Caption transcript for “Our Friend the Terrorist” with Zachariah Anani, Part 1

• 00:09 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.
• 00:18 FOR THE SAME LORD OVERALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
• 00:23 ZOLA LEVITT PRESENTS
• 00:27 CONSIDERING THE TIMES AND SEASONS OF OUR WORLD TODAY, HERE'S ZOLA LEVITT.
• 00:34 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
• 00:37 I APPRECIATE YOUR LETTERS TELLING US THAT WE HAVE VERY INTERESTING GUESTS ON OUR INTERVIEW PROGRAMS.
• 00:42 TONIGHT'S PROGRAM IS SURE NO EXCEPTION.
• 00:44 WE HAVE BROTHER ZACH.
• 00:47 NOW, HE'S THE MAN TO TALK TO AT THIS TIME BECAUSE HE IS, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ARAB,
• 00:52 HE'S A PHOENICIAN, BUT HE COMES FROM LEBANON.
• 00:54 HE'S WELL FAMILIAR WITH THE MIDDLE EAST. HE'S PERFECTLY FLUENT IN ARABIC.
• 00:58 HE WAS A TERRORIST, A REAL TERRORIST.
• 01:02 WE'LL TELL HIS STORY AND HE'S A BELIEVER NOW IN JESUS CHRIST.
• 01:05 HE'S A BROTHER. HE SURE HAS A LOT TO SAY.
• 01:10 ZACH, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO HAVE YOU WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
• 01:14 THANK YOU.
• 01:15 TELL ME A LITTLE OF YOUR TESTIMONY.
• 01:17 HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU COME FROM WHERE YOU WERE TO HERE?
• 01:20 WELL, I COME FROM AN ISLAMIC FAMILY, A CLERGY FAMILY.
• 01:26 MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS AN IMAM.
• 01:29 AN IMAM IS THE HIGH CLERGY IN ISLAM.
• 01:32 MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN IMAM, BUT MY FATHER SKIPPED A ROW,
• 01:36 SO THEY DECIDED THAT I WOULD CARRY THE TORCH.
• 01:38 I WAS INTRODUCED TO ISLAMIC SCHOOLS WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD.
• 01:41 THREE YEARS OLD? YES.
• 01:43 BUT AT AGE 13 GOD HAD BLESSED ME WITH A FULL BODY. I WAS 180 POUNDS OF MUSCLES.
• 01:49 LATER ON, I EVEN CARRIED A BLACK BELT IN TAI KWAN DO.
• 01:53 I WAS REBELLIOUS SO I LEFT SCHOOL AND I JOINED THE MILITANT FRAGMENTS.
• 01:57 THAT WAS OKAY FOR THE FAMILY BECAUSE ONLY A WARRIOR WHO DIES ON THE BATTLE FIELD
• 02:02 HAS THE ASSURANCE OF REACHING HEAVEN AND HIS FAMILY IS TO BE FEARED AND RESPECTED.
• 02:06 IN THE ISLAMIC TRADITION. IN THE ISLAMIC TRADITION, EXACTLY.
• 02:11 WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, I MEAN I WAS TRAINED WHEN I WAS 13; I HAD MY FIRST KILL WHEN I WAS 14.
• 02:18 AT 14 YEARS OLD YOU HAD-- YES. I CELEBRATED IT. I BECAME A MAN.
• 02:23 I WAS BAR MITZVAH-ED AT 13. WE DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY. YOU WERE LUCKY.
• 02:27 SO WITHIN A SMALL, SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, IN MY CASE,
• 02:32 THE RELIGIOUS ZEAL EVAPORATED AND THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT BUT A MACHINE.
• 02:37 I REACHED A POINT WHERE LIFE REALLY MEANT NOTHING,
• 02:40 NEITHER MY LIFE NOR THE OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
• 02:44 I WILL SHARE WITH YOU SMALL STORY.
• 02:47 ONE TIME THEY BROUGHT A REAL FANATIC GUY TO MY REGIMENT.
• 02:50 THEY START KNOCKING ON OUR DOORS AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING FOR THE FIRST PRAYERS.
• 02:55 THE NEXT DAY I PUT MY HAND AROUND HIS SHOULDER IN THE KITCHEN,
• 02:57 THIS IS VERY FRIENDLY BY THE WAY, AND I TOLD HIM, LISTEN,
• 03:00 DON'T COME AND WAKE ME UP AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
• 03:03 I DON'T FEEL LIKE GETTING UP AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING TO THE PRAYERS.
• 03:06 HE LOOKED AT ME IN A VERY STIFF WAY AND SAID, "MY DUTY IS TO COME AND WAKE YOU UP AT 3:00.
• 03:11 "IT'S UP TO YOU TO COME TO THE PRAYERS OR NOT".
• 03:14 I LOOKED AT HIM IN A VERY CHALLENGING WAY AND SAID,
• 03:16 "IF YOU COME AND WAKE ME UP AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING I'M GOING TO SHOOT YOU".
• 03:19 IT SEEMS THAT EITHER HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT OR JUST TOOK IT AS WORDS.
• 03:22 AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING HE KNOCKS ON MY DOOR.
• 03:24 I PICK UP MY 9MM FROM UNDER MY PILLOW, TURN MY FACE TO THE DOOR,
• 03:28 MEASURE WHERE IS HIS CHEST AND SHOOT HIM THROUGH THE DOOR AND GO BACK TO SLEEP AGAIN.
• 03:32 THE NEXT NIGHT, NO KNOCK? THE NEXT NIGHT, NO KNOCK.
• 03:35 OKAY. YOU'VE BEEN THERE.
• 03:37 I MOVED FROM A FRAGMENT TO ANOTHER FROM A RANK TO ANOTHER
• 03:42 UNTIL I BECAME LIKE A TROOP LEADER.
• 03:45 ONE DAY MY WHOLE REGIMENT WASN'T THERE. I FELT VERY MUCH BORED.
• 03:50 SO I DECIDED TO GO TO A THEATRE WHILE, WHERE EITHER I WOULD SEE A GOOD FILM, THRILLER FILM,
• 03:56 WHICH I LIKED A LOT, OR I'LL PICK UP A GOOD FIGHT.
• 04:00 IN THE MOVIE OF 300 SEATS, THE FILM WAS DULL.
• 04:04 IN 300 SEATS THERE WAS ONLY ONE OLD MAN - NO FIGHT, SO I WALKED OUT.
• 04:10 INSTEAD OF TURNING LEFT TO GO TO THE BUS TO GO TO MY AREA I TURNED RIGHT.
• 04:15 GOD KNOWS ONLY WHY I TURNED RIGHT.
• 04:18 AT THE ANGLE OF THE STREET, AT THE CORNER THERE WAS A GATHERING.
• 04:21 I THOUGHT, YEA, THIS IS A FIGHT.
• 04:23 I DASHED THERE AND ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY I SAW THIS AMERICAN
• 04:27 STANDING TALKING TO SOMEONE ELSE. I SAID, OH, AN AMERICAN.
• 04:31 OH, BOY.
• 04:32 I TURNED TO WALK AWAY WHEN THIS AMERICAN, HIS NAME IS MICKEY WALKER
• 04:37 FROM SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONARY, STANDING RIGHT ON THE CORNER
• 04:42 TALKING IN A JORDANIAN ACCENT WHICH I KNOW AND HE SAID TO THE OTHER GUY
• 04:46 "JESUS CHRIST WILL GIVE YOU SALVATION, WILL GIVE YOU NEW HOPE, WILL GIVE YOU LIFE".
• 04:50 HE USED THE ARABIC WORD YESHUA, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW IT.
• 04:55 HE SPOKE ARABIC? THIS SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONARY?
• 04:57 YES, A JORDANIAN ACCENT. I UNDERSTAND.
• 05:00 SO I STOOD UP THERE AND I SAID WHO IS THIS JESUS? I MEAN, I KNOW CHRISTIANS EXIST.
• 05:06 I FOUGHT THEM BETWEEN IN 1974 AND 1975 IN THE CIVIL WAR IN LEBANON.
• 05:16 BUT WHO IS THIS YESHUA, THIS JESUS?
• 05:18 LET'S GO AND ASK THIS GUY. MOST PROBABLY HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT.
• 05:22 I WENT THERE AND STOOD THERE UNTIL HE ALMOST FINISHED TALKING AND HE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE.
• 05:27 THEN I ASKED HIM, DO YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU ARE SAYING?
• 05:29 HE SAID, SURE, OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T SAY IT.
• 05:31 I SAID, THEN GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN IT TO ME. THE GUY TRIED. I SAID HOLD IT!
• 05:36 I CAN PROVE TO YOU THAT YOUR GOD, YOUR JESUS DOES NOT EXIST, NOT IN MY LIFE.
• 05:42 HE SAID, OKAY, GO AHEAD.
• 05:45 I PICKED UP AN EVENT I PASSED THROUGH AT THAT TIME.
• 05:48 I WAS COMING BACK FROM THE BATTLE FIELD OF TWO WARRIORS ONE GIRL AND ONE BOY.
• 05:51 WE WERE AMBUSHED. IN AN AMBUSH EVERYONE RUNS FOR HIS LIFE.
• 05:55 WHEN I WAS BEHIND THE ROCKS THE GIRLS WAS NEXT TO ME. THE BOY WASN'T THERE.
• 05:59 I LOOKED ABOVE THE ROCKS TO SEE HOW MANY WERE ATTACKING US.
• 06:02 WHERE IS THE GUY? I NEED HIM RIGHT NOW.
• 06:04 HE WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAY, INJURED BUT STILL ALIVE.
• 06:08 THE GIRL DECIDED TO HELP HIM. I REFUSED.
• 06:11 SHE LOOKED AT ME IN A VERY STRANGE WAY. I WILL NEVER FORGET IT.
• 06:14 SHE PICKED UP HER MACHINE GUN, JUMPED BEHIND THE ROCKS,
• 06:15 WALKED TOWARD THE OTHERS SHOOTING AND SHOUTING, REACHING FOR THE GUY,
• 06:18 GRABBING HIM BY THE SHOULDERS AND STARTED PULLING BACK.
• 06:21 I FELT I'D BE LESS THAN AN ANIMAL IF I DON'T HELP, SO I DID THE SAME.
• 06:25 I JUMPED, SHOOTING, SHOUTING, REACHING, CATCHING HIS SECOND SHOULDER AND STARTED PULLING BACK.
• 06:29 WHEN WE REACHED BEHIND THE ROCKS THE GIRL FELL OVER ME.
• 06:33 I THREW HER BEHIND THE ROCKS IN A MILITANT WAY AND WHEN I SAW HER,
• 06:38 HER EYES WERE FLIPPING SO QUICK AND HER MOUTH WAS WIDE OPEN. I KNEW SHE WAS IN A GREAT AGONY.
• 06:43 I OPENED THE MILITARY JACKET TO SEE THAT ON HER LEFT SIDE
• 06:46 THERE WAS A WOUND MY FIST COULD GO IN AND OUT SO EASY.
• 06:49 SO AS CALM AS I WAS I PICKED UP MY PISTOL AND SHOT HER DOWN AND THEN I FLIPPED.
• 06:54 I TOOK HER MACHINE GUN AND MINE, JUMPED AGAINST THE ROCKS, GOT BEHIND THE ROCKS,
• 06:58 WALKED TOWARDS THE OTHERS SHOOTING AND SHOUTING.
• 07:01 WHAT HAPPENED WAS I GUESS ALL KINDS OF MILITARY TRAINING.
• 07:03 WE WERE SITTING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NEXT TO LAND MINES.
• 07:06 ONE OF MY BULLETS HIT A LAND MINE BLOWING UP A LOT OF THEM. I KILLED A LOT OF THE OTHERS.
• 07:11 IT GAVE ME A COUPLE OF SHRAPNELS IN THE FOREHEAD AND I WOKE UP LATER ON IN THE HOSPITAL.
• 07:15 I SAID TO THE MISSIONARY GUY, I SAID TO HIM IF YOUR GOD WAS EXISTING AND TRUE,
• 07:21 WHY DID THE GIRL HAVE TO DIE? SHE IS THE ONE WHO WANTED TO HELP. IT'S ME WHO REFUSED.
• 07:27 HE LOOKED AT ME AND ASKED ME THE QUESTION WHICH REALLY SHAKED ME.
• 07:30 HE SAID, WHY WERE YOU THE ONLY ONE TO COME BACK ALIVE?
• 07:34 IN ONE SECOND, BROTHER ZOLA, I REMEMBERED MANY TIMES WHEN I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO COME BACK
• 07:38 AND I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO THIS MAN ANYMORE.
• 07:41 I TURNED MY BACK AND WALKED AWAY. HE WAS A WISE SOUL WINNER.
• 07:45 HE WALKED BEHIND ME AND PUSHED HIS CARD ABOVE MY SHOULDER AND HE SAID CALL ME WHENEVER YOU WANT.
• 07:51 WITHOUT EVEN TURNING I JUST TOOK THE CARD, PUT IT IN MY POCKET AND KEPT GOING ON.
• 07:56 THAT NIGHT THE GIANT IN ME REFUSED TO SLEEP.
• 07:59 I SAT AT THE EDGE OF MY BED PUTTING MY HEAD BETWEEN MY HANDS
• 08:02 AND THERE WAS THIS DING, DONG, DING DONG ALL THE TIME AND I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP.
• 08:07 THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO A PART-TIME JOB THAT I USED TO LIKE A LOT
• 08:11 BECAUSE IT ALLOWED ME TO READ A LOT.
• 08:13 I WAS WORKING IN A PRINTING SHOP, A PART-TIME JOB.
• 08:16 I STOOD UP IN FRONT OF THAT MACHINE AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE MACHINE, WHICH HAD STOPPED.
• 08:22 IT HAD A BIG SOUND AND THEN STOPPED AND I WASN'T NOTICING THAT IT HAD STOPPED.
• 08:28 SO THE FOREMAN, WHO WAS FROM AN ARMENIAN BACKGROUND
• 08:31 CAME AND HIT ME ON THE SHOULDER TO WAKE ME UP AND I GOT MAD. I BEAT HIM UP.
• 08:35 I WENT HOME AND PICKED UP MY PISTOL AND CAME BACK.
• 08:38 I JUMPED THE FIRST SET OF STEPS. BEFORE I JUMPED THE SECOND SET OF STEPS I STOPPED.
• 08:41 I STOOD IN THE MIDDLE AND I SAID, OKAY ZACH,
• 08:43 WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING TO SHOOT THIS MAN.
• 08:44 HE'S GOING TO FALL DOWN AND HIS BLOOD WOULD COVER THE GROUND.
• 08:47 YOU'VE SEEN ENOUGH BLOOD IN YOUR LIFE.
• 08:49 WHY DON'T YOU GO OUT, CALL THIS GUY WITH HIS PHONE NUMBER IN YOU POCKET AND CALM DOWN, AND I DID.
• 08:54 THE FIRST THING I SAID TO HIM: LISTEN, I'VE GOT A PISTOL AND I COULD KILL SOMEONE IF YOU DON'T TALK.
• 08:58 THE GUY JUMPED IN, TALKING IMMEDIATELY.
• 09:01 WHEN HE REACHED THE POINT WHERE HE SAID THAT CHRIST HAD DIED FOR ME I BURST INTO TEARS.
• 09:07 I COULDN'T STOP MYSELF FROM CRYING.
• 09:10 IT WAS THE ULTIMATE SHAME, BY THE WAY, TO CRY, BUT YET I CRIED.
• 09:13 I'M SURE IT WAS. THE HOLY SPIRIT CALLED YOU WITH A GUN IN YOUR HAND.
• 09:17 HE SAID PUT YOUR PISTOL ASIDE AND COME TO ME.
• 09:20 HE DIRECTED ME AND WENT EXACTLY WHERE HE WENT AND WHERE HE TOLD ME.
• 09:24 THEN HE WAS WAITING FOR ME WITH ANOTHER LEBANESE BELIEVER, WHO GOT KILLED DURING THE WAR.
• 09:29 WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED, TALKED, TALKED.
• 09:33 ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS LEBANESE BELIEVER, HIS NAME WAS JAMIS AFULI,
• 09:38 HE CAME AND PRESENTED ME WITH AN OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT BOOK.
• 09:42 HE SAID PLEASE BLESS US WITH A READING.
• 09:45 I OPENED THE BOOK AND THE FIRST VERSE I READ WAS,
• 09:48 COME TO ME ALL YE TIRED AND I'LL GIVE YOU REST.
• 09:50 I WENT ON MY KNEES WITH TEARS AND I SAID CHRIST, I DON'T KNOW YOU.
• 09:55 THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE TOLD ME ABOUT YOU THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD ABOUT YOU.
• 09:58 I'M A VERY BAD PERSON, A VERY BAD BOY.I HAVE CHEATED. I HAVE LIED.
• 10:02 I HAVE COMMITTED ADULTERY. I HAVE EVEN KILLED HUMAN BEINGS.
• 10:05 AND I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER BE A GOOD BOY AGAIN IN MY LIFE,
• 10:08 BUT I PROMISE YOU ONE THING, THAT I'LL TRY. YOU CHANGE ME.
• 10:12 I SURRENDER MY LIFE AND MY SOUL TO YOU.
• 10:15 AND THEN, TO COMPLETE JUST MY REAL TESTIMONY, I WENT OUT AND PICKED UP MY PISTOL
• 10:23 AND WENT AND WALKED BESIDE MY ONLY BEST FRIEND FOR YEARS, THE SEA SHORE.
• 10:28 ALL THE WESTERN BORDERS OF LEBANON THERE IS THE MEDITERRANEAN.
• 10:32 IT HAS LONG SHORES AND WHENEVER I'M TROUBLED
• 10:34 I USED TO GO AND SIT AND TALK TO THE WAVES FOR HOURS AND LISTEN TO THE WAVES FOR HOURS.
• 10:39 SO I WENT AND TOOK MY WALK OVER THERE AND I WALKED AND I WAS THINKING ALL THE TIME
• 10:44 WHAT HAPPENED SO DRAMATICALLY IN LESS THAN 20 HOURS. THEN, I PRAYED.
• 10:50 I BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND THEN MY HAND WAS HEAVY.
• 10:52 I TURNED AROUND TO SEE THAT I'M STILL CARRYING THAT PISTOL.
• 10:55 I LOOKED AT IT FOR A SECOND AND I KNEW IT WAS A DOOR OF EVIL,
• 10:58 WHICH I DON'T WANT IT ANYMORE AND I THREW IT TO THE SEA.
• 11:01 FROM THAT MINUTE ON, PRAISE THE LORD, I'M A FREE MAN. THAT'S HOW I BECAME A CHRISTIAN.
• 11:06 YOU'RE NOT THE WORST CHRIST HAS EVER CALLED, REALLY.
• 11:11 YOU REALLY HAVE HAD SOME EXPERIENCES.
• 11:12 THAT'S A STARTLING TESTIMONY. BEAUTIFUL.
• 11:17 I'M GLAD YOU CAME TO SEE US BECAUSE MANY TIMES THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST,
• 11:25 WHICH IS FULL OF TURMOIL, WE'VE COME UP WITH THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME.
• 11:28 THE LORD SENDS THEM. PRAISE THE LORD.
• 11:30 WHEN SADDAM HUSSEIN GASSED THE POOR KURDS, I REALIZED THAT I HAD A FRIEND THAT WAS A KURD.
• 11:38 IN KURDISTAN HE WAS A GOVERNMENT OFFICER. IN MY OFFICE BUILDING HE WAS A JANITOR.
• 11:43 HE CAME. HE WAS A TAXI DRIVER, TOO. I MET HIM AS A TAXI DRIVER.
• 11:49 I TRIED TO GIVE HIM A 5 DOLLAR TIP AND HE HANDED IT BACK AND SAID IT'S TOO MUCH.
• 11:53 AND SO I GAVE HIM 2 DOLLARS AND I SAID I WANT YOUR NAME OR YOUR CARD.
• 11:57 I REALIZED HE'S A KURD AND I CALLED HIM AND WE PUT HIM ON THE AIR.
• 12:00 WE'VE TALKED WITH EVEN THE OTHER SIDE WITH HANAN ASHRAWI,
• 12:04 WITH FISEL HUSSEINI, A PALESTINIAN SO-CALLED.
• 12:07 WE'VE SPOKEN WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTERS.
• 12:09 GOD SENT YOU HERE, I THINK, SO WE COULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW
• 12:14 WITH THIS WAR ON TERRORISM, THE WAR IN IRAQ, THE TERRORISM GOING ON IN ISRAEL AND SO ON.
• 12:19 YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. YOU WERE A REAL TERRORIST.
• 12:25 I WANT TO KNOW SOME OF YOUR THINKING ON THAT.
• 12:28 WE'LL GO AHEAD TO A BREAK, BUT HE IS BROTHER ZACH AND AS YOU CAN HEAR HE'S HAD QUITE A FEW EXPERIENCES.
• 12:36 HE'S BEEN ON THE BACK OF A GUN A LOT OF TIMES AND THAT IS WHAT A TERRORIST DOES.
• 12:41 THEN JESUS CHRIST REACHED OUT AND CALLED HIM AND HE THREW HIS GUN IN THE SEA AND NOW HE'S ON OUR SIDE.
• 12:48 WE'LL BE BACK WITH BROTHER ZACH RIGHT AFTER THIS.
• 13:13 FOR A BIBLICAL PROSPECTIVE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST,
• 13:18 ASK FOR ZOLA'S FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, THE LEVITT LETTER.
• 13:22 CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-WONDERS.
• 13:25 ZOLA'S NEW KINGDOM CATALOG DESCRIBES HIS BOOKS, TEACHING TAPES AND CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.
• 13:32 FOR ZOLA'S FREE NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG, PLEASE CALL 1-800-WONDERS.
• 13:46 THUS SAYETH THE LORD GOD, I SHALL GATHER YOU FROM THE PEOPLES
• 13:51 AND ASSEMBLE YOU OUT OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE YOU'VE BEEN SCATTERED.
• 13:54 AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
• 13:57 THE WILDERNESS AND THE DRY LAND SHALL BE GLAD.
• 14:01 THE DESSERT SHALL REJOICE AND BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE.
• 14:05 YOU SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD WHEN I BRING YOU INTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
• 14:13 THAT'S OUR TOUR SPOT.
• 14:16 WE HAVE A TOUR COMING UP MAY 29TH.
• 14:18 I DON'T OFTEN DO THIS, BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING;
• 14:23 THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GROUP TOUR OF A LIFETIME. YOU CANNOT BUY THIS AGAIN.
• 14:26 JUST BECAUSE OF THIS WAR THAT CAME AND WENT, WE ONLY HAVE,
• 14:29 AS I SPEAK TO YOU RIGHT NOW, 23 PEOPLE SIGNED UP. WE'VE HAD 10 TIMES THAT MANY.
• 14:35 PEOPLE THAT BUY GROUP TOURS KNOW THAT THE WHOLE OBJECT IS TO BUY A SMALL ONE
• 14:41 SO THAT YOU CAN ENGAGE WITH THE LEADER AND THE CHIEF GUIDE
• 14:44 AND HEAR EVERYTHING AND ASK QUESTIONS AND SO ON. IT BECOMES A LITTLE FAMILY.
• 14:48 FOR HEAVEN SAKE, IF YOU EVER WANTED TO GO TO ISRAEL THIS IS THE BEST OF ALL TIMES.
• 14:52 EXPERIENCED TRAVELERS KNOW THAT IN THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT AFTER A BIG FLAP, THAT'S THE TIME TO GO.
• 14:57 EVERYTHING IS QUIET FOR A LONG TIME. THE WAR IN IRAQ IS OVER.
• 15:01 AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS I SPEAK, THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HAS TOLD THE PEOPLE,
• 15:06 NEVER MIND THE SEALED ROOMS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
• 15:09 WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE GAS MASKS AND IT'S OVER.
• 15:11 SO ONCE THEY SAY SO, BELIEVE ME, THERE'S PEACE.
• 15:14 IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THERE WAS ONE OUTLYING SUICIDE ATTACK IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS--
• 15:21 I DON'T KNOW. WE'VE SAID IT SO MUCH.
• 15:25 WE'VE TAKEN 75 TOURS OVER 30 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN THE SLIGHTEST UNREST.
• 15:29 IF YOU CAN GO, CALL OUR OFFICE IMMEDIATELY AND SIGN UP
• 15:33 AND YOU'LL HAVE A TOUR LIKE YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO BUY AGAIN.
• 15:37 SORRY, ZACH. I JUST NEED TO PLUG THE HOLY LAND.
• 15:40 PEOPLE SHOULD GO BEFORE THEY GO IN THE KINGDOM.
• 15:42 AMEN
• 15:43 I THINK THEY SHOULD SEE IT ONCE.
• 15:45 SPEAKING OF THE HOLY LAND AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY,
• 15:47 WE DISCOVERED A LITTLE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN BAGHDAD.
• 15:51 THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE JERUSALEM REPORT MAGAZINE, WHICH I SUBSCRIBE TO,
• 15:55 TALKING ABOUT JEWS THAT HAVE LIVE IN BAGHDAD, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, FOR 2700 YEARS.
• 16:01 THEY MUST BE OF THE 10 LOST TRIBES THAT WERE PUT THERE AFTER CONQUERING BY THE ASSYRIANS
• 16:09 AND HAVE BEEN COMFORTABLE THERE ALL THIS TIME.
• 16:11 A LOT OF THEM LEFT EARLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY,
• 16:14 BUT THERE'S STILL ONE SYNAGOGUE OPERATING IN BAGHDAD, NOT VERY LARGE.
• 16:18 AND YOU KNOW THE IRAQIS LEAVE THEM ALONE.
• 16:21 SADDAM HUSSEIN EVEN REMODELED THE SYNAGOGUE A LITTLE BIT WITH GOOD RELATIONS.
• 16:25 WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP LIKE, REALLY, OF THE MAN ON THE STREET ARAB TO JEW?
• 16:32 HOW DOES IT LOOK AND WHAT DOES THE KORAN TELL US ABOUT THE JEWS AND SO ON?
• 16:37 ARE YOU TALKING POLITICALLY OR ARE YOU TALKING RELIGION WISE?
• 16:41 WELL, ALRIGHT, LET'S SAY RELIGIOUS WISE.
• 16:42 I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. OKAY.
• 16:46 FIRST, LET ME GIVE YOU A BACK- GROUND OF THE JEWISH HISTORY IN WHAT WE CALL THE ARAB PENINSULA.
• 16:53 IT IS NOW SAUDI ARABIA, THE EMERITZ, BAHARAIN AND ALL THAT.
• 17:00 WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS BUY ANY BIOGRAPHY OF ISLAMIC HISTORY, ESPECIALLY MOHAMMED'S LIFE
• 17:07 AND YOU'LL BE ASTONISHED TO DIS- COVER IT WAS FULL AND FLOURISHED WITH THE JEWISH TRIBES.
• 17:13 AND THEY OWNED LANDS; ACTUALLY THEY OWN THE REALLY GOOD FERTILE LANDS.
• 17:23 THEY OWN THE INDUSTRY LIKE WEAPONRY, MAKING WEAPONRY, ALL THE GOLD INDUSTRY.
• 17:32 THEY WERE THE RICH ITEMS OF THE MEDIAN LIFE.
• 17:38 THEY WERE THE RICH PEOPLE OF THE SMALL TOWNS AND CITIES OF WHAT WE CALL EVEN NOW SAUDI ARABIA.
• 17:46 SO THE JEWS WERE LIVING IN THE ARAB-ARABIAN PENINSULA?
• 17:49 RIGHT. VERY TRUE. THEY WERE THERE, RIGHT.
• 17:52 I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU BEFORE THAT, I'M JUST STARTING YOU FROM THEN ON.
• 17:57 SO THEY WERE THERE.
• 17:59 ACTUALLY, IF YOU READ ISLAMIC RELIGION AND THE BEGINNING HISTORY,
• 18:04 IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT THIS WAY, YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT THE FIRST 3 YEARS THE MUSLIMS
• 18:09 WERE ORDERED TO PRAY WITH THEIR FACES TOWARDS JERUSALEM.
• 18:14 AND THAT THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS OF THE KORAN IN THE FIRST YEAR IS YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE A JEW;
• 18:20 OTHERWISE YOU'LL NOT EVEN REACH HEAVEN.
• 18:22 ACTUALLY IF YOU DID NOT DO THE SABBATH LIKE A JEW, GOD WILL STRIKE YOU TO BE LIKE A MONKEY.
• 18:30 IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE KORAN.
• 18:31 BOY, TIMES HAVE REALLY CHANGED HAVEN'T THEY?
• 18:34 BUT WHY THIS CHANGE HAPPENED, LIKE I WAS DISCUSSING LATELY WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING YOUR WIFE,
• 18:44 FOR A PROPHET TO PROCLAIM PROPHECY,
• 18:47 HE HAS TO HAVE A EVIDENCE OR A VALIDITY WHICH HAS PRECEDED HIM.
• 18:53 FOR INSTANCE, ALL THE PROPHETS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT,
• 18:55 THEY HAD THE VALIDITY OF PROPHETS PROCEEDING THEM TELLING THAT THEY ARE COMING
• 19:00 AND YOU ARE WAITING, SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR THEM AND YOU NEED ALSO THE BACKUP OF THE SCRIPTURES.
• 19:07 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS, ANYBODY CAN STAND UP AND SAY I'M SENT BY GOD, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW ME.
• 19:14 SO BY THAT TIME THE ONLY PEOPLE, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD REALLY GUARD THE SCRIPTURES VERY WELL
• 19:21 WERE THE JEWS AND THE CHRISTIANS WHO WERE REALLY THE DOMINANT PEOPLE IN THE ARAB PENINSULA.
• 19:28 WHEN THEY DISCOVERED, LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY IN A VERY QUICK NOTES,
• 19:33 WHEN THOSE GUARDIANS OF THE SCRIPTURES, NO MATTER IF THEY ARE JEWS OR CHRISTIANS,
• 19:38 DISCOVERED THAT THIS GUY IS NOT REALLY FORWARD WITH IT,
• 19:42 THEY WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE TO TELL HIM NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE MISTAKEN.
• 19:45 THIS DOESN'T FIT INTO YOU AND THIS IS NOT DOING WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS TRUE, SO THE TIDE SHIFTED.
• 19:52 NOW THEY BECAME THE ENEMIES OF GOD AND THEN THE DECLARATION FROM GOD CAME
• 19:56 THAT THEY SHOULD BE WIPED OUT, MASSACRED AND THROWN OUT.
• 20:00 SO THROUGH THE ISLAMIC TEACHING AND BY THE WAY, ANY MUSLIM SCHOOL FROM SUNNI OR SHIITES
• 20:11 YOU CAN GO AND ASK AND DISCUSS IT WITH THEM, IT'S TOLD THAT EVEN THE FIRST SURAH,
• 20:19 WHAT THEY CALL THE FATIHA, THE KORAN, IT'S TOLD THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENEMIES OF GOD,
• 20:25 IF I MIGHT PUT IT THIS WAY IN A VERY SIMPLE WAY, ARE THE JEWS AND THEY ARE TO BE MASSACRED.
• 20:28 ACTUALLY, THERE IS A TEACHING THAT WOULD SAY IN THE DOOMSDAY,
• 20:32 YOU KNOW WHEN GOD COMES FOR JUDGMENT, EVERY STONE, EVERY HILL,
• 20:37 EVERY TREE WILL SHOUT TO A MUSLIM WARRIOR TELLING HIM,
• 20:39 THERE IS A JEW BEHIND ME, COME AND KILL HIM.
• 20:42 OH YES, I KNOW THAT VERSE.
• 20:44 IT IS INHERITANCE WITH DOCTRINE AND NOW WITH GENES FOR THAT BIG HATE TO BE THERE,
• 20:54 WHICH IT IS NOT EASY TO TAKE IT OUT.
• 20:55 BUT IRONICALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO SEE THE RIGHT OF THE JEWS OVER THERE.
• 21:02 WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ CAREFULLY THE HOLY BOOK OF THE MUSLIMS, THE KORAN.
• 21:07 YOU SEE, THERE IS MANY PLACES BUT I AM GOING TO CHOOSE ONLY 4 OR 5.
• 21:12 THERE IS SURAH OR CHAPTER 2:83.
• 21:37 SO YOU'RE SAYING THE KORAN ITSELF ACKNOWLEDGES
• 21:40 THAT GOD MADE THESE COVENANTS WITH THE JEWS.
• 21:42 WHAT IS THE COVENANT? IS IT ONLY BELIEVING GOD? NO.
• 21:46 YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO CHAPTER 17:104
• 21:53 GOD GAVE THE LAND TO THE 12 TRIBES AND SAYS, DWELL IN IT AND HAVE IT.
• 21:59 SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL SAY TO YOU, OKAY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DWELL AND LIVE FOR IT FOR AWHILE,
• 22:08 BUT IT'S NOT AN INHERITANCE LIKE THE JEWS PROCLAIM.
• 22:11 WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO 26:59
• 22:18 AN INHERITANCE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU PASS TO YOUR CHILDREN AND TO THE CHILDREN OF THE CHILDREN
• 22:23 AND THE CHILDREN WILL PASS IT ON TO THEIR CHILDREN.
• 22:26 SO WITHIN THIS SMALL TRIP, EVEN IN THE KORAN ITSELF YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE THE COVENANT,
• 22:31 THEY HAVE THE LAND AND THEY HAVE THE INHERITANCE.
• 22:35 I WAS AWARE THE KORAN DOES RESPECT GOD'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
• 22:41 HOWEVER, THE POLITICIANS PUT IT, THE HOLY BOOK SAYS OTHERWISE.
• 22:46 THEIR HOLY BOOK. THEIR HOLY BOOK.
• 22:52 HAVE YOU TOLD THIS AROUND THE CHURCHES?
• 22:55 ARE YOU SPEAKING IN CHURCHES? DO PEOPLE INVITE YOU?
• 22:58 WELL, THE PAST YEAR IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR MY TOURING AROUND,
• 23:03 SPEAKING AND DECLARING THE FACTS FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.
• 23:11 NOW IT SEEMS A LOT OF THINGS ARE POLITICALLY CORRECT. IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS BEFORE.
• 23:18 I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I'M TOO CONTROVERSIAL.
• 23:22 I HAD ONE PASTOR TELL ME, TEACH US PASSOVER, PLEASE, BUT DON'T MENTION ISRAEL.
• 23:28 I HAD A REVEREND, BELIEVE IT OR NOT WHO TOLD ME THAT I'M MOST WELCOME TO HIS CHURCH
• 23:33 IF I DON'T TALK TO MUSLIMS OR ABOUT MUSLIMS.
• 23:36 OH, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THESE CHURCHES? I MEAN REALLY.
• 23:41 LOOK, LET ME GIVE A PLUG FOR BROTHER ZACH.
• 23:43 IF YOU WANT TO HAVE HIM AT YOUR CHURCH AND I RECOMMEND HIM. I KNOW HIM WELL.
• 23:46 HE'S THE GENUINE ARTICLE. BOY, CAN HE TALK ABOUT THE--
• 23:50 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIM SPEAK TO THE MUSLIMS IN A MINUTE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE
• 23:54 AND YOU'LL SEE THAT HE KNOWS THEM WELL.
• 23:56 SEND US A NOTE AND WE'LL SEE THAT HE GETS IT AND HE'LL VISIT YOUR CHURCH
• 24:01 BECAUSE THAT'S A SHAME THAT WE HAVE A CHRISTIAN LIKE THIS THAT GOD HAS RAISED UP
• 24:04 AND CHURCHES ARE TOO TIMID OR TOO POLITICALLY CORRECT OR WHATEVER.
• 24:09 HOW DO YOU SURVIVE, ZACH?
• 24:11 I PRAISE THE LORD THAT WHEN I CAME TO THIS LAND I CAME A REAL POOR PERSON
• 24:15 AFTER I REACHED A REAL HIGH LEVEL IN MY OLD COUNTRY.
• 24:20 BUT GOD HAD ALWAYS RAISED SOME REAL GENEROUS CHRISTIAN PEOPLE,
• 24:26 FOR INSTANCE LIKE BROTHER MANSA K. MUSA WITH MILLIONS TO MILLIONS
• 24:31 AND BISHOP KENNETH AND LIKE BROTHER GENE NEWMAN.
• 24:39 VARIOUS PEOPLE THAT ARE SPOKESMEN FOR THAT VIEW.
• 24:43 IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM AND WHAT GOD PUT THEM IN MY WAY TO STAND UP, I WOULD HAVE REALLY STARVED.
• 24:52 LISTEN, YOU'VE GOT A CAMERA OF YOUR OWN.
• 24:54 TALK TO YOUR MOSLEM BRETHREN AND TALK TO THEM IN THEIR LANGUAGE. TRANSLATE FOR US.
• 24:59 OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE.
• 25:01 [SPEAKING ARABIC]
• 25:39 I'LL TRANSLATE THAT INTO ENGLISH BECAUSE THERE ARE MUSLIMS WHO ARE NOT ARAB.
• 25:44 THERE IS NO HOPE FOR ANY HUMAN BEING, INCLUDING MUSLIMS
• 25:50 UNLESS IF THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING.
• 25:53 I COULDN'T EVEN MEET ONE MUSLIM, NO MATTER WHO IS HE OR WHAT IS HE,
• 25:58 HOW HOLY IS HE OR HOW UNHOLY IS HE WHO WOULD KNOW WHAT'S THE END OF HIS LIFE.
• 26:04 THE ONLY SOLUTION, THE ONLY SOLUTION TO KNOW WHAT IS YOUR END, BEDS ONLY IN CHRISTIANITY
• 26:12 BECAUSE ONLY IN BELIEVING IN CHRIST YOU GET SALVATION,
• 26:16 YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD AS IS PROMISED. SO COME TO THE LIGHT. THANK YOU.
• 26:23 OH, ZACH, THAT'S JUST SO TOUCHING.
• 26:25 IT'S WONDERFUL. THIS IS THE REAL SOLUTION.
• 26:29 WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ON THE NEXT PROGRAM ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH IRAQ AND ISRAEL
• 26:33 AND THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WHOLE WAR ON TERRORISM AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
• 26:37 I WANT TO GET YOUR VIEWS, BUT I KNOW THAT THE REAL ANSWER TO ALL OF IT IS THE PEACE
• 26:41 THAT WILL COME WHEN THE PRINCE OF PEACE COMES.
• 26:44 SHAR SHALOM WE SAY IN HEBREW.
• 26:45 HOW DO YOU SAY IN ARABIC, PRINCE OF PEACE?
• 26:47 AMIR SALAM
• 26:48 ALMOST THE SAME.
• 26:50 THE AMIR SALAM OR THE SHAR SHALOM.
• 26:52 HE'S BROTHER ZACH. HE WAS A TERRORIST.
• 26:56 NOW HE IS A BELIEVER, A SOLDIER IN BOTH CASES, BUT NOW A SOLDIER FOR CHRIST.
• 27:00 WE'LL HAVE HIM ON THE NEXT PROGRAM. BE SURE TO TUNE IN.
• 27:03 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.