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Episode: “Israel: Center of Contention” with David Dolan, Part 2

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Caption transcript for “Israel: Center of Contention” with David Dolan, Part 2

00:16 BRETHREN, MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED,
00:23 FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GREEK
00:27 FOR THE SAME LORD OVER ALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
00:38 WITH DR. JEFFREY SEIF
00:41 HEARTY SHALOM TO ALL OF YOU.
00:43 JEFFREY SEIF HERE PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO A VERY, VERY, VERY SPECIAL EDITION
00:49 OF ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
00:51 MADE SPECIAL BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD FRIEND WITH US...
00:54 DAVID DOLAN.
00:55 HELLO
00:56 HELLO, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU JEFF.
00:58 YOU MIGHT RECALL DAVID FROM LAST WEEK.
01:00 WE DID ANOTHER SPECIAL PROGRAM
01:02 AND A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THAT,
01:03 IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING,
01:05 DAVID LED US ALL AROUND THE MIDDLE EAST IN SEARCH OF "JEHOVAH'S TREASURES".
01:10 WE WANT TO GO AROUND THE MIDDLE EAST IN THIS PROGRAM DAVID
01:12 BUT WE WANT TO LOOK FURTHER TO THE EAST
01:15 TO THE NATION STATE OF IRAN AND CONSIDER IRAN IN BIBLICAL HISTORY AND PROPHECY.
01:21 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
01:23 I THINK IT'S A VERY RELEVANT TOPIC.
01:26 HERE WE HAVE A COUNTRY THAT IN ANCIENT TIMES
01:29 ISSUED A DECREE THAT ALL THE JEWS WOULD BE KILLED
01:32 AND IN OUR TIME ITS LEADERS SAYING THAT THE JEWISH STATE
01:35 WILL BE INSTANTLY, QUICKLY, SUDDENLY WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE MIDDLE EAST MAP
01:40 OBVIOUSLY ALLUDING TO THE USE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION,
01:44 NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROBABLY AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT.
01:48 AND REALLY...
01:49 I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE...
01:51 THE GREATEST THREAT THAT ISRAEL HAS FACED IN HER 62 YEARS AS A NATION.
01:54 THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT.
01:56 IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS A LOT OF ATTENTION.
01:58 A FEW YEARS AGO WE INTERVIEWED BEBE NETANYAHU
02:02 WHO'S NOW THE PRIME MINISTER...
02:04 THEN HE WASN'T...
02:05 IT WAS JUST BEFORE HE CAME ON BOARD FOR THIS GO ROUND...
02:07 AND HE SAID THAT THE CONCERN OF THE IRANIAN THREAT
02:11 WAS PARAMOUNT IN HIS THINKING
02:12 BECAUSE AHMADINEJAD COULD PUSH A BUTTON
02:15 AND DO IN 12 MINUTES WHAT IT TOOK HITLER 12 YEARS TO DO,
02:18 THAT IS, EXTERMINATE 6 MILLION JEWS.
02:20 AND YOU KNOW IT GOES BACK TO THE FOUNDER OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION,
02:24 AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI.
02:25 I REMEMBER THIS WELL;
02:27 I WAS WORKING FOR CBS NEWS AT THE TIME
02:29 DURING THE GULF WAR IN 1991
02:30 WHEN SADDAM IN IRAQ WAS SENDING SCUDS OUR WAY
02:33 AND BOTH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HUSNI MUBARAK AND KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN
02:37 WANTED THE U.N. TO STOP THE MOVEMENT OF SOVIET JEWS, RUSSIAN JEWS INTO ISRAEL.
02:44 AND OF COURSE ISRAEL EVERY DAY WAS FLYING IMMIGRANTS IN
02:47 EVEN DURING THE WORST DAYS OF THE WAR
02:50 AND KHOMEINI SAID THIS, HE SAID,
02:52 "BROTHERS DON'T TRY TO STOP THE JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO THAT SMALL LAND."
02:56 "YOU SHOULD ENCOURAGE ALL THE JEWS LIVING ON EARTH TO COME BACK"
03:00 "AND WHEN THEY'RE THERE WE'LL FINISH WHAT HITLER STARTED."
03:03 SO THIS IS NOT A NEW IDEA,
03:05 ITS NOT JUST PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD IN RECENT YEARS AS TALKING ABOUT WIPING ISRAEL OUT,
03:09 IT GOES BACK TO THE FOUNDER OF THE IRANI REVOLUTION 30 SOME YEARS AGO
03:13 AND IT IS A GRAVE, EXISTENTIAL THREAT INDEED.
03:16 AND IT GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE PAGES OF THE BIBLICAL DRAMA WHICH I WANT TO EXPLORE.
03:22 BUT FIRST A DISCLAIMER...
03:24 AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS...
03:26 MY UNDERSTANDING, THE IRANIAN PEOPLE TEND TO BE A DECENT, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
03:30 BY NATURE AND HISTORICALLY.
03:33 EVEN IN RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN...
03:37 IT'S NOT ABOUT THE AVERAGE IRANIAN ON THE STREETS
03:40 AS MUCH AS IT IS THE REGIME THAT HOLDS POWER
03:44 AND THAT PRESSES A CULTURE TO GO IN A DIRECTION
03:49 THAT IT OTHERWISE WOULDN'T BE MINDED TO DO.
03:52 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
03:54 YOU KNOW THERE ARE ISRAELI EXPERTS AND MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS THAT EVEN POINT OUT
03:58 THAT WITHIN THE REGIME THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS AYATOLLAH HUMIENI MADE THAT STATEMENT
04:04 BUT MANY OF THE OTHER AYATOLLAH'S OF THAT TIME,
04:07 THEY WERE NOT LOOKING TO DESTROY ISRAEL.
04:09 THEY WERE NOT LOOKING FOR A MAJOR WAR
04:11 BUT THE MORE EXTREME WING OF THIS REGIME HAS TAKEN OVER
04:16 AND THE IDEA THAT THE MAHDI,
04:17 THIS HIDDEN IMAM WHO DISAPPEARED IN 785,
04:22 I THINK WAS AROUND THAT TIME,
04:24 HE IS GOING TO COME BACK IN THE MIDST OF A GREAT MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT,
04:26 A GREAT UPHEAVAL IN THE REGION
04:28 THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY PUSHING FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE
04:30 TO FULFILL A SHIITE VERSION OF ISLAMIC THEOLOGY.
04:34 AND THE ISRAELIS UNDERSTAND THAT,
04:36 IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF A MAJOR WAR OR OF EVEN BEING ATTACKED BACK.
04:41 BUT THE PEOPLE OF IRAN?...
04:43 ABSOLUTELY, YOU'RE RIGHT.
04:45 I HAVE A FRIEND THAT GOES IN THERE,
04:47 TAKES TOURS IN THERE SUPPOSEDLY,
04:48 BUT HE'S REALLY IN THERE SHARING THE GOSPEL
04:50 AND HE TESTIFIES THAT THE AVERAGE IRANIAN IS VERY MUCH AGAINST THIS REGIME,
04:54 VERY MUCH WANT TO SEE IT OUT,
04:55 BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO OUST IT
04:57 WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS IN THERE SO STRONGLY.
05:00 I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE POINT IN PART
05:02 BECAUSE I WANT TO SPEAK VERY FORCEFULLY AND PROPHETICALLY
05:06 ABOUT ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH IRAN BECAUSE THERE REALLY ARE PROBLEMS TODAY.
05:11 BUT THE PROBLEM'S NOT WITH THE AVERAGE IRANIAN PERSON ON THE STREET, A GOOD PERSON...
05:15 IRANIAN MOTHERS LOVE THEIR CHILDREN,
05:17 THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE
05:20 AND NOT EVERYONE IS PLEASED BY WHAT THAT ADMINISTRATION IS DOING.
05:24 IT'S THE SAME IN GERMANY.
05:26 NOT EVERYONE WAS A NAZI HELL BENT ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWS,
05:30 BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE'S A PARTY THAT'S THERE THAT'S DRIVING IT
05:34 AND IT PRESENTS A PROBLEM FOR US ALL.
05:37 IT DOES AND YOU KNOW THE IRANIAN PEOPLE
05:40 REALIZE THAT ISRAEL HAS A NUCLEAR CAPABILITY ITSELF.
05:44 AND SHIMON PEREZ, OUR PRESIDENT, SAID IN HIS DIPLOMATIC WAY,
05:48 "YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY REGIME IN THE REGION IF YOU GET NUCLEAR WEAPONS"
05:51 "THAT CAN POTENTIALLY WIPE OUT A WHOLE OTHER COUNTRY."
05:54 NOW ISRAEL DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT,
05:56 THEIR LEADERS HAVE ALWAYS SAID,
05:57 "WE WILL NOT BE THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE"
05:59 "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTO THE REGION"
06:01 "BUT IF THEY'RE USED AGAINST US OUR RESPONSE WILL BE..."
06:03 SOMETIMES THEY SAY SEVEN TIMES GREATER,
06:05 SOMETIMES A HUNDRED TIMES,
06:07 IN OTHER WORDS,
06:08 "WE WON'T BE THE FIRST BUT WE WILL BE THE SECOND IF WE HAVE TO."
06:11 THEY MEAN THAT AS A DETERRENT, NOT AS A THREAT,
06:13 TO DETER THEIR ENEMIES FROM USING THEM
06:15 BUT OF COURSE THE AVERAGE IRANIAN KNOWS THEY COULD BE WIPED OUT AS WELL
06:19 AND YES, THEY'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT,
06:21 THEY JUST WANT TO LIVE THEIR LIVES.
06:22 YES AND YOU KNOW WE SPEAK OF IRAN TODAY...
06:25 IT WAS PERSIA YESTERDAY...
06:28 THE LAND GOES BY DIFFERENT NAMES,
06:30 DIFFERENT PEOPLES,
06:31 DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS...
06:32 WE NEED TO GET TO TODAY.
06:34 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK IN A MOMENT
06:35 AND GO BACK TO TOMORROW.
06:37 THERE'S A WORLD IN THE BIBLICAL DRAMA
06:39 WHERE THE PERSIANS WERE KINDLY DISPOSED TOWARDS THE JEWS, CORRECT?
06:42 ABSOLUTELY... ABSOLUTELY.
06:43 IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR MOST OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH- PERSIAN RELATION
06:48 BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS THIS DECREE IN ANCIENT TIMES TO WIPE THEM OUT
06:52 AND HERE THIS THREAT, OR I EVEN SAY "VOW",
06:55 TO WIPE THEM OUT TODAY AND INSTANTLY, SUDDENLY.
06:57 SO THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY BY THE ISRAELI LEADERSHIP.
07:01 AND SERIOUSLY WE WILL TAKE IT WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER THE BREAK.
07:08 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY
07:12 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWS LETTER
07:15 "THE LEVITT LETTER".
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07:18 WITH THE LATEST VIDEOS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC.
07:22 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE,
07:24 "THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH CHRISTIAN STUDIES" INCLUDES
07:26 READING PACKETS, TEACHINGS CDs, AND MAIL-IN TESTS.
07:30 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL OR PETRA
07:34 OR CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN VISITING GREECE AND EPHESUS.
07:37 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
07:43 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
07:45 AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE JEWS NEED FRIENDS...
07:50 ISRAEL NEEDS FRIENDS.
07:52 AND I KNOW YOU'RE A FRIEND OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN ISRAEL
07:55 JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING OUR WAY
07:57 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH AN OPEN BIBLE AND WITH JESUS TO BE SURE.
08:01 IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH US ON THE JOURNEY,
08:04 BEYOND THE TELEVISION PROGRAM WE HAVE A WHOLE MINISTRY
08:09 THAT THIS TELEVISION PROGRAM IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
08:12 IF YOU WOULD CONTACT US ON-LINE
08:14 AT WWW.LEVITT.COM
08:18 AND PLEASE DO THAT,
08:19 FOR THE ASKING IS OUR MAGAZINE THAT WE'LL SEND OUT MONTHLY
08:23 AND IT'S CHOCK FULL OF REALLY GOOD ARTICLES.
08:26 A RECENT ONE... "IF IRAN NUKES ISRAEL"...
08:31 AND THAT'S THE STORY ON TODAY'S PROGRAM
08:33 AND WE COVER THIS STORY AND A VARIETY OF OTHER STORIES
08:36 THAT RESONATE WITH BIBLICAL READERS.
08:40 AND IF YOU'RE A READER AND YOU'RE GAME FOR IT,
08:43 I WROTE A BOOK A FEW YEARS AGO CALLED
08:44 "THE IRANIAN MENACE IN JEWISH HISTORY AND PROPHECY".
08:50 INASMUCH AS IRAN IS RAISING ITS HOARY HEAD TODAY, SABER IN HAND,
08:55 WITH ALL THIS INVECTIVE AGAINST THE JEWS
08:58 I WANTED TO CONSIDER IF THERE ARE ANCIENT SOURCES
09:01 THAT SPEAK TO THAT IN THE BIBLE AND AROUND THE BIBLE...
09:04 AND THERE ARE.
09:05 IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ A COLLEGE LEVEL TYPE BOOK ON THE SUBJECT,
09:08 I KNOW THAT MIGHT SCARE SOME PEOPLE OFF,
09:10 BUT YEAH I'M A COLLEGE PROFESSOR IN ANOTHER LIFE...
09:13 "THE IRANIAN MENACE IN JEWISH HISTORY AND PROPHECY"...
09:15 I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE IT.
09:17 AND TALK ABOUT LIKING,
09:19 AND THIS AIN'T COLLEGE,
09:20 IF YOU LOVE ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS,
09:22 WE'RE PRESENTING ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE...YOU CHECK US OUT.
09:26 AND SPEAKING OF CHECKING US OUT...
09:29 DAVID DOLAN IT IS GREAT FOR YOU TO CHECK IN.
09:32 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ALL THE WAY FROM ISRAEL.
09:36 IT'S A BLESSING TO BE HERE WITH YOU INDEED.
09:38 NOW I WANT TO READ A VERSE IN THE SCRIPTURES IN THE BOOK OF "ESTHER",
09:42 DAVID, IN THE THIRD CHAPTER WHERE WE'RE TOLD IN VERSE SIX
09:46 THAT HAMAN SOUGHT TODESTROY THE JEWS WHO WERE THROUGHOUT HIS WHOLE REALM.
09:54 IT LOOKS LIKE YESTERDAY,
09:57 NEVER MIND TODAY,
09:58 THAT OUT OF IRAN THERE WAS A PERSON,
10:01 THERE WAS AN IMPULSE TO ERADICATE JEWS.
10:03 INDEED AND YOU KNOW IRAN, THE NAME, IS CONNECTED TO "ARYAN"
10:07 AND WE HAD OF COURSE HITLER'S MODERN ATTEMPT TO DO IT.
10:12 AND THERE IS A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION I BELIEVE THERE
10:14 AND I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT OR EXPLAIN IT ALL TOGETHER
10:17 BUT OBVIOUSLY THE DESIRE TO WIPE THE JEWISH PEOPLE OUT
10:20 IS CONNECTED TO THE CHOSENNESS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
10:23 AND THE CHOSENNESS OF ISRAEL FOR GOD'S PLANS AND PURPOSES.
10:26 THE SCRIPTURE TELLS US THAT GOD HAS AN ENEMY,
10:29 "HASATAN", "THE ADVERSARY" IN HEBREW,
10:30 "SATAN" IN ENGLISH,
10:32 WHO WANTS TO THWART EVERYTHING THAT GOD IS DOING
10:34 INCLUDING THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY
10:36 AND ISRAEL IS ONE OF THE KEY FULFILLMENTS OF PROPHECY AS YOU WELL KNOW.
10:39 AND LIVING THERE FOR 30 YEARS
10:41 I THRILLED TO SEE THAT PROPHECY WITH MY EYES COMING TO LIFE
10:45 TO, AS A JOURNALIST WORKING FOR MANY TIMES SECULAR MEDIA LIKE CBS,
10:49 REPORT THE CONTINUING STREAM OF JEWS BACK TO THEIR ANCIENT HOMELAND
10:53 IN FULFILLMENT OF ANCIENT PROPHECY.
10:55 BUT THESE PROPHECIES WERE THERE AS WELL.
10:57 AND IT'S NOT JUST ALL GREAT STUFF...
10:59 JEWS COMING BACK AND EVERYBODY DOING A NICE HORA DANCE OR SOMETHING...
11:02 IT'S THAT OPPOSITION THAT WE KEEP SEEING.
11:05 AND HERE WE ARE TODAY WITH ANOTHER IRANIAN LEADER,
11:09 ANOTHER LEADER OF PERSIA SAYING THAT ISRAEL WILL BE WIPED OUT,
11:12 ALL THE JEWS WILL BE WIPED OUT.
11:13 THE PRESIDENT, MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD,
11:16 SAID IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN LIKE A TSUNAMI HITTING,
11:18 LIKE A WALL OF FIRE HITTING,
11:19 IT'S GOING TO BE SUDDEN AND OVERWHELMING
11:21 AND OVER SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE IN ISRAEL WILL BE WIPED OUT HE CLAIMS. >>HE CLAIMS.
11:26 HE CLAIMS.
11:27 NOW THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
11:30 BUT I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT WOULD INCLUDE
11:32 A MILLION AND A HALF ARAB CITIZENS OF ISRAEL.
11:34 A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THERE ARE ARABS
11:36 THAT ARE FULL CITIZENS OF ISRAEL.
11:37 AND MANY OF MY ARAB FRIENDS HAVE SAID TO ME,
11:39 "WE DIDN'T ASK IRAN TO COME AND SAVE US BY KILLING US."
11:43 YOU KNOW...THIS ISN'T GOING TO HELP THEM.
11:45 THIS ISN'T GOING TO GIVE THEM A STATE;
11:46 THEY'RE GOING TO BE AS OBLITERATED AS ANYBODY ELSE
11:48 IF A NUCLEAR BOMB GOES OFF.
11:49 AND THEN THERE'S THE RESIDUAL FALLOUT,
11:51 WHICH EVER WAY THE WIND'S BLOWING
11:53 IN EGYPT, IN JORDAN, IN LEBANON YOU KNOW
11:55 YOU'RE TURNING EVERYBODY INTO A KAMIKAZE PILOT...
11:57 IF THEY'RE SAYING "COME AND GET US IRAN" AMONGST THE ARAB PEOPLE ROUND ABOUT.
12:01 AND ACTUALLY THE PREVAILING WINDS
12:03 NORMALLY ARE FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN DIRECTLY DUE EAST
12:06 MEANING IT WOULD FIRST GO TO JORDAN, THEN IRAQ, THEN IRAN.
12:09 IT WOULD DROP NUCLEAR FALLOUT ON THE COUNTRY OF IRAN.
12:13 THIS IS CRAZY.
12:15 AND ITS WHY A LOT OF EXPERTS SAY,
12:17 "THIS IS JUST RHETORIC,"
12:18 "THEY WILL NEVER USE A NUCLEAR WEAPON AGAINST ISRAEL"
12:21 "BECAUSE THEY WOULD KILL THEMSELVES."
12:22 AND OF COURSE ISRAEL SAYS,
12:25 "WE WILL RESPOND."
12:26 ISRAEL IS THOUGHT TO HAVE A SECOND NUCLEAR STRIKE CAPABILITY
12:28 FROM THE FOUR SUBMARINES THAT THE GERMANS SOLD TO ISRAEL SOME YEARS AGO.
12:32 BUT AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER,
12:34 THERE'S NOT A LOGIC HERE NECESSARILY,
12:36 THERE'S A DRIVING FORCE.
12:38 I THINK OF HITLER...
12:39 TOLD THE LAST YEAR OF THEHOLOCAUST BY HIS GENERALS
12:42 THAT THEY NEEDED THOSE TRAINS
12:45 TO TAKE SOLDIERS TO THE EASTERN FRONT TO FIGHT THE RUSSIANS.
12:47 HE SAID "NO," >>THEY WANT TO KILL THE JEWS.
12:49 "THEY'RE GOING TO CARRY JEWS TO DEATH CAMPS.
12:51 THAT'S TOTALLY ILLOGICAL
12:52 BUT IT HAPPENED HISTORICALLY
12:54 AND I THINK WE'RE DEALING WITH THE SAME SPIRIT THAT WE WOULD CALL IT CRAZY.
12:57 I THINK ITS DEMONIC AND ITS DETERMINED TO WIPE THE JEWS OUT.
13:00 NOW LISTEN, AND I THINK WHAT YOU SAID IS PROFOUND,
13:03 MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK OF IRANIANS, IRANIAN ISLAM,
13:08 THEY THINK THAT IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE ARABS.
13:11 SOME 17 PER CENT OF THE MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD ARE ARABS.
13:15 YOU REMINDED US THAT IRANIANS,
13:18 THE WORD "IRAN" COMES FROM THE WORD "ARYAN",
13:22 THAT CONNECTION
13:23 AND THAT KIND OF GETS HITLER AND IRAN AND THAT WHOLE SPIRITUAL THING TOGETHER.
13:27 COULD YOU UNPACK THAT A LITTLE MORE?
13:29 DEFINITELY THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS ENTIRELY.
13:33 AND ALSO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE SCIENTIFICALLY VERY ADVANCED,
13:39 THEY'RE REAL SHARP PEOPLE.
13:42 I'M NOT SAYING THE ARABS AREN'T
13:44 BUT THEY HAVE A CERTAIN ABILITY TO DO THINGS THAT IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
13:48 NOW THAT'S ALSO VERY DANGEROUS TO ISRAEL WHEN YOU GET THAT GOING
13:52 BUT THEY ARE ALSO,
13:53 AND THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER,
13:55 THEY ARE A SHIITE NATION, SHIITE ISLAM.
13:58 I WORKED IN LEBANON IN THE 80'S
14:00 AND I SAW THE HATRED BETWEEN THE SHIITE LEBANESE AND THE SUNNI LEBANESE.
14:05 THIS GOES BACK TO ALMOST MUHAMMAD TO HIS GRANDSON
14:09 AND THE BATTLE THAT BEGAN THEN,
14:10 THAT DIVISION IS BITTER INDEED.
14:12 AND ITS NOT JUST ISRAEL THAT'S WORRIED ABOUT IRAN WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON,
14:17 WE HAD THE SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAY TO HILARY CLINTON, THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE,
14:22 "LOOK THIS THREAT IS RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP, ITS EMINENT,"
14:25 "YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT SANCTIONS,"
14:27 "SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE AN EFFECT OVER YEARS,"
14:29 "WE SEE AN EMINENT THREAT THAT NEEDS EMINENT ACTION."
14:31 HE WAS PLEADING WITH THE UNITED STATES TO TAKE ACTION HERE.
14:35 SO THIS IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO ALL OF THE SUNNI WORLD AS WELL AS TO ISRAEL.
14:38 BUT OF COURSE IRAN IS NOT SAYING "WE'LL WIPE SAUDI ARABIA OUT",
14:42 THEY MIGHT DO THAT TOO.
14:43 BUT THEY ARE SAYING ISRAEL WILL BE DESTROYED.
14:45 YES AND ITS IMPORTANT FOR US IN CONJUNCTION WITH DRAWING ATTENTION TO ALL OF THIS
14:51 TO CONSIDER WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING IN HIS WORD
14:54 AND WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING BY HIS SPIRIT TO HIS PEOPLE.
14:58 WE ALL HAVE OUR ANTENNA UP...
15:00 EVERYONE THAT HAS SOME HOLY SPIRIT IN THEM AND A BIBLE IN FRONT OF THEM...
15:03 PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW
15:06 WITH A SENSE THAT SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE.
15:10 WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE STORY SOME MORE
15:12 WHEN WE COME BACK WITH ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS.
15:19 SOMETIMES THE JOURNEY TO YERUSHALAYIM CAN BE A LONG ONE.
15:24 ABRAHAM JOURNEYED FOR SIXTY-TWO YEARS FROM UR
15:28 AND THEN OFFERED HIS SON ISAAC AS A SACRIFICE TO GOD ATOP OF MOUNT MORIAH.
15:34 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT JOURNEYED FOR 500 YEARS
15:39 UNTIL IT FOUND ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE IN KING SOLOMON'S TEMPLE ATOP THE VERY SAME MOUNT.
15:44 OUR JOURNEY TO YERUSHALAYIM IS ONLY COMPLETE
15:47 WHEN WE CAN FINALLY CAST OUR EYES UPON GOD'S HOLY MOUNTAIN.
15:51 THIS WILL BE A JOURNEY YOU WILL NEVER FORGET.
15:56 WHEN YOUR FEET TOUCH THIS HOLY GROUND
16:00 YOU WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
16:09 FOR YOUR FREE BROCHURE ON OUR NEXT TOUR TO ISRAEL CALL
16:12 1-800-WONDERS.
16:19 OKAY THIS IS WHEN I'M EARNING A LIVING.
16:21 ON THE ONE HAND WE'RE OPENING UP THE BIBLE TELLING A STORY OF WARS TO COME
16:26 AND THEN THERE'S BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF ISRAEL
16:28 AND I'M HERE TO SAY,
16:30 "AND WHY DON'T YOU JOIN ME FOR THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME TO ISRAEL?"
16:34 BUT LISTEN...
16:35 WHY DON'T YOU JOIN ME FOR A TRIP OF A LIFETIME TO ISRAEL?
16:38 I MEAN THAT SERIOUSLY.
16:40 THE WORLD'S NOT SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL
16:42 AND GOD'S PEOPLE WILL NOT SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL IN THE WORLD
16:46 AND WHY IS THAT?
16:47 BECAUSE HE IS WATCHING OVER HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT
16:50 AND HE'S WATCHING OVER HIS WORLD.
16:52 AND YOU KNOW ISRAEL IS A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT IN THIS WORLD.
16:56 I GO A FEW TIMES A YEAR AND LOVE IT
16:59 AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME WITH ME.
17:02 YOU CALL 1-800-WONDERS IF YOU'RE GAME TO DO THAT
17:05 AND ME AND YOU, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME SEEING THE LAND.
17:09 AND NOW YOU'LL SEE IT AS WELL...PICTURES...
17:12 BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF THE ANCESTRAL, BIBLICAL HOMELAND WITH ZOLA LEVITT'S MUSIC.
17:27 (ZOLA PLAYING THE FLUTE)
18:45 AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF ISRAEL AND DON'T YOU LOVE IT?
18:49 I LOVE ISRAEL.
18:50 I KNOW YOU DO TOO.
18:52 DAVE WHAT'S THE MOOD ON THE STREET,
18:54 WHAT'S THE WORD ON THE STREET WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IRAN?
18:56 OF COURSE IT'S SERIOUS,
18:57 A LITTLE SCARY AT ONE LEVEL.
18:59 BUT HOW ARE PEOPLE FEELING AND WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?
19:01 IT'S A REAL MIXTURE.
19:04 I WAS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE A COUPLE YEARS AGO
19:07 AND THE DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER WAS ASKED BY A VISITING AMERICAN JOURNALIST
19:10 "HOW DO THE ISRAELI PEOPLE TAKE THIS THREAT FROM IRAN?"
19:13 "ARE THEY WORRIED ABOUT IT?"
19:14 AND HE LEANED OVER AND SAID,
19:15 "NO MADAM WE'RE NOT WORRIED,"
19:17 "WE ARE THRILLED TO THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE INCINERATED BY IRAN."
19:20 OF COURSE THEY'RE VERY WORRIED,
19:22 THEY'RE VERY UPSET OVER THESE THREATS
19:24 BUT IT'S THE JEWISH PEOPLE
19:26 AND YOU KNOW AS WELL AS ANYONE THIS IS A PEOPLE
19:29 THAT HAVE SURVIVED SO MANY THREATS OF ANNIHILATION,
19:31 SO MANY ATTEMPTS AT ANNIHILATION,
19:33 SOME OF THEM PARTLY SUCCESSFUL.
19:35 THEY DO BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL SURVIVE.
19:38 THEY DO BELIEVE THAT THEY'LL CARRY ON
19:40 BUT IT IS A GRAVE THREAT.
19:43 EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT.
19:44 WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SAYS,
19:46 "YOU PEOPLE ALL HAVE TO PREPARE FOR A WAR COMING"
19:48 "INTO YOUR OWN CITIES AND TOWNS,"
19:50 "FOR MISSILE ATTACKS COMING FROM VARIOUS DIRECTIONS"
19:53 THEY KNOW THAT'S TRUE.
19:54 THE DRILLS THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS
19:57 FOR A CHEMICAL ATTACK OR THE RESPONSE TO THIS...
19:59 AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OF THEM...
20:01 PEOPLE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
20:03 SO THEY ARE WORRIED BUT THEY TRUST THEIR LEADERSHIP,
20:05 THEY KNOW THEY'VE A PRIME MINISTER WITH MILITARY EXPERIENCE,
20:08 A VERY EXPERIENCED DEFENSE MINISTER.
20:10 THE INNER SECURITY CABINET THAT NETANYAHU HAS IS THE STRONGEST OF ANY ISRAELI PREMIER,
20:15 THERE'S THREE OR FOUR FORMER CHIEFS OF STAFF
20:19 AND FORMER MOSSAD CHIEFS AND SECURITY CHIEFS.
20:22 THESE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
20:23 AND THEY ALSO, AT LEAST A GOOD PORTION OF THEM,
20:26 KNOW THAT THE GOD OF ISRAEL EXISTS
20:28 AND THAT IT'S A MIRACLE THAT THEY'RE BACK AFTER SURVIVING 2,000 YEARS OF EXILE.
20:33 SO THERE'S AN OPTIMISM
20:35 BUT ALSO OF COURSE A GREAT CONCERN BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
20:38 AMERICANS CAN AFFORD TO NOT BE TOO CONCERNED.
20:42 WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF MILES OF WATER ON BOTH COASTS,
20:45 WE'RE NOT PARTICULARLY WORRIED ABOUT CANADA OR MEXICO, THOUGH THERE ARE SOME BORDER ISSUES,
20:50 BUT ISRAEL HAS NOT SUCH LUXURY DOES IT?...
20:53 SANDWICHED IN THERE IN A WORLD WITH MANY ENEMIES ROUND ABOUT BENT ON HER DEMISE.
20:58 ISRAEL IS THE SIZE OF NEW JERSEY
21:00 AND NOT ONLY THAT,
21:02 80 PERCENT OF THE JEWISH POPULATION LIVES ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN.
21:05 WE'RE TALKING 135 MILES LONG
21:07 AND 15 TO 20 MILES WIDE
21:10 IS 8 OUT OF EVERY 10 ISRAELI JEWS.
21:12 MOST OF THE INDUSTRY'S THERE.
21:14 JUST A COUPLE CRUDE NUCLEAR DEVISES COULD EFFECTIVELY WIPE THE STATE OUT.
21:18 EVERYBODY DOES KNOW THAT
21:20 AND THEY KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST MISSILES FROM IRAN THAT THEY'RE FACING.
21:23 IRAN HAS SAID IT WOULD ASK
21:25 SYRIA, HEZBOLLAH AND LEBANON, HAMAS IN THE GAZA STRIP TO ALL JOIN IT...
21:29 SO A FOREFRONT WAR.
21:31 AND THE AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING A FIFTH FRONT OF TERROR ATTACKS AGAINST NOT ONLY ISRAELIS
21:36 BUT IN THE ALLIED COUNTRIES TO ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES
21:39 AND OTHER THINGS COULD OCCUR.
21:41 SO THEY'RE FACING WHAT IS THEIR MOST SERIOUS WAR
21:44 BUT AGAIN ISRAEL'S HAD THESE SORTS OF THREATS BEFORE AND THEY'VE SURVIVED,
21:48 THEY'VE COME THROUGH IT
21:49 AND THERE IS AN OPTIMISM BUT A GREAT CONCERN
21:52 AND I CAN TELL YOU THE LEADERSHIP IS WATCHING THINGS VERY, VERY, CLOSELY.
21:55 WELL LET ME ASK YOU,
21:57 OF COURSE IT'S THE GOVERNMENT'S JOB AND THE MILITARY'S JOB TO PROTECT ISRAEL.
22:01 WHAT'S THE BIBLE BELIEVER'S JOB ALL THESE THINGS CONSIDERED?
22:05 HOW OUGHT WE TO BE,
22:07 THOSE OF US THAT AREN'T GOVERNMENT LEADERS, BUT WE'RE BIBLE READERS,
22:10 WHAT DO WE DO, HOW DO WE STAND WITH ISRAEL IN THESE DAYS?
22:14 OBVIOUSLY PRAYER
22:16 AND "PRAY FOR THE SHALOM OF JERUSALEM" IS IN THE BIBLE
22:20 AND I TELL PEOPLE SHALOM IS WHOLENESS, COMPLETENESS
22:23 AND THAT'S ONLY IN THE MESSIAH REALLY THAT YOU GET THAT.
22:26 SO YOU'RE PRAYING FOR THAT.
22:27 PRAY FOR THE PRACTICAL THINGS,
22:29 FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO HAVE GODLY GUIDANCE THROUGH OTHERS AROUND HIM
22:34 AND THROUGH EVEN GOD HIMSELF DIRECTLY SPEAKING TO HIM.
22:36 THE OTHER LEADERS...
22:38 PRAY FOR THE SECURITY OF THE SOLDIERS AND THE SECURITY FORCES,
22:41 THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL THAT WOULD HAVE TO RESPOND TO ANYTHING.
22:43 AND I ALSO TELL AMERICANS,
22:46 PRAY FOR OUR LEADERSHIP HERE
22:48 BECAUSE THE SCRIPTURES DO INDICATE THE DESTINY OF NATIONS IS CONNECTED
22:52 TO HOW THEY RELATE TO ISRAEL AND THAT LAND
22:55 AND OUR LEADERS ARE AT A PIVOTAL POINT.
22:58 THEY CAN EITHER STAND WITH ISRAEL FULLY IF THERE IS A WAR WITH IRAN,
23:02 THEY CAN BACK IT PARTLY OR THEY CAN BACK AWAY.
23:04 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AND THAT CAN USE PRAYER.
23:09 IT CAN ALSO USE AN EMAIL.
23:11 WE'RE IN A DEMOCRACY,
23:12 PEOPLE CAN WRITE TO THEIR OFFICIALS,
23:14 THEIR PUBLIC OFFICIALS, ETC.
23:15 AND SAY "WE UNDERSTAND THIS GRAVE THREAT TO ISRAEL."
23:18 "WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT"
23:20 "AND WE WANT TO SEE OUR COUNTRY STAND WITH ISRAEL AND WHATEVER ACTION."
23:23 IF ISRAEL HAS TO ACT ALONE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY TOUGH
23:26 AND THEY KNOW IT
23:27 BUT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED AT LEAST OUR POLITICAL SUPPORT.
23:30 AND AGAIN, ISRAEL IS NOT BEING AN AGGRESSOR HERE.
23:32 IF THEY DO FEEL THEY HAVE TO TAKE OUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
23:35 ITS ONLY BECAUSE THE IRANIAN LEADERS ARE SAYING EVERY OTHER DAY,
23:38 "WE'RE GOING TO WIPE YOU OUT."
23:39 "YOU'RE GOING TO BE OFF THE FACE OF THE MAP."
23:41 WELL WHAT COUNTRY WOULDN'T RESPOND?
23:42 AND YOU KNOW THEY ALWAYS SAY, THE ISRAELI LEADERS,
23:45 "WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST SIT AND WATCH A SECOND HOLOCAUST HAPPEN."
23:48 "WE'RE NOT GOING TO THIS TIME BE POWERLESS."
23:50 "WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE A MILITARY"
23:52 "AND IF WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION WE WILL."
23:54 BUT THEY NEED A LOT OF GUIDANCE FROM ON HIGH TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.
23:57 AND OUR GOVERNMENT TOO,
23:59 THERE'S CONCERNS OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE POND.
24:02 I KNOW YOU'RE LIVING IN ISRAEL.
24:03 BUT THERE IS CONCERNS THAT IN OUR OWN CULTURE
24:07 WE'RE NOT STANDING FOR THE BIBLICAL VIRTUES THAT MADE US GREAT AS A COMMUNITY
24:13 AND CERTAINLY WHEN WE DO OPEN OUR BIBLES WE READ ABOUT STANDING WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
24:17 WE DO AND THE SCRIPTURES SAY THAT THESE THINGS WOULD HAPPEN,
24:21 THERE WOULD BE AN INTERNATIONAL GATHERING AGAINST JERUSALEM,
24:24 THERE WOULD BE ALL NATIONS COMING UP AGAINST IT.
24:27 AND IN THAT SENSE YOU COULD SAY,
24:29 "WELL AMERICA'S GOING TO GO THAT WAY ANYWAY AND WE HAVE NO CHOICE AND IT'S IN THE PROPHECIES."
24:32 BUT IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THAT.
24:35 DO WE HAVE TO JUST TURN OUR BACKS TOMORROW AGAINST ISRAEL
24:39 OR DO WE CONTINUE TO STAND WITH HER?
24:40 I THINK ITS GOD'S DESIRE THAT WE DO STAND WITH HER.
24:43 AND THIS ISN'T, BY THE WAY, TO STAND AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS
24:46 OR TO STAND AGAINST THE IRANIANS.
24:48 AS I SAID EARLIER MANY OF MY PALESTINIAN FRIENDS ARE SAYING,
24:50 "WE DON'T WANT THIS WAR,"
24:52 "WE DON'T WANT TO SEE NUCLEAR..."
24:53 AND THE IRANIAN PEOPLE AS YOU SAID EARLIER,
24:55 THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE...
24:57 A LOT OF THEM CERTAINLY,
24:58 MOST OF THEM I BELIEVE...
25:00 THEIR GOVERNMENT ATTACK ISRAEL.
25:01 SO WE NEED TO BE IN PRAYER
25:03 AND WE NEED TO BE REALLY PEOPLE OF FAITH
25:04 THAT WILL SPEAK OUT AND TAKE ACTION AT A TIME LIKE THIS.
25:07 THANK YOU SO MUCH DAVID.
25:09 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE WITH US
25:11 TO HELP US TO KNOW HOW TO THINK AND HOW TO PRAY.
25:14 SPEAK ABOUT BEING WITH US;
25:16 YOU COME NEXT WEEK ON THE JOURNEY.
25:20 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH AN 8 PART SERIES.
25:23 I WAS SO THRILLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS ONE CALLED "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS",
25:31 A SERIES IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
25:33 LET'S GO TO A CLIP NOW TO KIND OF PRIME THE PUMP FOR WHAT'S COMING.
26:31 THIRTY MINUTES CAN PASS JUST LIKE THAT NOW CAN IT?... AND IT'S GONE.
26:34 WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK FOR A PROGRAM THAT'S CENTERED ON IRAN
26:39 AS WE LOOK IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER
26:42 AND BEGIN AN 8 PART SERIES CALLED "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS"
26:48 IF EVER THERE WAS A TIME TO TELL THAT STORY, THAT TIME IS NOW.
26:55 COME HERE AND HEAR IT.
26:57 AND AS YOU GO NOW
26:58 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM
27:00 PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM

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