Welcome to Prophecy Today. I'm Jimmy DeYoung Jr. Along with my brother Rick, we examine current events in the light of God's prophetic word. This weekend, it's Father's Day, and in honor of our father, Dr. Jimmy DeYoung, who started this program, we've been carrying on the program of Prophecy Today for 27 years.
Doing just that, examining current events in the light of God's prophetic word. This week I'm reminded of the verse in Isaiah 46:10. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please. That is the Lord speaking, and we are so excited about this weekend's program because each and every day, Rick, it seems like we're getting closer and closer to the rapture of the church.
In fact, I'm very sure of it.
Well, on the program today, Ken Timmerman, David Dolan, Winky Medad, of course, we're talking about the MOU that President Donald Trump has put in place. We've got a lot to cover today, so let's get started with our first, Ken Timmerman.
Well, that's right, Jimmy. We have Ken Timmerman with us. He's an author and analyst. He comes on this program regularly to let us know what is going on around the world. You can find out more about him by going to his website at kentimmerman.com.
Now, Ken, we missed you last week. You were in Paris, weren't you? I was. It was the 50th anniversary of a magazine I wrote for briefly called Paris Metro. A lot of old liberal journalists who were there.
Not a lot of fun from my point of view. And even for change, the food was bad. First bad deal I've had in Paris in 40 years.
Well, we're certainly glad that you're back with us this week because we have a lot to talk about. Of course, the big thing right now is this memorandum of understanding. Can I get your thoughts on it?
Well, Rick, beyond the hype, let's look at separating what we know from what we don't. We know that Iran's military has been destroyed. It has no air force, no navy, no air defenses. We've obliterated their uranium enrichment plants, their uranium mills, the uranium hexafluoride conversion plant. We've also hit and taken out the secret bomb-making workshops that they had in Parshin, south of Tehran, that they never allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect.
We've destroyed their ability to manufacture drones and ballistic missiles. We didn't get all the drones and missiles, but we got the plants, the manufacturing plants. We've shattered their economy, and we've pitted the regime against itself. As you can see in these recent demonstrations organized by hardliners against the Memorandum of Understanding. And one other thing, we demonstrated that America now has a new special relationship with Israel, not with Britain.
We went to war with the IDF. We flew thousands of joint air missions with the IDF without a single mishap, something we arguably could not do today with all of our, with any of our NATO allies.
So we're hearing a lot about friction between the United States and Israel. I would prefer to look at the other side of that and say, wow, what an accomplishment we had going to war together.
So these are the facts. The major accomplishments of a military campaign. You can't deny this. Previous presidents have never been willing to even attempt it.
So this is a great accomplishment. The deal.
Well, is it a deal or is it not a deal? That is the question. And the president has said: well, maybe it's a deal. And J.D. Vance has said, maybe it's a deal, but only if the Iranians comply.
I have seen many presidents go down, Rick, trying to change the behavior of the Iranian regime. They've all failed. Because the regime will not change the behavior we care about. Which is getting rid of its nuclear weapons, stopping to support terrorist groups around the world. and refraining from exporting its Islamic revolution.
They won't stop those things because those are core values of the regime.
So I think in the long run, The deal is going to fail. I've said before, this is a five-act Shakespearean drama. This deal part of it, this MOU, is still Act III, the negotiation phase. And by the way, that 60-day window, they were supposed to start that yesterday in Geneva, and nobody showed up.
So they're already behind on the 60 days. It's not going to be August 15th. It's going to be November 6th after the elections.
Well, there certainly is a lot of noise about this agreement. I appreciate you giving us the facts because some of the things you said are certainly undisputable. Those things took place essentially in the last six months, essentially in President Trump's second term as president. But there are critics of the deal, some people saying that just allowing the IRGC to survive means that they won. And of course, President Trump facing pressure because of these upcoming November midterm elections.
All those things work into what the public perception is of this deal, don't they?
Well of course, and it's very true, we did not defeat the Iranian regime. And I'm not even convinced that that was a goal of the military operation. But that's a fact. We did not defeat the Iranian regime, and the regime reminds us of it every day, which can be quite embarrassing for the President and for his supporters, that's for sure. Ken, what do you make of J.D.
Vance? He has come out, it seems to be I mean, President Trump said a few things, maybe a little bit critical of Israel, but he's got a great relationship with Israel, at least a track record over the last over both of his presidencies. But J.D. Vance coming out very tough against Israel. What do you make of J.D.
Vance and his kind of enhanced role in these deals?
Well, he's been threatening Israel not to screw up the deal. You know, don't get in the way of this deal. Don't get in the way of peace. But Trump has been saying exactly the same thing.
So let's not put this all on J.D. Vance. He is trying to put his stamp on the negotiations. There was a, you know, Peter Docey, a Fox News reporter, jokingly asked Trump, well, you're sending J.D. Vance on the signing ceremony to Geneva, which didn't happen, of course.
But you're sending him to Geneva to sign the deal.
So if the deal works out, you take the credit, right? But if things don't work out, it's all J.D.'s fault. And Trump said, yeah, you know, I kind of like that idea. That kind of sounds about right. I think JD is, in a way, setting himself up to be the fall guy in case the deal fails, but he has also been.
very consistent in saying to the public, but also to the Iranians, The deal only works. if the Iranians carry out their side of it. And their side of it has to do with getting rid of their nuclear material and their nuclear equipment. If they don't, then we go back to war. And he's made that very clear.
Meanwhile, in France, where you are right now, the G seven summit happened this week, President Trump there with other world leaders. Can you tell us what we need to know there?
Well, it was a Trump fest. Trump came in clearly exhibiting that he was the boss and they did not have a communique ready ahead of time. As Trump was there and he was leading the discussions, he signed the Iran MOU at the G seven. I think that's pretty significant right there. Essentially, telling our European partners in particular, but also the Japanese, you're going to get your oil.
You're going to get your oil through the Strait of Hormuz. That's the one thing that the Iranians commit to right up front: reopening the strait. And we committed to removing our naval blockade on Iranian shipping as well. You know, there are all these little spats with the Italian prime minister. Did she ask Trump for a photo?
And she says no. And Trump says she was all over him, you know, begging for a photo. This is just silly stuff. It's sideshow business. The real thing is there is a G7 in the world.
It is led by President Donald J. Trump. And those leaders are essentially waiting to see what America decides on the fate of the world. Final topic I want to talk about with you today, Ken. We look at the situation between Russia and Ukraine, and it seems like Ukraine and President Zelensky there are in the ascendancy on the offensive.
Putin is maybe in trouble. Can you talk a little bit about this and what it portends for the future? On Thursday, the Ukrainians succeeded in a massive drone attack on an oil refinery just ten miles outside of Moscow, outside of the Kremlin. And the fumes from this were visible from the Kremlin where Putin was holed up. He could not have missed it.
It would have been very difficult to miss. And the casualties, you know, President Trump has talked about the casualties. In April, I think it was 35,000 Russian troops. In May, it was 25,000. Just enormous, enormous human casualties from the war on the Russian side.
The Ukrainians are also having very heavy casualties, but nowhere near the number that the Russians are having. And that just builds up over time. The Russians have not been able to conscript their way out of these casualties. They can't get enough young men into the military. That is going to have an impact.
President Trump had talks not just with Zelensky, who he met with face-to-face in Evion, but he also called President Putin and President Xi while he was at the G7 summit with Putin. He said he felt that the Russian leader was getting ready for making. A deal, and Trump said, Now we got Iran behind us. We can focus on Russia and Ukraine.
So Trump is hopeful on that, and I think he's going to start focusing a lot more energy on the Russia-Ukraine crisis. We'll have to see if he succeeds there before Putin is ousted from power by all of those unhappy mothers who are eventually going to come into the Kremlin banging their tin pots as all babushkas do. Ken, I know you don't have a crystal ball, but do you see something happening in the next six months in this Russia-Ukraine crisis? Yeah, I think it's going to wind down. I think it's unsustainable on the Russian side, and the Ukrainians have shown that they have a technological and industrial genius in their ability to design new drones, to build massive, massive quantities.
We're talking about four, five, six million drones a year. The Russians just can't keep up. And the Ukrainians have learned how to defeat the Russian drones, and the Russians have not learned how to defeat the Ukrainian drones. I think, you know, oddly enough, two years ago, we were looking at this, and it looked like the Russians were on a path to victory. But now, I think the tables have turned.
I think you can almost talk about Ukrainian military superiority for the first time in this war. Ken Timmerman for Prophecy Today. Ken, as always we appreciate you taking your time from your home there in France to help educate and inform us on what is going on in the world. Thanks so much. Look forward to talking to you again soon.
Thanks so much, Rick. God bless. Thank you, Ken. It'll be interesting to see what David Dolan and Winky Medad have to say from an Israeli point of view or from the point of view of the Jewish people. But I'm reminded of two phrases or two verses, Revelation chapter 17, verse 17, that God uses world leaders to accomplish his will.
And then, of course, the times of the Gentile, the prophetic chapters of the book of Daniel, 9, 10, 11, and 12, the times of the Gentiles, the Gentile world powers are in charge of the Jewish people in the city of Jerusalem. And it will all come to an end during the time of Jacob's trouble.
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Well, this is the portion of our program. We call it our Middle East News Update. We look at news coming out of the Middle East in general, but Israel in particular. To do that, we have with us journalist Dave Dolan. Dave, thanks for being with us today.
Blessed to be with you, Rick.
Well, like I said, Dave, I would like to get an Israeli perspective as we've been talking about this MOU, this memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. David, could you give us the Israeli perspective, what they think about what is going on here?
Well, Rick, I'll just start by quoting a BBC correspondent in Jerusalem this morning who said, She has talked to dozens of people on the street and government officials and read the papers, et cetera. She said absolutely nobody supports. this memorandum of understanding in Israel amongst the Israelis, the Jewish Israelis.
Now I don't know if that's the case, but there certainly has been strong opposition expressed by members of the Prime Minister's own cabinet, to Ben Gavir and others more on the right, but even some centrist Likud members. have uh condemned parts of it. And the press has been running headlines that I've been reading, you've been reading. For the last few days, that Iran basically has won. In fact, that was.
headline in the WyNet website yesterday that Iran has won, that they've gained many immediate concessions and benefits that will put them back on the path to recovery quicker than it needs to be, and that the provisions in it are troubling and particularly The first provision, Rick, which of course Iran insisted be included in the fourteen points, calling for again an immediate upon signing of the deal, which it's been technically signed twice now. They were going to have a formal signing in Switzerland, but that was canceled after Iran said it wouldn't attend because of the fighting continuing in Lebanon. And so that's what it says, that all fighting must cease immediately. The IDF, Rick, went into Lebanon the day after the war started in Iran After Phoebe Netanyahu and others warned Hezbollah not to join, saying, if you don't, we'll leave you alone. If you do, you're going to get a real harsh response.
And the reports are saying, Rick, this was already discussed between President Trump and Netanyahu in their meetings in Washington planning the war. And that it was actually, this is an interesting point, becoming clear that it was President Trump. That wanted to launch the campaign against the regime. Of course, Vivi went right along with it. He very much wanted that too.
But the idea wasn't the nuclear issue. Both men have said many times and said again recently, President Trump did, and so did Beebe, that they decimated Iran's nuclear program in the war a year ago, which was cut short by a week by President Trump, but nevertheless, 12 days of action. And as he said, it's buried. It's unusable. It's dust, he calls it.
and they can't make any nuclear bombs out of it.
So it wasn't really the issue that was propelling Trump, nor the issue that was propelling. Betsunyahu, it was the overthrow of the regime. That's what they had planned. And more details are leaking in the Israeli press that they had recruited Druze fighters in northern Iraq, where, of course, they have their own. Semi-autonomous state there that has good ties with the U.S.
and Israel, where Israel actually has a base up there, Rick. It's not talked about much, but they do. And the U.S., of course. Has several there, and they were going to arm tens of thousands of these Kurds who were going to cross the border, the northwest border. From Iraq into Iran.
That's a Kurdish area inside Iran already, so they would join up with them. They would then take the weapons that the US shipped them. Lots of weapons in and distribute them, start distributing them, and hope that would help the people to overthrow the government. In other words, the main aim at the beginning of the war was to help the Iranian people. COWIT just underwent a huge slaughter, as we all know.
Thousands, tens of thousands were killed in just two days of street protests against the regime. And to free them. And President Trump, of course, said that several times. Help us on the way. he posted, he said it verbally several times, it will help you.
Israel expressed the same feelings. Of course, that isn't even mentioned in the memorandum of understanding the Iranian people. And in fact, since the regime has not only survived but has been all week shouting loudly that it won the war, That it was victorious over the West. We had that statement just again this morning from the Iranian parliament speaker, Khaliba, that Israel has been eviscerated and that we have won this battle completely in all fronts. And the Israeli consensus seems to be, Rick, that that kind of is true.
Now, they acknowledge that great damage was done in the Six-week campaign earlier this year that they waged with the U.S. They're very grateful that President Trump was willing to remove the regime, but he wasn't willing, they felt, to go through with it all the way. Or they worried at the beginning, and I have to admit, Rick, that I worried at the beginning that he would cut it prematurely short because they would close the Straits of Hormuz, and this would cause enormous economic. Pain around the world, especially in Asia, it has, and that therefore the pressure on him. To end the war prematurely before the regime was ousted or before it was weakened to the point Where it could realistically be ousted could occur.
He vetoed the Kurdish operation in the end, Trump did, because Erdogan of Turkey apparently Phoned the president, heard about it, said, No, we don't want to see this happen. They're going to try to set up an autonomous state in Iran, like they've been trying to set up in my country, Turkey, for 35 years, and they have been in the southeast of Turkey, where there's a Kurdish majority.
So he didn't want to see it go through.
So the initial, the main point of the war, the main plan from the beginning was taken away.
Soon after that. And the Israelis were astonished, the reports are now saying, and realized that they. probably wouldn't attain the actual goal they have, which is to remove the regime or at least to completely destroy its missile programs, drone programs, which they did about eighty percent of Which is remarkable. But the other things, the Iranian Navy wasn't a threat. To Israel, or the Iranian Air Force really wasn't either, it's too far away, they're not that professional, not like the IDF is.
And so they were worried about the missiles, and that didn't really get taken care of. But now we have the regime. It is the same regime the Israelis are pointing out. Ghaliba has been involved in it for 40 years. The foreign minister who made anti-America statements, the new supreme leader, the son of the old one, called America the enemy yesterday in a post.
Nothing has really changed in terms of the war. They do feel emboldened, the Israelis believe. And the worst thing about the agreement, and I'll finish with this, is that they Feel that they got a lot of financial benefits immediately, which is in the accord. They're starting to sell oil today. Their ships are already leaving their ports.
They estimate four billion dollars a day will come in from that over the next sixty days. And they also are having sanctions lifted. They also have immediate access upon signing, which has been signed, to the international banking system and things, Rick, that they haven't had for some years.
So they ended up coming out of the war. with concessions, some would say. That they didn't dream of at the beginning of this year. And of course, the President declared victory when he declared the ceasefire.
So he sees that America has won the war, but it doesn't look that way. To the Israelis and others in the region. But the main thing is, if their freedom of action is limited in Lebanon, then they become vulnerable. And last night, Rick, four Israeli soldiers were killed, one from a kibbutz that I used to live on in the center of Israel. And that started a wave of Israeli responses.
They bombed a bunch of targets. And then Friday afternoon, a new ceasefire was declared, but it was declared by Washington. And Iran apparently was involved in direct talks over that. Israel was not. Hezbollah was not.
And frankly, Rick, there was after the four PM deadline Friday afternoon, there was more fighting continuing. Iran isn't going to give up its chance to scuttle the rest of the deal. They got their part out of it. that they most wanted, money and a resumption of business, And President Trump got what he most needed, they're saying, which is the reopening of the Straits of Hormuz.
So now that both have got the main things they wanted, the rest of it may or may not even happen as President Trump has said. Israel is facing real danger to its civilians in the North. Can you give us just a quick summary of the situation in Israel's North?
Well, again, Rick, to Netanyahu, who said when the war began in the end of February, we'll leave you alone Hezbollah in Lebanon if you don't attack us We'll leave you alone.
Well, the next day they did to avenge the death of the Ayatollah, and they said, Why? And now that Hezbollah feels emboldened again and is crowing about its quote victory, they're going to have to keep fighting them. What choice do they have? Again, Israel was not part of this deal, was not involved in the negotiations, was not even much consulted, we're hearing. And of course, that's insulting.
And the way the President and the Vice President have spoken about to Netanyahu personally this week, various comments have been very, very insulting, very demeaning, Rick. And the Israeli people are very, very worried. I can tell you that tonight. Dave Dolan for Prophecy Today. Dave, we're going to have to take a break right now, but if you could, could you come back with us after the break as we talk a little bit more about these negotiations in the future?
I'd be glad to, Rick.
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I'm Jimmy DeYoung Jr. Along with Rick, we've been examining current events in the light of God's prophetic word. Rick, sometimes I feel like we're preaching to the choir, but maybe this is the first time that someone has joined this program. And we want you to understand and all of our listeners to be reminded of why Islam is so evil. It is the most evil religion in the world, and its main goal is to wipe out the Jewish people.
Winky Media will be coming up again after David Dolan comes back to talk with us. But let's be reminded, all of us, that if America forsakes Israel, that will be the downfall of 250 years of history.
Well, let's bring back in David Dolan.
Well, that's right, Jimmy. Dave has agreed to come back and to talk with us a little bit more about what's going on here. And Dave, if he could, we've talked about this before, but just refresh our minds for our listeners as we look at the situation. We are negotiating with Iran.
Now, I believe we're negotiating on two different levels. We are trying to negotiate in good faith, but Iran, as is their religion, are not negotiating in good faith. Can you talk about that?
Well, Rick, we knew from previous administrations and diplomats, et cetera, that the Iranians are considered about the toughest negotiators on earth. They're very smart. They're very clever, and as you mentioned, their faith, their Islamic faith. Allows them to practice a deception. Against your enemy to regain your strength if you're defeated, if you're attacked.
Mohammed taught this. Then you um wait, you build yourself back up. You're quiet, you're peaceful, you don't keep going on. And then, when the time is right, you strike again. And that's exactly, of course, what the Israelis are worried about.
Now, they're worried about an immediate. Strike, Rick, because of course their leaders have said both Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday that they will. resume ballistic missile attacks upon tiny Israel if the fighting in Lebanon doesn't immediately stop.
Well, a few hours after the statement on Thursday was made by two of their leaders, a Hezbollah drone struck a tank in South Lebanon and killed four Israeli soldiers.
So it's not as if they were stopping. It's not as if Iran is making. them stop. They're just demanding that America make Israel stop.
Well, there's a difference there, Rick. The Hezbollah is a proxy force of Iran. They set it up, they fund it, they train it. It is their frontline force. Israel is not a proxy of the United States.
It's an ally, and it works with it in many ways. But it's a free democracy, 10 million people, and et cetera. Very pro-American, Rick. And the poll showed Trump was the most popular American president in decades in Israel, especially after last June's. Bombing campaign.
Now his popularity has gone way, way down. But yes, the Shiite regime that controls that Rick, they are devout. Muslims. They are devoted. to Mohammed's teachings, to his examples, and And of course, to their Imams and the 12th Imam in particular, and that's the Shiite version.
They had a split with the Sunnis right after Muhammad's time, and they've been fighting ever since. are determined to spread the Islamic revolution, they call it, the resistance they call it, to the entire world. They've said that all along. And as you and I have said, you remember it as a boy, you told me, The first thing the regime did was take over the U.S. Embassy in 1979 and hold us capti hold our people captive for over a year.
So Rick, that's who they are, and the Israelis were obviously willing to join this a campaign with President Trump, surprised by it at first, we're hearing. didn't expect it and frankly again didn't see the need to do it right now because there wasn't perceived to be an imminent threat of a nuclear attack or something like that unless they already as I've said before as well, unless they already have a field nuclear weapon or something else in the area that they can quickly deploy.
So the regime overthrow is what they were hoping. The regime is determined to survive. It has apparently now. And to them, that is a victory. And to get the oil sanctions lifted, which have been immediately done, and to get the banking system back going and the oil sales uh ramped up again.
is a tremendous financial boost and certainly will get them through. They were being defeated, the Treasury Secretary said. by the economic measures America was taking, those have been lifted. And so the expectation is they're going to still be there. And of course, we've talked about it prophetically, Rick, from For many years, I've written about it in books, and others have that Persia, Iran will be a declared.
enemy of Israel will attack Israel with a joint coalition that Turkey's involved with, probably Russia is involved with, most believe, and other states are listed in Africa, et cetera. It's listed as that.
So we know at the very end of time, and I think you agree with me, the signs are we're nearing those times at the very least. that they will have a hostile to Israel regime.
Now of course, it says in Zachariah, all the nations eventually at the very, very end will come up against Jerusalem to fight against it. But this is a separate battle that is going to take place, and they're involved in it.
So This regime is sadly. apparently not going anywhere. Dave Dolan reporting for Prophecy Today, giving us an update not only on the political but also the prophetic perspective as we look at what is going on in the Middle East right now.
So much going on, so much to be concerned about, so much to pray for, but also to realize that God is in control and we know what is going to happen in the future, don't we, Dave? We do, and that is the silver lining that all of us can hold on to in these very, very difficult times as an American. who lived in Israel thirty three years, it's very, very difficult for me to see the split between Trump and Netanyahu, and I'm sure you feel the same way being there so many, many times. But the Jewish people are not dependent, as the President said, on him for their existence or their continuing existence. He helps and has helped, and they very much appreciated the action last year in particular.
But uh it's Israel's God that is its protector and its sovereign. And uh he that keeps Israel Doesn't take vacations, doesn't slumber, doesn't sleep. And so that's what we can hope for. That's what we can trust in, I should say, because it is true. And we've seen it so many times he's delivered them.
And the Bible makes clear, all the prophecies make clear. He will deliver Israel. He will, as Paul said, save them even in the end. And we're approaching that time. Silver lining there, and may he also rescue many, many people in Iran and around the world.
And hopefully, Rick, this trouble will stir up people's souls, that they'll start. Searching like 9-11 did, et cetera, that they'll start searching. And the Israelis have. have been doing that since the october seventh. attack over two years ago.
Dave Dolan for Prophecy Today. Dave, thanks so much. You're welcome, Nick. God bless. Rick, you and I and David, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, but we do understand that there will be the time of Jacob's trouble.
It's a biblical phrase from the passage of Jeremiah 37 referring to a period of unparalleled distress for the nation of Israel that is to come. But to finish our analysis on what's going on, we need to bring in our Jewish statesman, Yusrael Madad, to talk to us about what his understanding of the MOU is all about.
Well, that's right, Jumi. I have Yisrael Madad with us. He is a frequent guest on this program. He's a long time Israeli commentator, author and analyst. We call him Winkie because that is his nickname, and he comes to us today from his home in Shiloh, Israel.
Winkie, thanks for being with us today. Thank you once again for having me on.
Well, Winky, we've been talking today about this memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States. Could you give us your thoughts?
Well, look, there there's a lot of things to say about it, and we don't have that much time. More than anything else, it's puzzling to me because I read it twice. And it's like, as he said, it's a memorandum of understanding.
So it's not a peace treaty. It's not an end of war. Uh surrender document. It's saying uh We're going to do a few things within the next thirty and sixty days. In other words, is there still a lot of things to do?
So I'm not sure what the final document is going to look like. Right now though, there are several, I don't know, Sticking points. I think it's the third paragraph or the first. I can't remember now. It mentions Lebanon.
As far as I know, United States is not involved in a war with Lebanon. or hostilities.
So why should that be in there? Second thing is it says that America should not interfere in Iran's internal affairs.
Well I'm not mistaken, I remember. Mr. Trump getting very involved in Iran's internal affairs, even to the extent of telling demonstrators on the streets against the regime That he's got their back. And I bring that in not only to remind people of that. But of course I'm reading the media, I'm listening to the media, and they're playing it up as if Israel is the only one that doesn't like the agreement.
I'm sure there are millions of Iranians that are not very happy. And when I say they're not very happy, I'm not talking about politics, strategy, or those political things. I'm talking about the moral message. And I think President Trump and especially Mr. Vance, who's supposed to be.
I think now a Catholic. I'm not quite sure whether he has converted already or not. Should take into consideration. I mean, that's what we, I think, most of the people who are listening to this program. Besides voting, And getting engaged in politics.
They also have another agenda, which is. for everybody involved is called faith based. They bring in certain biblical or religious or Whatever you want to call it, considerations. On the level of morality, ethics, and when we talk about peace. We talk about peace with a eye in the future.
And so a lot of these things I don't see in the memorandum, and that's A wrap up for my first Answer to your question.
Well, perhaps the most charitable thing we could say about this understanding, this agreement, is that it is not final. There's sixty days and then maybe another extension for another sixty days. Essentially, the final agreement could look different, but this is certainly not a good look. It's almost like it's a capitulation to that regime that has been so brutal to the entire Middle East and, like you said, its own people as well. Yeah.
I mean, I take, you know, the nuclear uh issue I might have missed something. It's basically Iran says, we're going to do We're going to agree, but there's nothing there's no mechanism.
So I presume the next, as you say, thirty or sixty days or Extensions We'll work that out. It's kind of easy, basically. To put a mechanism in place. Either the United States or the International Oversight Commission. gets to go into Iran.
In fact, if I'm not mistaken. That's what they used to do. Not that we trusted that much or that they were led into everywhere they wanted to go, but That's very simple. That's what we did before. And uh completely releasing $300 billion or something like that for reconstruction, if I have my details right.
It's quite funny because on Thursday evening we heard Vice President Vance reminding Israelis who don't like the agreement that America supplies two-thirds of our defense needs. at the expense of the American taxpayer.
Well, the American taxpayer now is going to refund Iran. How do you feel about that?
So um Maybe he, Mr. Trump, the President, wanted this done as fast as possible. And is hoping that his hard line or his previous hard line position would be We'll come out. During the next 60 days. In the meantime, people get a little bit more economic stability.
Some elections might run. I don't know.
Some primaries. I'm not quite up on where that situation is. Your elections in November. Maybe that's he wants to get over that bump. and then get back to his old normal Trump of dropping bombs on Iran if they don't want to do anything.
But uh It really it's a bit of a disappointment based On what Trump said and promised And his character up until about Two and a half to three weeks ago.
Well, let's talk about that a little bit. President Trump, by all accounts, and if you look at his first administration and doing things like moving the embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing the Golan Heights, and of course he did initiate this war. He did support Israel the first time when he bombed the nuclear facility there during the Twelve Day War.
So he has been supportive of Israel. He's been a friend to Israel. Do you think this is kind of a change, something that is going to be a marker in the ground that you're going to have to be concerned about in the future with President Trump? A. I don't think so.
I think he's under tremendous pressure internally, home politics. Economy Attacks from the extreme right wing within the Republican Party or the conservative movement, whatever you want to call it. And maybe it feels uncomfortable. And it does things to people who are politicians. On the other hand, he's the President.
Unless there's a revolt in Congress, he's not going to be president again.
So You know, they always used to say they wandered Israel. Don't get into a fight with a president. who is not facing reelection. Because he'll do whatever he wants to, because he has nothing to lose. On the other hand, as you said, he's been very positive, so I think Again, as you said, to be generous.
What I'd like to investigate and find out. Isn't that? Why the deal is wrong. That's that takes about five minutes or less. And if you read the entire document, Uh but what's bothering him?
That I'd like to know. I mean, he has. Amista Rubio. Who is not a Mr. Vance in terms of ability, experience?
So But the Republican Party has good candidates for the next A couple of elections. are coming up, either midterms or not. Maybe someone's convinced them that he's in danger of losing the Republican Party.
Well, he shouldn't blame Israel for that. There are things and other people to blame for that. And to fix it. It's not a big problem. Very interesting, I'm sure that those elections are playing a part in all this.
And I want to follow up on what you talked about with Vice President Vance.
Now, he is the Vice President. He's one heartbeat away from being the president again. He's probably the nominee for the Republican Party for president in 2028. Maybe between him and Marco Rubio, this is all very interesting. But he has been the architect of this deal.
He seems to have taken some ownership. He said a lot of worrying things from my point of view and possibly from yours as well. He slammed Israel, the freak out that he called it over this Iran deal. And he mentioned that he thinks that President Trump is the only world leader who still likes Israel.
Some of the stuffs he says is pretty concerning. Can you give me your thoughts on Vice President Vance? I agree with you. It's it's concerning because it's it's sort of directed in the wrong direction. If there's criticism, deal with the criticism.
Say Israel has nothing to worry about. Uh we're not uh we put in Lebanon because we don't want Hezbollah to attack Israel.
Well Hezbollah is attacking Israel every day. Uh we're losing soldiers still because of the tax. Um there hasn't been so far a Attacks on civilian targets. which caused Uh the bombings There are the strikes in the Dakhia neighborhood in southern Beirut. Which riled Mr.
Trump because why? Not because they were uncorrect. Because of Sparta and the Iranians.
Well, listen, if we won the war, what do you care so much about the Iranians? They're supposed to be making peace or making arrangements with you to calm everything down. What are you afraid of them?
So that that's what I say. I mean, I'm not understanding what's bothering him. Because if what's bothering him Is illogical or shouldn't be bothering him, then we have a legitimate criticism. Mr. Trump, you're paying attention to the wrong people, the wrong topics, the wrong agenda.
The wrong issues, the wrong news.
So I'm sorry for being so not sharp. I'm not decisive in my answers of yes or no. But I'm just trying to raise for you and our listeners because One of the purposes I come on this program over the years is to get people to think. to consider that there's another option. or when you're facing a choice Why make this decision or that decision about it?
Let's think together about What you know. what the real politics is. What the Bible says about it, what ethics says about it. And then make your decision, not just based on one aspect of why you should make a decision. Winky, we certainly appreciate your insight as you helped to inform us.
And again, you're helping us to think, helping us to basically put together a view, a world view on this situation based on a lot of different factors, not just one.
Well, another story that came out this week is President Trump, and I don't know if it was offhanded or why or how he said it, but he suggested that instead of Israel being able to take care of Hezbollah and Lebanon there, that Syria might do it.
Now you're living in the land. Your thoughts on that statement from President Trump?
Well, maybe you just woke up from a nap. First of all, the Julani. The head of Syria excused himself from the equation.
So that got shut down. Not literally, but very quickly, but uh Did he mean that Syria should kill or disarm. Hezbollah people? That's not going to happen.
Well, that's not going to happen. Uh so uh I don't see how it can happen. I mean I've been around Israel now five decades. I remember Syria getting very much involved. in Lebanon affairs, not to the best interest of the Lebanese.
Uh so um I don't know. I don't know where they came from. Maybe someone in the back of the room Mumbled it and then he picked it up. I'm not quite sure. Maybe Vance said it.
Would show us how brilliant Mr. Vance is. But still, no, that knocked me for a loop, if I can say so. You're helping us to look at this situation from an international perspective, but now let's look at it at a at least on the Israeli level, the local political level. Not only do we have upcoming elections here in the United States, but Israel has elections as well.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is going to be up for election. He announced that he's running again. Can you tell us how this affects him, especially since he's Essentially, he tied himself to his relationship, his friendship with President Trump, and how important that is. Can you talk about that?
Well, he'll still go through with that connection with Trump because he'll say, and I think he's correct. He's the only one who can deal with Trump. Even when Trump has a bad day. Or a bed week. If any of the other Israeli politicians are claiming they can deal with Trump better, To use an American expression.
They speak with a forked tongue. Anyway, uh The issue is There is no one who has and I think I said this Maybe for the past two or three elections. No one has the international experience. And the uh reputation In this positive sense, I mean the admiration. Despite all that Israel is in right now in terms of world opinion, Then baby Nathaniel.
The boating population here. Likes him. Nostali Bernard. who we thought might be. A threat.
has been dropping in the polls. Various reasons for that, but he's made a lot of wrong decisions and too many decisions. Every time an issue comes up that could be used against Peavy, he's for it. Whether it's this way or that way, it doesn't make a difference. We have another politician by the name of Eisenklutz.
who used to be a uh head of the army and he he was in the previous National government during the war. Again, he's being portrayed as The great white hope, but I don't think he has any hope.
So. Especially with his trial. Going the way it is. He can use it to his best advantage as being persecuted. Not only prosecuting.
So I'm not saying it's going to be a wide margin. But I still think even with the problems of the mobilization or the enlistment of the Harry Deep, uh the ultra orthodox. Sector of the population. I don't think at this point, anyway, in the foreseeable future. Anyone has a possible coalition.
of sixty one that could beat him. Final question I have for you, Winky, I know you have your concerns on this agreement between the United States and Iran, and I do too. Talked about them at depth on this program. But as we look to the future, since October 7th, Israel has demonstrated strength. They have demonstrated that they have the ability to protect themselves.
And we look at this agreement. Maybe it gives Israel a few months, hopefully, a period of calm for them to recover, maybe even for tourism to recover as we look into the future. If you could, Winkie, give us a hopeful look into the future. Look, the only hope right now I can give you. Mm-hmm.
I had an interview with a uh Professor from Boston. This past weekend, he said to me, I'm amazed. Your country is basically still in the middle of a war. And everywhere I go there's construction. Doesn't make sense.
Usually in war we can shuts down. Especially anything has nothing to do with war industry. I mean, you know, if we can remember what we read reading during World War II. you know, the men went off to war and all the women or the available women went into the uh The war industry producing shells, guns, and stuff like that. That's not happening in Israel.
So obviously we have a very good support system for our Economy I I think we're killing the d the dollar right now. But of course. We're facing Especially in Europe. And here I join uh Pete the Hegseth's In his criticism of Europe, The elections now in Britain have brought more Muslims To the head of various councils and cities. And again I have nothing against Muslims.
But the whole object of people moving from one country to another. is to basically as much as possible without losing your identity to integrate into that country. And that's what the Jews did in the United States over the past three hundred years. There's no doubt about it. We integrated very well, even though we kept our identity as a special community and as a different religion than the Christian religion.
I don't see that happening in Germany, France, England. Sweden, Norway Um Spain. on certain parts of Spain, It's beginning to grow in in Italy. And then Hungary lost an election when Hungary was the most strongest state. Against this Islamist In the flux.
Israel might have a problem. Only because Europe And hopefully not the American uh country in the United States uh will not get involved in this uh allowing an Islamist take over or or influence over influence. More than now. That's that's if that's the case, Everything will become will be okay with them and with the United States and with Israel and the relationship. Winky Madad for Prophecy Today.
Winky, as always, we appreciate your insight. We appreciate you helping us to think about these things from a different perspective. Thanks so much. Look forward to talking to you again soon. Thank you for having me on.
Goodbye to you and our listeners. Yesreel Madad, thank you, Yisrael, for a great understanding of what you're feeling and what the Jewish people are feeling. And I'm reminded of the promise in the book of Genesis, chapter 12, where it talks about those that bless Israel, I will bless, those that curse Israel, I will curse. Welcome back, Dr. Jimmy D.
Young, and the roadmap of Bible Prophecy, right here on Prophecy Today, weekend. Mm-hmm. Welcome back to Prophecy Today. I'm Jimmy DeYoung Jr., and along with my brother Rick, we are examining current events in the light of God's prophetic program. Rick, on this Father's Day edition, we're reminded of our father, Dr.
Jimmy DeYoung, who 27 years ago started Prophecy Today. Weekend program. Jimmy, we certainly are, and we are both fathers ourselves. And now, proud to carry on the legacy as we continue to share. And now it's more important than ever, as you see all the news that we see in the world this week.
It's so important that we are able to share to fit it all into God's prophetic plan. And Jimmy, we're so happy to do that. We are proud also that we have people that continue to partner with us in this ministry. If you'd like to do so as well, pray for us and also consider prayerfully supporting us. Go to our website at prophecytoday.com.
Yes, and every week we seem to get new listeners and people that have never heard the program, but are very thankful that they're being edified and educated at the same time.
Well, on our legacy series this week, we're going to continue To study Bible prophecy. Over the last several weeks we've Been studying about the future and what God's Word tells us What will happen? We've been studying Bible prophecy with Dr. Jimmy D. Young in the Legacy series.
Today we'll begin a study of the book of Ezekiel found in the Old Testament. But before we begin our study, Dr. DeJoun would like to review our previous studies on the keys to understanding God's plan for. For the future. Doctor Jimmy D.
Young, and the Legacy series. Just reminding you again as we go through these Five keys to unlocking God's plan for the future. The first day we talked about the roadmap through eschatology. The rapture, the seven-year tribulation, the return, thousand-year millennial kingdom, the great white throne judgment, and then into eternity future. If indeed you're going to study Bible prophecy and come to some conclusions where God is in his time, you're going to have to understand this roadmap through eschatology.
We understand that the rapture is the next event, and there's nothing has to happen before it. No prophecy must be fulfilled. Every prophecy yet to be fulfilled will be fulfilled after the rapture of the church or someplace before it. Then we talked about focusing on the Jew and Jerusalem, and that will be key. to being able to know what God is doing in His time.
On this roadmap through eschatology, you can place every single Prophetic event that is yet to happen. And that will then enhance your understanding of exactly how we are in a, I believe, a time in history like never before when the Lord is about to return. We started then with Daniel, a timeline for the Gentile. Remember, three members of the human family: Gentiles, Jews, and Christians. Each of those members of the human family have a timeline.
For the Gentile, it's the book of Daniel. That begins the times of the Gentile world powers. And we looked at Daniel and four major chapters in Daniel: chapters 2, 7, 9, and 11. Chapter 2 talked about the Gentile world powers that would come into existence. The Babylonian Empire, the Medo-Persian Empire, the Grecian Empire, and the Roman Empire, which has basically never been completed.
According to Daniel chapter 7, it's to reach out and control the entire known world, and that is the revived Roman Empire, the ten toes of iron and clay over in chapter 2 of Daniel. Also, the ten horns of Daniel chapter 7 and verse 7, as it talks about a unit. that would be of some type, ten kingdoms, ten regions, ten nations, whatever that would make up the revived Roman Empire. And that yet to come to power. And then after that there will arise one, the little horn, Daniel chapter seven and verse eight.
That's his name in Daniel 7. In Daniel 9, he's the prince that shall come, verse 26. In chapter 11, verse 36, he's the willful king. Jesus called him the false Messiah. Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2 called him the wicked one, the man of sin, the son of perdition.
In Revelation, John the Revelator called him the beast out of the sea, and that word beast used 42 times after chapter 13, verse 1 in Revelation, which lays out the activities of the Antichrist, which that is his name given in 1 John chapter 2. The Bible tells us that this man, Revelation 13, a man that Satan selects, will be energized by Satan. He will receive his power and his seat of authority. From Satan himself, and he will be used to cause the world to fall under his leadership. In chapter 17 of the book of Revelation, it says we have five Gentile world powers already.
That would be the Egyptian, the Assyrian, the Babylonian, the Grecian, and excuse me, the Medo-Persian, and the Grecian. And then he said there's a sixth, the Roman, and a seventh yet to come, the revived Roman Empire. And out of that seventh come the eighth, which is made up of the seventh, and that's the Antichrist and his rule during this seven-year period of time. The satanic trinity will be the major player, and that's Daniel chapter 9, verse 27. Jesus gave a lot of information as well about those days.
He said in Matthew chapter 24, verses 4, 5, 11, and 24, that the number one sign, you might remember Jesus in Matthew 24, it was Monday afternoon of the Passion Week, and after teaching on the Temple Mount, he left and he went to the Mount of Olives. and he delivered his famous Olivet discourse. And they asked him, would you give us some signs of your coming? By the way, I've told you that Matthew 24 does not deal with Christians, it's dealing with Jews and Gentiles. It's interesting to note that the Jews require a sign, 1 Corinthians 1, verse 22.
And they will receive those signs which Jesus gave them. And he said, the number one sign is deception. He uses that word deception four times in Matthew 24, verses 4, 5, 11, and 24. In fact, in verse 24, he says the way that that deception will be communicated is through signs, wonders, and miracles.
Now we must be aware of the fact. That is a lead-up to the appearance of Antichrist, signs, wonders, and miracles. We have a proliferation of signs, wonders, and miracles today. If you don't believe that, just go on any so-called Christian television network station on your television, and you'll see a proliferation of signs, wonders, and miracles. The other day I was at the house, Judy and I were there home for just a day.
And I had the clicker in my hand. And I was controlling the surfing through the channels. And we came to one of these so-called Christian television networks. If I told you the man's name, you'd recognize it immediately. But here's what he said: He said, Do you have a dead loved one at your house?
Roll their casket into the living room up beside the television. Turn on this television Christian network. Lift the hand of your dead loved one out of the casket, put it on the television. Thou'll be resurrected from the dead. It's a lie from the pit.
And we get so involved, so many Christians are duped. By these things that they see. You you're probably maybe thinking, Doctor de Young, don't you think that Jesus can perform a miracle? Listen. I believe Jesus can do whatever he wants to.
I don't tell him what he does and what he doesn't do. I tell you what he says. He said deception. Through signs, wonders, and miracles. Chapter 13 of the book of Revelation.
They will use signs, wonders, and miracles to cause the world to worship the Antichrist. Chapter 16, verse 13. Satan, Antichrist, and false prophet will use signs, wonders, and miracles together. The people at Jerusalem for that Campaign of Armageddon. And so it is throughout all of the Scriptures.
In prophetic passages, you'll see signs, wonders, and miracles are a lead-up. And that's what Jesus was talking about, and that prepares the way for the Antichrist. Today, we come to the second member of the human family, and that would be the Jewish people. And God has an end-time scenario, a timeline for the Jewish people as well, and that's found in the book of Ezekiel.
So, if you will, go with me to the book of Ezekiel. This is a time When Ezekiel is going to be, after having studied for 28 years and become qualified as a priest, chapter 1 of the book of Ezekiel says that Ezekiel is 30 years of age. That's the age when a Jewish young man will become a priest. Ezekiel, we know, is a priest. He is also a prophet.
There's several other men who were prophets as well as priests. Jeremiah and Zachariah were both priests and prophets as well. God uniquely chooses people to do what He wants them to do with their background many, many times so that He can accomplish what He wants. We're going to see in the end that in chapters 40 to 46, 202 verses, Ezekiel is going to lay out the coming temple for the Messiah, Messiah's temple or the millennial temple. And He has selected the man who would be best to do that, the prophet priest Ezekiel.
When we start the passage, though, start the study of Ezekiel, he is not yet a prophet. He is a priest, and he's going to be taken out of the land of Israel into the Babylonian captivity. Daniel in 605 BC was taken into the Babylonian captivity. 597 BC is when Ezekiel is going to be taken out into the Babylonian captivity. And he's going to be taken to a place called Temple.
Tel Aviv.
Now, it's not the Tel Aviv that we know in Israel. This one is in the area, the region of Babylon. It's on the Chabar River, and it's a tributary off the Euphrates River. And that's where Ezekiel and about 10,000 Jewish people are taken to be in the captivity. It is at this time when God gives Ezekiel the idea that he is going to be a prophet.
Look at chapter 2, if you will, with me, verse 3. And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel. To a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. For they are an impudent children and stiff-hearted.
By the way, that's not an anti-Semitic statement. I've used that term about the Jewish people, saying they are hard-headed, stiff-necked, and hard-hearted. That's what the Lord is telling to Ezekiel. These are an impudent people. They're going to be a people that rebel against you.
Verse 5. And they, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear, for they are a rebellious house, yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. And so God takes this man who's qualified to be a priest, He makes him a prophet, He sends him to His own people, a rebellious, hard-headed, stiff-necked, hard-hearted people, a people that are going to mock Ezekiel every time he tries to bring some judgment or reveal, communicate to them some judgment of some type. In chapter 3, he makes him a watchman as well. Look at verse 17.
Son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel.
Now, in Biblical times, a watchman was one who would stand up on the wall of the city, and every city had a wall. That was their line of defense. Every one of these walled cities would have a watchman that would walk and look out across the horizon to see if there was an approaching enemy. Should there be an enemy approaching, he would quickly turn around and Yell at the people. Announce there is an incoming danger of some type.
Well, God has a plan for, I think, not only Ezekiel, but many of us, all of us, in fact, should be a watchman. Again, look at verse 17 and see what a watchman does.
Son of man, and by the way, that phrase son of man is used a number of times in Ezekiel. It's God's favorite name for Ezekiel. The only other time that phrase is used in the Bible is in the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and once over in the book of Revelation. And that was the name for Jesus Christ.
So this is how much. Ezekiel was endeared to God the Father.
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel. Therefore, hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from me. The watchman will hear the word from God. Hear exactly what God wants to be communicated and warn the people. If anything, I guess my ministry would have to be that of a watchman.
Endeavoring to study the prophetic word of God, looking at current events in light of the prophetic scenario found in God's word, and then warning the people of what is going to happen. That's exactly what God does to Ezekiel. God does indeed make the prophet Ezekiel a watchman. Remember, a watchman, according to Ezekiel three seventeen, A watchman will hear the word from the Lord and then warn the people. I believe that God wants both you and me to be watchmen as we hear the prophetic word of God telling us of the future we must warn the people of this world.
You know, as we watch the current events happening in our world to day, and compare them with the prophetic scenario that's found in Ezekiel for the last days, we indeed must be about warning people that Jesus is coming again.
Next week on the broadcast, we'll continue our study of Ezekiel and learn how the Lord uniquely used this man to warn the Jewish people of God's plan for the future. Dr. Jimmy DeYoung and the Legacy Series. We're going to take a break, and when we come back, Rick and I will take a look at the book right here on Prophecy Today Weekend. I'm Ruth Kramer with Mission Network News.
Myanmar's president is visiting China this week, yet its junta government still faces legitimacy questions. The voice of the Martyrs USA is Todd Nettleton. The fact that the leader of this is now on a state visit to China and being welcomed with open arms, meeting with Xi Jinping, really shows at least that the Chinese government is willing to accept the results of that election. I'm fairly confident they will spend that at home as: look, we are the legitimate leaders. Even China recognizes it, and yet there is still a lot of questions about the election.
In Myanmar, people face economic and political instability, and Christians have added the layer of religious persecution. Pray for the church in Myanmar to remain faithful witnesses to Christ. And have you ever heard the phrase, it takes a village to raise a child?
Well, a similar process applies to scripture delivery. It takes a whole team to get scripture booklets from the factory to the port to people in need. WMP's Helen Williams says, Christians in Venezuela put this process to the test after a three-year wait. God provided Maria when the previous national coordinator retired. She had 10 pastors, and the order came in 10 separate pallets.
She got it cleared and then delivered to each of the individual pastors. Pastors got about 96,000 booklets in each pallet, and then they distributed it through their network, which would be their church or their community. The distribution began. About as soon as the boxes arrived. Pray wisdom as Maria coordinates WMP's deliveries in both Argentina and Uruguay.
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Welcome back to Prophecy Today. I'm Jimmy De Young Jr., and along with my brother Rick, we've been examining current events in the light of God's prophetic word. And Rick, I've used two verses in this program today. One about the Abrahamic blessing in Genesis chapter 12. I will make thee a great nation, I will bless you, and make your name great.
And you shall be a blessing. And I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse them. Who curses you? And in you, all the families of the earth shall be blessed. And then I also talked about the period of the time of Jacob's trouble, which is talked about in Jeremiah 30, verse 7.
You know, as we think about all of this today, We do have some differing of opinions on the MOU and President Trump's. Way forward in dealing with the Middle East. Jimmy, that's certainly true. I mean, I think you could look at this as a glass half full as you look at maybe what could be if President Trump holds people and the current administration hold Iran to this agreement and hold their feet to the fire. But also, this in a certain light looks like a capitulation.
And so, you know, Jimmy, I think this reminds me of the fact that. Uh we are not here to To put our faith in a U.S. president. We are not here to put our faith in Donald Trump. I mean, it reminds me of the previous election.
I went to church. I was talking to the pastor, and his message was: look, we're not Republicans, we're not Democrats. You know, of course, vote your conscience, vote what you think is the best way, is the best candidate that at least most closely aligns with your Christian worldview. But in general, we're not to put our faith in world leaders. We're to put our faith in, first of all, to scripture and to Bible prophecy.
God has given us the gift of Bible prophecy, letting us know what's going to happen in the future.
So we have that for us. But, you know, we understand that God's in control. And no matter what happens with this MOU or whatever happens going forward, we know that God's going to continue to be in control and He's going to continue to use world leaders to bring about His plan. That is certainly true, Rick. And again, you know, we talk about.
When a voting, and we have a voting season coming up here, there are criteria that we use. A politician stands on the sanctity of life and the sanctity of marriage, and how a politician stands on the nation of Israel. I closed out our session with Yisrael Madad talking about the nation that doesn't, any nation, really, but if our nation doesn't, as we're celebrating 250 years of America as a nation. We could be if we turn our backs on Israel or we go a different direction or we try to control. And leave Israel out of the mix in the Middle East, then I think the nation of America.
even with its two hundred and fifty years of history, would go down, as previous nations have in past history. That's right, Jimmy. You and I have we've both done videos with our late father as we talk about America's role in Bible prophecy and the role that America has played in general in the world as we look at the founding as a Christian nation. And that is certainly true. And a tear comes to my eye.
I mean, July 4th is right around the corner. And I, you know, I. And salute the veterans, and I am aligned with the flag, and of course, I'm sentimental about that as well. But above all, Jimmy, we're Christians. We align with what the Bible says.
That's where we are. We have had the advantage or the luxury, I guess you would call it, of living in a nation where, for the most part, we were we've been al allowed to Express ourselves, allow to be Christians without persecution, and that's something that we should be grateful for, and that's something we should be grateful to our country for. But again, It's just so important that we realize what we are. We are Christians. We are believers in this world.
We're not long for this world. And, you know, it looks like as things continue to go on around the world, we may not be long for this world at all. As you look at, you know, it looks like the rapture could be right around the corner. It looks like the tribulation could be ready to begin at any moment.
So let's just keep our focus, keep the main thing, the main thing, as we continue to participate in our country, participate in our democracy. But remember where we are in God's timeline and God's plan and keep our priorities straight. And again, what's our priority, Jimmy? Sharing the gospel. That's what we are to be doing as believers right now.
Yeah, I thought it was interesting. Uh as David Dolan talked about even after 9-11 how people Prepared themselves for the future, and that was a date. An infamy, but you know, looking at the future, October 7th was certainly up the timeline of Bible prophecy, as world leaders have up the timeline of Bible prophecy by decisions that they make. And so, yes, you're absolutely right. We are believers, we're believers in Jesus Christ, we're Christians, we believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and that is the way that God provided for us.
For mankind, all of mankind. To have a restored relationship with him, to be eternally with him in the heavens. And that's what we need to continue to preach and teach and to bring God the glory and honor in all that we do. It's an evil world out there where it's not going to get better. We know that.
We see that every day. The things that we cover on this program are talking about Bible prophecies that will be fulfilled in the future. And when you look at the roadmap of Bible prophecy, it all begins with the rapture of the church, which certainly could happen at any moment as you and I, as we monitor. on a daily basis the things that are happening in the Middle East. And, Jimmy, one thing we certainly could do, even as we look at these signs, as we look at the things that are happening in the world today, we can certainly pray, can't we, Jimmy?
Because we can pray for our country, we could pray for our world leaders, and we can pray as we continue to look around the world. God gave us the gift of Bible prophecy to let us know the signs, to let us know what was happening.
Now we should be on our knees like at no other time in history because things are so precarious and the stakes are high. I think the time is going to be nigh, and I think I can't imagine that the Lord will tarry too much longer. But who knows? We don't know exactly what's going to happen. We don't know what his plans are.
And being on our knees in prayer for our country, and prayer for the world, and prayer for the world leaders, that's something that each and every one of us should be doing. Yes, we are instructed to do that by God's Word.
Well, Rick, thanks for doing the program this week, and we look forward to the rapture of the church. which with everything that we have seen can't be that far away. Let's keep looking up. Until Thank you so much for joining us today. This is Jay Johnson, inviting you to join us again next week for more of Prophecy Today.
