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

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