1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,400 Hello once again to each of you who have joined me before with this podcast known as Faith 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:08,280 to Live By and welcome if this is your first time listening. 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:12,600 With this weekly program, I seek to help us consider current events from a biblical and 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:17,600 prophetic perspective so we, as God's children, can know how He wants us to respond. 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,720 I'm your host, Pam Christian. 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,760 In light of the very serious events that have been taking place in the Middle East since 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:28,380 October 7th, 2023, I hope you've heard the last two weeks' podcasts. 8 00:00:28,380 --> 00:00:36,200 They were number 172 titled Things Are Not As They Seem and 173 Israel Then and Now. 9 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:41,280 My goal with those two podcasts along with today's is to help all of us who are trying 10 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:47,200 to find the truth about the ancient Arab-Israeli conflict to reconsider what we've thought 11 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:52,120 to be true in light of what more is being revealed with the caveat that discovering 12 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,440 truth is a process. 13 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:59,480 When we have so much propaganda and censorship through the centuries about this conflict, 14 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,720 we really must be diligent about what we claim to be true today. 15 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:08,640 Also, as time advances, we will learn even more, which will likely alter some of what 16 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:10,380 we think is true today. 17 00:01:10,380 --> 00:01:15,680 With this in mind, it's important we are dogmatic only with that which we know has 18 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,020 been proven to be true. 19 00:01:18,020 --> 00:01:22,920 Even then, there will be people who, because of years of indoctrination and an unwillingness 20 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:28,400 to reconsider what they believe, will continue on the course that they think to be true, 21 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:33,440 only to realize someday that in fact they have been deceived. 22 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,520 This is the challenge I have with all of my work to get people to reconsider what they 23 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,360 believe to be true. 24 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:44,920 It's a tough task because everyone thinks what they believe is true because no one intentionally 25 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,580 bases their life on deception and lies. 26 00:01:47,580 --> 00:01:52,600 So the way I seek to have people be open to reconsidering what they believe to be true 27 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,960 is to ask them, could you be deceived about matters of truth? 28 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,960 And then before they have a chance to answer, I explain. 29 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:03,960 When a person is deceived, they are unaware of their condition. 30 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:08,440 They usually slant their head as they are thinking about this, and then I emphasize, 31 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,720 when a person is deceived, they are completely unaware of their condition. 32 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:17,840 The very nature of deception is that the victim is unaware. 33 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,120 Old events in our day have indeed become so compelling that every one of us must choose 34 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:29,080 to re-examine what we believe so we can confidently live our life on the basis of truth. 35 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,520 Of course, none of us will ever have the corner on truth. 36 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:37,400 Discovering truth is a process as we learn more, allowing us to reconsider what we believe 37 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,560 and adjust as needed. 38 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:44,180 And I'll add, it takes a lot of courage and maturity to be willing to reconsider what 39 00:02:44,180 --> 00:02:45,560 you believe. 40 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:50,040 Most of us hold certain beliefs because a parent, teacher, or other well-respected person 41 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,120 in our life taught us to. 42 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,600 To reconsider what we've been taught by a trusted source can feel like disrespect to 43 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:57,600 them. 44 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:03,160 But let me ask you, would you rather live never questioning what you believe, with there 45 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:08,320 being a very real chance what you believe is not completely true? 46 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:13,600 We will have to live with questions on different matters until and if they are answered. 47 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,600 But hopefully we are each governed by the desire to be actively engaged in an intentional 48 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,480 process to discover truth until the day we die. 49 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:27,100 This passion of wanting all of us to know truth is what compelled me to write my first 50 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:32,600 book in my Faith to Live By series titled, Examine Your Faith, Finding Truth in a World 51 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:33,780 of Lies. 52 00:03:33,780 --> 00:03:38,080 I hope you get it for yourself and also buy some to give as gifts because it helps the 53 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:44,000 reader reconsider what they believe on matters of truth itself with the question, is truth 54 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,920 relative or absolute? 55 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:52,400 And I explore world religions providing a chapter on the origins of Judaism, Hinduism, 56 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:59,200 Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and New Age or secularism so you can compare the respective 57 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:05,280 beliefs and decide for yourself what makes the most logical and spiritual sense to embrace. 58 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,560 Learn more about the book using the link in the show notes. 59 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,320 In preparing for today's podcast, I was at a deep loss what to focus on because there 60 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,680 are just so many atrocities in the world occurring at the same time. 61 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,600 And because of that, I decided I would simply go to the Lord in a personal prayer time. 62 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,360 I journal my prayers and this is in part what I heard from the Lord. 63 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:29,920 Yes, Pamela, there are many issues occurring at the same time, like one tornado after another 64 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,760 with earthquakes, torrential rains, and volcanoes all at the same time. 65 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:40,080 There is no place in the natural to escape all that is happening in the spiritual realm. 66 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:46,040 The only way anyone is going to get through these times is to lean on me and make certain 67 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,400 to be right with me and then they will be protected. 68 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:55,680 Yes, Pamela, as you are thinking, prayers for people to repent without delay are essential 69 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:56,680 in this hour. 70 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:02,760 Yes, Pamela, I am using the term in this hour much more often than in the past because the 71 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,840 time I have been warning you about is upon you. 72 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:10,720 October 7th ushered in a new release of the enemy in the world. 73 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,960 Yes, the Prince of Persia has violently surfaced again. 74 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,880 Satan has positioned his minions all around the world against my people because my people 75 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:25,800 became lax and even sympathetic to many of the evils he advanced. 76 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:31,880 But now people are seeing the fruit of their doing and many are repenting, but some still 77 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,800 refuse. 78 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,800 And with God saying that much, it's exceedingly important that we understand we are witnessing 79 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:44,640 the very real battle of good versus evil, a spiritual battle that is always manifest 80 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:46,480 in the natural world. 81 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:51,000 And in this hour, we are at a critical, pivotal point. 82 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,720 God spoke about this through Julie Green, which she shared, October 31st, about the 83 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,480 tremendous intensity in this hour. 84 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,500 I'll share more about this prophecy a little bit later. 85 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:05,840 With today's podcast, I will continue to do my best to bring you more information to 86 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:11,760 consider what is actually true and choose to properly align with what is good and righteous 87 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:13,260 and of God. 88 00:06:13,260 --> 00:06:18,680 I want to share encouragement and wisdom and insights from God through my time in prayer, 89 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,960 through earnest study, and from the words of trusted modern-day prophets and teachers. 90 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:28,640 I try to craft each podcast so it can be a standalone, but in reality all of them are 91 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,760 a continuum of discovery. 92 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,880 So I hope you go back through and listen to the podcasts that pique your interest. 93 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:39,440 I have shared many times that I don't believe we're living in the last of the last days, 94 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:45,320 but in a forerunner or a foreshadow time with many parallels for what is yet to come. 95 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:49,320 Why does God allow parallel events that are foreshadows and forerunners? 96 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:55,160 Well, it's to wake people up by way of experience that what has been prophesied, no matter how 97 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:01,000 unbelievable or far-fetched to our thinking, can in fact come to pass. 98 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:07,640 It is to wake people up to the fact that the inconceivable events that are foretold will 99 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,800 come to pass just as God reveals. 100 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:17,560 I firmly believe it's God's grace and mercy to give us a foretaste so we can choose how 101 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,920 we will respond today in preparation for tomorrow. 102 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:27,240 Please keep all I just shared in mind as I do my best to briefly but adequately have 103 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,480 us consider the following four points today. 104 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:35,800 Number one, the history of the land God promised to his people through Abraham. 105 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:40,840 Number two, the spiritual world controls what happens in the natural world. 106 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:47,040 Number three, conflict on earth is a reflection of the conflict in heaven to bring us to choose 107 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,840 with whom and what we will be aligned. 108 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:56,080 And number four, this current Arab-Israeli war in the natural is to bring a new and widespread 109 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:02,760 victory ushering in a new era with kingdom emphasis on earth for the Ecclesia. 110 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:07,640 So to the first point, specific to ownership of land in the Middle East, it starts with 111 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:12,940 God's promise to Abraham's descendants that the land of Canaan would be theirs. 112 00:08:12,940 --> 00:08:18,080 God confirmed the promise through Isaac and then Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel. 113 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,120 Descendants were left throughout the land through the many years of these three men's 114 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:25,280 lives as markers to designate the land was theirs. 115 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,320 There came a time of great famine that caused Abraham's descendants to leave the land and 116 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:30,960 travel to Egypt. 117 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:36,000 In Egypt, they were enslaved by the Egyptians for 400 years, which fulfilled what God specifically 118 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,280 stated to Abraham about his descendants. 119 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:44,840 God delivered his people from their enslavement through Moses and by way of Moses then Joshua, 120 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,820 God returned his people to the promised land. 121 00:08:47,820 --> 00:08:53,320 To understand the history of the land and people, in Genesis 10, we learn that Ham, 122 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:57,880 one of Noah's three sons, fathered many, including a son named Canaan. 123 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:04,080 The descendants of Canaan include the Jebusites, Amorites, Hivites, and more, collectively 124 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,700 referred to as the Canaanites. 125 00:09:06,700 --> 00:09:13,920 During the Bronze Age, circa 3500 to 1150 BC, they lived in the land known as the Southern 126 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:21,080 Levant, which is now recognized as Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Lebanon, 127 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,120 and parts of Syria. 128 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:28,320 These were lawless people and idol-worshippers who practiced all manner of ungodly customs 129 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:30,200 which God detested. 130 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,740 These were people who rejected God. 131 00:09:32,740 --> 00:09:39,320 In Genesis 15, God confirms his unconditional covenant with Abram, later named Abraham. 132 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:45,720 God promises Abram a multitude of descendants who will inherit the land in which Abram sojourns. 133 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:50,360 God then gives Abram a brief timeline of future events explaining, quote, 134 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:55,300 Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs 135 00:09:55,300 --> 00:10:00,080 and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. 136 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,240 Well this refers to the people's enslavement by the Egyptians. 137 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:08,180 Then in Genesis 15, 16 concerning Abraham's offspring returning to the promised land, 138 00:10:08,180 --> 00:10:11,640 God states, quote, And they shall come back here in the fourth 139 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:16,520 generation for the iniquities of the Amorites is not yet complete. 140 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:21,680 As I shared last week, God often intervenes in the evil affairs of humanity as a means 141 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:26,360 of purging sin out and limiting the progress of sin in the world. 142 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:32,280 In Genesis 15, 16, God reveals to Abraham there will be a future time when the sin of 143 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:38,120 the Amorites is complete and therefore subject to God's intervention by way of judgment at 144 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,840 which time Abraham's offspring will return and be given the promised land. 145 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:47,120 The manner in which God gave them the land was to bring them to it with instructions 146 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,720 that they were to take the land by way of conquest. 147 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,080 Their conquest of the land would accomplish two things. 148 00:10:54,080 --> 00:11:00,060 First, fulfill the promise for Abraham's descendants to receive the land, and second, the administration 149 00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:04,920 of God's judgment against the Amorites at the point in time when their iniquities or 150 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,120 sin is full. 151 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,960 The Israelites had been sternly warned in Leviticus 20 that they were not to live like 152 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,720 the ungodly nations. 153 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:19,280 Leviticus 20, 22-25 God states, You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my 154 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:26,300 rules and do them that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 155 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:31,000 And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for 156 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,700 they did all these things and therefore I detested them. 157 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:39,760 But I have said to you, you shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess 158 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:45,560 a land flowing with milk and honey, I am the LORD your God, who separated you from the 159 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:46,680 peoples. 160 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:51,800 When the sin of the Amorites was full, God executed judgment upon them, instructing Joshua 161 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,240 to make conquest of the land. 162 00:11:54,240 --> 00:12:00,000 The conquest was more about ending the Canaanites' idolatrous religious and cultural practices 163 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,040 than ending the lives of the people. 164 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:08,680 Ezekiel 18, 32 states, For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the LORD, 165 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:10,760 so turn and live. 166 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:16,940 And in Ezekiel 33, 11 we read, Say to them, as I live, declares the LORD, I have no pleasure 167 00:12:16,940 --> 00:12:21,360 in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from their ways and live. 168 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:27,520 Turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel? 169 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:33,200 Then 2 Peter 3, 9 declares, The LORD is not slow to fulfill his promises, as some count 170 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:39,000 slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should 171 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,520 reach repentance. 172 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:46,280 Keep in mind, God always gives nations opportunity to repent before judgment. 173 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:50,160 2 Peter 3, 9, Revelation 2, 20-21. 174 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:55,040 The Amorite nation had plenty of time to turn from their idolatry, but they despised God's 175 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:58,800 goodness and long-suffering and refused to repent. 176 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,160 Romans 2, 4. 177 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:05,920 The LORD's judgment upon them was severe, and anyone who imitates their rebellion will 178 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,160 eternally regret it. 179 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:15,760 In light of Romans 2, 5, Matthew 10, 28, and Revelation 2, 22-23, let this be a warning 180 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:17,820 to all of us today. 181 00:13:17,820 --> 00:13:22,580 As scriptures reveal, Joshua obeyed the LORD by being courageous and leading an elite group 182 00:13:22,580 --> 00:13:28,680 of soldiers as he destroyed the wicked peoples who inhabited the land of Canaan, which included 183 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:34,160 the Amorites, whose time of judgment had arrived for their continuing to reject God. 184 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:38,840 The Bible documents continued purges that furthered the readiness for Israel to take 185 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,320 possession of all the land God promised. 186 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:46,800 The defeat of the Amalekites is another example of the history of the land and people. 187 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,760 Amalek was a descendant of Esau, the twin brother of Jacob. 188 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:55,840 Recall Esau sold his birthright, which indicated his lack of respect for the position and privilege 189 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:57,360 God had given him. 190 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:02,840 His careless treatment of his God-given blessing shows his true focus was on temporary desires 191 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,140 more than lifetime blessing. 192 00:14:05,140 --> 00:14:07,540 This is another form of rejecting God. 193 00:14:07,540 --> 00:14:12,600 As a result, Jacob received Esau's blessing and was later named Israel. 194 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:18,920 Amalek grew up in the land near Canaan, imbibing Esau's pathological hatred of Jacob's descendants, 195 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,040 which is the very root of anti-Semitism. 196 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:27,160 Esau's descendants, the Amalekites, carried on the attitude of rejection for God and hatred 197 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:31,960 for Jacob and his offspring, which were and are the Israelites. 198 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:37,320 As we learn from Exodus 17, the Amalekites were the first nation of people who attacked 199 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,480 the Israelites after the Exodus from Egypt. 200 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,640 They were an archetypical enemy to the Jews. 201 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:48,040 While the Jews were en route in the Sinai desert, the Amalekites launched a surprise 202 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,040 attack on the Jews. 203 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:55,040 In response and in obedience to God, Moses instructed Joshua to take an elite troop of 204 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,720 soldiers to counter the attack the next day. 205 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:02,800 This is the famous battle where Aaron and Hur had to physically help Moses keep his 206 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,600 arms lifted so that the Jews would be victorious. 207 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:13,880 In Exodus 17, 14b, regarding the Amalekites, God said, I will utterly blot out the memory 208 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,380 of Amalek from under heaven. 209 00:15:16,380 --> 00:15:22,760 From this, Moses stated, the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. 210 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:27,600 In light of this, it's exceptionally important to note that a later descendant of Amalek 211 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:33,880 was Haman under the Persians in the Book of Esther, who wanted to annihilate the Jews. 212 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:40,200 The nation of the Amalekites is gone, but the people live on as an internal enemy that 213 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:44,820 God's people battle with on a daily basis, and this includes all of God's people all 214 00:15:44,820 --> 00:15:47,240 around the world today. 215 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:51,920 I string all of this history together about the people and the land to bring out the following 216 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:52,920 points. 217 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:58,120 Number one, the whole earth is God's to give to the people as he desires. 218 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:03,160 Number two, to this very day, there continues to be two groups of people, those who embrace 219 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,920 God and those who don't. 220 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:12,880 Number three, anyone opposing the land granted to the Israelites is in reality opposing God. 221 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:19,280 Number four, antisemitism is an ancient evil that is again very soon to be judged by God 222 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:23,720 in our day, as it has been many times in the past. 223 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:30,120 And number five, antisemitism is in reality a rejection of God and all his revealed ways 224 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,600 for the salvation of humanity. 225 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,920 Specific with this current horrendous war in the Middle East, there are ancient spirits 226 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,640 behind the conflict who are territorial in nature. 227 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:45,960 Middle spirits take over particular regions where they rule through people until their 228 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,240 rulership is broken. 229 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,120 This is brought out for us to understand through Daniel. 230 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:55,760 Although Daniel's specific vision is believed to be fulfilled yet in the future, we can 231 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:57,800 learn from the text. 232 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:02,720 The prophet Daniel had received a troubling vision concerning a great war, Daniel chapter 233 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:08,460 10 verse 1, which exposed the ongoing spiritual warfare in the heavenly realm. 234 00:17:08,460 --> 00:17:12,680 He went into a three-week period of mourning, fasting, and prayer. 235 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:17,520 In response to Daniel's prayer, God sent a heavenly messenger to explain the vision. 236 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:23,160 However, the messenger was delayed for those same three weeks as he explains to Daniel, 237 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:28,520 quote, But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. 238 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:34,040 Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with 239 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:35,880 the king of Persia. 240 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,360 Daniel 10 13. 241 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:42,380 The prince of Persia refers to an evil angelic being associated with the Persian empire who 242 00:17:42,380 --> 00:17:45,040 resists God's purposes. 243 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:50,680 Evil spirits are permitted to remain and even advance in regions and communities and homes 244 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:55,560 so long as people perpetrate the destruction the enemy intends. 245 00:17:55,560 --> 00:18:00,480 Later, the angel speaking to Daniel predicts further fighting, and he says, Soon I will 246 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:05,640 return to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I go, the prince of Greece will come. 247 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:10,360 But first I will tell you what is written in the Book of Truth, No one supports me against 248 00:18:10,360 --> 00:18:13,480 them except Michael, your prince. 249 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,040 We read that in verses 20 and 21. 250 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:21,720 This text explains how the Jews were not simply facing human opposition and enmity at an earthly 251 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:27,960 court of the Persian king, but powerful spiritual beings operating in the heavenly realms. 252 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:32,480 Although this spiritual opponent was powerful enough to delay God's messenger, a delay 253 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,760 was all he could cause. 254 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:39,520 Evil an archangel who seems to have special responsibility to care for the nation of Israel 255 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:43,920 arrived and was able to assist the other heavenly angel. 256 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:49,080 As explained by GotQuestions.org, taking this passage at face value, it seems the prince 257 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:53,960 of Persia is a fallen angel who in some sense had authority or influence over the physical 258 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,520 kingdom of Persia. 259 00:18:55,520 --> 00:19:00,840 In Daniel 10, the prophet is praying about the future of his people and their exile in 260 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:01,840 Persia. 261 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:06,600 The heavenly angel is dispatched with the answer, but a demonic prince of Persia obstructs 262 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,000 the messenger. 263 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:12,800 This action would make sense as the divine answer involves the overthrow of the Persian 264 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:13,800 empire. 265 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,680 The angelic messenger finally gets some help from the archangel Michael who is apparently 266 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:21,800 the prince or one of the princes of Israel in the angelic realm. 267 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,080 Daniel 10, verse 13 and 21. 268 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:29,560 Then the angelic messenger says he will face even more spiritual warfare returning to fight 269 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,400 against the prince of Persia. 270 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:36,080 After that he will face another spiritual enemy, the prince of Greece, Daniel 10, 20. 271 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:41,200 We know from history and as was prophesied in Daniel that Greece would be the next world 272 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:45,720 power after Persia and that Greece would dominate the land for a time. 273 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:50,420 Scholars state this information is in preparation for events to occur as identified in Revelation 274 00:19:50,420 --> 00:19:51,960 chapter 11. 275 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:56,560 In this passage, three spiritual entities are mentioned in relation to three earthly 276 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:57,640 nations. 277 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,400 The two evil entities, the prince of Persia and the prince of Greece and the heavenly 278 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,480 prince of Israel, Michael. 279 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:08,040 As the New Testament reminds us, our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against 280 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:12,080 the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against 281 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,280 the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 282 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:16,840 Ephesians 6, 12. 283 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:21,520 The parallel battle is real and manifest on earth. 284 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:27,560 Depending upon what people want and with whom they want to be aligned, events on earth play 285 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:28,560 out. 286 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,040 It is interesting to note that modern Iran is ancient Persia. 287 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:37,200 The ancient Persians were originally an ancient Iranian people who had migrated to the region 288 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:43,400 of Persus, corresponding to the modern day Iranian province of Fars, by the 9th century 289 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:44,400 BCE. 290 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:48,280 Therefore, Persian people are not Arab, they are Aryans. 291 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:53,720 The term Aryan has long been used to denote the Indo-Iranians, specifically the Iranian 292 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:59,060 and the Indo-Aryan peoples, collectively known as the Indo-Iranians. 293 00:20:59,060 --> 00:21:04,280 As a Shiite Muslim nation, leaders have repeatedly announced they intend on wiping out Israel 294 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,300 off the face of the earth. 295 00:21:06,300 --> 00:21:08,760 Iran persecutes Christian believers as well. 296 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,920 Providing evidence, the spiritual prince of Persia is still active today. 297 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:18,360 But as with all of Satan's minions, his time is limited and he can only go as far as God 298 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:24,280 will allow, as God controls all and is working to accomplish his perfect will. 299 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:25,560 How does God do this? 300 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:31,120 Well, He's God and He can certainly zap anything into existence anytime He wants, but the vast 301 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:34,920 majority of times, He works through His people. 302 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:40,000 One way to know the common mindset of a culture is to identify the best-selling books for 303 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,000 that culture. 304 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:46,360 I have a link in the show notes so you can see what everyday Iranians buy and read. 305 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:50,680 Most Westerners will find it shocking and hopefully this shock will reveal just how 306 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,880 woefully naive we are. 307 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:58,560 As to the other surrounding nations and what we can expect from Daniel's vision, in Ezekiel 308 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:04,480 38 we learn about Gog and Magog who are often seen as leaders of a great attack on Israel 309 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,280 in a future age. 310 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:12,080 In the New Testament, Gog and Magog are names of nations led by Satan to attack Jerusalem 311 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:18,120 at the end of the thousand years or the millennial reign of Christ, Revelation 20 verse 8. 312 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:23,040 Magog is seen as representing the Scythian people who ruled vast regions of Asia north 313 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:29,320 of the Black Sea and the Chasbians which is modern Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and they 314 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:35,400 also conquered people east and south of the Black Sea encompassing modern Georgia, Armenia, 315 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:36,760 and Turkey. 316 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:42,000 We also learn about ancient Ethiopia which is not the modern-day African Ethiopia, but 317 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,760 modern-day Sudan. 318 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:48,280 Libya is also mentioned which happens to be the same general land area by the same name 319 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,360 today and Gomer is mentioned which is modern-day Germany. 320 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:57,120 Lastly, we read about Togamah which is modern-day Turkey. 321 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:02,240 From all of this we must understand there have been and are evil powers and principalities 322 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:07,360 at work in various regions all around the world influencing people to do unimaginable 323 00:23:07,360 --> 00:23:08,480 acts. 324 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:14,400 We must learn to be discerning of spirits and learn how to effectively conduct spiritual 325 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:19,640 warfare as instructed in the Bible and according to God's Rhema and prophetic words today. 326 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:24,280 With this podcast, I believe you will come to understand the spirit of anti-Semitism 327 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:29,800 is ancient and the evil spirit of the Prince of Persia still influences people especially 328 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:35,420 in the Middle East but also by way of extension influences people all around the world. 329 00:23:35,420 --> 00:23:39,560 The demonstrations and protests and more that have erupted in different nations around the 330 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:44,560 world in support of the Palestinian people demonstrates the lack of truth and proper 331 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,680 understanding people are operating under. 332 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:52,360 Given the lessons we should have learned from Nazi Germany alone, I was so very saddened 333 00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:56,720 to learn of the anti-Israel protests in France, Russia and more. 334 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:03,040 The Russian protests included people who stormed a Russian airport searching for Jewish passengers. 335 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:08,080 They resisted airport authorities and threw stones at the police as gunshots were heard. 336 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:13,120 More than 20 people were injured and two of these are in critical condition. 337 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:18,960 Imagine being a passenger on a commercial flight and learning of a violent mob of protesters 338 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:26,240 storming the tarmac with intentions to persecute you once you land simply because you're Jewish. 339 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:31,200 Clearly, we are living in a time when the wheat and the tares are growing together but 340 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,920 the time of harvest is coming. 341 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,920 Just as we have annual harvest with our agricultural crops, so does God have regular harvests where 342 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:44,600 he separates the wheat from the tares as it pertains to individual people. 343 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:49,400 Prophets have been predicting a great harvest of souls for Christ for years now referring 344 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:54,120 to it as a billion-soul harvest and I have every reason to believe the events we have 345 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:59,380 been living through are planned by God to cause people to come to truth, to recognize 346 00:24:59,380 --> 00:25:05,280 the extent and origin of evil in this world, and to emphatically choose to run from evil 347 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:10,880 and to be fully repentant and restored into a right relationship with God the Father through 348 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:16,960 faith in Jesus Christ as the Messiah by the power of the Holy Spirit. 349 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:22,600 About the Ecclesia and the new era we've entered, when Jesus said, I will build my church, Matthew 350 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:27,820 16, 18, he was not describing a church in the sense of our Western understanding. 351 00:25:27,820 --> 00:25:33,520 He was not talking about a people being called out to a building, an office, services, or 352 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,600 activities unto themselves. 353 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:41,720 No, he was talking about setting apart a people, calling them out, and mobilizing them to engage 354 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:46,840 others, which is why Jesus used the word Ecclesia, which unfortunately is translated to the word 355 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,760 church in our Bibles. 356 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:53,600 But speaking to the Jews who lived under Roman rule, Jesus knew the people would thoroughly 357 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,840 understand the word Ecclesia. 358 00:25:55,840 --> 00:26:00,480 When Jesus promised to build his church, the Ecclesia, he said, the gates of Hades will 359 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,320 not overcome it, Matthew 16, 18. 360 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:08,640 An understanding of the Biblical implications of gates helps us interpret Jesus' words. 361 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:13,880 Since a gate was a place where rulers, met, and counsel was given, Jesus was saying that 362 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:19,840 all evil plans of Satan himself would never defeat the church or the Ecclesia. 363 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:24,400 And it is the new era of the Ecclesia, the Kingdom rule, that we have already stepped 364 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:25,400 into. 365 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:31,640 In these very days, we are about to see the Ecclesia function the way Jesus always intended, 366 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:37,420 and we will see God's Kingdom will done on earth in our time in ways never before seen. 367 00:26:37,420 --> 00:26:44,280 This is the new era Johnny Inlow, Kat Kerr, Tim Sheets, and others have been prophesying. 368 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:48,800 This war in the Middle East, along with everything else we have suffered especially since 2020, 369 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:53,660 is yet another way of God causing people to reconsider what they believe in matters of 370 00:26:53,660 --> 00:26:54,660 religious faith. 371 00:26:54,660 --> 00:27:00,040 It is a way to shock people out of their assumption that they know the truth and are right about 372 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,040 their beliefs. 373 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,680 It is a way to display the evil for what it is and bring people to the point of wanting 374 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:12,420 to repent and become aligned with God so that instead of judgment, they experience justice. 375 00:27:12,420 --> 00:27:17,660 Through Julie Green on October 31, God said in part, and I quote, For I the Lord this 376 00:27:17,660 --> 00:27:23,300 day am telling you, my children, that a great finale is coming, a finale your enemies will 377 00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:24,480 never see. 378 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,940 They will never see it coming because they are not looking for me. 379 00:27:27,940 --> 00:27:33,000 They have their own way, their own plans, but a great finale is coming, a finale the 380 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:37,100 world will celebrate, a finale that unites the world. 381 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:42,720 My children around the world will unite in this finale because they will see who I am, 382 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:47,040 the great I am, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 383 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:51,740 I have so much more to share for you in this time because you are part of the latter-day 384 00:27:51,740 --> 00:27:57,260 reign and I am raining down my glory, revelation knowledge like never before. 385 00:27:57,260 --> 00:28:02,540 I have given you a boldness that you have never felt before, a boldness when you speak 386 00:28:02,540 --> 00:28:08,000 my word, when you stand on my word, when you resist your enemies, they must flee. 387 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:13,800 This is a great time of jubilee, a great time where you will see your enemies flee. 388 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,120 Things have already started. 389 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:19,240 Yes, a great falling away, great removals. 390 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:23,300 So resist, resist them like you never have resisted the enemy before. 391 00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:26,240 Decree my words like you have never before. 392 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,400 Shout your enemies' defeat like you have never before. 393 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:34,980 Something big is coming, something big is coming. 394 00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:41,560 Exposures are coming like never before, explosive, dynamic, powerful like a nuclear bomb, truth 395 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,160 like a nuclear bomb. 396 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:49,180 So my children this day stand and shout and be persistent to resist the enemy. 397 00:28:49,180 --> 00:28:52,640 Call down every plan, plot and scheme. 398 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,060 Call them down. 399 00:28:54,060 --> 00:28:55,340 You will see them try. 400 00:28:55,340 --> 00:28:57,440 You will also see them fail. 401 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:58,440 So get up. 402 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,660 I have much for you to do, much for you to receive. 403 00:29:01,660 --> 00:29:03,920 This is the time you have been waiting for. 404 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:05,880 This is the time you've been praying for. 405 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,020 Your deliverer is going to be seen. 406 00:29:09,020 --> 00:29:12,400 This is only part of the word so be sure to use the link in the show notes to hear it 407 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,400 all. 408 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:18,040 This is not a time, in fact there has never been a time when God's people are to sit 409 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,760 back and wait for God to accomplish things. 410 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:25,560 No, God is always determined to work in and through his people. 411 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:30,600 This is a time unique in all other time in history where we must choose whom we will 412 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:35,400 serve and get engaged in this very real battle. 413 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:40,320 I hope to have encouraged you today and that my research brings peace and comfort to you. 414 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:45,480 As we are being graced to live in peace and safety, let us not fail to use our time and 415 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,680 abilities to pray for those who are suffering in these wars. 416 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:55,440 Let us decree and declare according to God's will the word and peace and safety of Jerusalem 417 00:29:55,440 --> 00:30:00,080 and for all who belong to God to make a point of drawing exceedingly near to him, for those 418 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:05,560 who are yet to repent to do so without delay, and for the supernatural comfort and deliverance 419 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:09,920 of the Holy Spirit be given to those who are suffering. 420 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,960 Next week I hope to have a special guest to further help us discern the times so we can 421 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:18,080 move ahead in faith and not be moved by fear. 422 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:22,960 I don't have him confirmed just yet, so I don't want to say who I have in mind, but 423 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:27,120 I do ask you to 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