Caption transcript for “A Personal Note”

• 00:08 BRETHREN, MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
• 00:14 THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GENTILE,
• 00:17 FOR THE SAME LORD OVERALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
• 00:27 CONSIDERING THE TIMES AND SEASONS OF OUR WORLD TODAY, HERE'S ZOLA LEVITT.
• 00:32 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
• 00:34 THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO SAY THIS.
• 00:36 I'VE CONTRACTED METASTATIC LUNG CANCER.
• 00:40 I'M VERY SICK; I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED.
• 00:44 ON FEBRUARY 10 I HAD A REAL SENIOR MOMENT.
• 00:49 I BLANKED OUT, I STARTED TO SPEAK,
• 00:51 WHAT I THOUGHT WERE ANCIENT MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGES, BY THE WAY,
• 00:55 BUT THEY WEREN'T ENGLISH AND WENT TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM AND HAD A SCAN OF THE BRAIN.
• 00:59 THERE ARE LESIONS ON THE BRAIN, WENT OVER TO A BIGGER HOSPITAL AND HAD MORE TESTS
• 01:05 AND THERE'S A TERRIFIC AMOUNT OF LUNG CANCER AND LESIONS ON THE LIVER AND SO ON.
• 01:10 SO, THIS IS PRETTY A ADVANCED DISEASE.
• 01:12 IT JUST DIDN'T SHOW ITSELF AND PROBABLY I'LL SEE THE LORD THIS YEAR, I SUPPOSE.
• 01:18 THAT'S WHAT THE FORECAST IS.
• 01:21 I'M GOING TO TAKE THE CHEMOTHERAPY AND THE RADIATION AND SO FORTH AND YES,
• 01:30 I'M GOING TO DRINK THE CARROT JUICE AND EVERYBODY IS SENDING SUGGESTIONS, OF COURSE, WHY NOT.
• 01:35 BUT, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING AND I MEAN THIS, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, WHY WOULD I NOT.
• 01:42 I MEAN, PAUL SAID, FOR ME TO DIE IS GAIN AND HE'S GONE ON TO THE LORD.
• 01:49 THIS COULD BE A TERRIFIC PROMOTION FOR ALL I KNOW TO GO TO HEAVEN, TO SEE THE LORD,
• 01:55 TO SEE THE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS, ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE
• 02:00 AND I GET TO CHECK ON THE PROPHECIES, ARE WE REALLY RIGHT,
• 02:05 THE RAPTURE AND THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT, YOU KNOW.
• 02:10 THE RAPTURE COULD REALLY COME RIGHT UP AHEAD.
• 02:13 I'M NOT KIDDING ABOUT THAT, I'VE BEEN SAYING IT RIGHT ALONG.
• 02:15 I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR 35 YEARS, BUT IT HAS MORE IMMEDIACY AT THIS MOMENT
• 02:21 THAN ANYTIME I CAN THINK OF SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS MINISTRY
• 02:24 DUE TO IRAN WITH ITS MINDLESS THREATS OF NUCLEAR ATTACK ON ISRAEL
• 02:31 AND POSSIBLY HAMAS, WHICH IS ELECTED, OF COURSE, TO RUN THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
• 02:38 AND I'M THINKING THAT THE TWO OF THOSE TOGETHER
• 02:42 WOULD HYPE EACH OTHER UP INTO SOME PREMATURE ATTACK ON ISRAEL, WHICH CAN HANDLE IT, BY THE WAY,
• 02:49 CAN HANDLE THEM BOTH, ESPECIALLY HAMAS AND THAT IN TURN WOULD TAKE US TO
• 02:55 THE INVASION CALLED GOG AND MAGOG IN EZEKIEL 38 AND 39 AND WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THAT.
• 03:02 SO, IN A SMALL WAY I'M ACTUALLY GETTING MYSELF TOGETHER
• 03:07 TO MAYBE GO IN THE RAPTURE EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TREATMENT.
• 03:12 I EXPECT AS TIME GOES ON THAT MY VOICE WILL WEAKEN
• 03:16 BECAUSE ONE THING THIS CANCER DOES IS PULL ON THE VOCAL CORDS
• 03:20 AND IT'S ALREADY WEAKENING SO I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU RIGHT AWAY ABOUT SOME THINGS I WANT TO SAY
• 03:26 AND NOT THAT I'M THE EXPERT OR ANYTHING, BUT YOU'RE MY PEOPLE THAT WATCH OUR PROGRAM
• 03:32 AND I NEED TO TELL YOU SOME THINGS.
• 03:34 FIRST OFF, WITNESS.
• 03:36 EVERYONE GET OUT THERE AND WITNESS ALL THE TIME.
• 03:39 GET THROWN OUT AT PARTIES, GET THROWN OUT OF HOUSES, GET LAUGHED AT.
• 03:43 THE LORD SAID, YE SHALL HAVE PERSECUTION.
• 03:46 I ALWAYS TELL THE STORY OF THE MISSIONARY CAME TO PROGRAM
• 03:48 WHO WAS A MISSIONARY IN THE SINAI DESERT.
• 03:53 I SAID TO HIM, WELL BROTHER YOU MUST REALLY GET SOME PERSECUTION OUT THERE.
• 03:58 HE SAID, I DO, OF COURSE I DO, BUT PERSECUTION IS THE PROPER EXERCISE OF THE CHURCH.
• 04:04 THE AMERICAN CHURCH IS GETTING WEAK AND FLABBY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GET ENOUGH EXERCISE.
• 04:11 WE NEED TO BE PERSECUTED.
• 04:12 YOU NEED TO MAKE NOISE IN YOUR TOWN, BE KNOWN.
• 04:15 SO, TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THE LORD.
• 04:18 SOME OF THEM ARE WAITING TO HEAR IT.
• 04:20 I MEAN THAT, I MEAN JEWISH PEOPLE, I MEAN CATHOLIC PEOPLE,
• 04:22 I MEAN ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THEIR SALVATION,
• 04:27 WHERE THEY'RE GOING WHEN THEY DIE, BELIEVE ME THEY ARE
• 04:30 AND OCCASIONALLY YOU'LL HIT ON SOMEBODY THAT'S VERY GLAD TO HEAR THIS NEWS.
• 04:35 SECOND, I WOULD SAY STAY IN THE WORD, STAY WITH THE LORD, STAY CLOSE TO THE FAITH.
• 04:41 THIS IS NOT A TIME TO PLAY AROUND.
• 04:44 LISTEN, THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END.
• 04:48 I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT, IT REALLY IS.
• 04:51 SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN DESCRIBE THAT AND CHRISTIAN PEOPLE NEED TO BE WELL READ,
• 04:57 WELL STUDIED AND TIED UP WITH THE LORD VERY, VERY CLOSE.
• 05:01 THIRD, TALK TO CHILDREN OF CONSENT.
• 05:06 WE GOT A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT GOT, EVERY KID HAS HIS AGE OF CONSENT,
• 05:13 BUT IT'S SO TERRIBLE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE OLD ENOUGH THAT AREN'T SAVED
• 05:18 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LORD DO EXCEPT DRAW A LINE ON THE SAND AND THEY'LL BE LOST.
• 05:23 SO, IT'S HARDER MAYBE, BUT SIT YOUR CHILDREN DOWN AND TELL THEM,
• 05:29 LOOK, THIS IS TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY IMPORTANT, YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE LORD, YOU JUST HAVE TO.
• 05:35 I WANT TO TAKE YOU WITH ME TO HEAVEN, TO THE KINGDOM AND TO ETERNITY.
• 05:39 I'LL MISS YOU IF YOU'RE NOT THERE AND THERE'S NO OTHER WAY THAT I KNOW IN SCRIPTURE
• 05:44 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE OTHER THAN COME TO JESUS CHRIST FOR YOUR SALVATION.
• 05:48 SO, BOW YOUR HEAD, MAKE YOU PRAYER, WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO DO, BUT LET'S GET IT DONE.
• 05:53 FOURTH, GO TO ISRAEL, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE ON ANY TOUR.
• 05:57 I'M NOT, YOU KNOW WE GOT TO CLOSE OUR LAST TOUR 7 WEEKS AHEAD WITH SO MANY PEOPLE.
• 06:03 ALMOST ANY TOUR IS FINE AND GET OVER THERE AND LOOK AT YOUR PROMISED LAND.
• 06:08 I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE THERE 1000 YEARS, SO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE PLACE
• 06:12 AND WHEN YOU DO, JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES GO NOT INTO THE WAY OF SAMARITANS
• 06:20 OR INTO THE CITIES OF THE GENTILES,
• 06:27 AND PROCLAIM TO THEM THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.
• 06:31 IF YOU CAN GET OVER THERE AND YOU CAN DO THAT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THROW YOU OUT.
• 06:35 THAT'S AN OLD STORY.
• 06:37 GENTILES OR ANYONE ELSE IS WELCOME TO TALK ABOUT THEIR FAITH ON THE STREET, WHO KNOWS;
• 06:44 MAYBE YOU'LL BRING ONE OF THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL INTO THE FOLD.
• 06:47 AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU CAN IMPRESS AN ISRAELI TO REALLY THINK
• 06:53 AND MAYBE LOOK AT THE NEW TESTAMENT AND MAYBE MAKE A PRAYER
• 06:57 AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ONE OF THE 144,000 IN THE UPCOMING TRIBULATION PERIOD.
• 07:03 THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE.
• 07:06 FIFTH, AND I GUESS I HAVE TO SAY THIS.
• 07:12 I HAVE 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH MUSLIM PEOPLE.
• 07:16 DON'T TRY TO DEAL WITH THEM.
• 07:18 DON'T TRY TO NEGOTIATE, DON'T MAKE TREATIES; CERTAINLY DON'T GIVE THEM OUR PORTS.
• 07:24 THIS IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS IDEA, IT'S LIKE A JOKE.
• 07:28 IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE HAPPENING WHEN YOU WATCH THE PROGRAM,
• 07:32 BUT CONGRESS IS RISING UP AND AS IF THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE TOLD
• 07:38 IT'S NOT GOOD TO BRING THESE PEOPLE INTO AMERICA TO CONTROL OUR PORTS.
• 07:45 I'M FLABBERGASTED.
• 07:48 I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT.
• 07:50 I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GET THAT SAID AMONG OTHER THINGS AND I'LL COME BACK TO THAT SUBJECT.
• 07:56 NOW WE'RE GOING TO, I THINK TO A TOUR SPOT AND THEN I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC.
• 08:01 SO, I'LL BE BACK WITH YOU AFTER THIS.
• 08:12 FOR INSIGHTFUL PERSPECTIVES OF ISRAEL AND BIBLE PROPHECY,
• 08:16 ASK FOR OUR FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, THE LEVITT LETTER.
• 08:19 WHEN YOU CALL, BE SURE TO ALSO AS FOR OUR FREE CATALOG WITH THE LATEST VIDEOS, BOOKS AND MUSIC.
• 08:25 OUR CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, THE INSTITUTE OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN STUDIES INCLUDES
• 08:29 READING PACKETS, TEACHING CASSETTES AND MAIL-IN TESTS.
• 08:33 YOU MAY WANT TO JOIN US ON AN UPCOMING TOUR OF ISRAEL, GREECE
• 08:36 OR THE HOLY LAND EXPERIENCE THEME PARK IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
• 08:40 PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.
• 08:44 IF YOU HAD BUT ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE ISRAEL, WHAT WOULD THAT ONE WORD BE?
• 08:47 INCREDIBLE.
• 08:48 FULFILLMENT.
• 08:50 UNBELIEVABLE.
• 08:51 WOW.
• 08:53 SHALOM.
• 08:54 FABULOUS.
• 08:56 SABABA, WHICH MEANS AWESOME.
• 08:59 LOVE, THE LOVE OF GOD.
• 09:03 PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL.
• 09:14 WELL, THERE'S ISRAEL THE WAY WE SEE IT.
• 09:16 IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
• 09:18 IT'S JUST, THE THING IS, I WISH I COULD COMMIT EVERY AMERICAN
• 09:23 TO GO THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLACE BECAUSE
• 09:25 THEY'LL BE BOWLED OVER, HOW PEACEFUL, HOW WONDERFUL.
• 09:28 NOT THAT THERE'S NOT SOME FOOLING AROUND THERE, BUT THERE IS HERE, TOO.
• 09:32 IT'S MUCH SAFER THAN STAYING HOME, THAT'S A FACT.
• 09:35 SOMEBODY ONCE ASKED ME HOW CAN I TAKE MY WIFE TO JERUSALEM,
• 09:38 I SAID I'M TAKING HER A BREAK FROM DALLAS.
• 09:40 THIS IS THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE AND THAT'S VIRTUALLY PEACEFUL.
• 09:48 ANYWAY, WHILE WE WERE PREPARING THIS PROGRAM,
• 09:53 MY PRODUCER ASKED ME TO PLAY A CERTAIN SONG I WROTE AND I'M STILL WRITING THE SONGS.
• 09:59 THEY STILL COME FROM THE LORD AND ON FEBRUARY 14, I WAS ALREADY IN THE HOSPITAL
• 10:05 AND WITH GRAVE NEWS AND IT WAS ALSO VALENTINE'S DAY,
• 10:09 SO, NECESSARY TO PREPARE A SONG FOR MY WIFE
• 10:12 AND THE SONG GOT KIND OF MIXED UP IN MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS ILLNESS AND SO ON.
• 10:18 BUT, IT CAME OUT KIND OF NICE, SO IF YOU LIKE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PLAY THAT FOR YOU NOW.
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• 12:02 WELL, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT SONG.
• 12:04 YOU KNOW, THE LORD IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL.
• 12:06 I THINK THAT'LL ARRIVE UNTIL THE DAY I GO AND ALWAYS DOES.
• 12:13 YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING ABOUT ISLAM AND YOU KNOW,
• 12:17 WE HAD WALID SHOEBAT ON OUR PROGRAM
• 12:20 AND A COUPLE OF OTHER CONVERTED MUSLIMS
• 12:22 THEY ARE SOLID IN THEIR VIEWS,
• 12:25 THAT THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING, THAT THEY MEAN TO TAKE OVER.
• 12:28 I TELL YOU, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
• 12:34 IT'S NOT SO IMPORTANT FOR THE CHURCH BECAUSE
• 12:35 I THINK THE RAPTURE WILL GET US OUT OF THIS THING,
• 12:38 MY GOSH, FOR THE REST OF OUR COUNTRY IT'S TERRIBLY IMPORTANT.
• 12:41 NOW OF COURSE WE'RE DOING THE WRONG THING, WE NEGOTIATE, WE TALK WITH THEM, WE MAKE...
• 12:48 JUST LET ME GO TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
• 12:51 STAY AWAY FROM THEM, KEEP THEM OUT AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO.
• 12:54 NOW, I WAS GOING TO SAY, TOO, DON'T FOOL AROUND IN LOST CHURCHES.
• 13:00 I GET SO MANY LETTERS FROM PEOPLE.
• 13:02 I HAD A FELLOW WRITE IN AND SAID I'VE BEEN GOING TO A, AND HE NAMED SOME DENOMINATION
• 13:08 FOR 7 YEARS AND I FIGURED OUT THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY RIGHT-ON ABOUT ISRAEL AND PROPHECY.
• 13:16 WHAT TOOK HIM 7 YEARS?
• 13:19 I MEAN GET OUT OF THESE CHURCHES, EMPTY THESE CHURCHES, WALK AWAY.
• 13:23 GO TO A BIBLE CHURCH WHERE THE WORD IS TAUGHT AND THE LORD IS HONORED, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
• 13:28 IT'S PRETTY LATE IN THE GAME FOR ME, SO I'M SAYING IT PLAINLY.
• 13:32 TURN AROUND AND WALK OUT AND LEAVE THAT PASTOR STANDING THERE BY HIMSELF,
• 13:37 THE GIBBERISH, WHATEVER HE'S TALKING AND GO TO A CHURCH WHERE THE LORD IS HONORED
• 13:41 AND THE BIBLE IS TAUGHT, THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO.
• 13:44 IT'S TOO LATE TO STAY IN SOME CHURCH WHERE YOU HAVE SOME FRIENDS
• 13:48 OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE FOR YEARS AND SO ON.
• 13:50 NOW, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON DIRECTLY IN ISRAEL,
• 13:56 I JUST DON'T SEE PRIME MINISTER SHARON COMING BACK AND THAT MAKES ME SAD BECAUSE I KNEW HIM,
• 14:03 I MET HIM, I TALKED TO HIM FOR 3 HOURS.
• 14:06 HE'S QUITE A GENTLEMAN. HE'S A NICE FELLOW.
• 14:09 I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, HE WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING.
• 14:13 PERMIT ME, EVEN THOUGH I PROBABLY SAID IT BEFORE,
• 14:16 BUT HE MADE ONE JOKE WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY FUNNY.
• 14:19 I HAD A BIOGRAPHY OF HIM AND I SAW IN HIS BIOGRAPHY
• 14:23 THAT HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AS A BUCK PRIVATE AND HE ROSE TO THE RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL.
• 14:31 THAT'S NOT EASY AND OF COURSE FROM THERE, DEFENSE MINISTER AND FINALLY PRIME MINISTER.
• 14:36 BUT, I SAID TO HIM, YOU MADE IT ALL THE WAY UP THOSE RANKS FROM BUCK PRIVATE TO MAJOR GENERAL
• 14:43 AND HE LOOKED OFF INTO SPACE AND STROKED HIS CHIN AND HE SAID,
• 14:46 AH YES, AND THE HARDEST STEP WAS FROM PRIVATE TO CORPORAL.
• 14:51 I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY.
• 14:53 BUT, LOOKING AT HAMAS ACROSS THE LINE IN GAZA, UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PAPER TIGER.
• 15:02 HAMAS DOESN'T DO ANYTHING, THEY SIMPLY MARCH UP AND DOWN THE STREET, WAVE BIG GUNS,
• 15:06 WEAR SKI MASKS AND HYPE EACH OTHER UP INTO THINKING THEY'RE SOME KIND OF ARMY.
• 15:11 WHEN THEY ACTUALLY DO SOME DESTRUCTION, THEY SHOOT SOMEBODY FROM BEHIND A TREE,
• 15:16 THEY GET SOME KID TO BLOW UP SOMETHING.
• 15:18 LET ME GIVE YOU THE CASUALTY FIGURES, IF I HAVE THEM RIGHT,
• 15:24 SINCE 1994, 12 YEARS AGO, HAMAS HAS KILLED 429 PEOPLE.
• 15:32 I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S... MAKING LIGHT OF THAT,
• 15:35 BUT, THAT'S A MORNING'S WORK IN OKINAWA, THAT'S NOT A BATTLE, THAT'S NOTHING
• 15:41 AND THEY KEEP MARCHING AND KEEP HYPING THEMSELVES UP AND IMAGINE THAT THEY ARE AN ARMY
• 15:47 AND I'M A LITTLE AFRAID THAT THEY'LL ACTUALLY CONVINCE THEMSELVES
• 15:51 THAT THEY CAN ATTACK ISRAEL, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.
• 15:55 THEY CAN'T BEGIN TO MARCH OUT OF GAZA AND START ATTACKING A POWER NATION LIKE ISRAEL.
• 16:02 IF THEY DO THAT, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THEY CAN TOUCH OFF SOMETHING.
• 16:08 THEY CAN INSPIRE IRAN AT THE SAME TIME TO ATTACK FROM THE OTHER SIDE,
• 16:12 WHICH ISRAEL STILL CAN HANDLE,
• 16:14 BUT THEN ALL OF THEM WILL LEAD TO GOG AND MAGOG IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
• 16:20 WHEN THESE POWERS ARE DEFEATED OR AT LEAST HAMAS IS DEFEATED,
• 16:26 THEN THE OTHERS START SAYING, WELL, WE'LL AVENGE OUR BROTHERS LIKE MUSLIMS DO
• 16:30 AND THEY'LL FORM UP THIS NATION OF A DOZEN NATIONS TO ATTACK ISRAEL,
• 16:42 AND WHEN THEY DO THAT, THEY STILL WILL BE VANQUISHED.
• 16:46 IT STILL WON'T WORK.
• 16:48 ISRAEL IS STILL STRONGER THAN ALL THOSE TOGETHER AND WILL THROW THEM OUT, IN FACT,
• 16:52 I THINK THEY'LL USE THEIR NUKES TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
• 16:55 I THINK WE'LL SEE THE FIRST NUCLEAR DEFENSE OF AN INVASION AND IT'S NOT PRETTY.
• 17:00 BUT, THEY WILL BE DEFEATED.
• 17:02 THAT'S NOT THE END OF IT.
• 17:05 THEY'LL ALL FALL BACK AND THEY'LL GET BIGGER POWERS
• 17:07 AND GET IT ORGANIZED AND AT THE END OF 7 YEARS THEY'LL ATTACK IN ARMAGEDDON.
• 17:12 NOW, THAT TIME THEY WOULD REALLY HAVE WON THE BATTLE.
• 17:17 BUT, AT THAT TIME THE LORD SAYS IF I HAD NOT COME, THERE'S BE NO FLESH SAVED.
• 17:23 HE COMES BACK AND WE THAT ARE WITH HIM
• 17:25 PUT A STOP TO THIS ARMAGEDDON AND WE START OUR KINGDOM.
• 17:30 WITH ALL THAT SAID, I'M WATCHING HAMAS AND I'M WATCHING IRAN BECAUSE MAYBE
• 17:36 THEY ARE THE SECRET TO THE RAPTURE COMING ON AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT, COULD BE.
• 17:44 BUT, MAKE NO BONES ABOUT THIS HAMAS, IT'S NOTHING MUCH,
• 17:49 A BUNCH OF GUYS WALKING DOWN THE STREETS WITH BIG GUNS THAT THEY USE TO SHOOT WOMEN
• 17:53 OR PASSING MOTORISTS AND IRAN HAS SOMETHING, BUT ISRAEL'S WATCHING THEM.
• 17:59 NOW, THERE MIGHT BE AN ISRAELI PULL BACK FROM THE WEST BANK UP AHEAD OF US HERE
• 18:07 AND LIKE THE PULL BACK FROM GAZA, IT'S NOT PRETTY
• 18:10 AND EVERYBODY PRAISING EVERYBODY AND BEATS THEIR CHEST,
• 18:13 LISTEN, GAZA WAS A SETTLEMENT THAT REALLY WAS A BRIDGE TOO FAR, I HATE TO SAY THAT,
• 18:20 BUT THERE WERE ONLY 2-3,000 FARMERS AND THEIR WIVES AND KIDS
• 18:24 DOWN THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PALESTINIANS.
• 18:26 IT BECAME FINALLY IMPRACTICAL TO TRY TO DEFEND THEM.
• 18:30 THE WEST BANK HAS A QUARTER MILLION SETTLERS.
• 18:33 IT'S WITHIN REACH OF JERUSALEM HAIFA, TEL AVIV.
• 18:36 SO, I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING IS PULL BACK FROM OUTLYING SETTLEMENTS,
• 18:43 GIVE THAT SCRUB LAND WHATEVER IT IS TO THE PALESTINIANS.
• 18:46 THAT SOUNDS AWFUL, BUT IT'S IN A WAY OF CONSOLIDATING A STRONGER, SMALLER, MORE ENERGETIC ISRAEL
• 18:57 THAT CAN ABSOLUTELY DEFEND ITSELF AND THAT MAY BE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, I DON'T KNOW.
• 19:02 IT KIND OF LOOKS THAT WAY, THE WAY THEY'RE TALKING.
• 19:14 CHRISTIAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY GERMANE IN HELPING ISRAEL RIGHT ALONG,
• 19:14 YOU REALLY HAVE.
• 19:16 I MEAN, THESE "SO CALLED ZIONISTS" OR WHATEVER YOU CALL YOURSELF,
• 19:19 SUPPORTING THE LAND OF THE LORD, THE CHOSEN PEOPLE, THEIR PROBLEMS AND SO ON.
• 19:25 IT'S SO DIFFERENT THAN THESE DENOMINATIONS THAT DIVEST
• 19:28 AND THESE PEOPLE THAT CRITICIZE AND SO ON
• 19:30 AND THE ISRAELIS HAVE BECOME CONSCIOUS OF THAT, THEY REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
• 19:36 THE JERUSALEM POST, ONE OF THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD, IN FACT I TAKE IT EVERY WEEK,
• 19:45 THEY APPROACH CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND ASK THEM TO DO ARTICLES
• 19:51 IN A CHRISTIAN ADDITION OF THE JERUSALEM POST.
• 19:55 THIS IS REALLY REMARKABLE.
• 19:57 I DON'T THINK YOU'LL LIVE TO SEE AN CHRISTIAN ADDITION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES
• 20:00 OR THE WASHINGTON POST, BUT THEY ARE THAT IMPRESSED
• 20:03 AND WE CHECKED IN FROM THE MAN THAT LIVES THERE ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY,
• 20:08 MALCOLM HEDDING IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHRISTIAN EMBASSY OF JERUSALEM
• 20:12 AND HE KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND OVER THERE AND WE HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM.
• 20:16 LET ME GO TO THAT NOW.
• 20:18 I THINK THE INITIATIVE BY THE JERUSALEM POST
• 20:23 TO PRODUCE A CHRISTIAN EDITION IS HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT
• 20:28 BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THIS AMAZING FRIENDSHIP
• 20:32 THAT IS DEVELOPING BETWEEN THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN WORLD AND THE NATION OF ISRAEL.
• 20:37 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN ALLIES CAUCUS,
• 20:39 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE EVANGELICALS WHO'VE COME TO ISRAEL IN THE THOUSANDS
• 20:42 DURING THE INTIFADA, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE RECOGNITION THAT ISRAELI GROUPS
• 20:48 AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE GIVING TO EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS.
• 20:51 IT IS ASTONISHING TO ME TO ATTEND THIS GREAT CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE,
• 20:57 THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS CONVENTION AND TO FIND THAT THE HALL,
• 21:03 THE EXHIBITION HALL AND MANY OF THE OTHER FUNCTIONS ARE FULL WITH ISRAELIS AND JEWISH GROUPS
• 21:10 WHO FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THIS EVANGELICAL WORLD.
• 21:15 SO, THE EMERGENCE OF THIS NEW IDEA THAT CAME FROM MOSHE BAR-ZVI,
• 21:23 HE'S THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE JERUSALEM POST
• 21:27 AND HE CAME TO US AND SAID THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO PRODUCE A CHRISTIAN EDITION
• 21:35 AND THE MOTIVATION THAT HE HAD ESSENTIALLY WAS NOT BUSINESS ORIENTATED, MONEY ORIENTATED,
• 21:42 THOUGH IT MUST BE PLACED ON FIRM BUSINESS FOUNDATION SO THAT IT CAN SUCCEED.
• 21:50 BUT, IT WAS A SUICIDE BOMBING IN TEL AVIV WHERE A YOUNG GIRL THAT HE KNEW
• 21:55 THAT WAS PREPARING FOR HER WEDDING AND HAD BOOKED A CLUB ON THE BEACH FRONT OF TEL AVIV
• 22:03 AS A SORT OF A PRE-WEDDING PARTY WHERE SHE WOULD INVITE ALL HER GUESTS,
• 22:08 SHE ARRIVED THERE WITH HER BRIDEGROOM-TO-BE WITH A FISTFUL OF INVITATIONS
• 22:15 AND SHE DIED HOLDING THEM IN HER HAND BECAUSE A SUICIDE WALKED IN AND OF COURSE, KILLED THEM.
• 22:22 MOSHE LOOKING AT THIS ON THE TELEVISION NETWORKS THE NEXT DAY
• 22:32 SAW THIS STRANGE THING THAT GOES ON, YOU SEE, THAT MORE ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE KILLER'S MOTHER
• 22:39 AND WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY AND THE PICTURE OF HER SON
• 22:44 THAN TO THE VICTIM AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE MURDERED IN THAT THING
• 22:50 AND MOSHE, WHO IS HIMSELF INVOLVED IN MEDIA
• 22:53 SAID HE WAS SHAKEN THAT IN A WAY THE KILLER BECOMES THE VICTIM
• 22:59 AND THE VICTIM BECOMES THE KILLER AND THIS IS A DISTORTION
• 23:03 THAT HAS GONE OUT TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN THIS CONFLICT
• 23:08 AND IT WAS THEN THAT HE SAID I HAVE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION IN THIS REGARD.
• 23:15 AND ISN'T IT REMARKABLE THAT AGAIN, HE SAID WHO ARE OUR FRIENDS?
• 23:20 WHERE CAN WE PRODUCE SOMETHING WHERE THE TRUTH WILL BE TOLD
• 23:24 WITHOUT THIS POLITICAL CORRECT THING ALL THE TIME
• 23:28 AND HE ENDED UP IN MY OFFICE AND SAID TO ME, MALCOLM, WILL YOU PARTNER WITH ME?
• 23:34 WILL YOU HELP ME WITH THE EDITORIAL CONTENT?
• 23:37 WILL YOU HELP US TELL THE TRUTH AND WILL YOU BE PART OF A NEW PRODUCT, A STAND ALONE PRODUCT
• 23:44 THAT WILL TAKE THE BRANDING OF THE JERUSALEM POST TO THE CHRISTIAN WORLD?
• 23:49 NOW, THE JERUSALEM POST IS THE MOST FAMOUS PAPER IN ISRAEL
• 23:54 AND THE MOST WELL KNOWN ISRAELI PAPER IN THE WORLD
• 23:59 BECAUSE OF ITS ENGLISH ADDITION, INTERNATIONAL EDITION,
• 24:02 BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PAPERS IN THE WORLD ANYWAY,
• 24:08 IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER IT SERVED THE JEWISH OR NOT,
• 24:11 IT RANKS NEXT TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GUARDIAN OR THE TIMES OF LONDON OR WHATEVER.
• 24:16 IT IS SO WELL KNOWN AND YET THIS COMPANY, WHICH COVERS ISRAEL
• 24:24 AND HAS THE RESPECT OF EVERYONE IN ISRAEL
• 24:27 DECIDED TO PARTNER WITH EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS.
• 24:30 THIS IS AMAZING AND WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM AGAIN AS A FRIENDSHIP STATEMENT
• 24:37 BETWEEN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS AND ISRAEL TO GET THE TRUTH OUT
• 24:42 ABOUT WHAT REALLY IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL, TO TELL THE STORY OBJECTIVELY
• 24:47 WITHOUT OUR OWN AGENDA AND OUR OWN COMMENT IN THE WAY
• 24:51 AND THE PAPER OR THE MAGAZINE AS IT IS NOW, WILL ALSO DEAL WITH THEOLOGICAL ISSUES.
• 24:58 WE'LL TAKE THEM HEAD-ON BECAUSE WE WANT THE PAPER TO BE CUTTING EDGE
• 25:01 AND EVEN CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE THAT MAKES GOOD READING.
• 25:05 LET'S TELL THE STORY, LET'S TAKE ON THE BIG ISSUES TO DO WITH THE REGION,
• 25:10 WITH ISLAM AND ALL THESE OTHER MATTERS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
• 25:12 AND LET'S BRING THEM TO OUR READERSHIP IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN SEE THE TRUTH,
• 25:18 READ THE TRUTH AND GO AWAY BETTER EQUIPPED TO TELL THE TRUTH.
• 25:23 AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT MOSHE BAR-ZVI, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE JERUSALEM POST
• 25:28 AND MYSELF, WE ARE TOTALLY DEDICATED TO SEEING THAT THIS PUBLICATION ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.
• 25:36 IT IS UNIQUE, IT IS INCREDIBLE AND IT CAN BECOME A MOUTHPIECE FOR ALL CHRISTIANS
• 25:41 TO GET INVOLVED WITH, WHO LOVE ISRAEL AND SUPPORT HER.
• 25:45 WE ALWAYS GO TO SOMEBODY LIVING THERE ON THE GROUND AND OF COURSE
• 25:51 MALCOLM HEDDING KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
• 25:54 KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO STAY AT MY POST, I'M NOT GOING TO QUIT THIS JOB UP AHEAD,
• 26:01 AS LONG AS I CAN TALK OR BROADCAST I'LL BE HERE.
• 26:04 WE'RE STILL MAKING OUR REVELATION SERIES.
• 26:06 WE MADE 3 PROGRAMS THIS PAST WEEK.
• 26:09 WE'LL MAKE SOME MORE UP AHEAD, MAYBE I CAN GET BACK WITH A CHAT WITH YOU OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
• 26:14 BUT, I INTEND TO KEEP THIS WORK GOING AS LONG AS I CAN.
• 26:20 ABOUT ISRAEL, YOU KNOW, GOD SAYS IN EZEKIEL 36
• 27:02 WHO CAN BE AGAINST WHEN GOD IS FOR YOU
• 27:04 AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN FOR ISRAEL AND HE WILL BE AND I'M CONFIDENT IN THAT.
• 27:09 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.