1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,720 Hallelujah, that garment of the high priest that was passed down 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,560 from father to son, father to son, father to son. 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:14,360 That old garment had all the oil of the previous high priests 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,120 that were anointed in that garment in the garment. 5 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:22,480 But still, yet when that new king took position, all that oil 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:28,600 from the previous kingships wasn't enough, took a fresh 7 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:32,080 anointing on that king. Amen. 8 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:37,760 This coming weekend, this is our revival services for the Michael 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,320 Moppin. All right So Friday night at 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,240 7:00 and then he'll be preaching also Sunday morning and Sunday 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,680 night on Sunday on Saturday however is our annual chili 12 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,800 supper in hayride that starts at 4. 13 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,760 There will be schedules posted here about when what is taking 14 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,040 place or what may overlap, some other things. 15 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,840 You'll know all that. There'll be stuff posted around 16 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,560 here that day that one form you on that. 17 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,600 Concerning the Cone Corn Ho competition, we are doing away 18 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,240 with any entry fees. And so if you wanted to be a 19 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:15,120 part, but you know that stood in your way, anybody can be a part. 20 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,680 No entry fee. If you already submitted an 21 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,440 entry fee, you'll be getting that back. 22 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,440 All right, You'll be getting that back. 23 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,640 We still though have two trophies to award and there will 24 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,280 still be a cash prize awarded by the 1st Apostolic Church, but 25 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,920 there isn't no entry fee, all right, nothing like that 26 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,680 involved. All right, so you still have 27 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,080 tonight you can get you a partner and swing them round and 28 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,040 round for the old corn hole competition. 29 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,200 All right, I already got the trophies there in my office. 30 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,640 Be one for each each team member. 31 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,640 All right, And so just be mindful of that out on the 32 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,800 bulletin board. There's still sign up sheets for 33 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,360 the food items needed. There's some lines still left on 34 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,560 that. There are also some lines left I 35 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,760 think on the volunteering to either set up, tear down or 36 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,560 stuff in between that Brother Mason has out there that you can 37 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,640 sign your name to and participate in as well. 38 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,759 If there's anything else that I forgot someone can pull on my 39 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:13,920 coattail, my wife can or such. Also, just a friendly reminder 40 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:18,760 to whenever you made your missionary commitments back in 41 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,200 the month of March and they started the month of April, 42 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,520 there is a shortfall right now and that some are behind, so we 43 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,320 just ask. If you're not sure if that's 44 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:28,800 you, just check with Sister Mason. 45 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,640 She'll be happy to help you to see where you're at concerning 46 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:35,040 that and so on and so forth. So just try to be diligent. 47 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:36,720 Amen. Concerning that tonight you may 48 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,040 be seated. I've had you standing. 49 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,720 I'm so sorry you can be seated. I'm not springboarding from Jose 50 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,680 again, by no means I'm not going to put it up there, but we are 51 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,880 destroyed for a lack of knowledge as well Jose and told 52 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,040 us nonetheless. We're just going to dive on in 53 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:56,120 here tonight with Election 2024 part #2 here this evening. 54 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,920 And let's, I think this goes without saying, but I think we 55 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:03,160 should just say that, and we maybe made mention this a little 56 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,400 bit last week, There are no perfect candidates, OK? 57 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,240 As long as candidates are made-up of humanity, there will 58 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,720 never be a perfect candidate. And so there never has been. 59 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,640 There never will be. There will be no singular 60 00:03:15,640 --> 00:03:20,120 candidate that 100% aligned with perfectly all your spiritual 61 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,800 values and your moral values. Seriously doubt that. 62 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,560 And so as you go forward and you support maybe one candidate or 63 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:32,280 the other, it, it, it's probably not about them identifying 100% 64 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,920 with your morality because they're probably not going to. 65 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:40,440 But it's about us considering as a, as Christians about putting 66 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,000 somebody in the most powerful position in the United States of 67 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,720 America, right? It's about that and the ripple 68 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:52,280 impact that that could have on us as a society and realizing 69 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,560 that that person can either help dilute or defend a lot of the 70 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,720 liberties we have as or has had as an American people. 71 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,840 And so we just keep those things in mind as we as we go forward 72 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:07,480 to the polls. And they tell me and Sister 73 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,240 Robert just handed me a thing before church. 74 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,240 There were millions of Christians that didn't vote last 75 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,360 year, millions that did not vote last year. 76 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,720 And so it's, it's a great privilege that's been given to 77 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,880 us to be able to do that. I was even talking with my 78 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,160 daughter the other day. I said, I think what's happened 79 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,560 is we're so far removed when women didn't have a right to 80 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,760 vote, when others didn't have the, the novelty of being able 81 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,480 to vote, That privilege that was extended several years ago, 82 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,560 however long ago, I think we lost in the understanding of how 83 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,360 much of A privilege that really is. 84 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,080 And so since we're so far removed from that, it, it, it 85 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,560 just becomes less important to people. 86 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,000 But it is, it is a great pillar. You're, you're not in a country 87 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,040 that a dictator or, or something like that, or, or a king that 88 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,320 just comes through a lineage, you know, type of thing. 89 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,480 You, you, we, we're, we, we got this, this privilege to be able 90 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,280 to do this. And so when we do this tonight, 91 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:06,200 I'm going to take a little bit of time. 1 is considered the 92 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,960 power of the presidency. All right, consider the power of 93 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,160 the presidency. Some of you, you, you know, 94 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,520 you're so smart and educated, You know all these things 95 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:18,200 whenever we talk about the executive branch, the judicial 96 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:19,960 branch and the legislative branch. 97 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:23,600 But just humor me tonight. Let us just, you know, again, 98 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,120 trigger our minds again. The executive branch, of course, 99 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,960 led by the president and vice president, they enforce our 100 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,160 laws. They enforce our laws. 101 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,800 We talk about the judicial branch, which is led by the 102 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:38,520 Supreme Court. They interpret the laws that we 103 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,840 have. We talk about the legislative 104 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:44,680 branch, which is made-up of Congress, both the Senate and 105 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,200 the House. They make our laws. 106 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:51,680 But when we consider the power of the presidency, there was an 107 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:56,520 article that was published by National Public Radio, NPR on 108 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:01,000 June 16th of 2024. And it reports that Biden said 109 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,840 this. He said the next president is 110 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:07,680 likely to have two new Supreme Court nominees. 111 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,080 That's what he said. And so Biden expects that the 112 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,360 winner of this year's presidential election will 113 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,960 likely have the chance to fill 2 vacancies on the Supreme Court. 114 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,160 Again. The reason why this is important 115 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:25,680 is because whenever justices are appointed to the Supreme Court, 116 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,200 they are given lifetime appointments. 117 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,920 That is something they serve in for the, for their life. 118 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,040 They serve in that capacity. And so with that, you have the 119 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:40,040 potential of altering the entire landscape of your culture for 120 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,400 generations to come by who is appointed to our, our Supreme 121 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,680 Court system. And so that's just something to 122 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,160 take in consideration as we go in. 123 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,560 And they have our next president with the likelihood of, of, of 124 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,160 two new nominees for the Supreme Court. 125 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,400 Also, you got to consider your Amendment rights whenever you 126 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,880 talk about the President of the United States and such, because 127 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,080 since it is the Supreme Court or the Supreme Court justices, when 128 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,480 it's the Supreme Court that interpret our laws. 129 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,040 So they going to interpret the First Amendment, the Second 130 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,040 Amendment, all these things that are seemingly up for grabs right 131 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,560 now, today. You know, we have, well, what 132 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,360 did the founders believe? They interpret what we believe 133 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,920 the original intent of those things were and how sometimes 134 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,040 they can be redefined. So they're going to look, then 135 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,600 again, be the ones looking over our First Amendment right, your, 136 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,280 your free speech, your free expression, your freedom of 137 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,480 religion, going to be looking over your Second Amendment or 138 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,320 the right of citizens to bear arms. 139 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,720 What does that really mean? They're going to be helping to 140 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,880 give interpretation, if you will, to these things that have 141 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:49,480 been under scrutiny even in our day and and reconsideration 142 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,600 given to them. But whenever you talk about 143 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,200 this, we also then talk about the lower courts, right? 144 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,480 You have Court of Appeals, district courts, federal judges 145 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:01,040 and things of that nature. Well, the president and the 146 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,600 United States nominates these federal judges, and then the 147 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,000 Senate will confirm them. And so you have the power of a 148 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,560 president involved in this as well. 149 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,520 And although these lower Court justices are not appointed for 150 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,600 life like the Supreme Court, they do usually serve some 151 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,560 lengthy terms and their decisions have huge effects and 152 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,880 impacts. As a matter of fact, it is 153 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:29,280 notable that the Supreme Court often does not re examine the 154 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,280 decisions of the lower courts. Basically, what is made in the 155 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,159 lower court usually just goes on through. 156 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:38,159 They don't re examine those. So there is some power that's in 157 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:40,360 even the lower courts. And the president again 158 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,280 nominates those federal judges and they must be confirmed by 159 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:44,800 the Senate. Also. 160 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,120 We have your president, right? We go to war. 161 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,560 He's the commander in chief. He's the commander in chief in 162 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:53,320 the military. He's not just deciding to send 163 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,680 when to send our troops into harm's way, but he's determining 164 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:58,840 who's going to serve and who doesn't serve. 165 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,320 And he's going to determine the rules of engagement that that 166 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,440 bind our troops in warfare and in battle. 167 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:09,960 It also means he has the ability of the command of nuclear 168 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,440 weapons. Just think about that for a 169 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,200 moment. You know, really internalize 170 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:16,920 that. Also, the president of the 171 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:21,080 United States has the ability then to give executive orders. 172 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,200 We've experienced those in some recent years. 173 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:28,360 But executive orders which can be issued, and it almost seems 174 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:32,480 like an unmitigated power over a nation and over all our lives 175 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,640 because executive orders do not require a congressional 176 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,280 approval. It doesn't require the approval 177 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,960 of the Senate or the House of Representatives, but to take 178 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:44,880 effect, they must have legal way. 179 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,840 They have legal way as laws passed by Congress. 180 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,000 That's that they have weighed as though they were passed by 181 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,640 Congress, but their executive order from the president 182 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,400 himself, Section 3 of Article 2 of the Constitution, further 183 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:01,000 directs the president to take care that the laws be faithfully 184 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,560 executed. Now, when we talk about 185 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:07,440 Congress, Congress may rewrite and amend a previous law. 186 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,480 They can rewrite or amend the previous law, but then the 187 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,080 president has the ability to veto that. 188 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,520 That's what we call checks and balances within our government. 189 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,080 But it basically takes about 2/3 of majority in both the Senate 190 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:24,120 and the House to override an executive order. 191 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,480 So in order, there's going to take a 2/3 of both in order to 192 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,880 override it. So when we talk about the 193 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,480 president, we're also talking about control over bureaucracy. 194 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,160 What does that mean? It means this. 195 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:39,240 This is what Carl Gallup said. He said personnel is policy. 196 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,720 And the president doesn't just direct or influence things like 197 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,320 the economy and health care system, but appoints the people 198 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,280 who run the major federal institutions, right? 199 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,120 He can set up who's Secretary of Defense, who's the secretary of 200 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,000 commerce, who's the Secretary of State. 201 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,080 He can set and place these people in these particular 202 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:02,160 positions so and so forth. They required the Senate to 203 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,680 confirm them, but he can give say, I want them. 204 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:08,320 And whether or not the Senate will confirm them is of course 205 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,360 up to the Senate also. Then the president has control 206 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,120 over immigration in our in our in our country, right? 207 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:18,440 And however that president views immigration can determine 208 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,880 sometimes the security of your border, if you have a border at 209 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,080 all, right, about who comes in or who is not allowed him. 210 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:29,240 It's control over those things. He has control over a lot of 211 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,880 intelligence. There's a lot of things that the 212 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,240 president is entrusted with that's very sensitive material. 213 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,760 The highest national security in our nation is under his hand. 214 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,520 So, you know, what type of person would you like to have 215 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,640 that type of intelligence, I guess, is what you got to ask 216 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,120 yourself. They also deal with foreign 217 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,200 governments in the United Nations. 218 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:53,680 All right, Carl Gallup. Gallup also said this. 219 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:56,920 The fact is the president has almost unlimited power in 220 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,600 dealing with foreign policy and usually gets what he or she 221 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,600 wants when it comes to treaties and foreign agreements. 222 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,520 And these are bonding on all of us. 223 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,680 So let's let's go to Scripture, right? 224 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:16,000 Moses's father-in-law Jethro came to him and advised Moses to 225 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,600 appoint some rulers and appoint some judges, and he gave him 226 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:25,720 some criteria about what should be the qualifications of these 227 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,440 judges and rulers. The Bible says in Exodus 18 and 228 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:33,760 verse 21, he said, Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all 229 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:39,800 the people able men, such as fear of God, men of truth, 230 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,880 hating, covetousness and play such over them to be rulers of 231 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:49,200 thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of 50s and rulers of 10s. 232 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:54,200 So there were 4 prominent qualifications listed in those 233 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,120 that would be judges and rulers here in exodus #1 They're going 234 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,240 to demonstrate they're going to be able men. 235 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,280 So they're going to demonstrate some type of capability, right? 236 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:07,200 They're going to have some type of competence in, in, in maybe 237 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,080 managing business affairs or professional fairs or a nation 238 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,440 for that matter. They, they, they would fear God. 239 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,920 That doesn't mean to be afraid of him, but have a respect, 240 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,560 right, a God consciousness about them. 241 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,000 They would hate covetousness. And so they're, they're, 242 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,200 they're, they're going to have some honesty. 243 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,720 They're going to have some integrity. 244 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,560 They're going to or men of truth, I skipped over men of 245 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:35,480 truth, men of truth. They're going to have honesty, 246 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,600 integrity #4 is hating covetousness. 247 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:39,920 So there's going to be generosity. 248 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:41,200 They're going to have benevolence. 249 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,240 They're going to want to be able to help and not necessarily 250 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,200 desire and want and just pull everything into my pool, but 251 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,160 they're going to be able to help and be generous. 252 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:54,160 And so we're, we're privileged to be a part at best, what is 253 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,280 known as a Democratic Republic, as I said earlier, rather than a 254 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,720 dictatorship. We're not under a dictatorship, 255 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,000 you're not under a communism. And you need to thank the Lord 256 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,200 every day for that, that you're not understood. 257 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:12,240 We have enough history, world history that indicates what what 258 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,680 the fallout is with some of those type of things. 259 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,000 And so this by and large, we are still by and large. 260 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,240 I know some people would probably debate with it, but a 261 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,840 government of the people, by the people, for the people, as 262 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,360 Abraham Lincoln noted in his Gettysburg Address. 263 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,280 And so the word democracy comes from an origin of two words, one 264 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:34,360 the most meaning common people and the other Kratos, which 265 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,640 means roar, strength. Simply put together, common 266 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:40,880 people rule. And so we're not purely 267 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,960 democratic because our vote does not directly vote in the 268 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,840 president or pass laws. In other words, it's not like 269 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:51,040 everybody votes in the popular vote gets the president in. 270 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:52,960 That's not the way that it operates. 271 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:59,120 But we still have a voice. Our vote still then impacts 272 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,320 those that the representatives in our state known as the 273 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,600 Electoral College. All right. 274 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:09,840 And so with that, we try to the best of our ability to vote and 275 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,760 hope and then enabling our representatives that will stand 276 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:19,640 in for our values and the things that that we entrust Moses in 277 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,320 Deuteronomy, there's this biblical sound concept that 278 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:28,040 Moses took the people in Deuteronomy 16 and verse #18 he 279 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:32,720 said judges and officers shalt thou make in the Greek, it's 280 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:37,440 basically or, or the, the word can basically be defined. 281 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:41,080 Shalt thou make a point? All right, judges and officer, 282 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:45,440 shalt thou make thee, and all thy gates, which the Lord thy 283 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:49,600 God giveth thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall judge the 284 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:54,280 people with just judgment. And so Moses to the people 285 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:58,440 you'll appoint people, and then will hopefully they will give 286 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,720 just judgment for the nation of Israel. 287 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:07,000 He later said in Deuteronomy 17 and verse 14, when thou art 288 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,520 coming to the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and 289 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:15,120 shall possess it and shout dwell therein, and shall say, I will 290 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:20,040 set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me. 291 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:23,480 Verse 15. Thou shalt in any way set again, 292 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:27,200 or appoint him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall 293 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,120 choose one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king 294 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,560 over thee. Thou mayest not set a stranger 295 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,280 over thee which is not by brother. 296 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,120 And so just. In these two passages, the 297 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,760 people were important or essential for appointing their 298 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:46,000 leaders, and they were instructed to appoint judges. 299 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,040 They were instructed to appoint officers. 300 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,800 But then, even in this instance, the king was really only chosen 301 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,120 by God or should have been chosen by God. 302 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,000 John MacArthur in his book Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong, 303 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:05,280 said God's sovereignty never excuses man to be lazily lazy or 304 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:09,079 irresponsible. He said having a eternal mindset 305 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:12,359 does not excuse us from temporal responsibilities. 306 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,760 It should help keep them in right perspective. 307 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,440 What he's saying is this though. That's what he's saying. 308 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,640 You, you can have an eternal mindset that you also need to 309 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,280 remember there's some temporal responsibilities we have on this 310 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,680 life as well. That's the reason why some 311 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,880 people play even plan for a four O 1 AK or in retirement. 312 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:33,800 You say, well I might not ever reach retirement. 313 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:39,080 You might not, but you might. So, you know, you just got some 314 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,440 temporal obligations that you can see to as well. 315 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,000 I mean, did not the Lord even tell the one man, he says what 316 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,920 man that built the house or a structure does not sit down 1st 317 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,240 and count the cost, right? That's the Lord saying that. 318 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:53,480 He's not saying just be Willy nilly about this stuff. 319 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:55,920 He said take take responsibility for what you need to be 320 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,840 responsible for. So it doesn't matter whether or 321 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:02,400 not we vote, folks. There have been elections that 322 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,560 have rewritten history many times over, and you might not 323 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,920 think just one vote is important, but your one vote 324 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,320 could swing an election just in the right direction. 325 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,440 There have been 12 presidential elections that were decided by 326 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:19,240 less than 1% margin, meaning that if less than 1% of the 327 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,560 voters in certain states had changed their minds about the 328 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,240 other candidate, the outcome of the entire election would have 329 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:30,040 been totally different. I did this eight years ago. 330 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,040 I'm going to share it again because I think some people are 331 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:37,160 fuzzy upon what it all means when you cast your vote and how 332 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,560 that affects the Electoral College from where the president 333 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:45,880 is truly, truly elected from. So this is just about 5 minutes, 334 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,440 just a little education video here from Prager University. 335 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,480 And we're just going to show that right now if Brother Alex 336 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:53,160 is ready for. Me. 337 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,120 I want to talk to you about the Electoral College and why it 338 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:58,720 matters. All right, I know this doesn't 339 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,440 sound like the most sensational topic of the day, but stay with 340 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:04,720 me because I promise you it's one of the most important. 341 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,760 To explain why requires a very brief civics review. 342 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,960 The president and vice president of the United States are not 343 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,280 chosen by a nationwide popular vote of the American people. 344 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,080 Rather, they are chosen by 538 electors. 345 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,920 This process is spelled out in the United States Constitution. 346 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,280 Why didn't the Founders just make it easy and let the 347 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:29,880 presidential candidate with the most votes claim victory? 348 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,920 Why did they create and why do we continue to need this 349 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:38,080 Electoral College? The answer is critical to 350 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:41,360 understanding not only the Electoral College but also 351 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:45,680 America. The Founders had no intention of 352 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,360 creating a pure majority rule democracy. 353 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,680 They knew from careful study of history what most have forgotten 354 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:57,200 today or never learned. Pure democracies do not work, 355 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,400 they implode. Democracy has been colorfully 356 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,400 described AS2 wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. 357 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,880 In a pure democracy, fair majorities can easily tyrannize 358 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:11,920 the rest of the country. The founders wanted to avoid 359 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,720 this at all costs. This is why we have 3 branches 360 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,640 of government, executive, legislative, and judicial. 361 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:23,000 It's why each state has two senators, no matter what its 362 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,920 population. But also different numbers of 363 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,840 representatives based entirely on population. 364 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,360 It's why it takes a super majority in Congress and 3/4 of 365 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:34,520 the states to change the Constitution. 366 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,400 And it's why we have the Electoral College. 367 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:40,000 Here's how the Electoral College works. 368 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,640 The presidential election happens in two phases. 369 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,240 The first phase is purely democratic. 370 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,600 We hold 51 popular elections every presidential election 371 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,720 year, one in each state and one in DC. 372 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,320 On Election Day in 2012, you may have thought you were voting for 373 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,640 Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, but you are really voting for a 374 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,680 slate of presidential electors. In Rhode Island, for example, if 375 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,760 you voted for Barack Obama, you voted for the states for 376 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,000 Democratic electors. If you voted for Mitt Romney, 377 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,560 you are really voting for the states for Republican electors. 378 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,320 Part 2 of the election is held in December, and it is this 379 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:23,120 December election among the states 538 electors, not the 380 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:25,920 November election, which officially determines the 381 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:30,280 identity of the next president. At least 270 votes are needed to 382 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,840 win. Why is this so important? 383 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,040 Because the system encourages coalition building and national 384 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,840 campaigning. In order to win, a candidate 385 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,160 must have the support of many different types of voters from 386 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:46,800 various parts of the country. Winning only the South or the 387 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:51,040 Midwest is not good enough. You cannot win 270 electoral 388 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,040 votes if only one part of the country is supporting you. 389 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,840 But if winning were only about getting the most votes, a 390 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,640 candidate might concentrate all of his efforts in the biggest 391 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,040 cities or the biggest states. Why would that candidate care 392 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,880 about what people in West Virginia or Iowa or Montana 393 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:09,600 think? But, you might ask, isn't the 394 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,360 election really only about the so-called swing states? 395 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,440 Actually, no. If nothing else, safe and swing 396 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,120 states are constantly changing. California voted safely 397 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:24,720 Republican as recently as 1988. Texas used to vote Democrat. 398 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,880 Neither New Hampshire nor Virginia used to be swing 399 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,920 states. Most people think that George W 400 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,760 Bush won the 2000 election because of Florida. 401 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:36,880 Well, sort of. But he really won the election 402 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,640 because he managed to flip one state which the Democrats 403 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,640 thought was safe, West Virginia. It's four electoral votes turned 404 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,040 out to be decisive. No political party can ignore 405 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,200 any state for too long without suffering the consequences. 406 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:54,520 Every state, and therefore every voter in every state, is 407 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:58,160 important. The Electoral College also makes 408 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,600 it harder to steal elections. Votes must be stolen in the 409 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,560 right state in order to change the outcome of the Electoral 410 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,040 College. With so many swing states, this 411 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,280 is hard to predict and hard to do without the Electoral 412 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,760 College. Any vote stolen in any precinct 413 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,560 in the country could affect the national outcome, even if that 414 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,080 vote was easily stolen in the bluest California precinct or 415 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,520 the reddest Texas one. The electoral. 416 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,800 College is an ingenious method of selecting a president for a 417 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,200 great, diverse Republic such as our own. 418 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:32,800 It protects against the tyranny of the majority, encourages 419 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,480 coalition building, and discourages voter fraud. 420 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,080 Our founders were proud of it. We can be too. 421 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,120 I'm Tara Ross for Prager University. 422 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:48,040 Join Prager University. All right, So hopefully maybe 423 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:49,400 that brought a little enlightenment. 424 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:53,840 If he was a little confused over the fact that whenever you vote 425 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,320 again, it's not the popular vote of the people that does it, as 426 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:01,160 we vote, then we're voting for our representatives, our 427 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,480 electorials that will cast that same vote. 428 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:09,000 Then in December, whatever we, whenever we consider these 429 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:14,040 things again, 538 electors must have 270 and know the 430 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,640 representatives based upon the population of these states. 431 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,440 And that's constantly in flux. For instance, I looked back, but 432 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,120 whenever I did this eight years ago and there were numbers that 433 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:27,280 had changed for California and Texas and Florida, the number of 434 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,920 lectors have changed just in eight years because the 435 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,200 population have shifted. Some have got more, some have 436 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,360 got less based upon population. And so an article that was 437 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:40,880 updated on July the 6th of 2020 by Brennan Center for Justice 438 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,560 stated on July 6, I quote, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled 439 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,880 a state may enforce an electors pledge to support his party's 440 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,280 nominee and the state voters choice for president. 441 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,320 Electors are not free agents. They are to vote for the 442 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,720 candidate whom the state's voters have chosen. 443 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:02,600 In other words, it's not like the popular vote says, oh, we 444 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,920 vote for this one and then they can go there and do what they 445 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,240 want. No, they speak the voice of the 446 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,040 people from that popular vote, if that makes sense to you. 447 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,560 OK. They're not free agents just to 448 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,920 do as they please. They do as we please through our 449 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,600 popular vote. As a side note, folks, there is 450 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,040 a lot of policy. I say policy. 451 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,280 There's a lot of things going out there that people would like 452 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,360 to see it change to just be a national popular vote. 453 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,760 There's a lot of that that's going around today that they 454 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,240 would like to push. That would just be that. 455 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,920 So something to consider or keep a pulse on as we go forward from 456 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:33,920 year to year or election from election. 457 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:40,280 So maybe maybe my personal choice doesn't get in the White 458 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,320 House, right. If if you lived long enough, 459 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,200 that's probably happened to you, Maybe your personal choice 460 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:47,480 doesn't get into the White House. 461 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:53,440 Regardless, we do have a mandate in Scripture that we pray for 462 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:58,960 that office. Regardless whether the person 463 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,920 virtuous survival the office Scripture says that we pray for 464 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,120 it. First Timothy chapter #2 and 465 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:10,680 verse #1 Paul told Timothy he said I exhort therefore, that 466 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:16,360 first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions and given 467 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:22,160 of thanks be made for all men, for kings and for all that are 468 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:26,800 in authority. Why I'm in certain to why why 469 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:32,120 that we may lead a quiet peaceable life in all godliness 470 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:37,040 and honesty for this is good and acceptable in the side of our of 471 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,120 God our Savior. You know what why we need to do 472 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:43,080 this so we can live peaceably and acceptable, you know in the 473 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,960 side of God and and for this is good us doing this practicing 474 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,000 praying for those that are in authority over us is acceptable 475 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,360 in God's sight. That means that God approves us 476 00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:54,320 praying for our national leaders. 477 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,480 For that matter, think of for a moment whenever the Israelites 478 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,920 were taken away into Babylon, he told them even to pray for them. 479 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,840 Jeremiah said, why? Why should you do that? 480 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,320 Because that's where you live. That's where you're living right 481 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,000 now. Pray for that environment 482 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,160 because that's where you're living right now. 483 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,960 And that's going to have a direct, indirect, if you will 484 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,600 impact upon you. So, yeah, absolutely. 485 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,680 Just remember, I want to talk about Israel for a little bit 486 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,240 here, probably for the rest of the night. 487 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,480 Israel, let's be reminded of a promise whenever we consider the 488 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,680 nation Israel. I know there is a lot of and 489 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,200 there's just a lot of stuff going on around Israel right 490 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,320 now. All right. 491 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,840 And there are a lot of opinions as well that surrounds Israel 492 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,200 about what is right, what is wrong, what about what they have 493 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,440 done or what they shouldn't have done, so and so forth. 494 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,320 I'm just here to remind you of biblical promise concerning 495 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,040 Israel. Genesis chapter #12 verses one 496 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,240 through 3. The Lord spoke. 497 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:52,520 He said Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy 498 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,560 country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house unto 499 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,920 a land, that I will shew thee, and I will make thee a great 500 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:04,440 nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy nation make thy 501 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,600 name great, and thou shalt be a blessing. 502 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,840 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse 503 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,800 thee. And in thee shall all the 504 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,160 families of the earth be blessed. 505 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,760 All right. One thing concerning the nation 506 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,520 of Israel in particular, all the other nations through times past 507 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,040 have been the designs of men, right? 508 00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:30,440 Brought about by men. But when if we look at the 509 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,280 nation of Israel, it was a nation that's been established 510 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,680 by God. So that is quite a contrast 511 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,360 right from the go. And so that we asked, why are 512 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,480 these people blessed? And it's evident you can look at 513 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,680 them in science, Pulitzer Prizes, so and so forth. 514 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,800 That seems like the nation of Israel, The people of Israel are 515 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,080 somewhat mighty, blessed. And it's because God blessed 516 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:57,440 Abraham and his covenant son Isaac in the Scripture. 517 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,520 The Bible says in Genesis 25 and verse 5. 518 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:06,920 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac, but unto the sons of 519 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:12,440 the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent 520 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,800 them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived eastward into 521 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,840 the E country. And so there were some 522 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,480 concubines that Abraham had had as well. 523 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:24,200 But they, Abraham didn't give all he had to them. 524 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,480 They were just giving gifts. But all that he had, all that he 525 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,040 possessed, he passed on down to Isaac. 526 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,040 And so Abraham is respected all right. 527 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:39,000 Abraham is respected among the the the monotheistic religions 528 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,280 of the world, which are namely 3. 529 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,040 Christianity, all right being one. 530 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,520 And then there's the Jewish community and the Muslim 531 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,960 community as well. I understand that the, the, the 532 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,520 religion of Islam, they have a God who is all of, but it's 533 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,720 monotheistic, one God. All right? 534 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,600 That's what monotheistic means. And so all of these three 535 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,840 religious groups are monotheistic again, believing in 536 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:08,400 one God. But the Bible is absolutely and 537 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,640 quite different from the Quran. The Bible has Abraham in our 538 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:17,200 scripture, Genesis 22, I believe it is, has Abraham offered up 539 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:21,040 that only son Isaac, that was of the covenant. 540 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,720 But whenever you read in Quran, Abraham is offering up Ishmael 541 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,480 in the Quran in Genesis chapter 17. 542 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:33,640 We'll read the Scripture here in a little bit, but remember, God 543 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,240 had promised Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son, that 544 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:42,080 they become impatient and waiting for that to occur. 545 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:47,040 And so was the suggestion that Haggard the handmaid, which from 546 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,600 what we can see in Scripture more than likely came from 547 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,760 Egypt. During Abraham's time spent in 548 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,600 Egypt after they first came to the land of Canaan, The Bible 549 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:57,880 says there was famine in the land. 550 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,680 They went down into Egypt. They didn't spend much time 551 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,040 there, but he got a lot of gold and silver and other stuff. 552 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,640 And he also got some handmaidens and men servants as well. 553 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:12,280 Haggard then Abraham goes into Haggar, has his son, his name is 554 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:16,560 Ishmael, right? Ishmael, that was not the son 555 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,960 that God was talking about. It was going to come between 556 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:23,240 Abraham and Sarah, all right? And so they kind of pushed, if 557 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:27,280 you will, the agenda of having a child rather than waiting on 558 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,680 God. Later Abraham and Sarah would 559 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:35,160 conceive they would have a son Isaac, which was the promised 560 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:39,080 son, the covenant son. And this is what Scripture says 561 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,560 in Genesis chapter #17 and verse #18. 562 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:48,280 And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before 563 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,720 thee. And God said Sarah, thy wife 564 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,720 shall not to kind of preface where this is. 565 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,400 This is where God has already told Abraham, you're going to 566 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:58,880 have a son. All this is going to happen. 567 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,960 There's like we're we're O God, you know, we're like up in years 568 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,760 we're owed. They laughed about it. 569 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,600 And then this is Abraham's response. 570 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:10,400 Verse 18 And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael, a male 571 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,400 might live before thee, right, because Ishmael has already been 572 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,680 born at this stage. And God said, Sarah, thy wife 573 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:19,960 shall bear thee a son indeed, and thou shalt call name Isaac, 574 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:23,440 and I will establish my covenant with him for an ever Everybody 575 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:27,800 say everlasting, everlasting covenant, and with his seed 576 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,880 after him. And As for Ishmael, who you 577 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:35,280 brought up, I have heard thee. Behold, I have blessed him, and 578 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:39,080 will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. 12 579 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,320 Princess, shall he begep, and I will make him a great nation. 580 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:46,440 But my covenant, if I say covenant, well, I establish with 581 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:50,800 Isaac which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in 582 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,000 the next year. And so whenever God says I'm 583 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,280 going to do this, he's like, well, God, how about Ishmael 584 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:56,920 over here? Let Ishmael live before you. 585 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,560 He says I see Ishmael, I acknowledge Ishmael. 586 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,920 He says I'll bless Ishmael. This is important. 587 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,520 But my covenant will be with Isaac. 588 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,680 Folks, there's a vast difference between just being blessed and 589 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:16,440 being in covenant, he says. I'll bless Ishmael, but my 590 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,960 covenants going to be with Isaac. 591 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:23,720 It's later then that we see that there is Jacob and there is 592 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,640 Esau. The Bible describes them as two 593 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:31,720 nations that struggling within the womb of Rebecca who also 594 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,320 have been barren. And these two nations are 595 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,880 struggling from the womb. They come out right and we 596 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:43,040 understand that Jacob's hand is up on the heel of Esau as they 597 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,000 issue for from the womb. We will later see them. 598 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,520 Esau, guess what? He intermarries with some 599 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:54,400 Ishmaelites according to the word of the Lord, Genesis 28 and 600 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:58,160 verse 9. Then when Esau unto Ishmael took 601 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:03,120 unto the wives which he had, Mahalaf, the daughter of 602 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:08,840 Ishmael, Abraham's son, and the sister of Nabajaf, to be his 603 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:13,880 wife. So here all the way years ago, 604 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:18,199 there comes this parting, the separation, what really began as 605 00:34:18,199 --> 00:34:23,159 the what we know today is the Israeli Palestinian conflict all 606 00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:27,920 the way back here in time with Ishmael that even continued 607 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:32,400 through Esau's intermarriage with the Ishmaelites and so 608 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,480 forth. Again, God blessed Isaac, right? 609 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,920 He that covenant son, he blessed him. 610 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,239 He was in so much so that he's in covenant with him. 611 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,560 All right. But now we see that God would 612 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:51,040 even he's in covenant with Jacob out of the Esau and Jacob, he's 613 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,960 in covenant with Jacob that he would later rename. 614 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:59,000 Remember at the river jabalk. Here's Jacob wrestling with an 615 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,520 Angel, huh? He said your name shall no 616 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,440 longer be called Jacob though, because you'll be Israel because 617 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:06,960 you have you have wrestled, you have struggled with God. 618 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:17,520 Israel comes these twelve sons, right? 619 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:23,440 The 12 sons of Israel or the 12 tribes of Israel that would make 620 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:28,400 up the nation of Israel. And so this child Jacob, mind 621 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:33,280 you, not Ishmael and not Esau, received the blessing of their 622 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:38,640 father to become what the nation of Israel was and even is today. 623 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,600 The Bible says in Genesis 35 and verse 12. 624 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:48,240 Please note this and the air by say land and the land which I 625 00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:54,960 gave Abraham and Isaac to thee I will give it and to thy seed 626 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:59,160 after thee will I give the land now No. 627 00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:02,240 Back a few verses ago we talked about how this was an 628 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:05,680 everlasting covenant. This doesn't change. 629 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,080 This doesn't end. It doesn't have a a date of 630 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:12,680 termination. And this largely considered a 631 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:16,840 man the people with a land. He said, I'm given the land that 632 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,960 I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I'm giving it on to Jacob. 633 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,400 I'm giving it to his seed and his seed after him. 634 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:27,760 I'm given the land. Well, 600 years before Christ, 635 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,600 the Jews were deported to Babylon. 636 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,760 They spent their 70 years there in Babylon. 637 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:37,440 Then they were brought back to Israel in 70 AD Rome conquered 638 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,000 Jerusalem. There was the dysphoria, which 639 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,400 basically means the scattering, if you will, of the Jews took 640 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,360 place. We have Jews All in all kinds of 641 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:46,640 different countries around the world. 642 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,000 We have Jews in the United States, Jews here, Jews 643 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,320 everywhere, Amen. Those who remained, many of them 644 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,080 were, were just simply massacred. 645 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,600 But early Christians had heeded Jesus warnings and the Olivet 646 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,400 discourse in the New Testament. Many of them escaped the city, 647 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:09,040 got out of Jerusalem, and in the next 2000 years persecution even 648 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,560 continued upon the Jews. We have seen it in history. 649 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,800 For instance, the Night of the Broken Glass as it's called, 650 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:20,000 formed the beginning of the Holocaust that killed some 651 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,840 6,000,000 Jews, led many of them away in those cattle cars going 652 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,840 to death camps such as Ostwich and other places then. 653 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:34,360 Yet they returned 1900 years after saying goodbye to 654 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:38,920 Palestine, nearly 2000 years after being expelled from their 655 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,160 land back under the Roman Empire. 656 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,640 Then there is the Balfour Declaration that was signed. 657 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:49,440 It was a declaration by the United Nations of statehood for 658 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,560 Israel in 1948. Some of you were alive maybe. 659 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:58,240 Then May the 5th of 1948, U.S. President Harry Truman issued 660 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:04,040 the declaration recognized this fledging state of Israel as a 661 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:09,240 statehood or nation. And America, oh good old USA, 662 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:15,000 America was the First Nation to extend recognition to Israel as 663 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,640 being a nation. That that's the foot that we 664 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:21,600 took so many years ago and acknowledged then their, their, 665 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,200 their statehood. And then there were others that 666 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,040 followed, however, throughout the years, and many of you 667 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:28,760 probably already know this, and that's fine. 668 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:32,600 Just let me be redundant. We have had throughout years, a, 669 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,040 a good relationship with the nation of Israel. 670 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,440 Amen. We've, we've been an ally to 671 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:44,240 Israel on many fronts and in many conflicts. 672 00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:49,680 We've been an ally to Israel. Ten days after the country was 673 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:53,480 founded, Harry Truman met with her first president, Israel's 674 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:56,480 first president or Prime Minister, and pledged our 675 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,520 nation's support to that Jewish state. 676 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:04,480 And consider this. Our nation has been blessed 677 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:11,640 whenever we've had strong support to Israel. after World 678 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:17,760 War 2, we experienced global domination like never before and 679 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,640 we grew in stature ourselves as a nation. 680 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,760 And we were blessed at home and abroad. 681 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:28,840 But we had some tetherings of support to Israel. the US did 682 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,800 not stop supporting Israel in 1948. 683 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:36,680 Whenever there was the Six Day War of Israel in 1967, United 684 00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:41,200 States stood right next to her. After the war, Lyndon B Johnson 685 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,200 administration again extended support to Israel. 686 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:48,800 Phantom fired fighter jets and other armaments were sewed to 687 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:53,720 Israel. In the Yom Kipper War of 1973, 688 00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:56,440 Israel again was surrounded by all these forces, hostile 689 00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,760 forces. Hey, man, they were backed and 690 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,840 supported by Russia. President Nixon ordered a 691 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:06,000 strategic airlift operation to deliver weapons and supplies to 692 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,880 help Israel. All right. 693 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,800 And Israel then gave the upper hand again. the United States 694 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:14,480 supported Israel administration since Truman, including 695 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:18,040 Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, both Bush 696 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,520 administrations, the Clinton administration. 697 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,160 These are some of the presidencies that have supported 698 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,600 Israel and have been at peace with Israel. 699 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:30,400 And I just read just even today from a virtual library of Jewish 700 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:35,920 history and they said all together since 1949, Israel has 701 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:40,960 received more than 160 billion in assistance and this does not 702 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:44,000 include loan guarantees that United States have given to 703 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,880 Israel. So we have been supportive, not 704 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,800 just by word of mouth, but financially we have been 705 00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,720 supported. Furthermore, the same thing said 706 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,320 Israel has received more direct aid from the United States since 707 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,480 World War 2 than any other country. 708 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:03,120 In March of 2022, Congress to prove the largest funding 709 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:08,040 package for Israel in history, according to the British Colonel 710 00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:11,160 Richard Kemp. And this is a debatable 711 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:12,640 statement, but we could talk about it. 712 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,720 But nonetheless, he said, I'm saying when he said Israel has 713 00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:18,520 never started a war, said the only reason that Israel really 714 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,680 have ever went to war is to defend herself. 715 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:28,560 So we support Israel, because the Bible says that any nation 716 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:33,680 that would try to divide the land is getting on the bad side 717 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:37,720 of God. In Obadiah 115 the Scripture 718 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:40,600 says, For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen. 719 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,640 As thou has done, it shall be done unto thee. 720 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,240 Thy reward shall return upon thine own head. 721 00:41:46,240 --> 00:41:50,480 But more plainly spoken in Joe three and two, he says, I will 722 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,480 also gather all nations and bring them down into the Valley 723 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:58,760 of Jehoshaphat and will plead with them there for my people 724 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:03,640 and for MyHeritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the 725 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:08,480 nations and parted my land, right. 726 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,960 I'm not happy with the disbursement and he's not happy 727 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:16,320 with the divion up or dividing of his land, the nation of 728 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,800 Israel. So our obligation to end Israel, 729 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,680 particularly you've heard to say before we pray for Israel, we 730 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:25,560 talk about Psalms 122 and verse 6, where the psalmist advises to 731 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,320 pray for the peace of Jerusalem, right? 732 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:32,520 They shall prosper that they shall prosper that love thee. 733 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,240 Do you see what that says? Pray for the peace and they 734 00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:39,600 shall prosper that love Jerusalem, that love that place. 735 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,400 All right? And so that puts us in the same, 736 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,160 in the same basket, Amen. Potiphar. 737 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:48,040 And it's not uncommon, right? We see it in Scripture, Old 738 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,960 Testament, we look at Joseph, right? 739 00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:57,120 This Jewish guy Potiphar prospered because Joseph the 740 00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:02,440 prison keeper and that in the prison prospered because of 741 00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:05,440 Joseph. Pharaoh prospered. 742 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:10,280 Egypt did knowing what to do in the time of famine and the time 743 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,840 of plenty because of Joseph. Then there was another Pharaoh 744 00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:20,160 that Rosa over Egypt that did not know Joseph. 745 00:43:20,720 --> 00:43:25,000 And when that Pharaoh rose over Egypt that knew not Joseph, he 746 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,760 had then attempted to kill the Jewish boys. 747 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:33,000 And in that particular setting, that's when the exodus came 748 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:36,400 about. And it's interesting that that 749 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:41,080 Pharaoh that didn't know Joseph, that Pharaoh as Israel would 750 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:46,080 leave Egypt, that Pharaoh's first born son would be taken. 751 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:50,840 You want to take all the Jews males, that first born son, but 752 00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:54,720 that Pharaoh would be taken because what you do to the 753 00:43:54,720 --> 00:44:00,720 Jewish people is rendered back to you said, I'll bless them 754 00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:07,280 that bless you, I'll curse them that curse you. 755 00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:12,280 Amen. Look at Luke chapter #7 verses 756 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,520 one through 6 and just consider this if you will. 757 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:18,240 The Bible says Now when He had ended all his saying in the 758 00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:21,960 audience of the people entered to Capernaum, a certain 759 00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:25,240 centurion servant who was dearing to him, was sick, ready 760 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:27,800 to die. When he heard of Jesus, He sent 761 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,720 to him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that He would 762 00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:34,080 come and heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, 763 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:37,960 they besought him instantly, saying that He was worthy for 764 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:43,040 whom He should do this, for He loveth our nation. 765 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:47,440 You hear this, He built us a synagogue. 766 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,920 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from 767 00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:54,200 the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, 768 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,400 Lord, trouble not myself, for I am not worthy that thou should 769 00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:01,400 us enter under my roof. So Jesus goes to this house and 770 00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:05,600 capernum to heal, to heal a a servant of the centurion who the 771 00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:07,320 Bible speaks as though he's ready. 772 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:12,280 He's at this point of death. And the logic, no, the logic 773 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:17,240 that the Jewish elders used with Jesus was this said, Come to 774 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:20,200 this House of this Gentile, because the centurion was a 775 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:24,040 Gentile. Come to unbeliever, come to this 776 00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:27,680 House of this Gentile and perform a miracle. 777 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,920 And the logic they used is found in verse #5. 778 00:45:31,240 --> 00:45:37,120 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. 779 00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:39,880 What is it? He's been kind to the Jewish 780 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:44,680 nation and the people. He's saying, God, this Gentile 781 00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:47,880 deserves a God blessing because He loves our nation. 782 00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:51,400 He has done something very practical to bless the Jewish 783 00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,120 people. The Bible says this in Exodus 784 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:57,040 19, verse 5. These are God's words to Moses 785 00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,960 at Sinai. He says Now therefore, if ye 786 00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:04,600 will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall 787 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:10,520 be a peculiar, if I say peculiar, treasure unto me above 788 00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:15,480 all people. For all the earth is mine, and 789 00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:18,440 ye shall be unto me a Kingdom of priests and a holy nation. 790 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,080 These are the words with which thou shalt speak unto the 791 00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:24,040 children of Israel. So God wanted Moses to tell 792 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:30,720 Israel this Israel, you're a peculiar treasure to me, you as 793 00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:34,320 a nation. You, you are above all people to 794 00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:37,040 me, a Kingdom of priests, a holy nation. 795 00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:41,720 You are to me. So if you tamper, if you tamper 796 00:46:41,720 --> 00:46:45,400 with Israel, you're tampering with God's peculiar treasure. 797 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:49,240 You tamper with them, you're tampering with God's peculiar 798 00:46:49,240 --> 00:46:51,680 treasure. And so to stand against them, by 799 00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:54,560 and large is to stand against the holy nation is to stand 800 00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:57,600 against God. Amen. 801 00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:05,440 Just share a few things here. Just in closing, all right, just 802 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:09,320 share candidates views. Visited the site just today 803 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:12,480 again, the Family Resource Council. 804 00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:18,360 It's a 5O1C for nonprofit and it just gives the statement on 805 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:23,920 anti-Semitism Awareness act, federal legislation defining and 806 00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:28,440 opposing anti-Semitism. Let's define anti-Semitism for 807 00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:30,880 anybody that may not know directly from the dictionary. 808 00:47:31,240 --> 00:47:34,560 Hostility or prejudice against Jewish people. 809 00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,960 That's why anti-Semitism is or means hostility or prejudice 810 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:42,640 against Jewish people. So this is a anti-Semitism 811 00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:45,080 awareness act. Federal legislating the 812 00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:49,440 legislation defining and opposing anti-Semitism. 813 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:56,440 Harris supports Trump. It's unknown at the site. 814 00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:01,920 The Council on Foreign Relations last updated October the 14th of 815 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:05,680 this year concerning the topic of Israel and Gaza in the Middle 816 00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:09,080 East. Harris and it quotes and I quote 817 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:12,360 verbatim. Harris supports a ceasefire and 818 00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:16,400 hostage release deal in the war between Israel and Hamas. 819 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:20,920 She also calls for A2 state solution to the Israeli 820 00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:24,120 Palestinian conflict as a Sinner. 821 00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:27,600 She endorsed that Iran nuclear deal and voted for restrictions 822 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:33,200 on arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Trump I quote verbatim. 823 00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:36,880 Trump's approach to the Middle East has been defined by strong 824 00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:40,640 support for Israel and Saudi Arabia, a confrontational stance 825 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:42,800 toward Iran. He backed away from long 826 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:47,160 standing bipartisan consensus by saying he wasn't interested in a 827 00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:51,840 separate Palestinian state. Lastly, I'll read it from the 828 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,960 again, the Family Resource Council on the parties, 829 00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,160 Republican Democrat. Just one issue I'll read to you 830 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:02,640 about and that's Israel and anti-Semitism under the 831 00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:05,040 Republican Party. This is their platform for 832 00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:09,680 Israel and anti-Semitism. Promised promises to stand with 833 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:13,080 Israel and seat peace in the Middle East condemns 834 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:18,360 anti-Semitism and supports revoking visas of foreign 835 00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:22,840 nationals who support terrorism and jihadism promises to hold 836 00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:26,600 accountable those who perpetuate violence against Jewish people. 837 00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:30,440 The democratic platform on Israel and anti-Semitism 838 00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:33,160 supports building a durable peace in the Middle East. 839 00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:37,280 Bolster by regional integration a strong coalition to counter 840 00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:40,920 and deter Iran and prevent it and its terrorist proxies from 841 00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:42,920 threatening the security of the region. 842 00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:47,040 And in the negotiated 2 state solution says the United States 843 00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:50,680 strongly supports Israel in the fight against Hamas and that 844 00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:52,560 it's the body of an administration with having made 845 00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:56,080 real progress on a way forward that will free the hostages, 846 00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:59,680 establish a durable ceasefire, ease humanitarian suffering in 847 00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:03,080 Gaza, make possible normalization between Israel and 848 00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:07,000 key Arab states, together with meaningful progress and a 849 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:10,080 political horizon for the Palestinian people. 850 00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:15,960 If you can stand with me here tonight, again, our purposes 851 00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:18,960 last week, this week and next week is just basically to 852 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,120 educate. All right, to to to point out 853 00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:26,480 maybe where the biblical stance is on issues and the share with 854 00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:29,960 you where each party, each candidate is on the same issues. 855 00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:33,560 Next week we'll be looking at like the economy, abortion and 856 00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:37,000 things of that nature and we'll wrap all this thing up whenever 857 00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:38,920 this is all said and done. I might take a poll whether or 858 00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,680 not this help for anybody. If it's not, I won't do it. 859 00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:45,720 All right, if, if, if, if this is like, you know what, let's 860 00:50:45,720 --> 00:50:48,360 just do other stuff. You just let me know because I 861 00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:49,720 don't want to waste your time or mine. 862 00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:55,320 All right, but nonetheless, so let's pray tonight that God 863 00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:57,720 would lead us. Father, I need you, God, you're 864 00:50:57,720 --> 00:50:59,600 able to lead our hearts and our minds. 865 00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:03,320 I pray God in the days to come, Lord people, some already early 866 00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,760 voting Lord and others Jesus. God that will in November, I 867 00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:09,480 pray, O Lord Jesus, you're able to give us wisdom and knowledge 868 00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:12,520 and understanding. I pray, O God, in the best of 869 00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:15,960 our ability, God to follow Lord Jesus, the scruples, the Lord 870 00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:19,240 Jesus of your word. I pray, O God, help us Lord over 871 00:51:19,240 --> 00:51:21,400 all as a nation in the days to come. 872 00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:24,560 God will put our faith and our trust in you God. 873 00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:27,640 We'll pray Lord God for the authority God and those Lord 874 00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:30,960 that come into place God because Scripture Lord admonishes to do 875 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:32,640 so. God for those that hold 876 00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:35,040 authority Lord and rulership of office. 877 00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:39,160 I pray, O God today, minister Lord, as only you know how God, 878 00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:42,560 and we just depend solely upon you God and help us to do our 879 00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:44,440 part. God in this, in the name of 880 00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:47,280 Jesus Christ that we pray Amen and Amen. 881 00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:52,160 Everybody say Amen Friday night. Everybody say Friday revival. 882 00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:54,960 All right, don't get so focused on Saturday you forget about 883 00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:58,360 Friday. Friday revival at 7:00, all the 884 00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:00,120 sign up sheets again are in the back. 885 00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:03,880 If you have submitted entry fee, see my wife, she will give it 886 00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:06,880 back to you. All right, all right, so let's 887 00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:10,480 have a good time Amen this weekend before we leave, Can I 888 00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:13,160 get some? I just for Thursday and Friday, 889 00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,680 who will fast on Thursday for revival? 890 00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:20,400 There's a few hands. Anybody fast on Friday for 891 00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,280 revival? There's some hands. 892 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:25,040 There we go. Amen. 893 00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:27,040 Let's enter in a prayerful fasting. 894 00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:27,960 That's great. All right. 895 00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:29,240 Thank you Jesus name.