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And so we know that the
United States of America,
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is Israel's strongest supporter.
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Is that true? It is.
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And I don't know about
you, but I have a special love
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in my heart for Israel.
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Does anybody have a special love
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for the Jews today?
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I have a special love
in my heart for Jews today.
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And America
loves Israel and prays
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for the peace of Israel.
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So what's next?
What's gonna happen?
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What's in the horizon?
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Well, we know for sure
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that there is war
in the Middle East.
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And there is lots of
oil in the Middle East.
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No wonder, we have a
vested interest there.
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Did you know, for example,
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that the United
States of America consumes
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86 million barrels
per day, all right.
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Eighty six
million barrels per day
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and, I'm sorry that's
in all, and did you know
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that Saudi Arabia
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has 264.3 billions of barrels,
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that they rank number one of oil
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and these are the big producers.
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And then Iran,
then Iraq, then Kuwait,
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then the United Arab
Emirates and Venezuela
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and then Russia and then Libya.
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The United States,
well, we're number 11 there.
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Eleventh.
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There is lots of
oil in the Middle East,
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there's lots of
political unrest in Israel.
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There are strong
opposing religious beliefs
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and practices
in the Middle East.
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Do you see
what's all being mixed
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and mingled together
in this, in this stew?
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What do you have here?
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You've got, you've got oil
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can you say standard of living.
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You've got oil, in
addition to that you've got,
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you've got a very
inhospitable place
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where they have
a lot of weapons.
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Israel has a, a
weapon of mass destruction,
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nuclear wherewithal
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Okay, so you've
got, in addition to that
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you've got a clash of religions,
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put that all together and you
have an explosive powder keg,
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just waiting to explode.
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There is political
tension among the nations,
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but it is showcased
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very strongly
there in the Middle East.
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Now Israel wants peace
and security for all sides.
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Israel has peace
with Egypt and Jordan
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and longs for peace with all
of its surrounding neighbors.
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So there are
tensions that are mounting
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between Iran and Israel.
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Let me tell you what's going on.
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There is hatred from Iraq.
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That now, that should
not come by a surprise.
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That it is a fact.
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And Iran's regime is a
growing threat to the world,
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as it supports terrorism.
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And is trying to develop
a nuclear weapon, all right?
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So that is a concern.
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A matter of fact the,
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the leader of
Iran has said this,
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that he wants Israel
quote, "Wiped off the map",
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or, "Vanish from the
pages of time," a translation.
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And so recently a
former Israeli President, Peres
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called on the United Nations
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to peacefully
prevent a nuclear Iran.
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That is a grave concern
and a potential grim reality.
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And so Iran is
developing enriched uranium
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and long range
missiles, aren't they?
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Now "Tehran," Peres said,
"combines long range missiles
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and short range minds.
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It is pregnant with
tragedies," all right?
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Now the leader
of Iran said this,
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"if countries in the region
continue to support Israel
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they will be burned by the wrath
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of the nations," all right?
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So he is calling
for the destruction
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of the state of Israel.
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Is that a concern?
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Would you agree,
if this mad dictator,
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if this madman, if
this nation of Iran
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gets a nuclear weapon,
it will create instability
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around the entire world
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and could usher
in World War III.
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Iran, Peres said,
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"Is a danger to
the entire world."
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Peres told the
gathering of world leaders
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on the second day
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of the United
Nations a while back.
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So I have a big
looming question,
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will nuclear weapons be
used in the near future?
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Now we can only speculate.
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I can only tell
you that the Bible says
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"there would be wars" and what?
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"Rumors of wars."
In Matthew 24: 6 and 7.
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And then in Revelation 11:18,
it tells us in the last days
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that mankind
would have the potential
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to destroy
civilization as we know it,
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because the Lord would come
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and "destroy those
who destroy the earth."
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Revelation 11:19.
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Revelation 11:18 says
that, "The nations were angry
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and thy wrath is come."
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So will there ever be
peace in the Middle East?
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Well Israel is
surrounded, as I say,
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by some hostile Islamic nations.
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And the big question then is,
what is the future of Israel?
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And how could
this impact the world?
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Will Israel be
able to defend itself
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successfully in the future?
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Yes, she has
nuclear wherewithal,
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but is this enough?
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Oh, how the Christian
world is praying for Israel.
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Is that true? And
so what is at the core?
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What is that the core
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of the raging
conflict in the Middle East?
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Let us investigate the
answer to this pivotal question.
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Let's do it.
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There is hatred and intolerance
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between the
Jews and the Muslims.
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I mean, just the
seething, smoldering
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hatred between the two.
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It is a clash.
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It is a clash
of religions. Okay?
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So, in addition to that,
Islam is one of the largest
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and fastest growing
religions in the world.
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Did you know that?
How many knew that?
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Well, let me tell you some more.
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Over one billion
Muslims in the world today.
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Number one, God loves Muslims.
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God loves Jews,
God loves Christians.
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But I'm here to tell
you I believe the Bible
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and the Bible
exposes false teaching.
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And the Bible says Jesus
said that in the last days
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there would be false
Christs and false prophets.
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And so, over one billion
Muslims in the world today,
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60 out of 184
countries in the world
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are in the world are now
part of the house of this Islam.
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And so Islam
dominates the Middle East.
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Here you see a picture of
Muslims gathering together
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during the most
holy season of the year
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in their most holy
places there in Mecca.
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Islam is already the fastest
growing religion in Europe?
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Did you know that?
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Furthermore, it is estimated
that there are seven million
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Americans that are Muslim.
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And there are over
one thousand mosques
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and Islamic centers
in the United States.
00:14:41.58\00:14:45.98
No wonder, Time
Magazine had a front cover,
00:14:46.01\00:14:49.78
blockbuster, controversial
front page cover story,
00:14:49.82\00:14:55.59
entitled, is America.
00:14:55.62\00:14:57.63
Islamophobic?
00:14:57.66\00:14:58.99
Basically, it's
about the conflict
00:14:59.03\00:15:02.50
or the
controversial hot-heated debate
00:15:02.53\00:15:05.13
about whether they
should put a mosque
00:15:05.17\00:15:08.04
there at Ground Zero
00:15:08.07\00:15:09.94
where the two
twin towers came down,
00:15:09.97\00:15:12.77
because of extreme
Muslim fundamentalists.
00:15:12.81\00:15:18.38
And so I don't know
who came up with the idea,
00:15:18.41\00:15:22.22
but I would agree, agree
that's touching a wrong nerve in
00:15:22.25\00:15:25.25
the United States of
America, understatement.
00:15:25.29\00:15:28.89
And so all I
know though, is that,
00:15:28.92\00:15:32.49
is that former
Present Bush said,
00:15:32.53\00:15:35.66
"This nation is at war
with radical Islamic fascists,"
00:15:35.70\00:15:41.14
all right?
00:15:41.17\00:15:42.50
And so
furthermore, we were attacked
00:15:42.54\00:15:44.74
by radical Islamic terrorists
00:15:44.77\00:15:47.78
before and it
could happen again.
00:15:47.81\00:15:49.58
How many remember 9/11?
00:15:49.61\00:15:52.65
Do you remember where you were?
00:15:52.68\00:15:54.28
How many
remember where you were?
00:15:54.32\00:15:55.65
Of course, you do.
00:15:55.68\00:15:57.02
Well, I will tell
you on September 10th.
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We were doing a seminar
just like this in New York City,
00:16:00.86\00:16:05.23
the day before the attack.
00:16:05.26\00:16:08.76
We were doing a
seminar and we had a day off.
00:16:08.80\00:16:12.83
Our day off was September 11th.
00:16:12.87\00:16:16.40
And so we decided to
go home where we lived
00:16:16.44\00:16:20.14
in the Pocono's of Pennsylvania,
00:16:20.18\00:16:21.81
there in the mountains.
00:16:21.84\00:16:23.38
And we were snarled in traffic
00:16:23.41\00:16:26.68
trying to get on to the
George Washington Bridge,
00:16:26.72\00:16:29.88
that crosses the Hudson
there and goes into New Jersey,
00:16:29.92\00:16:34.16
and just two-hour drive to home.
00:16:34.19\00:16:36.69
But traffic was just stopped.
00:16:36.73\00:16:40.13
And so I commented to my wife
00:16:40.16\00:16:42.26
as we were going
at a snail's pace,
00:16:42.30\00:16:44.23
I said, "Honey, can you
imagine if there was a crisis
00:16:44.27\00:16:49.14
in New York City,
nobody would be able to leave."
00:16:49.17\00:16:53.27
Fast-forward
it's the next morning,
00:16:53.31\00:16:56.85
and I thought, let
me get up and see what,
00:16:56.88\00:16:58.88
you know, it's our day off,
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let me see what the
weather's going to be like.
00:17:00.28\00:17:02.38
I don't remember
what the weather was,
00:17:02.42\00:17:03.75
I can't even remember if I
made it to the weather channel,
00:17:03.79\00:17:05.95
but I saw what
you saw, CNN coverage.
00:17:05.99\00:17:09.79
I could not, I was
actually trembling.
00:17:09.82\00:17:12.86
I was actually trembling
00:17:12.89\00:17:14.46
were you like
me, anybody like me?
00:17:14.50\00:17:15.83
You know, I was trembling
and my wife was trembling.
00:17:15.86\00:17:19.37
For several
reasons we were trembling.
00:17:19.40\00:17:23.00
My wife's mother worked
00:17:23.04\00:17:26.27
just in the shadow
of those twin towers.
00:17:26.31\00:17:30.38
And I remember,
I remember watching
00:17:30.41\00:17:33.35
when my wife was trying
to get a hold of her mother,
00:17:33.38\00:17:35.82
could not reach her all day
until 6 o'clock in the evening.
00:17:35.85\00:17:39.65
And she had a horrific story,
but let me tell you something,
00:17:39.69\00:17:43.43
when I, when I was
sitting there trembling,
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I went for my Bible.
00:17:46.26\00:17:49.66
How many agree it's good
to have your Bible around?
00:17:49.70\00:17:52.50
And I just, I just, you know,
00:17:52.53\00:17:55.00
kind of opened my Bible and
I read the verse Matthew 24.
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Matthew 24:44.
00:18:00.54\00:18:03.18
"Therefore, Jesus
said you will also be ready
00:18:03.21\00:18:06.21
for the Son of Man is coming
at an hour you do not expect."
00:18:06.25\00:18:09.15
How many agree? This
just came out of nowhere.
00:18:09.18\00:18:11.15
I mean those planes
just came out of nowhere.
00:18:11.19\00:18:16.22
And finally, when we talked
00:18:16.26\00:18:20.36
to my wife's mother,
00:18:20.40\00:18:22.23
she related the
horrific nightmarish story.
00:18:22.26\00:18:28.00
She was aboard the subway below
00:18:28.04\00:18:33.04
and just prior
to the Twin Towers
00:18:33.07\00:18:37.71
they let her out,
they let all the people out
00:18:37.75\00:18:40.48
and there was some
type of announcement
00:18:40.52\00:18:42.88
over the speakers, but you know,
00:18:42.92\00:18:44.92
how that it was seemed warble.
00:18:44.95\00:18:46.29
She didn't seem to
really hear it clearly,
00:18:46.32\00:18:48.22
and she came up the
stairs and she saw everybody
00:18:48.26\00:18:51.49
looking up at the Twin Tower.
00:18:51.53\00:18:52.86
She looked up, she
couldn't believe her eyes.
00:18:52.89\00:18:55.26
And she literally,
along with the crowd
00:18:55.30\00:18:57.53
had to run for their lives.
00:18:57.57\00:18:59.90
With the debris and
everything, and that,
00:18:59.93\00:19:01.80
and that billowing
smoke and toxic smoke,
00:19:01.84\00:19:05.64
death inducing
smoke and so forth
00:19:05.67\00:19:08.24
and debris came
rushing towards them.
00:19:08.28\00:19:10.55
They were literally
running for their lives.
00:19:10.58\00:19:13.05
And they made it to the water
00:19:13.08\00:19:15.35
and there I guess, overlooking,
looking to Brooklyn.
00:19:15.38\00:19:20.16
And lo and behold, when they
make it to the water's edge,
00:19:20.19\00:19:23.53
then upcoming another way
was another wave of debris
00:19:23.56\00:19:28.06
smoke and so forth
said, keep running.
00:19:28.10\00:19:31.27
She said, "Mark, I didn't
know if I was going to make it."
00:19:31.30\00:19:34.94
And many didn't make it.
00:19:34.97\00:19:37.17
But how many like me,
00:19:37.21\00:19:39.57
as you viewed this
incredible footage,
00:19:39.61\00:19:42.78
this incredible
live breaking news event,
00:19:42.81\00:19:47.08
how many knew like me,
00:19:47.12\00:19:49.85
the world will
never be the same?
00:19:49.88\00:19:52.72
It's a paradigm shift,
changing the course of history,
00:19:52.75\00:19:57.69
we have now gone into an era
00:19:57.73\00:20:00.50
known as the war on terror.
00:20:00.53\00:20:03.70
Sudden changes are about to
catch the world by surprise.
00:20:04.83\00:20:08.57
Amazing Bible
prophecies are fast fulfilling.
00:20:08.60\00:20:12.01
Do ancient prophecies predict
a sudden economic collapse?
00:20:12.04\00:20:15.51
Will the Middle East
crisis erupt into World War III?
00:20:15.54\00:20:19.01
Are we living on
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00:20:19.05\00:20:21.78
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00:20:21.82\00:20:24.55
What is the future of
00:20:24.59\00:20:26.05
the United States of America?
00:20:26.09\00:20:27.89
How will natural disasters
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00:20:27.92\00:20:32.06
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Would you agree,
nobody is claiming,
00:21:07.30\00:21:09.96
"We won the war on
terror. It's all over?"
00:21:10.00\00:21:13.27
Would you agree, I think,
00:21:13.30\00:21:14.80
in many respects
we've only just begun?
00:21:14.94\00:21:19.24
And so beloved, I
believe with all my heart
00:21:19.27\00:21:23.01
that there is a growing threat
00:21:23.04\00:21:25.25
of radical
Islamic Fundamentalism.
00:21:25.28\00:21:29.88
That's what took
down the twin towers.
00:21:29.92\00:21:34.79
Radical Islam is
a doctrine of death.
00:21:34.82\00:21:37.56
Their highest honor
is to die for Allah.
00:21:37.59\00:21:42.13
They call Jews and
Christians infidels.
00:21:42.16\00:21:45.77
Mohammad said that
our demands that quote,
00:21:45.80\00:21:48.57
"Whoever relinquishes
his faith, kill him."
00:21:48.60\00:21:54.44
The women of radical
Islam have no freedom,
00:21:54.48\00:21:57.95
cannot drive a car,
can not hold a public job.
00:21:57.98\00:22:01.05
These are irrefutable facts.
00:22:01.08\00:22:05.02
Islam calls Jewish
people apes and pigs.
00:22:05.05\00:22:09.42
They believe that
Christians incur Allah's wrath.
00:22:09.46\00:22:15.10
Mecca, Islam is the
religion that was developed
00:22:15.13\00:22:18.47
by the teachings of Mohammed
00:22:18.50\00:22:20.27
who was a citizen of
the city of Mecca in Arabia,
00:22:20.30\00:22:23.30
in the seventh century.
00:22:23.34\00:22:25.47
Mecca, look at this picture.
00:22:25.51\00:22:29.11
Millions and
millions of millions.
00:22:29.14\00:22:30.98
Would you agree,
00:22:31.01\00:22:33.08
if all of the Muslims unite,
00:22:33.11\00:22:36.32
and they want to
get something done,
00:22:36.35\00:22:38.32
it will make the news?
00:22:38.35\00:22:40.46
And it will impact the world.
00:22:40.49\00:22:42.89
Jesus warned that
there would be false prophets
00:22:42.92\00:22:46.03
that would deceive many.
00:22:46.06\00:22:47.90
I believe
Mohammed is a false prophet
00:22:47.93\00:22:51.43
that is impacting the world.
00:22:51.47\00:22:54.80
And so Islam's
second most holiest shrine
00:22:54.84\00:22:58.27
brings us to Jerusalem.
00:22:58.31\00:23:01.14
Jerusalem, here is a picture
I've actually been there,
00:23:01.18\00:23:03.98
been in there,
the Dome of the Rock.
00:23:04.01\00:23:06.88
Jerusalem.
00:23:06.92\00:23:08.48
Jerusalem is known
as the city of peace
00:23:08.52\00:23:15.26
City of Shalom.
00:23:16.46\00:23:19.46
Jerusalem, the city of peace.
00:23:19.49\00:23:22.30
Talk about irony,
talk about a dichotomy,
00:23:22.33\00:23:25.57
talk about a paradox.
00:23:25.60\00:23:27.44
We're talking about a
city that has no peace.
00:23:27.47\00:23:31.57
So, there is no peace
00:23:31.61\00:23:35.14
without the Prince of Peace.
00:23:35.18\00:23:37.61
All eyes are on Israel.
00:23:40.32\00:23:42.62
Praying for peace,
but there is no peace.
00:23:42.68\00:23:45.42
Longing for
peace, there is no peace.
00:23:45.45\00:23:48.36
So what is this
land? Why is it so coveted?
00:23:48.39\00:23:53.16
Home of the world's
great religious faiths
00:23:53.19\00:23:56.26
Judaism, Islam and Christianity,
00:23:56.30\00:23:59.60
all have a vested interest
in this prized real estate.
00:23:59.63\00:24:03.61
We call it the Holy
Land, Canaan's land,
00:24:03.64\00:24:06.47
Promised Land and
don't forget we call it
00:24:06.51\00:24:08.64
the Land flowing
with milk and honey.
00:24:08.68\00:24:10.75
That sounds like ice cream.
00:24:10.78\00:24:12.21
All right, didn't get
that, all right, never mind.
00:24:13.82\00:24:16.05
Think about, you
know, in real estate
00:24:17.29\00:24:19.02
they say
location-- What do they say?
00:24:19.05\00:24:22.26
Location, location, location.
00:24:22.29\00:24:25.26
Well, this is
prized real estate.
00:24:25.29\00:24:30.53
And we're
talking about a little,
00:24:30.57\00:24:32.17
a little strip of land.
00:24:32.20\00:24:34.74
100 to 150 miles north
to south right, all right?
00:24:34.77\00:24:37.97
There you go. 35 to 60
miles east to west, all right?
00:24:38.01\00:24:42.84
There you go.
00:24:42.88\00:24:44.31
Slightly larger than
the state of Vermont.
00:24:44.35\00:24:47.08
We're talking a
relatively small piece of land
00:24:47.12\00:24:50.32
and yet this land, Luke 21:24,
00:24:50.35\00:24:53.82
would be "trodden
down of the Gentiles."
00:24:53.86\00:24:57.19
It would be
trodden down by the Romans,
00:24:57.23\00:24:59.59
the Turks, the Muslims,
the Crusaders, the British.
00:24:59.63\00:25:03.90
Jerusalem has been
captured, only 26 times.
00:25:03.93\00:25:08.77
It's been destroyed
at least five times.
00:25:08.80\00:25:12.04
Talk about a checkered history.
00:25:12.07\00:25:15.28
Come with me
though, to Mount Moriah.
00:25:15.31\00:25:17.51
Inside the present walled city.
00:25:17.55\00:25:19.11
The old city of
Jerusalem overshadowed
00:25:19.15\00:25:20.92
by the Mount of Olives.
00:25:20.95\00:25:22.62
Now the Mount of Olives is
not, you know, these are not
00:25:22.65\00:25:24.95
like the Rocky Mountains, but,
00:25:24.99\00:25:27.86
but nevertheless, you do have
00:25:27.89\00:25:30.46
a strategic
panorama view or vista
00:25:30.49\00:25:34.63
of the old city of Jerusalem
00:25:34.66\00:25:38.07
right there in front of you.
00:25:38.10\00:25:39.77
It is breathtaking.
00:25:39.80\00:25:41.60
The center of attention for
Muslims, Jews and Christians.
00:25:41.64\00:25:45.77
But I have a question,
this is the pivotal question.
00:25:45.81\00:25:49.44
Why is the Temple
mount specifically,
00:25:49.48\00:25:52.75
so spiritually
significant to them?
00:25:52.78\00:25:56.65
Why?
00:25:56.69\00:25:58.35
The Israelis
consider it supremely sacred,
00:25:58.39\00:26:01.19
because why?
00:26:01.22\00:26:02.56
Their ancestors
worshipped here in a sanctuary
00:26:02.59\00:26:06.43
that was built by King Solomon.
00:26:06.46\00:26:10.07
And so, 600 years
though, before Christ,
00:26:10.10\00:26:14.00
the Babylonians
under the leadership
00:26:14.04\00:26:16.54
of King Nebuchadnezzar
destroyed that temple.
00:26:16.57\00:26:22.11
The Temple of Solomon.
00:26:22.14\00:26:23.75
Solomon's temple, destroyed.
00:26:23.78\00:26:26.45
The second temple
the Persian king Cyrus,
00:26:26.48\00:26:29.78
allow the Jews to
return from Babylon
00:26:29.82\00:26:32.99
to Jerusalem to do, what?
00:26:33.02\00:26:35.09
To rebuild Solomon's Temple.
00:26:35.12\00:26:38.23
That was a miracle.
00:26:38.26\00:26:39.69
It was divine providence of God.
00:26:39.73\00:26:42.06
So, Herod's Temple,
00:26:42.10\00:26:46.23
he built it to win
favor with his subjects.
00:26:46.27\00:26:50.21
He built it, I believe
to impress the Roman world.
00:26:50.24\00:26:53.58
Architecture can
speak very loudly.
00:26:53.61\00:26:56.44
And it was
completed around 62 A.D.
00:26:56.48\00:27:01.58
Now, this third
Temple was the grandest.
00:27:01.62\00:27:06.12
Now keep in mind, it
was really, it was really
00:27:06.15\00:27:10.66
the second temple
with the renovations.
00:27:10.69\00:27:14.96
You could call
it the third temple
00:27:15.00\00:27:16.50
or you could call
it a second temple
00:27:16.53\00:27:18.33
with the extensive renovations.
00:27:18.37\00:27:21.90
Twice as high as
Solomon's Temple.
00:27:21.94\00:27:25.61
Impressive, imposing,
00:27:25.64\00:27:28.91
just an extraordinary
architectural splendor,
00:27:28.94\00:27:32.41
covered with so much gold
that it was a dazzling sight
00:27:32.45\00:27:35.92
in the bright sun.
00:27:35.95\00:27:38.02
I mean, it was stunning.
00:27:38.05\00:27:39.49
And so on one occasion,
while the disciples were
00:27:39.52\00:27:44.33
looking at the temple
from the Mount of Olives,
00:27:44.36\00:27:48.96
and they were seeing
it shimmering glimmer
00:27:49.00\00:27:51.43
under the Middle Eastern Sun,
00:27:51.47\00:27:53.57
they drew Jesus attention to it.
00:27:53.60\00:27:58.01
And Jesus responded by
making a startling prediction.
00:27:58.04\00:28:03.95
Matthew 24:1.
00:28:03.98\00:28:06.61
"Then Jesus went out
and departed from the temple
00:28:06.65\00:28:09.18
and his disciples
came up to show Him
00:28:09.22\00:28:11.95
the buildings of the temple.
00:28:11.99\00:28:13.62
And Jesus said to them,
00:28:13.66\00:28:14.99
'Do you not see all these things
00:28:15.02\00:28:16.83
assuredly I say to you,'" as
He is pointing to the temple,
00:28:16.86\00:28:20.63
"Not one stone should
be left here upon another,
00:28:20.66\00:28:24.30
that shall not be thrown down."
00:28:24.33\00:28:25.93
Now that was a bombshell.
00:28:25.97\00:28:30.11
Their dreams and
aspirations, all swirled around
00:28:30.14\00:28:35.11
or hovered around that icon
00:28:35.14\00:28:39.31
of the capital of God's people,
00:28:39.35\00:28:42.45
the city of
Jerusalem with its temple.
00:28:42.48\00:28:46.99
So Jesus made a dire prediction,
00:28:47.02\00:28:51.03
in less than 40 years,
the Temple would be, what?
00:28:51.06\00:28:55.80
It would be destroyed.
00:28:55.83\00:28:57.43
Now they thought that, that
must be the end of the world.
00:28:57.47\00:29:00.87
Well, it was not.
00:29:00.90\00:29:03.10
Jesus wept over the imminent
00:29:03.14\00:29:06.01
complete
destruction of Jerusalem.
00:29:06.04\00:29:08.71
He wept about it.
00:29:08.74\00:29:10.08
He wept over it.
00:29:10.11\00:29:11.58
He wept, because he knew
there would be a massacre.
00:29:11.61\00:29:15.58
He knew that
there would be carnage.
00:29:15.62\00:29:17.95
He knew that there
would be death in the air.
00:29:17.99\00:29:21.29
He knew that blood
would spill on those stones.
00:29:21.32\00:29:26.26
And he wept.
00:29:26.29\00:29:28.90
Now why?
00:29:28.93\00:29:30.53
Why would it be destroyed?
00:29:30.57\00:29:33.23
Why?
00:29:33.27\00:29:35.10
Oh, here's the
key. Matthew 23:37.
00:29:35.14\00:29:39.71
Jesus said, while he was
00:29:39.74\00:29:43.88
swaying back and
forth on that donkey,
00:29:43.91\00:29:47.85
overlooking the city,
00:29:47.88\00:29:50.22
while his frame seem to tremble
00:29:50.25\00:29:54.26
with a cracking
voice and the broken heart,
00:29:54.29\00:29:58.43
from his pale
quivering lips came these words,
00:29:58.46\00:30:02.66
"Oh Jerusalem,
00:30:02.70\00:30:04.80
Jerusalem, the one
who kills the prophets."
00:30:04.83\00:30:09.17
Those are messengers.
00:30:09.20\00:30:10.77
They didn't like the message,
get rid of the messenger.
00:30:10.81\00:30:14.54
"Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
the one who kills the prophets
00:30:14.58\00:30:17.41
and stones those
who are sent to her!
00:30:17.45\00:30:21.72
How often I wanted to
gather your children together
00:30:21.75\00:30:24.89
as a hen gathers her
chicks under her wings,
00:30:24.92\00:30:27.96
but you are not willing."
00:30:27.99\00:30:29.76
Doesn't that break your heart?
00:30:29.79\00:30:31.49
Doesn't that break your heart,
00:30:31.53\00:30:32.86
because you see
His heart broken?
00:30:32.89\00:30:35.26
By the way, when we don't accept
00:30:35.30\00:30:38.73
any portion of the
message that God gives to us,
00:30:38.77\00:30:41.77
would you agree, it
does break His heart?
00:30:41.80\00:30:43.61
Would you agree God
does still have feelings?
00:30:43.64\00:30:47.31
How many still have feelings?
00:30:47.34\00:30:49.44
And we are made
after the image of God.
00:30:49.48\00:30:51.91
We all have feelings.
00:30:51.95\00:30:53.48
God has feelings.
00:30:53.52\00:30:54.95
How many want to make God
feel welcomed tonight by saying,
00:30:54.98\00:30:58.02
"Lord, whatever is in
your word we want it."
00:30:58.05\00:30:59.95
Can you say amen to that?
00:30:59.99\00:31:01.89
And so I want to
notice here beloved,
00:31:01.92\00:31:04.56
Jesus said categorically,
00:31:04.59\00:31:08.03
"See! Your house
is left to you," what?
00:31:08.06\00:31:12.63
Empty, desolate, meaningless.
00:31:12.67\00:31:16.10
Wow.
00:31:16.14\00:31:18.61
Incredible words.
00:31:18.64\00:31:22.81
Matthew 23:38.
00:31:22.84\00:31:25.08
Did you know about a year
00:31:25.11\00:31:28.62
before of the
destruction of Jerusalem,
00:31:28.65\00:31:31.52
some real eerie,
mysterious, ominous,
00:31:31.55\00:31:36.66
omens things happened?
00:31:36.69\00:31:40.86
One of which,
00:31:40.90\00:31:42.76
there was a star in
the shape of a sword
00:31:42.80\00:31:47.57
that appeared in the
sky, over Jerusalem there,
00:31:47.60\00:31:52.11
and it was
visible for about a year.
00:31:52.14\00:31:56.78
Incredible. How many agree,
God will give signs, warning?
00:31:56.81\00:32:01.48
Our God is a loving God.
00:32:01.52\00:32:03.28
He warns us that we might
be saved. Can you say, amen?
00:32:03.32\00:32:06.65
Would you agree, this
word is filled with warnings?
00:32:06.69\00:32:11.29
Oh, come on now.
00:32:11.33\00:32:13.90
How many are parents?
00:32:13.93\00:32:17.10
You give your kids warnings,
00:32:17.13\00:32:18.93
"do not cross
the street," warning!
00:32:18.97\00:32:22.70
"You could get
hurt, unless you cross
00:32:22.74\00:32:25.44
with mommy and daddy
holding our hand," right?
00:32:25.47\00:32:28.91
Boy, you should
see me at Wal-Mart,
00:32:28.94\00:32:31.78
where is Jordan,
my five year old.
00:32:31.81\00:32:33.15
Okay, hold her
hand, hold her hand.
00:32:33.18\00:32:36.38
Caleb, he's 10, you
know, I tell him to be careful.
00:32:36.42\00:32:38.75
Don't, don't get too
close to the car, you know,
00:32:38.79\00:32:40.82
give a little
distance, if they do back up,
00:32:40.86\00:32:42.69
you know, give them a little.
00:32:42.72\00:32:44.63
How many are like me, you
know? Okay, watch out here.
00:32:44.66\00:32:46.56
Okay, warning
here, warning there.
00:32:46.59\00:32:47.93
You do that out of love.
00:32:47.96\00:32:50.30
Matter of fact,
00:32:50.33\00:32:51.97
you can't buy
anything these days,
00:32:52.00\00:32:53.97
any gadgetry or
any appliance at home
00:32:54.00\00:32:56.84
or anything these days
without a warning label on them.
00:32:56.87\00:32:59.91
I mean, even if you have
something that's, that's not
00:32:59.94\00:33:02.61
dangerous to play with
really needs no warning
00:33:02.64\00:33:05.01
then it's wrapped in
plastic that says, "Warning!
00:33:05.05\00:33:07.72
Don't get choked on this."
00:33:07.75\00:33:09.82
Warnings in your way of life,
00:33:09.85\00:33:12.05
and if you refuse to
listen to the warnings
00:33:12.09\00:33:15.02
according the word of
God, you're gonna belost.
00:33:15.06\00:33:18.89
In the Book of Revelation
has end time warnings,
00:33:18.93\00:33:23.93
and God is trying
to get our attention.
00:33:23.97\00:33:26.77
And he's trying to tell us,
00:33:26.80\00:33:29.10
"Get close to me
before it's too late.
00:33:29.14\00:33:32.41
Fall in love with me
before it's too late.
00:33:32.44\00:33:35.34
Come to the cross,
the blood, the blood
00:33:35.38\00:33:40.18
will save you
before it's too late."
00:33:40.22\00:33:42.58
How many agree, very
soon it will be too late?
00:33:42.62\00:33:44.92
But it's not yet too late.
00:33:44.95\00:33:46.62
I want to notice though,
that it would be too late
00:33:46.65\00:33:49.59
for Jerusalem.
00:33:49.62\00:33:51.09
Luke 19:41.
00:33:51.13\00:33:53.80
Now as it drew near He
saw the city and wept over it
00:33:53.83\00:33:59.87
saying, "If you
had known even you,
00:33:59.90\00:34:03.17
especially in your day,"
00:34:03.20\00:34:05.17
listen to this,
"Especially in this, your day."
00:34:05.21\00:34:09.88
Would you agree, Jesus said,
00:34:09.91\00:34:11.25
"If all you had
known, your time."
00:34:11.28\00:34:13.85
Why do you think night
by night, I always begin
00:34:13.88\00:34:16.58
with Psalms 102:13.
00:34:16.62\00:34:19.05
That says the set time is come.
00:34:19.09\00:34:21.96
How many agree, God
has you in a season?
00:34:21.99\00:34:25.89
How many agree, there are
different seasons in your life?
00:34:25.93\00:34:28.16
Right?
00:34:28.20\00:34:30.23
Don't miss your
season, don't miss your time.
00:34:30.27\00:34:32.57
This is a time for God to do
00:34:32.60\00:34:34.24
something special in your lives.
00:34:34.27\00:34:36.17
Would you agree,
understanding our day
00:34:36.20\00:34:38.14
in the light of Bible prophecy,
00:34:38.17\00:34:40.48
that's, that's a favor of God?
00:34:40.51\00:34:42.44
And you don't want to
miss your day of opportunity.
00:34:42.48\00:34:45.08
I want to notice
here, this is powerful.
00:34:45.11\00:34:48.38
He said, "If you had known,
00:34:48.42\00:34:50.52
even you
especially in this, your day
00:34:50.55\00:34:55.26
the things that
make for your peace."
00:34:55.29\00:35:01.60
Peace.
00:35:01.63\00:35:05.50
But now they are
hidden from your eyes.
00:35:05.53\00:35:09.07
How many agree,
00:35:09.10\00:35:11.67
if we recognize our time,
00:35:11.71\00:35:14.54
that thi is our
time, this is our time
00:35:14.58\00:35:16.44
to get close to Jesus.
00:35:16.48\00:35:17.81
This is our time to study
his word like never before.
00:35:17.85\00:35:20.65
Would you agree?
00:35:20.68\00:35:22.02
This will be our time of peace.
00:35:22.05\00:35:24.05
How many would like
more peace in your life,
00:35:24.09\00:35:25.62
more peace in your heart?
00:35:25.65\00:35:26.99
Has everything to knowing
the day of your visitation?
00:35:27.02\00:35:29.66
I want to notice your,
listen carefully listen,
00:35:29.69\00:35:32.89
"For days will come upon you,
00:35:32.93\00:35:36.20
when your enemies will
build an embankment around you,"
00:35:36.23\00:35:39.07
that's called a siege,
00:35:39.10\00:35:40.80
"surrounded," notice here,
00:35:40.84\00:35:42.74
"Surround you and
close you in on every side
00:35:42.77\00:35:45.61
and level you and
your children within you."
00:35:45.64\00:35:48.04
Come on, now Moms and Dads,
00:35:48.08\00:35:49.78
nothing is more
important to you,
00:35:49.81\00:35:52.18
number one, God, then what?
00:35:52.21\00:35:54.42
Your children.
00:35:54.45\00:35:56.15
And Jesus cares for children.
00:35:56.18\00:35:58.05
How many agree, Jesus
love the little children?
00:35:58.09\00:36:03.29
But moms and dads can affect
the future of their children.
00:36:03.32\00:36:10.23
And your children
within you to the ground
00:36:10.27\00:36:12.07
and they will not leave in
you one stone upon another,
00:36:12.10\00:36:15.00
because you did
not know the time
00:36:15.04\00:36:18.71
of your visitation
00:36:18.74\00:36:20.08
Would you agree? These are
also prophetic words for us.
00:36:20.11\00:36:23.21
We got to know the time.
00:36:23.24\00:36:24.98
Do you know, I'm
going to tell you
00:36:25.01\00:36:26.35
ahead of time, you're ready?
00:36:26.38\00:36:27.72
I'm just gonna give you
a little teaser here about,
00:36:27.75\00:36:29.68
about what you
going to learn more of.
00:36:29.72\00:36:31.32
We are living in
the sealing time.
00:36:31.35\00:36:34.62
We're living in
the judgment hour.
00:36:34.66\00:36:38.69
We're living in
a time of the early
00:36:38.73\00:36:41.43
in preparation
for the latter rain.
00:36:41.46\00:36:44.20
All right.
00:36:44.23\00:36:46.33
I want you to notice here.
00:36:46.37\00:36:47.80
The time of your visitation.
00:36:47.84\00:36:51.51
"The destruction of Jerusalem,"
00:36:51.54\00:36:53.04
look at versus 20
and 21 Chapter 21,
00:36:53.07\00:36:56.68
go there, 21:20 and 21.
00:36:56.71\00:37:00.55
"But when you see Jerusalem
surrounded by armies," a siege,
00:37:00.58\00:37:04.42
"then know that its
desolation is eminent."
00:37:04.45\00:37:07.72
It is near.
00:37:07.76\00:37:09.26
"Then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains."
00:37:09.29\00:37:12.16
Wait the minute.
00:37:12.19\00:37:14.03
How can you leave a city
00:37:14.06\00:37:16.63
that is under a death embrace?
00:37:16.67\00:37:20.80
How do you evacuate a city
00:37:20.84\00:37:22.50
that is under
such a tight siege?
00:37:22.54\00:37:27.54
How do you leave a city
00:37:27.58\00:37:29.24
that is surrounded
by spiraling soldiers?
00:37:29.28\00:37:34.08
Jesus must have known something.
00:37:36.38\00:37:40.32
I want you to notice here.
00:37:40.36\00:37:43.19
Look at here.
00:37:43.22\00:37:45.46
When you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies,
00:37:45.49\00:37:47.56
then know that the
desolation is near.
00:37:47.60\00:37:50.27
Then let those who were in
Judea flee to the mountains.
00:37:50.30\00:37:53.07
In other words, when you
see that siege taken place,
00:37:53.10\00:37:56.10
when you see the first, what?
00:37:56.14\00:37:58.61
Window of opportunity,
00:37:58.64\00:38:02.64
leave evacuate,
get out of there, exit.
00:38:02.68\00:38:06.11
"Let those who are in
the midst of there, depart.
00:38:06.15\00:38:09.68
And let not those who are
in the country enter her."
00:38:09.72\00:38:13.92
So the Bible makes it very clear
00:38:13.96\00:38:16.83
that prior to the
destruction of Jerusalem,
00:38:16.86\00:38:20.90
there would be a siege.
00:38:20.93\00:38:22.93
There would be a siege.
00:38:22.96\00:38:25.03
Cestius, Roman General Cestius,
00:38:25.07\00:38:30.27
came with his troops,
marched his troops there,
00:38:30.31\00:38:34.21
he had closed in on
Jerusalem, the prized city.
00:38:34.24\00:38:38.15
Laid a serious
siege upon the city.
00:38:38.18\00:38:41.68
It was-- It seemed
to be his for the taking
00:38:41.72\00:38:43.89
as he just perched there,
like vultures just waiting.
00:38:43.92\00:38:49.06
Mysteriously,
suddenly he lifted the siege
00:38:49.09\00:38:53.16
and retreated with his troops.
00:38:53.19\00:38:55.13
And the euphoric Jewish Zealots,
00:38:55.16\00:39:00.57
chased after the
retreating Roman soldiers,
00:39:00.60\00:39:03.44
killed many of them,
00:39:03.47\00:39:05.27
and in their
temporary false security,
00:39:05.31\00:39:10.31
they struck a coin that said,
00:39:10.35\00:39:13.75
"In the first year of Liberty,
it was a false security.
00:39:13.78\00:39:18.52
It wouldn't last long,"
00:39:18.55\00:39:22.02
because just a couple
years later what happened?
00:39:22.06\00:39:28.10
In 70 A.D, Roman
General, Titus came down,
00:39:28.13\00:39:33.54
laid siege upon the city,
00:39:33.57\00:39:36.57
and this time he didn't leave
00:39:36.60\00:39:38.61
until the city was
leveled to the ground.
00:39:38.64\00:39:44.08
Roman Cestius was just
the first part of the siege.
00:39:44.11\00:39:50.82
But there was that
little window of opportunity
00:39:50.85\00:39:54.16
to evacuate, to
get out, to exit.
00:39:54.19\00:39:57.73
And so a set time of
God's favor would pass quickly.
00:39:57.76\00:40:03.00
You see, if you know prophecy,
if you know the prophecy,
00:40:03.03\00:40:08.90
you know what to do
and when you're to do it.
00:40:08.94\00:40:14.54
Keep that in mind
when we get into the issues
00:40:14.58\00:40:19.08
about the mark of the
beast. Flee to the mountains.
00:40:19.11\00:40:23.99
Jesus said, "flee
of the mountains."
00:40:24.02\00:40:26.65
70,000, so here,
you know what happened?
00:40:26.69\00:40:30.33
Those who
believe, this is powerful.
00:40:30.36\00:40:32.89
Those who believed in, what?
00:40:32.93\00:40:35.96
Jesus said the
prophecy that he gave
00:40:36.00\00:40:38.63
"those who believe
the words of Jesus."
00:40:38.67\00:40:41.94
They got out of there.
They fled to the mountains.
00:40:41.97\00:40:45.67
And they're life was preserved.
00:40:45.71\00:40:49.78
You see, 70,000
Roman troops surrounded
00:40:49.81\00:40:52.58
Jerusalem and
laid siege to the city.
00:40:52.61\00:40:54.75
And the siege lasted for months.
00:40:54.78\00:40:59.39
The second temple was destroyed
by the Romans in A.D.70.
00:40:59.42\00:41:04.69
Indeed, one
million Jews perished.
00:41:04.73\00:41:08.90
Now General Titus,
General Titus said,
00:41:08.93\00:41:13.03
"do not torch the temple."
00:41:13.07\00:41:16.14
But because some of
the, the Jews retreated
00:41:16.17\00:41:19.67
into the inner
precincts of the temple,
00:41:19.71\00:41:23.78
some of his soldiers
just threw the torch in there
00:41:23.81\00:41:27.52
and the cedar aligned walls
00:41:27.55\00:41:29.92
or the gold lain walls of cedar,
00:41:29.95\00:41:32.89
caught fire and
the gold began to melt.
00:41:32.92\00:41:36.36
And the temple
went up into an inferno,
00:41:36.39\00:41:38.93
and one million Jews perished.
00:41:38.96\00:41:41.96
All I can say is, not
one believer who believed
00:41:42.00\00:41:45.43
the prophesying and got
out of there lost their life.
00:41:45.47\00:41:48.00
It pays to know Bible prophecy.
This is no trivial pursuit.
00:41:48.04\00:41:52.14
This is no
extracurricular activity
00:41:52.17\00:41:54.14
you're doing here tonight.
00:41:54.18\00:41:55.51
You are learning the truth
00:41:55.54\00:41:57.18
for this final
hour of earth's history.
00:41:57.21\00:42:01.08
And so, that's why you can
go to Rome, I've been there.
00:42:01.12\00:42:05.09
You can go to Rome,
00:42:05.12\00:42:06.45
and you can see
the arch of Titus
00:42:06.49\00:42:08.76
with the seven
branch candlestick,
00:42:08.79\00:42:10.66
because the Jews,
00:42:10.69\00:42:12.66
the Jewish people
scattered all over the world.
00:42:12.69\00:42:17.10
The Bible
predicted it. It happened.
00:42:17.13\00:42:20.67
Now God's favor
was upon those who knew
00:42:20.70\00:42:23.61
when their time was to flee.
00:42:23.64\00:42:28.91
And so think about it.
00:42:28.94\00:42:32.45
The Jews were not ready
00:42:32.48\00:42:33.82
for Jesus' first
coming, were they?
00:42:33.85\00:42:37.05
God's people were not ready.
00:42:37.09\00:42:40.19
The church was not
ready for the first coming.
00:42:40.22\00:42:42.76
I've got a question for you.
00:42:42.79\00:42:44.19
Are people today ready
for the next coming of Christ?
00:42:44.23\00:42:47.33
There's the first coming
00:42:47.36\00:42:48.70
and then there's
the second coming.
00:42:48.73\00:42:50.07
Are most people ready?
00:42:50.10\00:42:51.43
The Bible says, "The church,"
Matthew 25. "Is sleeping."
00:42:51.47\00:42:55.27
Like the disciples in
the garden of Gethsemane.
00:42:55.30\00:42:58.91
And so, Jesus told us,
00:42:58.94\00:43:00.88
"Discern the
signs of the times."
00:43:00.91\00:43:02.48
Would you agree, he
gave, he gave God's people.
00:43:02.51\00:43:05.61
He gave them signs
00:43:05.65\00:43:07.55
of the destruction of Jerusalem.
00:43:07.58\00:43:09.05
He gave them
signs for their day.
00:43:09.08\00:43:11.79
And he's given
signs for our day.
00:43:11.82\00:43:13.46
They didn't discern
them, how many are determined
00:43:13.49\00:43:15.82
by the grace of God,
through the power of God,
00:43:15.86\00:43:18.29
through study of scriptures,
through prayer to God,
00:43:19.56\00:43:22.86
will discern the times?
00:43:22.90\00:43:24.37
Can you say amen?
00:43:24.40\00:43:25.73
You will discern and you
will interpret them, all right.
00:43:25.77\00:43:28.17
Jesus predicted
there's gonna be wars
00:43:28.20\00:43:30.04
and rumors of wars.
00:43:30.07\00:43:31.41
He wants us to know.
00:43:31.44\00:43:32.77
Have a pulse on
what's going on in the world.
00:43:32.81\00:43:34.98
And then fast forward,
00:43:35.01\00:43:37.28
in the context of
wars and rumors of wars,
00:43:37.31\00:43:39.91
the twentieth
century was the bloodiest.
00:43:39.95\00:43:42.68
Millions, and millions,
and millions of people,
00:43:42.72\00:43:45.99
multiplied
millions of people died
00:43:46.02\00:43:47.89
in World War I in World War II.
00:43:47.92\00:43:51.96
Millions of Jews
perished during World War II.
00:43:51.99\00:43:56.40
Six million
Jews, lost their lives
00:43:56.43\00:44:01.37
under the Nazi regime,
00:44:01.40\00:44:04.31
because of
Hitler's dictatorship.
00:44:04.34\00:44:07.18
But then, in 1948.
00:44:07.21\00:44:11.21
How many of you remember
seeing those grim images
00:44:11.25\00:44:14.15
of those skeletons of
people that were just barely
00:44:14.18\00:44:17.42
hanging onto a thread of live?
00:44:17.45\00:44:19.69
Those grim images there
00:44:19.72\00:44:21.19
that were in these Nazi
camps, these holocaust camps.
00:44:21.22\00:44:26.93
Well, those, then
the heart of the world,
00:44:26.96\00:44:29.96
the sympathies
of the world went,
00:44:30.00\00:44:32.37
went out to these, and rightly
so to these oppressed people.
00:44:32.40\00:44:36.60
Then in one 1948, the Jewish
people returned to Palestine
00:44:36.64\00:44:40.38
to form their new
independent government.
00:44:40.41\00:44:43.71
Talk about an
amazing turn of events
00:44:43.75\00:44:46.28
to go from the death camps
00:44:46.31\00:44:48.65
to now forging out their
own independent government.
00:44:48.68\00:44:53.02
Amazing. David Ben-Gurion,
see the picture here,
00:44:53.05\00:44:57.53
first Prime Minister of Israel,
00:44:57.56\00:44:59.29
publicly
pronouncing their declaration
00:44:59.33\00:45:01.80
of the state of
Israel, May 14, 1948.
00:45:01.83\00:45:06.40
The world was
amazed and many were happy
00:45:06.43\00:45:10.97
that now they could have
their own little strip of land.
00:45:11.01\00:45:15.54
But there would be
a lot of hostilities
00:45:15.58\00:45:18.98
around them and
a lot of fighting.
00:45:19.01\00:45:20.98
In the six day war, 1967,
00:45:21.02\00:45:24.19
they recaptured the
prized city of Jerusalem
00:45:24.22\00:45:26.72
in just six days.
00:45:26.76\00:45:29.06
And here is a
picture of paratroopers
00:45:29.09\00:45:31.83
that Jerusalem's Western
Wall, shortly after its capture.
00:45:31.86\00:45:36.77
Now in light of all
that's been said tonight,
00:45:36.80\00:45:41.50
the Israelis believe that
God gave them back Jerusalem,
00:45:41.54\00:45:45.87
in order to rebuild the temple.
00:45:45.91\00:45:48.41
It would be known as
the, really the third temple.
00:45:48.44\00:45:52.35
So after Temple services resume,
00:45:52.38\00:45:54.62
this is what they believe,
00:45:54.65\00:45:56.42
the Messiah will come and
set up His glorious kingdom
00:45:56.45\00:45:59.65
according to their scenario.
00:45:59.69\00:46:02.06
And a rebuilt temple
00:46:02.09\00:46:04.13
would fulfill the
dreams and aspirations
00:46:04.16\00:46:06.43
of Jewish people
around the globe.
00:46:06.46\00:46:10.87
Why the delay?
00:46:10.90\00:46:12.97
Come on, get on with it,
00:46:13.00\00:46:14.34
build the temple
and get the services
00:46:14.37\00:46:16.27
going and why aren't
you just move forward.
00:46:16.30\00:46:19.37
Why not--
00:46:19.41\00:46:20.74
why the stalled
progress? Why the delay?
00:46:20.78\00:46:24.85
What is preventing these
aspirations from being realized
00:46:24.88\00:46:28.05
by the Jews?
00:46:28.08\00:46:30.09
Here's the upshot.
00:46:30.12\00:46:31.65
Muslim
occupation and opposition.
00:46:31.69\00:46:38.23
The Temple Mount is
under Muslim control.
00:46:38.26\00:46:42.70
The Dome of the rock
remains one of Islam's
00:46:42.73\00:46:44.83
holiest shrines
in the entire world.
00:46:44.87\00:46:49.14
Muslims believe
this is an inside--
00:46:49.17\00:46:51.11
Is a picture inside
the dome of the rock
00:46:51.14\00:46:53.11
and there is a
massive rock there.
00:46:53.14\00:46:55.88
Muslims believe
Mohammad received
00:46:55.91\00:46:58.55
their ultimate source of
authority on Mount Moriah.
00:46:58.58\00:47:02.95
And furthermore, they believe
00:47:02.98\00:47:06.32
the Angel Gabriel
appeared to him and gave him
00:47:06.35\00:47:08.96
the words of the Koran.
00:47:08.99\00:47:12.86
And so here they
are, here are the Jews
00:47:12.89\00:47:16.80
the soldier armed
with a machine gun,
00:47:16.83\00:47:19.93
praying, fighting for peace.
00:47:19.97\00:47:25.74
And as you go there to
the Old City of Jerusalem,
00:47:25.77\00:47:30.81
and you see the walls,
00:47:30.85\00:47:33.65
you can see
it's a war torn zone.
00:47:33.68\00:47:37.45
I want you to notice here,
00:47:37.49\00:47:39.29
there is a silent
witness on the, these walls.
00:47:39.32\00:47:43.83
What is it? Bullet
holes. It says it all.
00:47:43.86\00:47:49.86
And there's the Wailing
Wall. There's the Wailing Wall.
00:47:49.90\00:47:56.14
Wailing Wall is a
portion of the western wall
00:47:56.17\00:47:58.91
of Herod's Temple was
preserved by the Romans
00:47:58.94\00:48:01.18
when they destroyed
the city in 70 A.D to show
00:48:01.21\00:48:03.91
how formidable they were.
00:48:03.95\00:48:05.71
This fragment of wall is revered
00:48:05.75\00:48:07.42
by the Jews and
called the Wailing Wall.
00:48:07.45\00:48:09.58
It is about 50 yards
long and 60 feet high.
00:48:09.62\00:48:12.29
One stone is a
whopping 16 and a half feet long
00:48:12.32\00:48:16.09
and 13 feet wide.
00:48:16.12\00:48:18.96
Here the Jews gather to
wail the loss of their temple.
00:48:18.99\00:48:22.10
Many people will scribble
out their prayers and crumple up
00:48:22.13\00:48:24.97
a piece of paper,
stuff it in the crevices
00:48:25.00\00:48:27.30
there at the Wailing Wall,
as they pray for their needs,
00:48:27.34\00:48:32.21
and for peace
in the Middle East.
00:48:32.24\00:48:34.01
So what was God's original plan
00:48:34.04\00:48:40.58
for His people, Israel?
00:48:40.62\00:48:42.98
Watch.
00:48:43.02\00:48:44.95
God's ideal plan for Israel,
00:48:44.99\00:48:46.69
number one,
inherit the land of Canaan.
00:48:46.72\00:48:50.49
Number two, "blossom
and bud, and fill the face
00:48:50.53\00:48:53.63
of the world with His fruit."
00:48:53.66\00:48:55.06
Number three, "Jerusalem becomes
00:48:55.10\00:48:56.77
God's throne and all
nations "gathered unto it."
00:48:56.80\00:49:00.17
There's more.
00:49:00.20\00:49:01.54
Temple in Jerusalem would be
00:49:01.57\00:49:02.90
"called the House of
Prayer for all people."
00:49:02.94\00:49:04.84
There's more.
00:49:04.87\00:49:06.21
"All the nations of the Earth
00:49:06.24\00:49:07.58
which shall hear of all the good
00:49:07.61\00:49:08.94
that I do unto them
shall fear and tremble"
00:49:08.98\00:49:11.31
" before them and
be afraid of them.
00:49:11.35\00:49:13.82
There is more.
00:49:13.85\00:49:15.48
Any nation which
refused to serve Israel
00:49:15.52\00:49:17.85
would be turned
into a wasteland.
00:49:17.89\00:49:19.42
There's more.
Unparalleled prosperity.
00:49:19.45\00:49:22.56
There's more, superior
health, superior intellect,
00:49:22.59\00:49:25.49
international fame.
00:49:25.53\00:49:26.86
Would you agree
these were grandiose,
00:49:26.90\00:49:28.53
these were powerful
00:49:28.56\00:49:30.93
remarkable plans
that God had for Israel.
00:49:30.97\00:49:36.37
But there's something
that many Christians overlook.
00:49:36.40\00:49:42.84
Now as Paul Harvey, would say,
00:49:42.88\00:49:45.35
now for the rest of the story.
00:49:45.38\00:49:49.78
In Deuteronomy 28.
00:49:49.82\00:49:53.46
You have a litany, a
list of blessings pronounce
00:49:53.49\00:50:01.30
upon Israel, and it's all
premised by a little word,
00:50:01.33\00:50:05.90
two letters,
guess what that word is?
00:50:05.93\00:50:08.87
"If" blessings if you
obey, blessings if you obey,
00:50:08.90\00:50:14.94
blessings if you obey.
00:50:14.98\00:50:16.34
And after a long list
of blessings, premise,
00:50:16.38\00:50:19.68
conditional
"if" they would obey.
00:50:19.71\00:50:24.35
Followed by that was
a long list of curses
00:50:24.39\00:50:31.59
if they would disobey.
00:50:31.63\00:50:34.26
So would you agree,
everything was conditional?
00:50:34.30\00:50:38.70
God had a plan,
but it was conditional.
00:50:38.73\00:50:43.57
Now think about it.
00:50:43.61\00:50:45.81
Have they have been reaping
the blessings or the curses?
00:50:45.84\00:50:48.68
I'll let you be
the judge of that.
00:50:48.71\00:50:51.71
You say, well, they
got the land over there.
00:50:51.75\00:50:55.12
Is there peace over there?
00:50:55.15\00:50:59.49
No peace.
00:50:59.52\00:51:01.99
Would you agree,
this was not God's idea?
00:51:02.02\00:51:05.13
This was not God's plan?
00:51:05.16\00:51:07.06
Anything that goes
on in the Middle East,
00:51:07.10\00:51:09.16
they can talk peace but
all it is, is a band-aid.
00:51:09.20\00:51:14.30
There is no peace for those
who reject the Prince of Peace.
00:51:14.34\00:51:19.37
And there is a
lesson, booked for us all.
00:51:19.41\00:51:23.18
It applies to every one of us.
00:51:23.21\00:51:25.88
There's no peace, unless
00:51:25.91\00:51:28.65
we give our heart to
Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
00:51:28.68\00:51:32.29
And so there's
conflict and fear,
00:51:32.32\00:51:35.12
when we do not
follow Jesus in our heart
00:51:35.16\00:51:38.59
and seek to obey him,
00:51:38.63\00:51:40.00
there's this
conflict in fear in our heart.
00:51:40.03\00:51:42.06
But I'm so glad, the
Bible makes a very clear,
00:51:42.10\00:51:45.17
"Greater is He that is in you
than he that is in the world."
00:51:45.20\00:51:48.00
1 John 4:4.
00:51:48.04\00:51:49.47
"This is the victory
that overcometh the world,
00:51:49.50\00:51:51.44
even our faith,"
00:51:51.47\00:51:52.81
1 John 5:4.
00:51:52.84\00:51:54.18
"We can go on conquering
and to conquer," Romans 8:37.
00:51:54.21\00:51:58.45
"I will never leave
thee nor forsake thee,"
00:51:58.48\00:52:00.68
Hebrews 13:5 and 6.
00:52:00.72\00:52:02.38
How many agree, you may
not be armed with weapons?
00:52:02.42\00:52:04.65
But the weapons of
our warfare are the word,
00:52:04.69\00:52:07.29
is a word of God,
faith in Jesus Christ, amen.
00:52:07.32\00:52:10.96
Because the Bible says,
"Perfect love casts out fear."
00:52:10.99\00:52:15.66
1 John 4:18.
00:52:15.70\00:52:17.97
"God is not given
us the spirit of fear,
00:52:18.00\00:52:20.27
but of love, and of
power and of a sound mind."
00:52:20.30\00:52:22.67
2 Timothy 1:7.
00:52:22.70\00:52:24.24
How many love the
Word of God tonight? Amen.
00:52:24.27\00:52:26.68
And so all of these,
these familiar photos,
00:52:26.71\00:52:31.55
seem to just be
turn out to be photo ops.
00:52:31.58\00:52:34.95
Here is Clinton. You
know. And there's Arafat.
00:52:34.98\00:52:38.85
And you know shaking
the hands, Israeli leader,
00:52:38.89\00:52:43.12
and the Arab leader or
the, you know, the leader
00:52:43.16\00:52:46.39
there in the Middle
East, the Palestinian
00:52:46.43\00:52:48.00
leader,former leader.
00:52:48.03\00:52:49.36
And here they are shaking hands,
00:52:49.40\00:52:50.73
but there's no peace.
00:52:50.77\00:52:52.93
And so you can see
all of the different--
00:52:52.97\00:52:55.77
there is
President Carter, you know,
00:52:55.80\00:52:57.61
they try to get
peace, but there's no peace.
00:52:57.64\00:52:59.84
Here is Barack Obama, welcoming
00:52:59.87\00:53:01.21
Shimon Peres in the Oval Office.
00:53:01.24\00:53:03.98
And so would you like to
know how to reach Jewish people?
00:53:04.01\00:53:06.98
Would you like
to know how to reach
00:53:07.02\00:53:08.35
unbelievers and
skeptics and scoffers?
00:53:08.38\00:53:10.69
Would you like to know how?
00:53:10.72\00:53:12.22
First of all you must
take them to the garden tomb
00:53:12.25\00:53:15.19
and ask them where is Jesus?
00:53:15.22\00:53:17.59
He is a risen Savior.
00:53:17.63\00:53:19.29
Furthermore, there
were 500 eyewitnesses
00:53:19.33\00:53:23.87
that Jesus
Christ was now living.
00:53:23.90\00:53:27.90
500 eye witnesses.
00:53:27.94\00:53:31.47
Jesus fulfilled over
40 Messianic prophecies.
00:53:31.51\00:53:37.08
When he would be born?
Where he would be born?
00:53:37.11\00:53:39.58
When he would be baptized?
00:53:39.61\00:53:41.25
When he would
die? How he would die?
00:53:41.28\00:53:46.59
How much money would
be given to his betrayer?
00:53:46.62\00:53:51.19
And on and on.
00:53:51.23\00:53:53.09
And so beloved, would you agree,
00:53:53.13\00:53:56.30
there must have been a reason
00:53:56.33\00:53:57.67
why Israel, why the
Jews rejected Jesus?
00:53:57.70\00:54:00.57
You know why they rejected him?
00:54:00.60\00:54:03.07
Because he didn't liberate
them from the Roman rule.
00:54:03.10\00:54:08.38
They wanted a political Messiah.
00:54:08.41\00:54:12.41
They wanted a glorious
kingdom where their children
00:54:12.45\00:54:16.38
would not know any
more pain or suffering.
00:54:16.42\00:54:18.52
They wanted it now and if
he couldn't give it to them
00:54:18.55\00:54:20.96
right then and
there, not interested.
00:54:20.99\00:54:23.66
But Jesus wanted to show them
first, you must be delivered
00:54:23.69\00:54:28.36
from the
occupation of the devil.
00:54:28.40\00:54:31.07
First, you must be
freed from the tyranny of sin.
00:54:31.10\00:54:35.00
Then you can appreciate
00:54:35.04\00:54:36.37
later on, I'll give
you the political freedom,
00:54:36.40\00:54:38.97
but that's not
what's gonna come first.
00:54:39.01\00:54:40.88
Isn't that the way it is
today, where people are thinking
00:54:40.91\00:54:44.08
that the
government will save them?
00:54:44.11\00:54:47.68
They want to political Messiah,
are you listening tonight?
00:54:47.72\00:54:50.95
They want to political Messiah.
00:54:50.99\00:54:52.69
I'm here to tell you,
all you need is Jesus.
00:54:52.72\00:54:55.79
Jesus is your peacemaker.
00:54:55.82\00:54:58.46
Jesus is your Prince of Peace.
Do you have peace tonight?
00:54:58.49\00:55:02.56
You can have that
peace. You can and that peace.
00:55:02.60\00:55:05.07
Did you know that
you are now true Israeli?
00:55:05.10\00:55:10.31
Listen to what the Bible says.
00:55:10.34\00:55:11.77
Listen to what the Bible says,
00:55:11.81\00:55:13.17
"He is not a Jew
who is one outwardly,
00:55:13.21\00:55:15.48
nor circumcision
that which is outward
00:55:15.51\00:55:17.28
in the flesh, but he is a
Jew who is just one inwardly
00:55:17.31\00:55:20.18
and circumcision
is that of the heart,
00:55:20.22\00:55:22.18
in the spirit,
not in the letter,
00:55:22.22\00:55:23.69
whose praise is not
for men but from God."
00:55:23.72\00:55:26.96
Have you given your heart
to Jesus? You're true Jew.
00:55:26.99\00:55:30.49
Ethnic Jews, according
to the Word of God, listen.
00:55:30.53\00:55:34.06
The Bible says, it's not
enough to have ethnicity,
00:55:34.10\00:55:36.77
you've got to have a
born-again experience
00:55:36.80\00:55:39.87
to be a true Jew
in the New Testament,
00:55:39.90\00:55:42.60
estimation of things.
00:55:42.64\00:55:45.34
So God's people are
comprised of converted Jews
00:55:45.37\00:55:48.68
and converted
Gentiles, His people.
00:55:48.88\00:55:52.75
Romans 2:28-29.
00:55:52.78\00:55:54.72
"Therefore, know that
only those who are of faith
00:55:54.75\00:55:57.95
are sons of Abraham."
00:55:57.99\00:55:59.39
Faith in Jesus.
00:55:59.42\00:56:01.19
That's why the Bible
says, "If you are of Christ,
00:56:01.22\00:56:03.59
hat you have
Abraham's seed in heirs
00:56:03.63\00:56:05.36
according to the promise."
00:56:05.39\00:56:06.73
Galatians 3:29.
That's Galatians 3:7.
00:56:06.76\00:56:09.00
What does the Bible say?
00:56:09.03\00:56:10.37
"Therefore I say to
you the kingdom of God
00:56:10.40\00:56:12.07
will be taken from you,
00:56:12.10\00:56:13.44
and given to a nation
bearing the fruits of it."
00:56:13.47\00:56:16.37
Jesus said, the kingdom
is gonna be taken from you,
00:56:16.40\00:56:19.07
and given to a people
that were not my people.
00:56:19.11\00:56:22.98
Matthew 21:43.
00:56:23.01\00:56:24.98
So who is the holy nation?
00:56:25.01\00:56:26.88
We need to draw to a close,
who is the holy nation now?
00:56:26.92\00:56:29.78
You are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood,
00:56:29.82\00:56:32.45
a holy nation, His
own special people.
00:56:32.49\00:56:36.19
You didn't know
how special you were.
00:56:36.22\00:56:39.86
You are His holy nation.
00:56:39.89\00:56:42.20
"You are a royal priesthood,"
His own special people,
00:56:42.23\00:56:45.60
"that you may proclaim
00:56:45.63\00:56:47.40
the praise of him who
called you out of darkness
00:56:47.44\00:56:49.40
into His marvelous light,
who once were not a people."
00:56:49.44\00:56:54.18
But now in Christ.
00:56:54.21\00:56:56.85
"Now the people of God
who had not obtain mercy,
00:56:56.88\00:56:59.98
but now have obtained mercy."
00:57:00.02\00:57:02.28
My beloved, you shall
inherit the promises of Abraham.
00:57:02.32\00:57:06.76
You can look forward
to the New Jerusalem.
00:57:06.79\00:57:10.09
"I, John, saw the new
Jerusalem coming down from God
00:57:10.13\00:57:13.70
adorned as a
bride for her husband."
00:57:13.73\00:57:16.90
I'm here to tell you,
00:57:16.93\00:57:18.27
you're gonna be in
that New Jerusalem.
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I'm not looking
forward to rebuild Jerusalem.
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I'm looking forward
to the New Jerusalem
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and you and I can be in it.
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Bible makes it very clear when
you give your heart to Jesus,
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very soon Jesus is gonna come.
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We're gonna go
home to be with the Lord
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and we will be in
that New Jerusalem.
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Although sudden and
alarming changes are sweeping
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across the globe,
you in your family
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can be prepared to face
the future with confidence.
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