1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,840 This is a Nehemiah moment that we are in right now as President Trump-elect is making announcements 2 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,460 about the people that are going to be working with him in his government. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:19,580 One of the most interesting positions is the Department of Government Efficiency. 4 00:00:19,580 --> 00:00:25,420 He has announced that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will be working together to strip 5 00:00:25,420 --> 00:00:29,880 the government of a lot of power and a lot of waste. 6 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:34,520 The businesses that they've run has definitely been a good indicator that they are going 7 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:35,520 to be able to do this. 8 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,920 Dr. Malachi O'Brien, it's great to have you again. 9 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:45,100 I know you're in the airport ready to fly off to some ministry event. 10 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:49,300 In this moment right now, I've been reading through the book of Nehemiah and I feel like 11 00:00:49,300 --> 00:00:55,800 this is a prophetic time because Nehemiah is all about rebuilding what was torn down, 12 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,560 rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. 13 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,120 That was the first thing that happened. 14 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:05,000 As we were talking about what the Lord put on my heart, we said, let's talk about this 15 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,440 on camera. 16 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,280 What does this mean to you? 17 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:14,120 Where do you see some parallels prophetically between Nehemiah and what's happening in our 18 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,280 nation right now? 19 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,000 Great question and great conversation. 20 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,240 It's never been more fun to be on X and see who's going to get announced. 21 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,480 I feel like we're at the NFL draft or the NBA draft right now. 22 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:26,880 Who's going to get announced next? 23 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:33,000 I think even with Mike Huckabee being announced the ambassador to Israel, I thought that was 24 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,920 the biggest news. 25 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:41,840 Now we see the Department of Government Efficiency, which ironically and intentionally is called 26 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:47,080 Doge, which anyone in the crypto space understands Dogecoin. 27 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,360 There's a meme even attached to this movement and this moment. 28 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,400 If we're being honest, it's funny. 29 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,280 I think there's a couple of things at play. 30 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,040 One, in these kind of Nehemiah moments, God uses the people you wouldn't think he would 31 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:59,040 use. 32 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,880 Number one, we as Christians sometimes we just tell God who he can and cannot use and 33 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,000 God's like, your opinion doesn't really matter that much to me. 34 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,960 I have my plan. 35 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,000 I think one, God uses unlikely people, but who are willing. 36 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,320 There's a lot of people watching this right now that God wants to use them in this Nehemiah 37 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:17,320 moment. 38 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,400 When we get in this conversation, hopefully they can hear from the spirit of God how that 39 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:21,400 can be. 40 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,160 But then these moments are quick moments. 41 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:24,360 These moments are fast moments. 42 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:29,240 And I think what we're about to see happen in the next few short days, few short weeks, 43 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,800 few short months, I think it's going to be mind blowing how fast it is. 44 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,000 So this is a prophetic moment and I want people to realize God has two speeds. 45 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,560 Everybody remembers, if you had pen, pencil, lipstick, or mascara, I'd write this down. 46 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:42,560 God has two speeds. 47 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:43,560 All right? 48 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:44,560 Two speeds. 49 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:45,920 Slowly and suddenly. 50 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:47,840 I think we're in a suddenly moment. 51 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:48,960 Yeah, I agree. 52 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,800 We are definitely in a suddenly moment. 53 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,920 And just from what we've been seeing over the past couple of days, really a couple of 54 00:02:53,920 --> 00:03:01,600 hours even, it definitely seems that things are moving quickly and there's change coming. 55 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:08,760 Now with this department of government efficiency, I think that is just brilliant because I know 56 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:15,840 I look forward every year to Rand Paul's displays of, he pulls up the big cards and is just 57 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,000 talking about government waste. 58 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:24,720 And there's so much waste out there that it's going to be great to be able to trim the fat. 59 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:29,420 But I just really appreciate some of the things that with this official statement from President 60 00:03:29,420 --> 00:03:35,040 Donald J. Trump, he said, I am pleased to announce that the great Elon Musk working 61 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,800 in conjunction with American patriot Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the department of government 62 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,760 efficiency. 63 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:46,060 But they're calling it the Manhattan Project of our time. 64 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:51,460 And one of the things that I find very, very interesting is they say the last sentence 65 00:03:51,460 --> 00:03:58,200 or so says, their work will conclude no later than July 4th, 2026. 66 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,980 A smaller government with more efficiency and less bureaucracy will be the perfect gift 67 00:04:02,980 --> 00:04:06,780 to America on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 68 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:08,960 I am confident that they will succeed. 69 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:13,440 Now to which Elon has also replied, it will be done sooner. 70 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,480 So there's a bit of confidence with this. 71 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:23,040 And so the parallel with Nehemiah is that he took over a project that was totally broken 72 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:29,740 and defunct and was basically, you had Tobiah and Sanballat that were mocking him for even 73 00:04:29,740 --> 00:04:32,380 trying to rebuild this thing. 74 00:04:32,380 --> 00:04:36,080 He got the people together and rebuilt it in 52 days. 75 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,640 He rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and made them stronger in 52 days. 76 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,440 Then there was more things that had to happen. 77 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:47,400 But as you're looking at some of the responses from this, because I know you're on X all 78 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,560 the time, what are some of the things that you're seeing and what are you feeling about 79 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,360 this cutting away the fat? 80 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:58,160 Well, let me give you two examples real quick so we know who we're dealing with here. 81 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,320 Number one, everyone remembers the iconic moment when Elon bought Twitter, which is 82 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:06,480 now X, and the meme of him taking the kitchen sink. 83 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,880 And people thought, you can't do that. 84 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:16,520 And then he fired 80% of the people at X because it was a waste. 85 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:17,880 And people thought, oh, you can't do that. 86 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:18,880 It won't work. 87 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:19,960 But now it's working better. 88 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,480 So Elon has the track record of doing this very, very well. 89 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,880 And then you think of Donald Trump. 90 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,560 I remember if people go back to history and study that back in New York City, I would 91 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:35,520 say 80s be 90s, I'm probably off in my years when there's a skating rink in New York City 92 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,560 that just couldn't be built, couldn't be built, couldn't be done, couldn't be done. 93 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,200 And when Donald Trump got involved, it got done in record breaking time. 94 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,360 And so I do think speed is important. 95 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,040 And I think the response online is it's about time. 96 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:50,040 It's about time. 97 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,380 Now, the people that don't like it, the sand ballots and debates of the world are the ones 98 00:05:53,380 --> 00:05:57,120 that they do appreciate the waste because they're the ones that benefit from the waste. 99 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,080 The Warhawks benefit from the waste. 100 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,200 The neocons benefit from the waste. 101 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,520 And so here's and the rhinos benefit from the waste, the liberals. 102 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,780 So like we're actually saying, you know what, if we don't do this, though, we don't rebuild 103 00:06:10,780 --> 00:06:12,360 this wall. 104 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,520 We're financially doomed as a nation. 105 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:22,000 Like we're bordering where our interest payments as a nation to our debt is more than our, 106 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,780 I think, our gross. 107 00:06:24,780 --> 00:06:26,120 The numbers are astounding. 108 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:30,760 So the response online by those that see the need is great. 109 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:37,120 But I would love to be a fly on the wall in the conversations that maybe have some senators 110 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,120 and some representatives really think. 111 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:45,880 I think this terrifies the bureaucracy, the bloated bureaucracy that we have that know 112 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,240 their job is probably on the line. 113 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,440 Their little extra thing is on the line. 114 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,640 There's probably nations of the world that are used to getting free handouts from the 115 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:58,480 United States that realize, hey, we're not giving free handouts anymore. 116 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,320 And so I think this is a generational changing moment. 117 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,960 It is literally another 1776 moment. 118 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:05,960 And I love it. 119 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,000 It's be a perfect gift for America to know that we're not going to bankrupt our great 120 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 grandkids. 121 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,440 Yeah. 122 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:15,020 And I know that's something that I'm looking forward to, you know, knowing that there's 123 00:07:15,020 --> 00:07:19,440 a brighter future ahead because we're not spending ourselves into oblivion. 124 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:24,480 You know, before we started this conversation recording, you and I started talking about 125 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:28,840 fasting and literally what they're going to be doing with the Department of Government 126 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,960 Efficiency is a type of fasting. 127 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,960 We're going to be saying no to those things that are hurting us. 128 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:42,560 No to the food, no to the basically we're going to refocus our energies on the Lord 129 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:43,560 whenever we're fasting. 130 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:48,000 And so this is going to kind of refocus some of the energies to where it needs to be and 131 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,440 hopefully bring some healing and alignment. 132 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:55,360 Because I know every time that I've done a longer fast, I've done several 21 day fasts, 133 00:07:55,360 --> 00:08:01,200 it has brought alignment physically, spiritually, emotionally and mentally. 134 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,600 And it's just always been a good thing. 135 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,720 It's difficult to go through it because you are buffeting your flesh. 136 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,800 You're saying no to your flesh. 137 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:15,120 And in this way, they're saying no to a lot of the bloat in the in the country and all 138 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:20,680 these things that are taking us further away from the calling that God has put on our nation. 139 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,640 Now I know some people say America was never a Christian nation. 140 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:24,640 They're wrong. 141 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:25,640 They're wrong. 142 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:26,640 They're wrong. 143 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:27,880 You know, I don't I don't care what anybody says. 144 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:32,240 You look at the founding documents, you look at the journals of the founding fathers, you 145 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:38,180 look at the Mayflower Compact, you look at every type of founding document in this nation, 146 00:08:38,180 --> 00:08:44,480 you see that God is at the center of it and that there is a manifest destiny for this 147 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:45,840 nation. 148 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,760 We have a purpose and a plan that God has for us. 149 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:53,280 And it is yet to be fulfilled as yet to even be realized fully to. 150 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,420 And sometimes we got to cut the fat so that we can streamline and we can run the race 151 00:08:57,420 --> 00:08:58,600 that God's called us. 152 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,160 Well, you mentioned fasting. 153 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,620 And I think especially when he's watching right now, I would tell everybody we need 154 00:09:03,620 --> 00:09:05,240 you fasting for our nation. 155 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,480 And obviously the beginning of the new year is that I know a lot of people plan on that. 156 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:09,560 I know your plan on that. 157 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:14,240 But I can tell you, you know, John, personally, a 40 day fast changed my life in 2010, 2010, 158 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,880 40 day fast, liquid fast changed my life. 159 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:21,680 And just I encountered more of the presence of God in that fast I had ever had any time 160 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:22,680 before. 161 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:26,200 And I tell people if they want more of God, they need to fast. 162 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:31,120 And so I'm grateful that we get to do this as a nation because it takes us. 163 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:36,120 And again, people realize the money that our government spends is not it's not the government's 164 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,040 money, it's our money given. 165 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,520 And when we fast, our bodies belong to the Lord. 166 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,640 So in fast, we're saying, Lord, we just want to realignment all back to you. 167 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,240 That's why we fast. 168 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,160 And so I hope people fast and this national everything happening in our nation. 169 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,960 Here's here's kind of my prophetic picture of this. 170 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:59,560 Everything happening nationally in our government right now is a picture for us spiritually 171 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:02,880 in the church and our denominations in our homes. 172 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:04,880 OK, wait, they're cutting things out. 173 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:05,880 We need to cut things out. 174 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:07,160 Oh, they're building walls. 175 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,120 We need to build some walls of protection in our lives. 176 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,760 Oh, wait, they're speaking truth to lies. 177 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:12,960 We need to speak truth to lies. 178 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:18,400 Like there's probably a a parallel to everything we're seeing now in the in the natural in 179 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,480 our nation that would apply to us spiritually in the church. 180 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:26,560 And that's why I'm looking with with like with wide eyes wide open to what's happening 181 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:27,840 and what does that mean? 182 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:28,840 Yeah. 183 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:29,920 What is God doing in this nation? 184 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:35,760 It's really interesting to see as things are unfolding because you still have Biden and 185 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,320 Harris that are still at the helm. 186 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:41,960 But we know that there's this transition that is going to be happening. 187 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:48,400 And you know, at noon on January 20th, Donald J. Trump will have his hand on the Bible and 188 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,760 he will take the oath of the office of the president of the United States. 189 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:53,760 It's hard to imagine. 190 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,520 It's hard to imagine, John, the thing about this at the time of this recording, whenever 191 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:57,760 people watch, they can do the math. 192 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:03,760 But at the time of this recording, it was one hundred and twenty three days ago. 193 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,680 Donald J. Trump came within a millimeter of his life being gone. 194 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:14,560 I mean, for Nehemiah, for such a time as this, did God raise him up for such a time as this 195 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:16,600 that God raised up Donald J. Trump. 196 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:21,080 And for such a time as this is God raising up people who are watching this video to go, 197 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,640 you know, you may not be in government, you may not be a pastor. 198 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:29,040 You just may be a praying mama, praying grandma, praying dad, you know, a business owner. 199 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:33,440 You have part of a wall to build in your life for the sake of your family, your church and 200 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:34,440 this nation. 201 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,200 Well, let's talk about the family as well, because I know education is one of the big 202 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:44,960 things that Donald Trump has recently put out that he's going to basically dissolve 203 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:50,200 the Department of Education and return that back to the local states, return that power 204 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,960 back to the local states. 205 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,280 And I've heard a few people actually say, well, what does that what does that mean for 206 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:56,280 me? 207 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:57,280 How does that affect us? 208 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:03,000 Really, you're not going to be forced to have pro this agenda that has been forced down 209 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,000 our throats. 210 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,640 So modern day modern day government, modern day government indoctrination camps. 211 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,480 That's exactly what public school has become in many states, not all, but many. 212 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:14,720 They're just modern day indoctrination camps. 213 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:15,720 Yeah. 214 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:20,520 So for the states to have that power again, I mean, you have you have eight children, 215 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:24,900 you know, you you care about their education, you care about their upbringing. 216 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:29,120 What does that mean to a parent to you as a parent? 217 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:33,480 As a parent, it makes me know that one, I'll have a little bit more. 218 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:37,600 The money that I give will be able to be used to get my kids the best education where I 219 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,760 believe it to be, which may not be their local school. 220 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,600 It might be that money they normally get. 221 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,440 We can go somewhere else where to be private school, charter school, home school, Christian 222 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,440 school. 223 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:54,040 But we got to realize that the the the the discipling of the next generation happens 224 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:55,320 the eight hours a day. 225 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,880 They're in school and what they're learning matters. 226 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:03,560 And so now it goes back to the states, we can actually hold these unions accountable. 227 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:07,720 We can hold our school boards accountable and even more of our state educational system 228 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:08,720 accountable to the curriculum. 229 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:13,360 But what many of you don't realize, like my son, my son, OK, he was with me at the Trump 230 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,820 victory rally, took a government test just right before his rally. 231 00:13:17,820 --> 00:13:20,840 And they basically want to figure out what party you were and how radicalized you were 232 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,340 in that party. 233 00:13:22,340 --> 00:13:25,720 And so people don't realize that like what their kids are learning in schools, they're 234 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,200 taught that and not every school, they're taught that we're a racist nation. 235 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,800 We're taught that there wasn't a Christian founding. 236 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:37,120 We're taught that Christopher Columbus was an evil person and that it wasn't God's hand 237 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,760 wasn't on America. 238 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:45,200 And so we actually get to have more control and accountability at a state level. 239 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,000 And then that tells people decide maybe I need to move to a different state. 240 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,920 Maybe where I'm at isn't well. 241 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:56,600 And so now it's going to force competition, which is the American way to get better. 242 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,920 And so I think this is the great equalizer. 243 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:04,780 And again, I'm just saying parents watching you, you can't you can't just you can't subcontract 244 00:14:04,780 --> 00:14:11,320 out the discipleship of your kids and grandkids to the government or even to your church. 245 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,880 You have to know what they're learning, why they're learning it and are they applying 246 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:16,840 to their life. 247 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,200 This is a defeat of parents. 248 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,800 This is your wall to build and it's your wall to build it fast. 249 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:22,800 Yeah. 250 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,680 You know, I really appreciate that. 251 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:26,360 You know, you're talking about families. 252 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:30,320 You're talking about kind of a little bit of a legacy there and we need to make sure 253 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:31,320 that we build that. 254 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,520 Well, there's a little bit of a political legacy that has been a spotlight recently 255 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:42,520 is that the governor, Sarah Sarah Huckabee Sanders, her father, who was the former governor 256 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:49,280 of Arkansas, has now been tapped to be the the ambassador for Israel. 257 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:55,360 Now he is a was a Southern Baptist and he's very, very, very pro Israel. 258 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:56,880 What is your take on this pic? 259 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:01,480 Because I know you tweeted about this and you seem excited about this. 260 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:02,480 And I ticked talked about it. 261 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:03,480 It was breaking news. 262 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,880 One, I mean, one, he was before he was even governor. 263 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,640 Even how he became governor was a miraculous spew. 264 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,320 I know the story of Arkansas, which I once lived there. 265 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,720 Some miraculous how he became the governor. 266 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:17,960 I think he was lieutenant governor and then became governor. 267 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:19,800 I got to go back and check how that worked. 268 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:25,400 But the reality was before that, he was a he was a he was a mega church pastor in Arkansas. 269 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,040 He's got his doctorate from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. 270 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,000 I mean, so he's a preacher. 271 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,920 He understands the gospel, people being born again. 272 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:38,720 And he had a love for Israel that came from his understanding of the Bible as a pastor. 273 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:43,760 He was taking people in his church to Israel long before he became governor, long before 274 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:44,760 that happened. 275 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,480 And then and then all the things God's used him for. 276 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:52,880 So I think it's kind of like ironic in a good way that the Lord would give us someone for 277 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:59,080 Israel that one first and foremost, preaches about the Jesus from Israel for the gospel 278 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:00,080 whole world. 279 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,720 So I think there's a lot of symbolism in this. 280 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:03,720 And I think he's the best. 281 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:05,400 I think he's the best pick. 282 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:09,680 And I was kind of drawn to tears when you if you watch Sarah Huckabee's video, like 283 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,400 talking about her dad, it's just cool. 284 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:12,400 It's just cool. 285 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,240 And I'll give you one other thing, John. 286 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,880 And I'll tell you maybe the best thing I like about Mike Huckabee. 287 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:17,880 And now this is very controversial. 288 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:18,880 Right. 289 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,040 And I'm trying to be funny, but this is very controversial. 290 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,800 OK, he likes Waffle House. 291 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,800 I think that speaks volumes. 292 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,040 I love Waffle House. 293 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:29,320 He likes Waffle House. 294 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,160 We've got a great ambassador to Israel. 295 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,160 Yeah. 296 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:33,160 OK. 297 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:37,600 I think it's a little bit lower than I expected it to be. 298 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:42,560 But you know, Israel is a big thing, you know, especially a lot of people in this nation 299 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:43,800 look at Israel. 300 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:48,520 We know that our biggest ally in the Middle East is Israel. 301 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,160 Israel's biggest ally is the United States. 302 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:51,960 There's this there's this relationship. 303 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:58,720 You know, the United States was the deciding vote in 1948, where Israel was then officially 304 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,520 basically reestablished as a nation. 305 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,180 And so there is a there's a connection there. 306 00:17:05,180 --> 00:17:07,840 And so we've had good things. 307 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:13,040 We've had bad things with different people who have represented the United States there. 308 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:14,320 I think this is going to be a good one. 309 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,920 I just want to know what's going to happen with the Huckabee show after this. 310 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,920 So sadly, it's going to have to go away for a while. 311 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:22,920 Yeah, sadly. 312 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:23,920 Yeah. 313 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,680 So but I'm excited about that that pick as well. 314 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:28,160 I know he fears the Lord. 315 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,460 He loves Jesus. 316 00:17:29,460 --> 00:17:32,640 And that's a good thing, because he loves Jesus. 317 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,800 He's going to love Israel is going to love the people that God that God has called there. 318 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:44,520 So as we're wrapping up here, what are some other picks that you've been excited about? 319 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:49,240 Because I really feel like this is this is a Nehemiah moment where the team is being 320 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:50,240 assembled. 321 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:51,440 The walls are being rebuilt. 322 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,320 And it's not just the wall itself. 323 00:17:54,320 --> 00:18:01,160 We also have the Ezra, the priest, you know, the temple, the implements from the temple 324 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:06,980 and the edicts and the laws were basically brought back into order. 325 00:18:06,980 --> 00:18:09,920 There were things that were out of that were basically in chaos. 326 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,720 I mean, people were buying and selling on the Sabbath. 327 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:13,720 And that was a big no, no. 328 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:18,320 In fact, Nehemiah actually said, if you continue to do this, I am going to beat you up. 329 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,720 I mean, that's the John Maddow as a paraphrase version. 330 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,940 But he says the New King James, he said, I will lay my hands on you. 331 00:18:23,940 --> 00:18:26,100 So there's a seriousness to this. 332 00:18:26,100 --> 00:18:28,840 But Nehemiah rebuilt the wall. 333 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,720 There was the temple that was rebuilt as well. 334 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,480 So there was other people that were involved with this. 335 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,520 The order is very important that the order. 336 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:41,440 So before they could rebuild the temple, before they could restore worship in the temple, 337 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,240 the walls had to be rebuilt. 338 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:47,600 And so I think people need to understand there is a there is a succinctness to our nation 339 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:52,320 doing what it's doing so that we can see revival in the church and awakening in America. 340 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,720 And so that's why it's never comes down just to one person. 341 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:59,040 People don't realize the election of a president is actually the election of five thousand 342 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:03,320 other people that will be involved in government to some level of degree. 343 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,440 And so that's that's number one important people to know. 344 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,600 And then part of those appoint that when the president picks somebody, you have to be appointed 345 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:09,600 by Congress. 346 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:14,560 So that's why the person in the Senate matters a lot, because a lot of times Democrats or 347 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:18,520 whoever will try to hold up appointments as long as they can. 348 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:22,520 So this next presidency is going to be probably one or two more, which is a prophetic word 349 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,360 someone else has given to Supreme Court justice. 350 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:26,360 So people need to realize that. 351 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:27,940 Now you asked me about my other picks. 352 00:19:27,940 --> 00:19:35,200 This feels like it's like the 1990 92 92 dream team with Jordan and Charles Barkley. 353 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:39,900 For anyone who's younger than than us, John, they will never understand. 354 00:19:39,900 --> 00:19:43,040 There's never been a greater basketball team, Kobe. 355 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:44,840 And they don't come close to that team. 356 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,400 OK, but I would say I had I had the poster in my bedroom, actually. 357 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,000 That's a Jersey. 358 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,320 I loved it. 359 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,040 I would say Marco Rubio. 360 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:57,160 I think his appointment is pretty powerful because he has he's no hold barred to Hamas. 361 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,760 I mean, there's videos about that. 362 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,440 I think Marco Rubio is going to be great. 363 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:06,800 I think that him electing a female as the chief of staff is actually very important 364 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:11,440 because obviously you have that famous Mark Cuban video where he said that Trump does 365 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,360 not surround himself with strong women. 366 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:14,520 That's a pretty strong appointment. 367 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,440 And so and then realize that's a tough position. 368 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:22,040 I'm very if you want to the one I'm most excited and waiting to see is who will be the press 369 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:23,040 secretary? 370 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:28,000 Who will be the press secretary at is has become more of a heightened position than 371 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 ever. 372 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,520 You got to remember that was what Sarah Huckabee was, you know, for a season. 373 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,000 And so those appointments encourage me. 374 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,200 I know there's been more have come out. 375 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,920 I'm just those the ones that come to the top of my mind. 376 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,440 It was we're talking here right now. 377 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,160 And I'm sure an hour from now we'll be like, oh, we should have waited. 378 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:50,680 There'll be more people, but it feels like it's it feels like we're just NFL draft. 379 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:51,680 This is round one. 380 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,600 And we haven't seen round two, round three, round four. 381 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,400 Now, I'll finish with this, though. 382 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,840 What I'm most excited about is what something President Trump said at the inaugural National 383 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,680 Faith Summit put on by the National Faith Advisory Board. 384 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:08,680 And that is there's going to be an office of faith that directly reports to him. 385 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,800 And and there was a similar thing in his last administration, but this one directly poured 386 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:13,800 to him. 387 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,200 There's more power than it had before. 388 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,000 And again, I do believe that Lord willing, the same two people that I know that were 389 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:21,800 at the helm before will be at the helm again. 390 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,600 And that would be Pastor Paula White, spiritual advisor to the president. 391 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,320 And then honestly, Jenny Korn, who's, you know, in her role. 392 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:36,620 So that office actually excites me the most because it helps get people of faith connected 393 00:21:36,620 --> 00:21:39,520 to the policies that matter because people matter. 394 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,880 So that's actually those two, Paula White, Jenny Korn, those two excite me for what's 395 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:44,880 up ahead. 396 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:45,880 Yeah. 397 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,800 Policies affect people and people matter to God. 398 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,040 And that's what we need to be praying for and praying about. 399 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:57,360 Dr. Malachi, would you pray for these appointments that Donald Trump is making? 400 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:03,140 The Department of Government Efficiency that they that the rebuilding of the wall the right 401 00:22:03,140 --> 00:22:07,780 way would be done efficient efficiently and effectively. 402 00:22:07,780 --> 00:22:11,440 And all these other appointments that the hand of the Lord would be on the king. 403 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:12,440 Absolutely. 404 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:13,440 I'm glad we do this at Christman. 405 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,540 Everybody watching online, if you're watching, just leave a comment if you're praying to. 406 00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:18,720 So Holy Spirit, you're our best friend. 407 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,660 And we just we come to you right now and say thank you for what you've done. 408 00:22:22,660 --> 00:22:24,080 Thank you for what you're doing in real time. 409 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,600 I feel like we're living in a world we never could have imagined. 410 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:33,560 But I pray right now for Elon Musk, protect him and his family and in his business as 411 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,440 God, even in this moment, protect him and bless him, God. 412 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,760 I think of the vague Ramaswami. 413 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:42,280 Bless him and his family and protect him. 414 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:48,040 J.D. Vance and the role he plays, God, protect him and his wife and his family. 415 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:52,640 God, Mike Huckabee, him and his family, the health of all these individuals. 416 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,200 God, Lord, thank you for just his appointment. 417 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,640 God, thank you for more. 418 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,360 Just again, all that you're doing. 419 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:05,760 I pray for Pastor Paul White and I pray for Jenny Cornyn, this office of faith that will 420 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:11,000 affect, Lord, millions of believers in our nation and around the world. 421 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,800 And Lord, give the president wisdom and the people he puts around him. 422 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:20,360 Lord, we do not want people that would seek to undermine the work that you're trying to 423 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:21,360 do. 424 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:26,080 And I pray, Lord, you'd surround them with Christians, Lord, Nehemiah's people that know 425 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:31,680 you and have a heart for your people and what you're doing for Israel, for the church, two 426 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:32,680 totally separate things. 427 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:33,680 You're not you're not down to church. 428 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:38,440 You're not down to Israel, but put Christians around him and Lord, not people that will 429 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,800 betray him or use him, but people that will serve him. 430 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,720 And Lord, there's a mandate, I believe, yes, in the American people, but a mandate from 431 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:46,200 heaven that you're not done. 432 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:47,960 Revival's coming. 433 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:48,960 America will be saved. 434 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,040 Just as Reinhard Bonnke said many years ago, America will be saved. 435 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:55,480 Just like all the things Kim Clement has said and others have said, the prophetic words 436 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,120 and more importantly, the word of God. 437 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:00,520 Lord, if my people call to my name, shall humble themselves and pray. 438 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:01,520 That's what we're doing now. 439 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:02,520 We're seeking your face, Lord. 440 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,560 Lord, Lord, and hear from heaven. 441 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,080 You forgive our sin, heal our land. 442 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,080 Please do that. 443 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:13,080 So bless everyone who's watched this video in a special way in Jesus name. 444 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:14,080 Amen. 445 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,080 Amen. 446 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:19,680 And just like Nehemiah had his builders working on the wall, they had one hand that was building 447 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,640 and one hand that was ready for the fight because there is an attack coming. 448 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,480 So we as believers, we need to be prayed up. 449 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,240 We need to intercede and pray for what is happening in our nation. 450 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,180 This is not a time to sit back. 451 00:24:32,180 --> 00:24:33,720 This is a time to advance. 452 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:34,880 This is a time to build. 453 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,160 I'm John Maddarazzo with Dr. Malachi O'Brien for Charisma News. 454 00:24:38,160 --> 00:25:03,160 God bless you and we'll see you again real soon.