WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.120 In Ezekiel 37, 12, I will bring you back to the 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:07.059 land of Israel. This is a promised land, promised 00:00:07.059 --> 00:00:11.019 to the Jewish people, promised, chosen. And I'll 00:00:11.019 --> 00:00:13.839 put my spirit in you and you shall live. I'm 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:17.120 waiting for that. Let's get excited. That's not 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:21.780 just from a millennium. Ezekiel 37, 14, I shall 00:00:21.780 --> 00:00:33.619 put my spirit in you and you shall live. God 00:00:33.619 --> 00:00:36.979 promises in Joel 2 .28 to pour out His Spirit 00:00:36.979 --> 00:00:40.299 on all humanity. Welcome to Global Outpouring, 00:00:40.340 --> 00:00:42.380 where we contend for that promised outpouring, 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:46.140 we equip for that outpouring, so that we may 00:00:46.140 --> 00:00:49.700 engage in that very outpouring. I'm Philip Buss. 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:52.259 And I'm Sharon Buss. Welcome to the podcast today. 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:55.700 We have with us our friend of many, many years, 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:59.679 Dr. Gene Little, who is involved, along with 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:02.719 his wife, in running our house in Jerusalem. 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:06.079 And he's going to be one of our speakers at Convention 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:09.719 2025, May 21st through 24th. We want to invite 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:13.000 you to come. And he's going to be speaking about 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:16.459 Israel. So he's going to be giving us a little 00:01:16.459 --> 00:01:20.750 taste of what's coming at the convention about 00:01:20.750 --> 00:01:29.599 God's chosen people and his promised land. Thank 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:31.719 you so much for joining us today. We're really 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:34.519 looking forward to this podcast ourselves, and 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:37.500 so we expect you will be too. Hopefully, all 00:01:37.500 --> 00:01:40.379 of our listeners are very interested in what's 00:01:40.379 --> 00:01:43.319 going on in Israel. It's a very important thing 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:47.120 on God's heart because the Bible comes from there. 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:50.620 And if you're a believer in the Bible, you need 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:54.280 to understand how Israel functions. But before 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:57.560 we get started, we want to encourage you, if 00:01:57.560 --> 00:01:59.719 you haven't already done so, to go to our website, 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:02.719 globaloutpouring .net, and make sure that you're 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:05.439 on our mailing list and our email list, that 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:10.090 is. and that you are preparing to come to Global 00:02:10.090 --> 00:02:13.669 Outpouring Convention 2025, May 21st through 00:02:13.669 --> 00:02:16.849 24th in St. Louis at the St. Louis Airport Marriott. 00:02:17.030 --> 00:02:20.830 We are going to have a glorious time there in 00:02:20.830 --> 00:02:24.550 deep worship and deep intercession and deep Word 00:02:24.550 --> 00:02:28.050 of God. If you love the things of God, if you're 00:02:28.050 --> 00:02:30.349 hungry for more of God, it doesn't matter whether 00:02:30.349 --> 00:02:33.289 you're a newbie or a veteran. You belong there, 00:02:33.389 --> 00:02:35.430 and you're going to find other people of life. 00:02:35.469 --> 00:02:37.770 Like Precious Faith. And it's for all of the 00:02:37.770 --> 00:02:41.169 family. We have a nursery and children's meetings 00:02:41.169 --> 00:02:44.530 and teens are going to have their own special 00:02:44.530 --> 00:02:47.270 place and time that they can be meeting together. 00:02:47.370 --> 00:02:50.330 It's going to be a time for the family to grow 00:02:50.330 --> 00:02:53.620 in God. So we just encourage you to come. So 00:02:53.620 --> 00:02:57.099 today we have with us Gene Little, Dr. Gene Little. 00:02:57.539 --> 00:03:00.819 And he's, boy, we've known you for many, many 00:03:00.819 --> 00:03:03.900 years. And we've had your wife on this podcast 00:03:03.900 --> 00:03:07.620 as well, Mary Lois. So welcome to the Global 00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:09.680 Outpouring Podcast again. You've been with us 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:12.199 before. Thank you, Sharon. Thank you. I'm so 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.379 glad to be here. Both you asked me here and be 00:03:15.379 --> 00:03:17.840 on this podcast and say hello to all the listeners 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.000 today. Yes. I was just asking you before we got 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.780 started about, like, what are you a doctor in? 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:28.819 Well, I did my early education at the University 00:03:28.819 --> 00:03:31.199 of Washington, got a bachelor's degree in political 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:34.240 science, and then I did a number of years in 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:39.819 the military as an officer and got out. And we 00:03:39.819 --> 00:03:42.560 did one year at Chrysler Nations. And, you know, 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:45.460 part of this came about when I was in the military. 00:03:46.099 --> 00:03:49.479 Mary Lois and I, we— We just fell in and got 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:52.219 the Holy Spirit while we were in Italy. And that 00:03:52.219 --> 00:03:54.740 just, I tell you, being baptized in the Holy 00:03:54.740 --> 00:03:57.199 Spirit will change your life around for the good 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:00.120 and bring the fire and excitement like you haven't 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:03.199 seen before. So I really felt led in those early 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:05.939 days to get out of the military. But I asked 00:04:05.939 --> 00:04:08.460 the Lord, I was on an aircraft carrier and loved 00:04:08.460 --> 00:04:11.439 everything that I was doing. And I said, Lord, 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:14.479 if I do get out, I feel like Peter. I'm going 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:16.439 to step out of the boat. I'm going to walk on 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:20.259 water. And go into the ministry. But you've got 00:04:20.259 --> 00:04:22.259 to help me because I never looked at a Bible 00:04:22.259 --> 00:04:25.819 until I was 30 years old. And I need some help, 00:04:25.899 --> 00:04:28.079 Lord. So if you'd send me to a Bible school. 00:04:28.420 --> 00:04:31.139 Well, I ended up going to Oral Roberts for three 00:04:31.139 --> 00:04:33.019 years, getting a master's degree in divinity 00:04:33.019 --> 00:04:38.540 with a specialty in books of the Bible and parables 00:04:38.540 --> 00:04:43.779 and Timothy. And I just loved it. I have a real 00:04:43.779 --> 00:04:47.180 gift to write. Yes. And I've spent many years 00:04:47.180 --> 00:04:50.540 either writing books or doing something on the 00:04:50.540 --> 00:04:52.740 Internet where you write little articles. So 00:04:52.740 --> 00:04:56.420 that's been my life. I've been in education and 00:04:56.420 --> 00:04:59.060 got a doctorate in literature from Sloan Bible 00:04:59.060 --> 00:05:03.620 College up in Des Moines. And here we are. Yeah. 00:05:03.740 --> 00:05:06.110 How many books have you written? I think about 00:05:06.110 --> 00:05:09.509 eight or nine. I'm always writing the next one. 00:05:09.589 --> 00:05:12.050 Yes, you are. What's the next one about? Next 00:05:12.050 --> 00:05:14.750 one, my son suggested I write something called 00:05:14.750 --> 00:05:20.449 Tactical Devotions. That's good. Yes. So anyway, 00:05:20.689 --> 00:05:23.389 I'm having fun with that, although I've got two 00:05:23.389 --> 00:05:25.850 or three others that I really need to get, and 00:05:25.850 --> 00:05:30.939 I need to move on that too. Find something good 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:32.800 to write about. It's easier than ever to write 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:35.339 now and publish and print something. Oh, yes. 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:39.379 Absolutely. So you also wrote a devotional about 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:42.839 Jerusalem. Yes. Tell us about that. I have a 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:46.579 book. It's called Jerusalem Lest I Forget Thee. 00:05:46.829 --> 00:05:50.889 And it's about 52 devotions that I sat before 00:05:50.889 --> 00:05:54.250 the Lord. Jerusalem is mentioned 800 times or 00:05:54.250 --> 00:05:59.269 more in the Scriptures. And I took 52 of them, 00:05:59.290 --> 00:06:01.509 one for each week, plus I had an added one in 00:06:01.509 --> 00:06:04.430 case of leap year. But you could read them like 00:06:04.430 --> 00:06:07.970 during the Shabbat meal. Oh, nice. You could 00:06:07.970 --> 00:06:10.029 sit down and read it all at once, but I think 00:06:10.029 --> 00:06:12.550 to get the really flavor, just read it one at 00:06:12.550 --> 00:06:15.970 a time, once a week. It's a very good one. That's 00:06:15.970 --> 00:06:17.199 a great one. We had a great time on Shabbat. 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:20.720 We used to do that. And it was about Elijah. 00:06:21.060 --> 00:06:22.680 Oh, yeah, the stories of Elijah. The stories 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:24.959 of Elijah. I remember that. That was always exciting. 00:06:25.540 --> 00:06:30.879 So you also delved deeply into study about Islam, 00:06:31.060 --> 00:06:33.660 and you wrote a book about that. Yes. After you 00:06:33.660 --> 00:06:36.079 taught a course about it in our school of ministry. 00:06:36.420 --> 00:06:40.019 Yes. Tell us about that book. Originally, we 00:06:40.019 --> 00:06:43.360 taught a course. I was praying one morning. Sister 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:45.839 Gwen had asked, what should we teach? We had 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:48.100 to give her notice of what we were going to teach 00:06:48.100 --> 00:06:51.899 about. I felt the Lord whisper in my ear, His 00:06:51.899 --> 00:06:54.240 still, soft, silent voice, just before I got 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:57.839 up, teach my children the tenets of Islam, for 00:06:57.839 --> 00:06:59.699 they're going to need to know these things in 00:06:59.699 --> 00:07:02.600 the days to come. And what year was that? That 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:05.540 was, I think, before 9 -1 -1. Oh, yeah, I think 00:07:05.540 --> 00:07:07.899 it was in the 90s still, wasn't it? It was. I 00:07:07.899 --> 00:07:11.579 remember that. I taught it twice, and then 9 00:07:11.579 --> 00:07:14.500 -1 -1 happened, and then we put it into a book, 00:07:14.540 --> 00:07:17.959 and I've had it all these years to study. The 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:21.569 mystery of Islam. Mystery of Islam. It is in 00:07:21.569 --> 00:07:25.910 many ways a mystery. Some ways I know. My wife 00:07:25.910 --> 00:07:27.790 heard a word from the Lord, though, that in the 00:07:27.790 --> 00:07:31.230 days to come, the Lord will utterly humiliate 00:07:31.230 --> 00:07:35.029 Islam. And, you know, they come to know Christ 00:07:35.029 --> 00:07:38.350 in increasing numbers. I just believe in that 00:07:38.350 --> 00:07:41.350 for a revival in there. People get tired of that 00:07:41.350 --> 00:07:45.430 heavy cloak of Islam, and they're searching in 00:07:45.430 --> 00:07:48.970 dreams and in miracles and in ways to come. It's 00:07:48.970 --> 00:07:51.660 easier than ever. Find the Bible on the internet 00:07:51.660 --> 00:07:54.420 and they can read the liberating word of God. 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:57.899 It's true. It's true. The people who begin to 00:07:57.899 --> 00:08:02.819 feel free enough, feel daring enough to dare 00:08:02.819 --> 00:08:05.199 to read the Bible. And even though the Quran 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:08.040 says that you should read the book and you should 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:11.339 read the Injil, the Gospels. But, you know, I 00:08:11.339 --> 00:08:13.959 don't think they're even really reading the Quran 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:16.220 that much, probably, unless they're studying 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:19.910 to go deeper. We've really been praying for a 00:08:19.910 --> 00:08:24.209 great harvest in Islam because it's such a deception 00:08:24.209 --> 00:08:27.029 that, well, we weren't really planning on going 00:08:27.029 --> 00:08:30.550 down that bunny trail, but it's a serious, serious 00:08:30.550 --> 00:08:33.529 subject. And we've been praying a lot for the 00:08:33.529 --> 00:08:36.870 Muslims because they're so passionate about... 00:08:37.049 --> 00:08:39.690 what they believe. And when they become believers 00:08:39.690 --> 00:08:43.070 in Jesus, they become passionate believers in 00:08:43.070 --> 00:08:45.529 Jesus. And where they were Israel haters before, 00:08:45.610 --> 00:08:48.250 when they meet the King of the Jews, everything 00:08:48.250 --> 00:08:53.070 changes. Hallelujah. And we're on the front lines. 00:08:53.110 --> 00:08:56.049 We see that happening, not a whole lot, but by 00:08:56.049 --> 00:08:58.809 the ones and the twos, people have their lives 00:08:58.809 --> 00:09:02.090 changed. If not only the Word of God, but worship. 00:09:02.190 --> 00:09:05.169 When they hear worship, they just get into that 00:09:05.169 --> 00:09:10.970 and just come to the true Messiah and find that 00:09:10.970 --> 00:09:15.669 hate drop off. And they come into really loving 00:09:15.669 --> 00:09:19.250 the Lord. Beautiful, beautiful. So tell us what 00:09:19.250 --> 00:09:21.490 the Lord has put on your heart. Don't preach 00:09:21.490 --> 00:09:23.669 the whole sermon, because we want everybody to 00:09:23.669 --> 00:09:25.350 come to the convention and hear the whole thing. 00:09:25.590 --> 00:09:29.309 But what is the Lord moving you and leading you 00:09:29.309 --> 00:09:36.190 to bring at this convention? Ooh. A thimbleful. 00:09:37.389 --> 00:09:41.240 Thimbleful. We're going to talk about... God's 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:44.740 miracle nation is miracle people. I have Israel 00:09:44.740 --> 00:09:48.000 on my heart. God has brought us over there. True 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.100 miracle. It's been 27 years that we've been in 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:54.259 that land, coming and going. And I really feel 00:09:54.259 --> 00:09:56.559 more than ever that we are God's ambassadors. 00:09:56.820 --> 00:09:59.480 And we haven't had any trouble. We just were 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:04.090 there. And God opens the door. And I can't say 00:10:04.090 --> 00:10:07.269 that we've done an enduring work, maybe not a 00:10:07.269 --> 00:10:10.570 great work, but we've been on the right place 00:10:10.570 --> 00:10:16.309 at the right time. As you know, we have a hospitality 00:10:16.309 --> 00:10:21.129 house there that Sister Gwen, many years ago, 00:10:21.230 --> 00:10:24.240 heard the word of the Lord. going up to White 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:28.139 Plains, New York. And I love it. You must know 00:10:28.139 --> 00:10:30.580 how the Lord can break into your life at any 00:10:30.580 --> 00:10:34.120 time. How he can just whisper something, totally 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:36.039 shake you up. And like, where did that thought 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:39.799 come from? Still soft voice. And she heard the 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:43.100 voice of the Lord. saying, I am going to thrust 00:10:43.100 --> 00:10:46.860 you and your ministry into Jerusalem. And she 00:10:46.860 --> 00:10:50.299 asked Papa Jim and asked you, Sharon, what thrust 00:10:50.299 --> 00:10:54.559 meant. And then if I recall the story, she forgot 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:58.179 all about that. Yes, she did. Derek Kuhn one 00:10:58.179 --> 00:11:01.299 night was preaching on the future times of Israel, 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:05.440 and somebody suggested. We need to have a house 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:07.940 in Israel. No, he prophesied it. He prophesied 00:11:07.940 --> 00:11:10.940 it. He said, Sister Gwen, you have to have a 00:11:10.940 --> 00:11:14.299 house in Israel. And, you know, they ignited 00:11:14.299 --> 00:11:15.940 something right there. They sure did. People 00:11:15.940 --> 00:11:18.480 just started coming up. I've never seen. Yeah, 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.019 with $1 ,000 checks, and Sister Gwen had stood 00:11:21.019 --> 00:11:24.259 up, and she sat down. I'm not taking an offering. 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:26.440 Because she didn't want to do it. She had forgotten 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:29.950 that word. That night, I think we raised $58 00:11:29.950 --> 00:11:33.590 ,000, put it into account, and she sent Mary 00:11:33.590 --> 00:11:36.529 Lois and I out there to look for a house. And 00:11:36.529 --> 00:11:39.970 that was exciting. We had been coming to Israel, 00:11:40.070 --> 00:11:43.529 just briefly background there, that my wife had 00:11:43.529 --> 00:11:46.409 been coming since the 1980s to sing in the Feast 00:11:46.409 --> 00:11:48.309 of Tabernacles. Yeah, in the choir. Part of the 00:11:48.309 --> 00:11:52.149 choir with you guys as well. And then I came 00:11:52.149 --> 00:11:54.490 to Feast of Tabernacles a few years later to 00:11:54.490 --> 00:11:58.840 work in logistics. And God caused that love of 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:02.460 Israel just to explode in our hearts. And I think 00:12:02.460 --> 00:12:04.799 it was something that Sister Gwen saw, because 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:07.460 we were just surprised, as anybody else said, 00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:10.279 she asked us not only to find a house there, 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:15.850 but to shepherd over it, to manage it. We actually 00:12:15.850 --> 00:12:21.429 found a Holy Ghost real estate agent, Messianic, 00:12:21.429 --> 00:12:23.809 as well as another real estate agent, and then 00:12:23.809 --> 00:12:27.230 set apart looking for God's promise to come to 00:12:27.230 --> 00:12:30.870 pass in His Word. And in, I think, a number of 00:12:30.870 --> 00:12:34.200 weeks or months, we found... a home that fit 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:36.460 all the requirements that we needed for ministry. 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:40.779 And Sister Gwen saw it, and she just started 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:44.679 crying. And she said, when I cry, I buy. And 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:48.139 so that was the next step of faith that we had 00:12:48.139 --> 00:12:51.620 to do was to raise the funds. That was a big 00:12:51.620 --> 00:12:53.940 step of faith. Big step of faith for a smaller 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:57.200 ministry. But I challenge you out there that 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:59.679 if God has called you something to do, you may 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:02.159 have to step out in faith, but He will. He'll 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:04.740 back you up. If he's given you the promise, he's 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:08.080 given you the decree, and you may have to stretch 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:13.059 your faith like we did. And we were able to purchase 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:16.480 a beautiful penthouse, I would call it, because 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:20.100 there's no regular homes in Jerusalem. It's a 00:13:20.100 --> 00:13:23.519 city tightly compacted together, always has been. 00:13:23.899 --> 00:13:27.379 We have been there for 27 years now with ministry 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:30.720 meetings, with the hospitality. Been there in 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:34.399 good times and in bad times. Oh, yeah. And welcomed 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:38.379 the saints of the Lord and had just an ongoing 00:13:38.379 --> 00:13:42.879 work to let Jesus' light shine. Yeah. Yes. Now, 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:45.279 didn't you tell us right before this what the 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:47.919 Lord spoke to you when you said, you know, do 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.419 you want me to be a pastor? What was your question 00:13:50.419 --> 00:13:53.049 to him and what was his answer? Going into the 00:13:53.049 --> 00:13:55.190 ministry, I had felt, first of all, you have 00:13:55.190 --> 00:13:58.389 your education. I felt really I needed an education 00:13:58.389 --> 00:14:02.230 to come into the ministry, and it was the desire 00:14:02.230 --> 00:14:06.289 of my heart. And as I finished up my degree in 00:14:06.289 --> 00:14:09.450 Oral Roberts, you know, I kind of did this kind 00:14:09.450 --> 00:14:12.799 of backwards, but I said, Lord, okay. what would 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:15.639 you have me to do? What direction now that I'm 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:19.519 graduating? And I heard a still soft voice of 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:22.460 the Lord again, and you can, you get your spirit 00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:24.659 quiet, you can hear the Lord. That's true. And 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:27.039 he said, I've not called you to be a pastor. 00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:31.000 And I go, oh no, what else is there to do? Yeah, 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.340 what did I just spend time and money for this 00:14:33.340 --> 00:14:36.360 education for? But he said, I'll give you a pastor's 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:40.759 heart. So one thing led to another, but I had 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:44.179 felt, What God was calling us to was really a 00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:49.759 missionary outreach work. And as there's lots 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:51.779 of things you can do for the kingdom of God. 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:55.480 And during those early years, we did go to Cuba 00:14:55.480 --> 00:15:01.399 and Mexico, Honduras, Canada, and a lot of other 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:04.659 nations in there on short -term mission trips 00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:07.659 and some long -term trips. And I think it was 00:15:07.659 --> 00:15:10.759 good preparation work for God putting Israel 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:15.179 on our heart. And so we're there. Not that you're 00:15:15.179 --> 00:15:17.639 out on the streets trying to get people saved 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:19.620 because that's not legal there, right? No, it's 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:23.899 not. I think my ministry here, I am not so much 00:15:23.899 --> 00:15:26.679 an evangelist, I'm a teacher. And that's a perfect 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:30.120 venue to have to teach Bible classes for those 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:33.120 that would like to come. And we've taught Zechariah. 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:35.820 We've taught some of the other minor prophets 00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:40.639 and special events that we've had, speakers that 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:44.860 come and have ministry there. And it's a good 00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:47.200 place there. And it's a watering hole for the 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:49.840 believers there. It's an oasis that we have. 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:52.620 And we're not very far from Sukkot Alel, which 00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:56.220 is 24 -hour praise and worship ministry, and 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:59.379 some of the other ministries that are. You know, 00:15:59.419 --> 00:16:01.220 there are a significant number of Christians 00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:06.539 in that land, as well as Muslims and Jewish believers. 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:10.700 Yes. So you're talking at the convention about 00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:16.080 Israel, promised land and God's people. Give 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:18.559 us some highlights. I want to start out, Sharon. 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:23.960 with Daniel 9, 25, and 26. Because that's what 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:26.379 he laid on my heart. We have a believer there, 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:30.019 a Jewish believer, that always says that the 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:33.120 city will be built in troublesome times. Yes, 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:35.539 that's what the Word says. She always reminds 00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:39.519 us of that. And in the 27 years we've been there, 00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:42.799 we've had times of peace, times of war, times 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:46.379 of terrorism, but this city is being built. And 00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:49.059 I tell people, if you go away for a six months, 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.840 you will not recognize what's happening. But 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:54.659 even though in the midst of this war that started 00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:59.899 October 7th, 2023, and we may go back to that, 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:04.160 it's an ongoing warfare right now as well with 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:07.539 Hamas kidnapping over 200 people and they still 00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:12.640 hold 35. But Israel is in a building spree, especially 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:16.630 Jerusalem, that you will see. We have the red 00:17:16.630 --> 00:17:19.690 line, which is a light rail system that goes 00:17:19.690 --> 00:17:22.829 from Nevi Yakov now in the far north by Ramallah, 00:17:22.910 --> 00:17:26.890 goes all the way to Hadassah Hospital. And that's 00:17:26.890 --> 00:17:30.009 a light rail for passengers. We have one, the 00:17:30.009 --> 00:17:32.049 blue line, that's going to be built and it's 00:17:32.049 --> 00:17:34.609 going to connect at the old train station. And 00:17:34.609 --> 00:17:37.069 they're going to put an underground train connection 00:17:37.069 --> 00:17:41.069 to Tel Aviv. Wow, underground. Underground, and 00:17:41.069 --> 00:17:44.289 it will connect with a light rail. And then the 00:17:44.289 --> 00:17:47.569 Green Line as well. So it's going to be an urban 00:17:47.569 --> 00:17:51.769 city with a lot of urban transportation. But 00:17:51.769 --> 00:17:56.289 it is being built in troublesome times. And past 00:17:56.289 --> 00:17:58.529 the year, we've just come back from spending 00:17:58.529 --> 00:18:02.369 six months in Israel. And during even... The 00:18:02.369 --> 00:18:05.589 worst of times when Iran sent over 300 missiles 00:18:05.589 --> 00:18:08.950 one night and they were exploding over our heads. 00:18:09.130 --> 00:18:12.750 And, you know, it makes you a man of prayer, 00:18:12.890 --> 00:18:17.069 a man of faith as you lie there and hearing these 00:18:17.069 --> 00:18:20.329 things. But the city is not only being built 00:18:20.329 --> 00:18:22.549 with a light rail and other things. There's a 00:18:22.549 --> 00:18:25.869 lot of multi -story buildings coming up, high 00:18:25.869 --> 00:18:29.109 rises. And they're going to be all along Hebron 00:18:29.109 --> 00:18:33.789 Road and in other areas there. The Lord is preparing 00:18:33.789 --> 00:18:37.029 that city for something great. And it has always 00:18:37.029 --> 00:18:40.430 been. Jerusalem has attracted not only people 00:18:40.430 --> 00:18:42.950 from the nations there, and the nations are there, 00:18:43.089 --> 00:18:47.390 but so much more. And we are waiting in anticipation 00:18:47.390 --> 00:18:52.119 for so much more. We feel like we're one light 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:54.920 that people can come and be refreshed. But I'm 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:57.799 looking for a great wave of revival. And why 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:01.099 not? Amen. Why not? Amen. So we pray to that 00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:05.160 end and many others. Beautiful. Beautiful. What 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:09.119 else? Okay. When we look at this land, when we 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:12.220 look at this people, how God originally made 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:15.920 a promise to Abraham. And in that promise, he 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:19.400 brought him up and showed him all the stars and 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:22.380 all the sands and said, your seed is going to 00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:27.480 be like this in Genesis 15. He gave him an eternal 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:31.720 promise that I give you this land and your seed 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:35.509 shall inherit it. You know, I think a younger 00:19:35.509 --> 00:19:38.630 generation forgets sometimes the promises that 00:19:38.630 --> 00:19:41.890 are in the Word, that this Word was to the Jewish 00:19:41.890 --> 00:19:45.490 people through Abraham, through his son Isaac, 00:19:45.769 --> 00:19:49.130 not through the bondwoman, not through Ishmael. 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:53.640 You know, an eternal promise in Genesis 12, 7, 00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:56.500 to your descendants, I will give you this land. 00:19:57.059 --> 00:20:00.400 It's there. It's always been their land. Many 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:03.460 times I think the devil through the Romans and 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:07.180 through other persecutions have tried to eradicate 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:10.079 the Jews from the land. They keep coming back. 00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:13.839 It's an eternal promise. And even as you read 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:18.180 through Genesis and Genesis 13, 14. Lift up your 00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:21.059 eyes now and look on this place, north, south, 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:24.039 east, and westward. For all the land that I see, 00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:27.460 I give it to you and your descendants forever. 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:31.200 Amen. Eternal promise. God doesn't go back on 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:34.099 his promises. That's right. He doesn't abrogate 00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:37.519 them as the Muslims have in some of their, like 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:40.420 in the Koran, that doesn't apply anymore. So 00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:43.799 he made a covenant and offered a sacrifice, and 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:46.410 God went through. If you remember the covenant 00:20:46.410 --> 00:20:49.450 there, he went through as he split these animals 00:20:49.450 --> 00:20:51.930 apart. Oh, yeah. And God came through with a 00:20:51.930 --> 00:20:55.880 fiery torch. And God said. I am obligated myself 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:59.160 to this covenant. This land is given to you. 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:02.660 And he repeated this to Isaac, repeated this 00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:06.799 to Jacob. And then even to Moses. What was Moses 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:10.000 called? They were delivered out of Egypt into 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:15.380 the promised land. And I know that God said this 00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:18.799 is an everlasting promise. I think the greatest 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:22.720 miracle, though, was that. even after our Lord 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:25.799 was there as the promised Messiah and walked 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:28.799 the land. And you find the Romans coming in, 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:33.740 exiling the Jews for 2 ,000 years. But then in 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:38.680 1948, they were brought back through not only 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:42.140 the decision of the United Nations, but God brought 00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:45.019 his people back into that land. And it's been 00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:50.380 77 years now, and we've had a front. door front 00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:53.920 window on what's happening in that land for we've 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:57.960 been there almost 30 years and to see what's 00:21:57.960 --> 00:22:00.720 going on even though it's been troublesome times 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:04.809 the people are coming back. He's bringing the 00:22:04.809 --> 00:22:07.910 bones back to life, and he's bringing the flesh 00:22:07.910 --> 00:22:11.329 back on the bones, as he said in Ezekiel. I'm 00:22:11.329 --> 00:22:13.690 waiting now for the Spirit of God to come in. 00:22:13.750 --> 00:22:18.589 Yes. And even the name Israel may intrigue you, 00:22:18.650 --> 00:22:21.650 but Israel was given as a name to Jacob. He had 00:22:21.650 --> 00:22:25.529 wrestled all night with that angel, and he said, 00:22:25.569 --> 00:22:27.269 I'm not going to let you go till you bless me. 00:22:27.930 --> 00:22:30.950 Jacob was really a tough guy, even though Angel 00:22:30.950 --> 00:22:32.970 had put his hip out of whack and everything. 00:22:33.589 --> 00:22:36.490 And so he says, let me go. The sun's rising. 00:22:36.670 --> 00:22:38.869 He said, I'm not going to let you go. And I think 00:22:38.869 --> 00:22:40.730 that's a good word for us. Sometimes it's like, 00:22:40.809 --> 00:22:42.990 Lord, I'm going to hang on to you. I'm not going 00:22:42.990 --> 00:22:46.579 to let you go. said you're going to be called 00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:49.680 Israel now no more Jacob which means schemer 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:53.240 which means uh more than that Jacob was he was 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:56.640 a real prize God changed not only he changed 00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:59.680 his whole personality the name of Israel's prince 00:23:00.329 --> 00:23:03.430 Prince of God, a prince, you know, that has prevailed 00:23:03.430 --> 00:23:06.930 and struggled. And I think the nation, in taking 00:23:06.930 --> 00:23:10.930 that name, has taken upon the wrestlings like 00:23:10.930 --> 00:23:14.349 Jacob did. They've had to wrestle, and God wrestles 00:23:14.349 --> 00:23:17.809 with his people to bring them back and to unify 00:23:17.809 --> 00:23:21.549 them. So it has been having a front row seat, 00:23:21.630 --> 00:23:25.089 seeing this there. When you look at Jacob and 00:23:25.089 --> 00:23:29.089 Esau, and Jacob was a plain man dwelling in tents. 00:23:29.609 --> 00:23:30.890 Yeah, you don't think of him as being a wrestler. 00:23:30.890 --> 00:23:33.390 You don't think of him going out guiding sheep. 00:23:33.670 --> 00:23:36.769 I mean, he's got pale skin probably. He wasn't 00:23:36.769 --> 00:23:40.069 out in the sun like his brother Esau, out as 00:23:40.069 --> 00:23:43.589 a hunter. So he stays in the tent. He's not tough. 00:23:43.990 --> 00:23:46.230 He's not used to maybe being out at night in 00:23:46.230 --> 00:23:48.569 the desert or because you're hunting, you don't 00:23:48.569 --> 00:23:50.950 always get back at night. But he had to learn 00:23:50.950 --> 00:23:54.640 to be tough. Prophetic of Israel. They had to 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:57.160 learn to be tough because they were pushed around 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:00.519 for all these years, all through Europe, still 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:03.059 being pushed around. But now they have a homeland 00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:06.880 and out of their homeland, they're making Jehovah's 00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:11.799 name known. Amen. The God of Israel. God of Israel. 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:16.380 Yes. Amen. One of the stories I like is found 00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:20.900 in Zechariah 8 .23. And I love the promises of 00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:23.839 God towards Israel, towards the Jewish people. 00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:27.140 They're not like replacement theology to where 00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:30.019 you think that, well, all these promises are 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:32.859 now for the church. Some of these can only be 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:35.799 applied to Israel and to the Jewish people. And 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:41.539 Zechariah 8 .23 is... quite unique. It says in 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:45.519 the last days that 10 men out of every language 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:48.519 of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:52.019 man saying, let us go with you for we've heard 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:56.059 that God is with you. Yes. Now, I was down by 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:59.460 the pool asylum and we'd taken Hezekiah's tunnel. 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:03.880 I was leading a tour group there. And while I 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:05.819 was waiting for the rest of them to catch up, 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:09.099 somehow I was in front of them all. I was near 00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:12.700 a guard. You know, he was kind of, I think he 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:15.819 was nominal Jewish, older man, and I'm not young 00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:19.420 myself. And just to make conversation, he said, 00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:23.400 well, what brings you here? And I looked and 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:26.619 I said, well, I believe I'm one of those 10 men 00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:29.740 that the Bible says that in the last days are 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:32.480 going to grab the hold of a Jew and say, I want 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:34.380 to go with you because I know the Lord is with 00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:37.259 you. And when I said that, he started weeping. 00:25:37.690 --> 00:25:41.410 He started crying because many Jews, they're 00:25:41.410 --> 00:25:45.009 rejected people. And you can easily take offense 00:25:45.009 --> 00:25:48.250 when you're rejected, but also just to demonstrate 00:25:48.250 --> 00:25:52.069 the love that the Gentiles or someone might have 00:25:52.069 --> 00:25:54.579 for somebody that's Jewish. Of course, what I 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:56.380 didn't say, and I should have, was the robe of 00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:58.700 the Jew that I've grabbed hold of is Jesus Christ. 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:03.980 But even so, many of these people, they may appear 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:06.519 to be secular, but they know the word. They know 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:09.759 the word that in the last days, 10 men, 10 women 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:12.380 are going to grab the hold of a Jew. And I think 00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:15.480 that's part of our challenge is to love the Jew 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:19.019 and to know that God's promises apply to the 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:22.500 Jewish people, as well as that I know we're grafted 00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:25.779 in. We can claim some of those promises, but 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:30.259 praise God. So a little thing that I saw that 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:33.240 he shall place you again. He has brought them 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:36.480 this far after 2 ,000 years to place them in 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:40.359 their own land. And we'll find that in Ezekiel 00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:45.849 37. 13 and 14, I will place you in your own land. 00:26:46.089 --> 00:26:48.630 Yes. Now, it hasn't been easy. It's almost like 00:26:48.630 --> 00:26:52.309 the time of Joshua where you've had to come against 00:26:52.309 --> 00:26:55.309 those that don't want you there. And maybe you 00:26:55.309 --> 00:27:00.369 have to come against terrorism. And it's exciting 00:27:00.369 --> 00:27:04.660 to live in that land. with not only the politics 00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:07.859 and different opinions. Somebody told me living 00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:10.880 in Israel is like a fruit salad, only it's not 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:18.019 mixed. But let me tell you some of what God is 00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:22.720 doing in Isaiah 19, 18, five cities will speak 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:26.119 the language of Canaan. Wow. And that refers 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:30.019 to five cities in Egypt. God is moving even in 00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:33.819 Egypt where in their universities, they are teaching 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:38.369 the Hebrew language. Wow. Usually after so many 00:27:38.369 --> 00:27:41.490 years being suspicious of Israel, there's an 00:27:41.490 --> 00:27:43.730 opening there that people want to learn of the 00:27:43.730 --> 00:27:46.509 Hebrew language. Five cities are going to speak 00:27:46.509 --> 00:27:49.150 that language. It appears to me maybe an increase 00:27:49.150 --> 00:27:52.549 of Israel's borders are also coming in time. 00:27:52.950 --> 00:27:56.509 So this land may expand. It's prophesied. It's 00:27:56.509 --> 00:27:58.869 what's been promised, so we should expect it. 00:27:58.930 --> 00:28:03.230 That's because Isaiah 19, 23, and 25 talks about 00:28:03.230 --> 00:28:06.410 the Isaiah 19 highway. Yes. And he'd say, well, 00:28:06.470 --> 00:28:10.509 that's for the millennium, but why not now? Sure. 00:28:10.609 --> 00:28:13.289 We can make some efforts there to bring that 00:28:13.289 --> 00:28:18.109 highway to pass. Amen. You've got to start somewhere. 00:28:18.329 --> 00:28:20.190 You've got to start somewhere. So you pray it 00:28:20.190 --> 00:28:22.410 into being. You contend for it. Yeah, that's 00:28:22.410 --> 00:28:27.049 good. But it's been a real love to be there, 00:28:27.130 --> 00:28:31.029 to see fulfillment, what God is doing. And he's 00:28:31.029 --> 00:28:35.539 filling this land, different prophecies. Amos 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:39.460 9, 14, they shall plant vineyards and drink the 00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:42.359 wine thereof and make gardens and eat the fruit 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:45.799 thereof. Yes. I challenge you when you come, 00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:48.539 not if you come to Israel, when you come to Israel. 00:28:49.309 --> 00:28:51.970 go to the Shuk and see the fruit that this land 00:28:51.970 --> 00:28:54.789 produces. He's filling this land with fruit, 00:28:54.869 --> 00:28:58.410 not only fruit I believe in the natural, but 00:28:58.410 --> 00:29:00.970 I'm looking for the fruit of the Spirit. And 00:29:00.970 --> 00:29:03.829 I have faith and I have a love that God, you 00:29:03.829 --> 00:29:06.630 didn't bring them this far just to bring them 00:29:06.630 --> 00:29:11.119 into the land. So the Messiah is there. And right 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:13.480 now he's revealing himself to his people one 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:16.940 by one. He's doing it. He's doing it. He's doing 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:19.259 it. But I'm glad to have our front row seat. 00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:21.559 Yes. We see what he's doing. It's fun to watch 00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:25.119 what he's doing. You know, we had another friend 00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:28.920 of ours, and I'll call him Yoni. He was fighting 00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:31.599 in the Lebanon War, one of the wars up there. 00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:35.019 And he told us his personal testimony. He had 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:37.980 been injured, a RPG, a rocket -propelled grenade 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:41.380 had hit his Jeep, killed his two other buddies. 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:45.619 And he was in the hospital for many months, paralyzed 00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:50.700 from the waist down. Could not get up. And finally 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:53.380 the doctor said, Yoni, we can't do anything more 00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:57.009 for you. Send us home. His father was a rabbi 00:29:57.009 --> 00:30:00.609 in the kibbutz where he lived. And he was there. 00:30:01.130 --> 00:30:04.630 He said while he was in the hospital, some Swedish 00:30:04.630 --> 00:30:09.109 people had given him a Bible. And he remembered, 00:30:09.250 --> 00:30:11.549 he said, when I was a child, I got a Bible they 00:30:11.549 --> 00:30:13.490 handed out in the kibbutz, but they had ripped 00:30:13.490 --> 00:30:16.750 half of it apart. And the kid always wondered 00:30:16.750 --> 00:30:20.970 why he only got half the book. Well, they didn't 00:30:20.970 --> 00:30:25.390 have any Torahs. They had gotten whole New Testaments, 00:30:25.390 --> 00:30:28.529 and they ripped those apart. But now he had a 00:30:28.529 --> 00:30:30.869 New Testament and an Old Testament. But he was 00:30:30.869 --> 00:30:35.079 in his room. one night, and he'd been at home 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:37.660 for a while, and he started reading Isaiah 53. 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:41.559 Oh, my. You will not find that even in the Torah 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:44.920 readings. They skip over that. Some rabbis might 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:48.119 say Isaiah 53 applies to the nation of Israel. 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:51.059 Others will say, and we just don't want to deal 00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:53.759 with that, and they move on. But he read Isaiah 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:57.859 53, and while he was reading it, he saw this 00:30:57.859 --> 00:31:00.900 light come out of the Bible. All of a sudden 00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:03.700 it was a light and turned into the face of Jesus. 00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:07.859 And he saw Jesus beaten and just as described 00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:11.640 on the page. But then the light got bigger and 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:15.059 the glorious form of Jesus appeared by his bedside, 00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:18.589 the whole form. Jesus reached out with his hand, 00:31:18.690 --> 00:31:23.029 touched him and healed him. Wow. Sovereignly 00:31:23.029 --> 00:31:26.230 healed him. And he got out and we hear these 00:31:26.230 --> 00:31:28.710 testimonies all the time. Yeah. And he said, 00:31:28.750 --> 00:31:31.509 I jumped up out of bed yelling. I've healed. 00:31:31.650 --> 00:31:34.109 I've been healed. Look at me. Jesus healed me. 00:31:34.190 --> 00:31:37.190 Jesus healed me. I've been healed by Yeshua. 00:31:37.470 --> 00:31:42.190 Yes. Oh, my. About 2, 3 o 'clock in the morning. 00:31:42.329 --> 00:31:46.950 Oh, my. And he created such a ruckus in the house. 00:31:47.390 --> 00:31:50.230 Nobody was celebrating that he was healed. No. 00:31:50.269 --> 00:31:53.750 But the word was that if you don't. Take back 00:31:53.750 --> 00:31:57.069 what you've said, then you must leave. And that 00:31:57.069 --> 00:31:59.849 don't say this name and such. And rightfully, 00:31:59.950 --> 00:32:02.890 many of the Jews remember the Holocaust. They 00:32:02.890 --> 00:32:05.650 blame it on the Christians. They remember the 00:32:05.650 --> 00:32:08.589 Inquisition. Blame it on the Christians. And 00:32:08.589 --> 00:32:11.490 they persecuted people. So I could see that. 00:32:11.589 --> 00:32:15.670 He said, how can I take this back? I saw. From 00:32:15.670 --> 00:32:18.589 my own eyes. And so after three days, he had 00:32:18.589 --> 00:32:21.230 to leave his house, and they sat Sheva for him. 00:32:21.349 --> 00:32:24.789 And that means they considered him dead. Yes, 00:32:24.789 --> 00:32:28.529 they did. Oh, wow. Sheva means seven. Yeah, you 00:32:28.529 --> 00:32:31.549 sit seven days after someone passes away. That's 00:32:31.549 --> 00:32:35.529 how you remember the one that is now dead. You're 00:32:35.529 --> 00:32:38.529 now dead. Wow. And he went on to have a different 00:32:38.529 --> 00:32:43.710 career with other places. Finally, after many 00:32:43.710 --> 00:32:46.869 years, he was able to come back, and the family 00:32:46.869 --> 00:32:49.450 had received him back again. Glory to God. I'm 00:32:49.450 --> 00:32:52.230 not sure where they are in the midst of believers, 00:32:52.589 --> 00:32:56.089 but sometimes it takes the working of miracles 00:32:56.089 --> 00:33:00.230 as well as the Word, as well as worship. Amen. 00:33:00.289 --> 00:33:03.730 I just see other people that I know that we hear 00:33:03.730 --> 00:33:07.990 a lot of stories that I don't often say too much 00:33:07.990 --> 00:33:12.089 just to. keep a low profile, but it is a land 00:33:12.089 --> 00:33:15.289 of miracles. Absolutely. And another thing is 00:33:15.289 --> 00:33:18.670 that this is in Amos 9 .14, another scripture, 00:33:18.990 --> 00:33:22.529 I will bring again the captivity of my people 00:33:22.529 --> 00:33:25.690 that were exiled, and they shall build away cities 00:33:25.690 --> 00:33:29.609 and inhabit them. Amen. We're seeing this nation 00:33:29.609 --> 00:33:33.769 is so young to see not only the way cities being 00:33:33.769 --> 00:33:38.250 rebuilt. But the older ones being new cities 00:33:38.250 --> 00:33:40.950 established and the other ones being rebuilt, 00:33:41.150 --> 00:33:45.250 it's just something else, a miracle that you 00:33:45.250 --> 00:33:49.150 see happening. So the way cities are being rebuilt. 00:33:49.329 --> 00:33:52.910 And then one of the promises, I love Amos, go 00:33:52.910 --> 00:33:56.869 read Amos in there, said that I will plant them 00:33:56.869 --> 00:33:59.710 on their land and they shall what? No more be 00:33:59.710 --> 00:34:03.839 pulled up. No more be pulled up. You know, living 00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:06.859 in this land, we hear so much from the other 00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:11.500 side that Israel doesn't belong there. And Israel 00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:14.639 has no right to this land. Yeah, they left. They 00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:18.400 left and they were exiled. I want to share from 00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:23.800 the Koran as well in Surah Al -Ma'dah 5, 20 and 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:28.130 21. It said, O my people, enter the holy land 00:34:28.130 --> 00:34:30.630 which Allah has assigned to you, and do not turn 00:34:30.630 --> 00:34:33.889 back. That this land was assigned. Even the Quran 00:34:33.889 --> 00:34:38.699 says that. Assigned to whom? The Jews. The Koran 00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:40.719 is saying it's the Jews. Yes, it's in the Koran. 00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:43.840 I have a surah right there. Wow, wow, wow. But, 00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:46.420 you know, as in anything else, oh, no, no, that 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:49.719 doesn't apply. Right. It's been, it just meant 00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:52.800 they have to become Muslim first. You know, make 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:58.400 all sorts of excuses. So I like that they have 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:01.039 been called back and that God has established 00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:05.079 them, giving them this land. And even though 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:10.070 the other side, wants to they say well forget 00:35:10.070 --> 00:35:12.250 that we're nation building we're going to build 00:35:12.250 --> 00:35:14.329 our own nation and the jews got to go back to 00:35:14.329 --> 00:35:17.289 where they were okay so they want to delegitimize 00:35:17.289 --> 00:35:20.369 israel being there right and so we're in the 00:35:20.369 --> 00:35:23.989 midst of that they want to dehumanize those that 00:35:23.989 --> 00:35:27.750 are there and demonize and even destroy everything 00:35:27.750 --> 00:35:31.030 about that yeah but we have an eternal promise 00:35:31.710 --> 00:35:34.710 God has brought them back to the land, even from 00:35:34.710 --> 00:35:38.429 ever since Abraham's days. And I believe that 00:35:38.429 --> 00:35:42.530 this, too, is going to be in the days to come 00:35:42.530 --> 00:35:45.449 that we'll see, even now that we're seeing that's 00:35:45.449 --> 00:35:49.309 happening as Israel's expanding and watching 00:35:49.309 --> 00:35:52.730 over the Druze up in Syria and establishing outposts 00:35:52.730 --> 00:35:56.030 in Lebanon and even in Gaza. But, you know, it 00:35:56.030 --> 00:36:00.099 isn't just one. scripture alone right in ezekiel 00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:04.219 37 12 i will bring you back to the land of israel 00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:07.940 yep this is a promised land promised to the jewish 00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:11.900 people right promise chosen and i'll put my spirit 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:14.679 in you and you shall live i'm waiting for that 00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:18.380 let's get excited that's not just from a millennium 00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:23.519 ezekiel 37 14 i shall put my spirit in you and 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:29.190 you shall live amen live So these are some of 00:36:29.190 --> 00:36:32.610 the close promises I keep to my heart, that God 00:36:32.610 --> 00:36:35.190 is working in this nation. It's taking a little 00:36:35.190 --> 00:36:37.610 longer than I'd like to see. I'm not getting 00:36:37.610 --> 00:36:41.550 any younger. But, you know, it's kind of like 00:36:41.550 --> 00:36:43.550 what Jesus said, when you put a little leaven 00:36:43.550 --> 00:36:45.929 or yeast in the bread, how it works. I don't 00:36:45.929 --> 00:36:49.210 know, but it rises up. And I think even through 00:36:49.210 --> 00:36:52.869 the misery of this war, we are going to see. 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:57.440 great changes coming back that people can change 00:36:57.440 --> 00:37:03.300 and find Jesus as well. Also, Isaiah 35, I can't 00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:06.280 forget that, said the desert shall blossom. Oh, 00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:09.179 yes. The desert shall blossom. We look about 00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:11.739 not only the natural desert, because some two 00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:15.460 -thirds of Israel is desert. And I just heard 00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:17.079 the other day they're going to build a new airport 00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:21.179 way down south, 80 miles from Tel Aviv, down 00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:24.880 close to the border of Gaza and Egypt. I think 00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:28.340 Israel has been forced to, in the days earlier, 00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:31.280 that place wasn't very well settled. Everybody 00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:35.329 went to Tel Aviv. Nobody wanted to go with Ben 00:37:35.329 --> 00:37:38.590 Gurion's vision of let's go into the desert and 00:37:38.590 --> 00:37:41.789 make this land produce. But now they're going 00:37:41.789 --> 00:37:43.929 to build an airport. And I think it's going to 00:37:43.929 --> 00:37:47.369 be 80 ,000 people used to build this airport, 00:37:47.590 --> 00:37:52.170 an international airport. But it will also build 00:37:52.170 --> 00:37:56.530 up that part of the nation that is. isolated. 00:37:56.630 --> 00:38:00.210 And as a strong point, I've seen that in many 00:38:00.210 --> 00:38:04.510 of the other places close to Palestinian territories 00:38:04.510 --> 00:38:08.809 and stuff, Israel's built strongholds that you're 00:38:08.809 --> 00:38:12.010 not going to come across here. You know, when 00:38:12.010 --> 00:38:14.710 we were down in, when Ben -Gurion gave his speech 00:38:14.710 --> 00:38:19.590 in 1948 in Tel Aviv, the building where that 00:38:19.590 --> 00:38:22.750 happened, Independence Hall, they had a picture 00:38:22.750 --> 00:38:25.710 on the wall when you walk in of about Well, like 00:38:25.710 --> 00:38:29.130 30, 40 people all had shovels in their hands 00:38:29.130 --> 00:38:32.190 to start building Tel Aviv. Yeah, they were turning 00:38:32.190 --> 00:38:34.590 over the earth. Turning the earth over, and that's 00:38:34.590 --> 00:38:35.829 where it started. So that they could start the 00:38:35.829 --> 00:38:38.929 city. Wow. On the sand dunes. On the sand dunes, 00:38:38.929 --> 00:38:42.590 they built Tel Aviv. Yeah, that's amazing. Wow, 00:38:42.590 --> 00:38:46.090 that's astounding. Yeah. Yeah. I think one of 00:38:46.090 --> 00:38:48.789 the other things that we forgot was many years, 00:38:48.949 --> 00:38:52.829 there was a man called Hayseed. Oh, yes. He was 00:38:52.829 --> 00:38:56.909 always looking for oil. Yes. And he had, I forget 00:38:56.909 --> 00:38:59.389 his name, his company, Zion or one of them. I 00:38:59.389 --> 00:39:01.670 don't remember. I don't remember. But not many 00:39:01.670 --> 00:39:05.150 years ago, Israel discovered vast amounts of 00:39:05.150 --> 00:39:08.630 oil in the shallow waters just off the shore. 00:39:08.829 --> 00:39:12.489 And there's a prophecy in Deuteronomy 33, 24, 00:39:12.849 --> 00:39:15.869 that Asher shall dip his foot in oil. That's 00:39:15.869 --> 00:39:19.030 right. And many people, well, that's olive oil 00:39:19.030 --> 00:39:24.510 or that is some other different. type of oil 00:39:24.510 --> 00:39:28.119 in there that we get but they've found Massive 00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:30.980 amounts of oil that they're slowly developing, 00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:34.380 and that's another prophecy that's come to pass. 00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:38.900 So we thank God that not only they're in the 00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:42.500 spirit and in the natural, it's a wonderful place 00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:45.920 to be. I encourage everyone, don't listen to 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:49.260 everything in the news, but come on the next 00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:51.719 tour that Phil and Sharon are going to bring 00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:56.239 on and see what God is doing and what the Lord 00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:59.420 has done. Yes. Amen. What are good news sources 00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:01.900 people can listen to out there where they're 00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:07.039 not going to get biased news? I listen to Amir 00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:11.860 Savati, and that is on Telegram. Yes, the Telegram 00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:17.019 app. I also go to some of the Israeli sites on 00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:23.650 the Internet, i24news .com. I think Mary Lois 00:40:23.650 --> 00:40:25.530 has a couple of sites. I can't remember right 00:40:25.530 --> 00:40:27.989 now. We'll add that to the show notes when we 00:40:27.989 --> 00:40:32.570 get that from her. Yeah. And then we have IsraelNationalNews 00:40:32.570 --> 00:40:39.070 .com. And J -Post, J -Post .com. So, of course, 00:40:39.130 --> 00:40:43.269 as we come, just not only on the Internet, but 00:40:43.269 --> 00:40:46.679 there's other sources you can find. I think the 00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:49.539 best one is to grab the hold of a Jew, ask him 00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:54.119 about his land. And read the Bible. Read the 00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:56.500 Bible. Yes. How did I forget that? The Bible 00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:59.659 tells you a whole lot of news that, and especially 00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:03.960 if you do read the Bible and you get quiet before 00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:06.179 the Lord, like you were describing, you get so 00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:08.800 quiet that you can hear that still small voice. 00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:13.380 He will interpret scripture for you that you 00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:15.840 may have read it a hundred times. And all of 00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:19.320 a sudden, there's fresh revelation on it, particularly 00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:23.500 about his people and his land. Amen. Wow, okay. 00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:25.780 So I think it's been my privilege over the years 00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:31.179 to meet many souls, not only Christian. And we 00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:33.440 don't call people Christian in Israel because 00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:37.599 there's so few. We're believers. And I love that 00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:40.679 term. So we're believers in Yeshua. You can run 00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:43.840 into Yeshua, too. He's still the light of the 00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:46.940 world. He's still making house calls. Yes, hallelujah. 00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:51.940 Especially in that land. I will never forget 00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:56.239 to the end of my days that I had an Emmaus encounter 00:41:56.239 --> 00:42:00.559 with the Lord. Mary Lawson and I did. And I've 00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:03.150 heard of people in different places. We were 00:42:03.150 --> 00:42:05.650 down in Jericho, which is an Arab city, but it 00:42:05.650 --> 00:42:09.530 used to be a city of priests. Yes. And many wells 00:42:09.530 --> 00:42:12.230 are there and water. It's a well -watered garden, 00:42:12.289 --> 00:42:17.289 as it were. We were by the tree of Sycamore Tree. 00:42:17.590 --> 00:42:19.590 There's a little sign there that says this is 00:42:19.590 --> 00:42:22.849 the actual tree that Zacchaeus climbed up. And, 00:42:22.849 --> 00:42:25.969 you know, people in the car said, well, you think 00:42:25.969 --> 00:42:29.510 that's the real tree? And I go, oh, I don't know. 00:42:29.570 --> 00:42:32.659 It doesn't look like it's 2 ,000 years old. But 00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:35.380 I know Jesus must have passed very close to here. 00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:39.679 And that very microsecond that I said that, the 00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:43.099 whole car was filled with light, such an intense 00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:46.900 light. We were brought into the light. It felt 00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:49.539 like our very beings were sucked into the light. 00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:52.800 Wow. And it's an experience I'll never forget, 00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:56.039 that we were just into the greater light, and 00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:58.579 then it was like it exploded, and we just came 00:42:58.579 --> 00:43:00.880 into the light, and all our breaths came out 00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:05.039 at the same time. Just, oh, like that. And I 00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:07.400 heard, I love it. And you hear the still, soft 00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:09.659 voice. The Lord said, I'm still passing by here. 00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:13.280 Amen. So, you know, sometimes you go, oh, I wish 00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:15.489 that could happen to me, Gene. But, you know, 00:43:15.530 --> 00:43:18.769 Jesus is not restricted to Jericho. Wherever 00:43:18.769 --> 00:43:21.449 two or three are gathered, I am there. Also, 00:43:21.710 --> 00:43:25.110 that you could run into him in your bedroom tonight. 00:43:25.610 --> 00:43:29.050 But also, we are people of faith. And if you 00:43:29.050 --> 00:43:31.989 never, ever have an encounter like I did, you 00:43:31.989 --> 00:43:35.530 know, he's there. He is wherever we are. If you 00:43:35.530 --> 00:43:38.170 can hear his still, soft voice, you'll never 00:43:38.170 --> 00:43:40.230 be lonely. You'll know that he said he's not 00:43:40.230 --> 00:43:42.570 going to leave you an orphan. And we serve an 00:43:42.570 --> 00:43:46.320 awesome God. And whether you come to Israel or 00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:50.079 not, come to Jesus first. Love the Lord. Ask 00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:52.840 him to fill you fully as Holy Spirit. Yes. With 00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:55.179 evidence and speaking in tongues. Yes. You have 00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:59.699 the fire of God within you. And what else do 00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:02.500 you need more than fellowship and the love of 00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:05.239 the Lord? Beautiful. And he'll bring you into 00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:14.809 his courts with praise. Amen. If you enjoyed 00:44:14.809 --> 00:44:18.170 today's podcast, please subscribe, rate and review 00:44:18.170 --> 00:44:20.869 this podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you 00:44:20.869 --> 00:44:24.369 listen to podcasts. Your review helps the podcasting 00:44:24.369 --> 00:44:26.829 platform suggest this podcast to other listeners 00:44:26.829 --> 00:44:29.469 who are also looking for a great move of the 00:44:29.469 --> 00:44:32.570 Holy Spirit. 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