
Our Friend the Terrorist with Zachariah Anani, Part 2
Air dates: 2003-May-11, 2004-Oct-31
Production Code: 697
Year: 2003
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Caption transcript for “Our Friend the Terrorist” with Zachariah Anani, Part 2
- 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.
- 00:27 CONSIDERING THE TIMES AND SEASONS OF OUR WORLD TODAY, HERE'S ZOLA LEVITT.
- 00:34 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
- 00:36 AS I SAID ON THE LAST PROGRAM, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENDATIONS FOR THE GUESTS WE HAVE.
- 00:41 OUR INTERVIEW PROGRAMS APPARENTLY ARE VERY INTERESTING TO YOU.
- 00:45 WE'VE GOT A REAL LULU TONIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS PROGRAM.
- 00:49 WE'RE HAVING BROTHER ZACH, I WOULD CALL HIM
- 00:53 "OUR FRIEND THE TERRORIST", BECAUSE ZACH WAS A TERRORIST.
- 00:56 WE WERE ALL SORT OF TERRORISTS BEFORE WE CAME TO CHRIST.
- 00:59 SOME OF US KILLED PEOPLE, SOME OF US KILLED IDEAS
- 01:02 AND SOME OF US PRACTICALLY KILLED OURSELVES AND THEN HE SAVED US.
- 01:06 ZACH, WHO REALLY WAS A KILLER, IS NOW A PURVEYOR OF ETERNAL LIFE.
- 01:11 SO BROTHER ZACH, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
- 01:14 NOW YOU'RE, OF COURSE OF LEBANESE BACKGROUND.
- 01:17 YES, I WAS BORN IN BEIRUT, LEBANON.
- 01:21 YOU SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, YOU FOUGHT THE FIGHTS.
- 01:23 26 YEARS AGO, YES, BECAUSE NOW I'M 26 YEARS OLD IN CHRIST.
- 01:30 YES, THAT LONG. WELL, THAT'S LOVELY.
- 01:32 YOU SPEAK IN THE CHURCHES AND PEOPLE ARE FASCINATED TO HEAR YOU.
- 01:38 YOU WERE TELLING ME IN THE LAST PROGRAM THEY DON'T CALL YOU AS OFTEN NOW.
- 01:41 NO, ACTUALLY EITHER BECAUSE IT'S POLITICALLY CORRECT
- 01:46 OR MAINLY THE CHURCHES ARE INTIMIDATED AND ASLEEP.
- 01:49 THEY ARE SCARED TO FACE THE FACT THAT NOW IS TIME TO MOVE.
- 01:54 THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES I THANK GOD FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU,
- 01:58 WHO ARE REALLY WILLING TO GO FORWARD OR, FOR INSTANCE,
- 02:01 BROTHER DAVID WILKERSON IN NEW YORK WHO IS REALLY SPEARHEADING THIS
- 02:07 AND ACTUALLY HE'S A GOOD HELP SOMETIMES FOR ME. PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT.
- 02:12 OTHER THAN THAT MAINLY THE CHURCHES REALLY ARE EITHER INTIMIDATED OR ASLEEP.
- 02:16 I'LL GIVE YOU A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE IN YOUR OWN TOWN.
- 02:20 THERE IS A BIG CENTER IN A BIG MOSQUE AND FROM MY KNOWLEDGE (ARABIC),
- 02:27 WHICH IS, PRAISE THE LORD, WHICH FOR ME WAS 18 YEARS OF STUDIES AND ALL OF THAT,
- 02:32 I WALKED THROUGH THAT CENTER AND I READ SOME OF IT, OF ITS CONTENTS.
- 02:38 YOU'D BE VERY SURPRISED AND SHOCKED THAT THIS CENTER CONTAINS A SCHOOL.
- 02:42 FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, IT'S LIKE MUSLIM EVANGELISTS
- 02:47 AND THERE IS A SCHOOL TO RECRUIT AND TEACH THE PEOPLE WHO COMES TO THIS KIND OF ISLAM.
- 02:57 THAT MEANS THAT THEY, TO HAVE THAT BIG CENTER THAT MEANS YOU HAVE AT LEAST BETWEEN 15,000
- 03:03 UP TO MAYBE 30,000 MUSLIMS AROUND YOU THERE.
- 03:05 IN HERE, IN DALLAS? RIGHT.
- 03:07 SO YOUR WORK IS CUT OUT FOR YOU.
- 03:10 NOW, REMEMBER THEY ARE OUT TO GET YOU MORE THAN YOU ARE OUT TO GET THEM.
- 03:15 IT'S YOUR JOB TO GO OUT AND GET THEM.
- 03:18 WE'RE OUT TO GET THEM TO CHRIST IF WE CAN.
- 03:20 SOMEBODY GOT YOU AND TO HEAR YOU TELL IT, YOU WERE A PRETTY TOUGH CASE.
- 03:26 YOU'VE KILLED PEOPLE AND YOU'VE FOUGHT AND YOU--
- 03:29 YES, AND I THANK GOD THAT HE CHOSE ME OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT.
- 03:35 I DON'T KNOW. I THINK WE'RE ALL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT.
- 03:38 I LIKE THE STORY WHERE YOU'RE STANDING ON THE BEACH AND LOOKING AT THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
- 03:42 AND THINKING IT OVER AND FINALLY YOU THREW YOUR GUN IN THE SEA.
- 03:44 YES, PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT.
- 03:47 YOU KNOW, WHEN A HUMAN BEING, NO MATTER WHO IS HE, TO ME IS THE ISLAMIC FIELD,
- 03:55 WHEN A MUSLIM REALLY SEEKS GOD HE'LL FIND HIM. IF HE REALLY, REALLY SEEKS HIM.
- 04:02 NO MATTER HOW THICK IS THE VEIL, LIGHT CAN COME THROUGH.
- 04:07 IN MY CASE, IT'S ONLY A WORD IN THE STREET.
- 04:12 IT ONLY IS, IF YOU'RE REALLY SEEKING GOD, HE'LL COME.
- 04:18 SO A TRUE MUSLIM, IF HE'S REALLY SEEKING GOD, ALL THAT HE HAS TO DO
- 04:24 IS SURRENDER TO CHRIST AT LEAST ONE TIME AND LET HIM TRY IT.
- 04:28 LISTEN, IF YOUR CHURCH IS NOT WITNESSING TO MUSLIMS, YOU NEED A GUY LIKE ZACH TO HELP.
- 04:33 WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE ALL THE TIME.
- 04:36 PEOPLE CALL ME TO THEIR CHURCH TO AT LEAST EXPLAIN HOW TO WITNESS TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
- 04:41 THEY SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY BECAUSE WE GO TO THE JEWS FOR THEM, THIS SORT OF THING.
- 04:48 IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FOR THE MUSLIMS, YOU'RE LEAVING SOMEBODY OUT.
- 04:50 JESUS KNEW A LOT OF MIDDLE EASTERNERS WHO WERE NOT JEWS.
- 04:54 HE TALKED TO THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN, HE HEALED THE SERVANT OF THE ROMAN OFFICER AND SO FORTH.
- 05:00 BROTHER ZOLA, GOD HAD INVESTED IN ME, PRAISE HIM,
- 05:04 THE KNOWLEDGE OF AT LEAST 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING, DEBATING AND TRAINING.
- 05:10 IF ANY CHURCH FEELS THAT GOD PUT IN THEIR HEARTS, THEY HAVE TO REACH THE MUSLIM
- 05:15 AND THEY HAVE TO BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE IN FRONT OF GOD FOR THAT,
- 05:19 THEN I'M VERY MUCH WILLING TO COME AND DO IT FREE.
- 05:24 LISTEN, GET IN TOUCH WITH US AND WE'LL PASS YOUR LETTER ON TO ZACH
- 05:27 AND HAVE THIS MAN AT YOUR CHURCH. HE'S TERRIFIC. BELIEVE ME, HE IS.
- 05:32 HE CAN SAY SO MUCH ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS, AT LEAST, IF NOT THE GOSPEL ITSELF.
- 05:39 COMING TO THAT, WHAT ABOUT IRAQ? WE'RE AT AN AWKWARD TIME.
- 05:41 THIS WAR, FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES IS OVER WITH, BUT STILL HAVE SUICIDE BOMBINGS.
- 05:46 WE'RE DISCOVERING THAT THERE'S NOT ONE KIND OF CHARACTER TO COPE WITH IN IRAQ,
- 05:51 THERE'S A HUNDRED KINDS OF CHARACTERS.
- 05:54 WELL, FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT FIRST I PRAY DAILY
- 05:59 AND I THANK GOD DAILY FOR ALL THOSE BRAVE, MAYBE SOMETIMES NOT THE RIGHT MOTIVE,
- 06:08 BUT BRAVE ENOUGH TO BE THERE AND I REALLY, REALLY PRAY FOR THIS PRESIDENT OF YOURS, GEORGE BUSH.
- 06:17 AND I'M PRAYING AND I HOPE WE WON'T FALL INTO THE TRAP OF PLAYING IT POLITICALLY CORRECT.
- 06:25 IT'S OUR TIME, THERE IS AN OPEN THE WINDOW FOR REAL CHRISTIANITY TO BE REVEALED THERE.
- 06:35 IT'S OUR TIME THAT SOMEHOW THIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD ALLOW
- 06:40 THE REAL CHRISTIANITY TO SHOW THEIR FACES THERE IF IT'S BY CHARITY WORK,
- 06:44 OR BY ALLOWING MISSIONARIES TO GO THERE.
- 06:48 I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FOR INSTANCE.
- 06:50 I'M VERY QUITE AND VERY SURE THAT THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION
- 06:54 IS GOING TO SEND BIG AID TO IRAQ; FOOD, CLOTHES, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, WHY NOT BIBLES?
- 07:02 WHY NOT BIBLES? FRANKLIN GRAHAM IS GOING TO GO THERE.
- 07:06 HE'S ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAS A MISSION TO BOTH HELP WITH THE FEEDING AND ALL THE REST OF IT,
- 07:13 PLUS BIBLES, PLUS EVANGELISM.
- 07:15 WHY, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOUR ADMINISTRATION AND YOU AMERICAN PEOPLE, TAX PAYERS,
- 07:23 ARE GOING TO CARRY THE BURDEN OF RECREATING A NATION AND RECREATING A SOCIETY,
- 07:29 A CIVILIZED ONE, A FREE CIVILIZED ONE,
- 07:32 WHY DON'T YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO AND PREACH THE TRUTH,
- 07:36 YOUR TRUTH TO THEM ACCORDING TO YOUR THINKING?
- 07:39 WHY, FOR INSTANCE, WOULDN'T YOU SAY,
- 07:41 IF YOU WANT ME TO BUILD UP A HUNDRED SCHOOLS FOR YOU
- 07:43 I NEED AT LEAST ONE CHRISTIAN TEACHER TO BE THERE?
- 07:47 WELL, SURE.
- 07:49 IN FACT, YOU KNOW THE LIBERAL AMERICAN REPORTERS SAY FRANKLIN GRAHAM
- 07:54 HAS SOME ULTERIOR MOTIVE, SOME HIDDEN MOTIVE IN DOING WHAT HE IS DOING,
- 07:57 BUT HE ANNOUNCES LOUD AND CLEAR; I WANT TO FEED THE POOR, I WANT A WITNESS OF CHRIST.
- 08:02 THIS IS WHAT CHRISTIANS DO. IT'S NOT AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE.
- 08:05 LISTEN, WHY WOULD YOU IN AMERICA, I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANY OTHER COUNTRY,
- 08:10 WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW, AND THIS WILL GET YOU INTO TROUBLE SOMETIMES,
- 08:14 ALLOW HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF THOSE MUSLIM EVANGELISTS TO COME INTO YOUR COUNTRY,
- 08:20 GO TO YOUR STREETS, BUILD THEIR MOSQUES, BUILD THEIR CENTERS
- 08:23 AND COME TO YOUR DOORS CALLING YOU TO ISLAM AND IT'S NOT VIS-A-VERSA.
- 08:28 WHY CAN'T WE GO THERE AND TELL THEM ABOUT CHRIST.
- 08:31 THAT'S A CONCEPT THAT HADN'T EVEN OCCURRED TO ME.
- 08:33 YES, WE SHOULD SEND OUR EVANGELISTS AS WELL AS OUR FOOD AND OUR SOLDIERS, AND HOW.
- 08:38 LET ME TAKE YOU OVER TO ISRAEL, WHICH HAS A SIMILAR PROBLEM AS TERRORISM.
- 08:44 I DON'T THINK IT'S SIMILAR, I THINK IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME.
- 08:46 WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT THAT ONE?
- 08:48 THE PRESIDENT SAYS HERE'S A ROAD MAP TO CREATE
- 08:50 INSTEAD OF BREAKING DOWN THE DICTATORSHIP, HE'S BUILDING IT UP.
- 08:54 I HOPE IT WON'T WORK. YOU KNOW WHY?
- 08:58 NOT BECAUSE I'M AGAINST PEACE OVER THERE. DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME.
- 09:02 BUT OF COURSE THERE WILL BE NO PEACE IF THERE IS NO SOLID PROTECTED STATE OF ISRAEL.
- 09:12 I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, WHICH I ALWAYS SAY TO A LOT OF MY FRIENDS.
- 09:18 LET'S SAY THE LAST, RADICAL TERRORISTS LIKE YASSAR ARAFAT OR THE PRESIDENT OF SYRIA;
- 09:27 SAY, OKAY GUYS, THAT'S IT. WE DON'T WANT TO FIGHT ANYMORE.
- 09:30 WE'RE GOING TO SIGN A PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL,
- 09:33 EVEN WE'RE GOING TO DISSOLVE ALL OUR MILITARY FORCES.
- 09:36 WE WANT TO GO TO AGRICULTURE AND BUILD UP THE COUNTRY.
- 09:39 WE'RE GOING TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY LIKE JAPAN.
- 09:42 WE DON'T WANT TO FIGHT ANYMORE. WE DON'T WANT TO HOSTILE OUR NEIGHBORS. THAT'S IT.
- 09:46 THE ISRAELIS CAN LIVE ALONE AND ISRAEL ONLY LET US LIVE WITH NO WARS
- 09:51 INSTEAD OF PAYING ALL OUR MONEY AND INCOME TO WARS
- 09:54 WE WANT TO GENERATE A BETTER CIVILIZATION FOR OUR COUNTRIES.
- 09:58 BELIEVE ME, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, ALSO IF YOU NOTICED.
- 10:01 THERE WILL BE ALWAYS GROUPS LIKE HAMAS, LIKE HEZBOLLAH AND MAYBE GENERATED OTHERS WHO WILL SAY,
- 10:08 UH-OH, WE'LL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
- 10:10 OUR FIGHT IS TO THE END UNTIL THERE IS NO MORE ISRAEL. YOU KNOW WHY?
- 10:14 BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE DOCTRINE. IT IS WITHIN THE GENES OF THE GENERATIONS.
- 10:19 I SAID ONCE, IF YOU WANT TO ELIMINATE THE HATRED BETWEEN THE NATIONS, AND PUT IT THIS WAY,
- 10:26 BETWEEN THE ARABS AND THE JEWS, NOT ONLY THE ISRAELIS,
- 10:30 WE NEED TO TEACH OUR NEW UPCOMING GENERATION TO LOVE.
- 10:34 WE NEED TO TEACH OUR SONS WHO IS GOING TO BE BORN, BECAUSE TO US IT'S ALREADY A DONE DEAL.
- 10:39 WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN RAISED THAT WAY
- 10:42 AND IF IT WASN'T FOR CHRIST'S LOVE I WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED.
- 10:47 WELL THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. WE HAVE TO GET CHRIST OVER THERE SOMEHOW.
- 10:55 THE WHOLE WAR ON TERRORISM IS REALLY,
- 10:58 AS MUCH AS THEY SAY IT'S NOT A WAR ON ISLAM, IN A WAY IT IS.
- 11:02 IT'S A WAR ON UNBELIEF. IT'S A WAR ON--
- 11:06 LET ME USE MY GOLDEN FORMULA. IT IS A FIGHT BETWEEN RIGHT AND EVIL;
- 11:16 BETWEEN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND EVIL. CHRISTIANITY OR CHRISTIANS IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT THIS WAY
- 11:22 COULD BE BAD, COULD BE THIEVES, COULD BE MASSACRES.
- 11:26 LOOK AT THE ONE WHO DID THAT IN OKLAHOMA. HE'S FROM A BAPTIST CHURCH.
- 11:30 THAT'S NOT THE DOCTRINE. THE DOCTRINE IS DIVINE AND HOLY.
- 11:33 SOMEONE COULD STAND UP AND SAY; I'M SENT BY GOD TO FIGHT ALL THE WORLD
- 11:38 UNTIL THEY BECOME CHRISTIANS, BUT THAT'S HIS OWN WORDS.
- 11:41 IF YOU GO TO THE DOCTRINE, TO THE TEACHING, TO CHRISTIANITY ITSELF,
- 11:45 IT IS PURE, IT'S DIVINE.
- 11:48 MUSLIMS COULD BE VERY NICE PEOPLE, HOSPITABLE PEOPLE, VERY REAL GOOD PEOPLE,
- 11:55 BUT THE DOCTRINE IS BAD AND EVIL. WHY?
- 11:58 BECAUSE WITHIN THE DOCTRINE IF YOU ARE NOT A MUSLIM, YOU'RE DEAD.
- 12:05 IN "THE DEFENSE WARS" OF MOHAMMED AND HIS HOLY KINGS AFTER HIM,
- 12:13 THE GENERAL OF THE ARMY WILL REACH THE GATES OF THE CITY AND THEN HE WILL SAY TO THEM,
- 12:19 ARE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF (ARABIC NAME),
- 12:21 THE GREATEST GENERAL WHO WAS ONE OF MOHAMMED'S REAL, REAL CLOSE FRIENDS OR CLOSE STUDENTS.
- 12:28 AND HE SAYS, I CAME TO YOU, THE PEOPLE, WHO LOVE DEATH LIKE YOU LOVE LIFE;
- 12:33 YOU HAVE 3 THINGS TO CHOSE OF.
- 12:35 EITHER YOU BECAME MUSLIMS AND YOU DO WHAT WE DO AND YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE US
- 12:40 OR YOU BECAME SLAVES OF THE EMPIRE, THE THIRD RATE CITIZEN, YOU PAY A TRIBUTE
- 12:48 OR YOU FIGHT TO THE DEATH. YOU KILL US OR WE KILL YOU.
- 12:52 HE'S OUR FRIEND, BROTHER ZACH.
- 12:54 I CALL HIM OUR FRIEND THE TERRORIST. THAT'S TONGUE IN CHEEK.
- 12:57 HE'S NOT A TERRORIST ANYMORE, HE'S A CHRISTIAN.
- 12:59 YET WE GO TO PEOPLE OF REAL BACKGROUNDS IN THE PROBLEMS WE DISCUSS
- 13:06 AND HE IS LEBANESE, PHOENICIAN. HE SPEAKS PERFECT ARABIC.
- 13:10 YOU'LL HEAR HIM SPEAK IT LATER IN THE PROGRAM.
- 13:14 HE AGREES WITH ALL OF US. THE SOLUTION, OF COURSE, IS JESUS CHRIST.
- 13:18 WE'LL BE BACK WITH BROTHER ZACH RIGHT AFTER THIS.
- 13:23 FOR A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST
- 13:27 ASK FOR ZOLA'S FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, THE LEVITT LETTER.
- 13:34 ZOLA'S NEW KINGDOM CATALOG DESCRIBES HIS BOOKS, TEACHING TAPES AND CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.
- 13:42 FOR ZOLA'S FREE NEWSLETTER AND CATALOG PLEASE CALL 1-800-WONDERS.
- 13:56 THUS SAYETH THE LORD GOD, I SHALL GATHER YOU FROM THE PEOPLES
- 14:00 AND ASSEMBLE YOU OUT OF THE COUNTRIES WHERE YOU'VE BEEN SCATTERED
- 14:04 AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
- 14:07 THE WILDERNESS AND THE DRY LAND SHALL BE GLAD.
- 14:10 THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE AND BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE.
- 14:14 YOU SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD WHEN I BRING YOU INTO THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
- 14:22 WELL, THAT'S OUR TOUR OF ISRAEL. LET ME GIVE YOU A TIP.
- 14:25 WE'RE TAKING A TOUR AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
- 14:28 YOU CAN LEAVE MAY 29 OR A FEW DAYS LATER. THERE ARE 2 DIFFERENT DEPARTURES.
- 14:33 THIS IS THE TOUR OF A LIFETIME. IT'S SO SMALL.
- 14:38 THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA IN GROUP TOURS IS TO GET A SMALL ONE.
- 14:41 I KNOW THAT THE TOURISTS WHO COME RIGHT AT THE END MAKE THE BEST OF PILGRIMS.
- 14:45 SO COME ON. CALL US UP. LET'S GET OVER THERE. IT'S WONDERFUL THERE NOW.
- 14:49 THERE'S NO PROBLEM AND I'D LIKE TO BUILD THIS TOUR UP A LITTLE BIT
- 14:53 AND SHOW ISRAEL THAT WE'RE BEHIND HER.
- 14:57 ZACH, I DON'T KNOW. YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE OVER THERE.
- 15:03 YOU KNOW IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT YOU HAVE A SISTER IN THE GOSPEL.
- 15:07 THE WOMAN, IT SAYS IN MY SCOFIELD BIBLE,
- 15:09 THE SYROPHOENICIAN'S WOMAN'S DAUGHTER IS HEALED.
- 15:13 SYROPHOENICIAN IS WHAT YOU ARE. YES.
- 15:21 THAT'S WHERE YOU LIVED. EXACTLY.
- 15:23 THAT'S WHERE YOU THREW YOUR GUN INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN.
- 15:25 YES. YOU SEE I SPEAK ARABIC, I'M NOT AN ARAB. I'M A SYROPHOENICIAN.
- 15:31 YES, YES, AND NEITHER IS THIS WOMAN.
- 15:42 AND IT ENDS ON A HAPPY NOTE.
- 15:50 WHO IS THIS WOMAN WHO HAD MORE FAITH THAN ALL THE SO-CALLED CHOSEN PEOPLE?
- 15:53 SHE WAS A LEBANESE WOMAN.
- 15:56 YOU SEE, WHEN GOD CHOOSES SOMEONE FROM OUTSIDE THE FAMILY OF ISRAEL
- 16:06 AND WHEN THEY COME TO HIM, LIKE I WAS SHARING WITH YOUR WIFE,
- 16:11 TRULY COME TO HIM, THEY KNOW WHAT IS BEHIND,
- 16:15 SO THEY REALLY TRULY COME AND THEIR FAITH IS AS STRONG AS.
- 16:20 IN CHRISTIANITY AND THIS IS WHAT LACKS IN YOUR COUNTRY, CHRISTIANITY.
- 16:25 CHRISTIANITY HAS A PRICE TAG. PEOPLE FORGOT THAT.
- 16:30 THAT'S WHY WHEN A GUY LIKE ME COMES TO CHRIST HE KNOWS THE PRICE TAG.
- 16:34 YOU KNOW IN THE PAST 20 YEARS THEY'VE TRIED TO KILL ME 15 TIMES?
- 16:37 15 TIMES? YOU'RE PRETTY HARD TO KILL.
- 16:39 PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT. EVEN HERE IN THE STATES I WAS ATTACKED IN DETROIT.
- 16:43 THEY BURNED MY CAR AND THEY ATTACKED ME. IT'S THE STORY OF LIFE.
- 16:47 SO, THERE IS A PRICE YOU PAY FOR YOUR CHRISTIANITY.
- 16:50 IT'S NOT JUST A CLUB YOU COME IN AND YOU GO OUT OF IT.
- 16:53 WHO ATTACKED YOU, ZACH?
- 16:55 IN DETROIT? YES.
- 16:57 WELL, SOME YEMENI ARABS WHO WERE VERY MAD BECAUSE GOD USED ME TO CONVERT ONE OF THEIR KEY PEOPLE.
- 17:04 SO THEY GO AFTER THE MESSENGER.
- 17:11 WELL, I HAD A MISSIONARY ONCE WHOSE FIELD WAS THE SINAI DESERT.
- 17:15 I SAID TO HIM, YOU MUST GET SOME TOUGH CUSTOMERS.
- 17:17 HE SAID, PERSECUTION IS THE PROPER EXERCISE OF THE CHURCH.
- 17:22 THE AMERICAN CHURCH IS WEAK AND FLABBY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GET ENOUGH EXERCISE.
- 17:27 BUT YOU SEE GOD HAD BLESSED YOU WITH A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT,
- 17:34 WHICH YOU PAID BLOOD AND SOULS FOR IT,
- 17:37 TO GO OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR FAITH AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT CHRIST.
- 17:42 YOU'VE GAINED THE RIGHT AND YOU CAN DO IT.
- 17:45 AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND, REALLY, WHY THE CHURCHES ARE NOT DOING THAT.
- 17:49 MUSLIMS NOW ARE AT YOUR GATES AND IN FRONT OF YOUR DOORS
- 17:54 AND YOUR SCHOOLS AND YOUR UNIVERSITIES.
- 17:56 YOU DON'T HAVE TO CROSS ANY MORE OCEANS AND DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS TO REACH THEM.
- 18:00 YOU ARE CALLED TO DO IT HERE.
- 18:03 HERE, EVEN AS I SAID, THERE IS A BIG CENTER WHICH WILL MAYBE CONTAIN ABOUT 15,000 TO 20,000 MUSLIMS AROUND IN YOUR AREA.
- 18:11 SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- 18:13 TRYING TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT.
- 18:15 SANDRA AND I DROVE, I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT,
- 18:17 WE DROVE INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THAT--
- 18:20 WE WANTED TO SEE THE SHRINE AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AND SO ON.
- 18:24 THEY WERE HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE. IT LOOKED LIKE A BAPTIST CHURCH. THEY WERE SMILING.
- 18:28 THE DEACONS, IN EFFECT, IN COATS AND TIES GREETING PEOPLE,
- 18:33 SHOWING CARS IN AND FINDING THEM A PLACE TO PARK, SHAKING HANDS AND SO ON.
- 18:37 NOW THEY ARE USING YOUR OWN METHOD, MY FRIEND.
- 18:40 OH YES, THEY LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF AMERICAN.
- 18:46 YOU'RE AN EXPERT IN THE KORAN. YOU'VE READ IT. YOU'VE READ IT IN THE ORIGINAL.
- 18:50 WHAT'S INTERESTING YOU WERE SHOWING US THAT TRANSLATIONS
- 18:53 ARE TURNED AROUND AND CHANGED SLIGHTLY IN ENGLISH FOR AMERICAN CONSUMPTION.
- 18:58 RIGHT. FIRST, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN ISLAMIC FAITH YOU CAN ONLY PRAY IN ARABIC.
- 19:05 YOU CAN ONLY READ YOUR HOLY BOOK IN ARABIC.
- 19:08 IS THIS TRUE EVEN IN INDONESIA OR--?
- 19:10 ANYWHERE YOU WANT; IN AMERICA, IN CHINA, IN INDONESIA ANYWHERE YOU ARE
- 19:16 YOU HAVE TO PRAY IN ARABIC AND YOU HAVE TO READ YOUR BOOK IN ARABIC,
- 19:22 OTHERWISE IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO GOD. WHY?
- 19:26 ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS, BECAUSE THERE IS PLENTY OF OTHER REASONS,
- 19:29 BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRANSLATE THE MUSLIM HOLY BOOK, THE KORAN,
- 19:35 INTO ANOTHER LANGUAGE, YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.
- 19:38 THAT'S WHY THEY MODIFY THE TRANSLATION THAT THE WORLD ACCEPT THE IDEA.
- 19:43 THEY CHANGE IT AROUND.
- 19:45 SHOW ME A VERSE THAT THEY'VE CHANGED.
- 19:47 FOR INSTANCE, GO TO CHAPTER 112.
- 19:50 IN ARABIC, I'LL SAY IT IN ARABIC AND THEN I'LL TRANSLATE IT THE WAY THEY TRANSLATE IT
- 19:56 AND I'LL TRANSLATE IT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
- 19:58 [SPEAKING ARABIC]
- 20:04 THEY TRANSLATE IT; SAY THAT GOD IS ALLAH, THE ONE, THE ONLY ONE.
- 20:10 ACTUALLY, THE WORD "THE" AND "THE ONLY" DOES NOT EXIST IN THE ARABIC TEXT.
- 20:16 IT SHOULD READ; SAY THAT ALLAH IS GOD, A GOD.
- 20:22 TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU VERY QUICKLY, IN ARABIC THERE IS THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN.
- 20:28 THE UNKNOWN IS LIKE YOU SET A MAN IN A ROOM FULL OF 100 MEN.
- 20:33 IT COULD BE ANY ONE OF THEM, BECAUSE ONE, A, ONE IS AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF A BIG NUMBER.
- 20:40 BUT IF YOU SAID, THE MAN, THEN EVERYBODY DISAPPEARS
- 20:43 AND THERE IS NOTHING BUT THAT MAN IN FRONT OF YOU.
- 20:46 SO IN MY DEBATE WITH A MUSLIM SCHOLAR I SAID TO HIM IT SAYS IN ARABIC [SPEAKING ARABIC].
- 20:52 THAT MEANS A ONE, A ONE OUT OF MANY HOW MANY NUMBERS, BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS SAY 3.
- 20:57 YOU GIVE ME A NUMBER IF YOU PLEASE.
- 21:00 THE WORD IS THE SAME IN HEBREW, [SPEAKING HEBREW], ONE, SINGULAR.
- 21:04 IN ENGLISH THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE, A, LIKE YOU SAID, A GOD.
- 21:08 HE COULD BE ONE OF A HUNDRED GODS.
- 21:10 THE IRONY OF THAT, THE SAME VERSE, THE SAME SURRAH IS THE SECOND WORD.
- 21:15 IT SAYS [SPEAKING ARABIC], THE EVERLASTING.
- 21:18 SO THERE IS NO ONE EVERLASTING BUT HIM BECAUSE THEY USE THE WORD THE L.
- 21:24 IT DOESN'T EXIST IN THE BEGINNING.
- 21:26 IT'S NOT IN THE ORIGINAL? NO.
- 21:28 SO KNOW THAT WHEN WE HEAR SOMEBODY QUOTE THE KORAN OVER HERE IN ENGLISH
- 21:34 OR WHEN DUKE UNIVERSITY OR SOME OTHER POLITICALLY CORRECT PLACE TEACHES ARABIC,
- 21:39 OR TEACHES THE VERSES FROM THE KORAN THEY'RE JUST TEACHING A SANITIZED VERSION.
- 21:44 I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. WHEN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE END OF CHRIST IN THE KORAN
- 21:48 IN ARABIC IT IS VERY CLEAR. IT SAYS [SPEAKING ARABIC].
- 21:52 THAT MEANS, I'M PUTTING DEATH ON YOU.
- 21:55 BUT THEY TRANSLATE IT AS I'M COLLECTING YOU.
- 21:59 WHAT ABOUT JIHAD? THIS WORD, WHICH TO US MEANS HOLY WAR,
- 22:03 THEY SAY, OH NO, IT'S A STRUGGLE A SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE. WHAT IS IT?
- 22:07 IN THAT CASE, WHAT WAS THE SPIRITUAL-- I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THE SECOND MILE.
- 22:10 WHAT WAS THE SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE OF ALL THE JIHAD ARMIES, WHICH EXTENDED FROM 610 UP TO 1011
- 22:18 AND CONQUERED MOST OF THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE.
- 22:20 RIGHT, EXACTLY.
- 22:22 NO, JIHAD WE UNDERSTAND.
- 22:24 IT IS HOLY WAR.
- 22:26 ACTUALLY, BETWEEN THE YEAR 611 IN THE YEAR 900 THE MUSLIM FOCUS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
- 22:35 IS TO GO TO WHAT WE CALL (ARABIC) THAT MEANS THE FRONT LINES.
- 22:40 SO HE WILL DO THE JIHAD.
- 22:42 THE GREATEST (ARABIC), HOLY KING WAS (ARABIC).
- 22:50 WHEN HE DIED HE ASKED THEM TO PUT HIS HAT, OR WHAT LIKE THE JEW--
- 22:55 CROWN, OH, THE SKULL CAP, THE YAMAKA.
- 22:59 WRITTEN ON IT (ARABIC). THAT MEANS PILGRIMAGE AND CONQUEROR FOR THE JIHAD.
- 23:06 THAT MEANS HE DID JIHAD ONE YEAR HE HAS TO GO TO HAJ, ONE YEAR HE IS TO GO TO JIHAD AND CONQUER.
- 23:12 SO RELIGIOUS DUTY AND THEN THE WAR.
- 23:15 YOU KNOW CHRISTIANS DO THE SAME IN A WAY.
- 23:19 IN AMERICA, I DON'T MEAN CHRISTIANS, BUT MORMONS HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BIBLE.
- 23:23 CATHOLICS MAKE SUBTLE CHANGES IN TRANSLATION.
- 23:26 LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU.
- 23:28 LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE MUSLIMS HIT US WITH THIS.
- 23:33 IN ISLAM THE WORD, THE WRITTEN WORD,
- 23:36 THIS WRITTEN WORD ESPECIALLY IN ARABIC IS IMPECCABLE.
- 23:40 YOU CAN'T EVEN TOUCH IT WITH YOUR FINGER.
- 23:42 YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CEREMONIAL WASH BEFORE YOU CAN READ IT.
- 23:45 LIKE IN JUDAISM. YES.
- 23:46 BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT GOD IS SPEAKING, EVEN THE LANGUAGE.
- 23:52 IN CHRISTIANITY THE BIBLE, WHICH IS IN YOUR HAND ONLY THE REVELATION IS IMPECCABLE,
- 23:59 NOT THE VERSE, NOT THE WRITTEN WORD, NOT THE INK, NOT THE PAPER.
- 24:03 I'LL GIVE YOU A VERY QUICK EXAMPLE.
- 24:07 YOU CAN NOT CHANGE ANY WORD IN THE KORAN, NOT EVEN THE MEANING.
- 24:09 EVEN IF IT TELLS YOU SOMETHING VERY STUPID LIKE THE SUN IS GOING IN THE MERCURY OF CLAY.
- 24:14 YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT. IT IS THERE. RIGHT?
- 24:16 BUT IN THE BIBLE IF YOU GO TO-- THERE IS A VERSE,
- 24:20 IF YOUR SIN IS AS DARK AS NIGHT IT WILL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW.
- 24:23 TAKE THAT SENTENCE TO A PEASANT IN THE MIDDLE OF SAUDI ARABIA
- 24:26 AND SAY IF YOUR SINS IS AS DARK AS NIGHT IT WILL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW,
- 24:30 HE'LL OPEN HIS MOUTH. WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT?!
- 24:33 HE'S NEVER SEEN SNOW IN HIS LIFE. HE NEVER SAW SNOW.
- 24:35 BUT IF YOU SAID TO HIM, IF YOUR SIN IS AS DARK AS NIGHT
- 24:37 IT WILL BE AS WHITE AS WOOL, HE'LL GRASP IT.
- 24:42 YOU DID NOT CHANGE THE REVELATION, YOU ONLY CHANGED THE MEANING OF THE WORD.
- 24:46 FROM THAT POINT THE OTHERS, LIKE MORMONS AND THE OTHERS LIKE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
- 24:51 PLAY ON THE WORD, BUT NOT IN THE ORIGINAL REVELATION.
- 24:56 THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE ORIGINAL REVELATION AND OBEY IT.
- 25:01 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE THE JEWS ABOUT IT.
- 25:04 THEY GUARD THE WORD. OH THEY DO.
- 25:07 THEY USE A POINTER, SINCE YOU SAID DON'T TOUCH IT WITH YOUR FINGER.
- 25:10 THEY USE A POINTER WHEN THEY READ FROM THE TORAH, THE LAW.
- 25:15 ZACH, I WANTED TO SAVE A MINUTE HERE FOR YOU TO, AND YOU DID THIS IN THE LAST PROGRAM,
- 25:20 TALK TO YOUR MUSLIM BROTHER AND IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE.
- 25:24 TALK TO THEM IN ARABIC THEN TRANSLATE FOR US.
- 25:27 I'LL SAY IT IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH BECAUSE THERE ARE MUSLIMS WHO DOESN'T KNOW ARABIC
- 25:30 LIKE PAKISTANIS, AFGHANS AND ALL OF THAT.
- 25:34 [SPEAKING ARABIC]
- 26:11 MY DEAR FRIEND THE MUSLIM, THERE IS NO REASON FOR YOU TO LOSE.
- 26:16 THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN REALLY WIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE YOURSELF.
- 26:22 THERE IS NO NEED FOR THAT.
- 26:25 ALL THAT YOU NEED TO DO IS COME TO CHRIST BECAUSE HE SAID THAT HE IS THE RIGHT WAY AND THE SALVATION.
- 26:31 YOU CAN NEVER FIND, NOT EVEN ONE MUSLIM, NO MATTER WHO IS HE
- 26:35 WHO WILL TELL YOU WHAT WILL BE HIS END. THAT MEANS YOU'RE LOST.
- 26:39 THE BLIND CAN'T LEAD THE BLIND. COME TO CHRIST AND YOU WILL SEE THAT LIGHT. THANK YOU.
- 26:46 WONDERFUL, ZACH.
- 26:48 AND IN HEBREW, [SPEAKING HEBREW], THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
- 26:55 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

