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Pastor, right now conspiracy theories are running rampant, and they're becoming increasingly dangerous. I'm thinking of people like Nick Fuentes or Candace Owens, and especially when it comes to the subject of Israel. I think there is a growing anti-Semitism that not only exists on the left but is increasingly rising up on the right. So, as Christians, how should we parse, you know, it's okay to be critical, like I think the government of Israel could handle this better or differently, but there is this growing anti-Semitism that I think we as believers ought to be wary of. So, could you just share some thoughts on that?
Yeah, it's really an amazing time. First of all, we have to make sure that we put it in the proper context, as all things. Number one, this is one of the signs of the end times. An increasing anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, uh, uh, view. How do we, how do we know this? Because the Bible tells us. Both in Ezekiel and in Zechariah, that in the last days, the world will turn against Israel. So, number one, no Christian should be ruffled by the comments of particular podcasters that, that you mentioned for a moment ago, who are now, uh, fomenting this anti-Semitic, uh, view. That should be expected if you know your Bible. It shouldn't trouble you. But, it doesn't mean you should be silent either. You should speak up and expose. Paul the Apostle told us that we need to expose people, even by name, and Paul did that. And so, when you hear people saying what they're saying, I immediately go to Timothy, 1st and 2nd Timothy, where in the last days, there will be those propagating doctrines of demons and teachings that are, uh, spawned on by deceiving spirits. Uh, that's what's happening. Uh, and listen to this. Does not the Bible say, Trey, that Jesus Christ is returning to Israel in the second coming? Doesn't it say that he's going to return to Jerusalem? Doesn't it say that he's going to be enthroned in on Mount Zion? That's what the Bible says about future prophecy regarding Jesus. But, if Satan knows this, then wouldn't it be advantageous to Satan, in his twisted thinking, to get an anti-Semitic flow to try to abolish the viability of the nation of Israel, to say that Israel's illegitimate, that it doesn't exist, that God didn't know what he was talking about when he said that in the last days before I return, I'm going to draw Israel back from all the four corners of the earth, and I'm going to bring them back into their own land while they are in unbelief, and I'm going to cause them to prosper in unbelief, and they won't believe in me until the Ezekiel 38 battle. He, that's where he says the veil is going to be lifted from their eyes, and then they will know that I am the Lord.
So, wow, I see this stuff happening, and I, I hear the rhetoric, and I hear the anti-Semitism, and it just means for me that I'm standing for Israel because, of course, it's not sinless. Neither. Listen, Israel is as messed up as America is, which is exactly how messed up Canada is. Nations are messed up, but there's only one nation that has a covenant that God says I've made with them forever. And that's, it's not America. It's Israel.
You know, you said recently, Pastor, about Israel, that the peace agreement that's brokered has been brokered by President Trump is great and is an encouragement, but urged us as believers to not be too excited because of just the the patterns of this world, and also because of what scripture says is, is going to happen as the end times play out. So, explain that.
Yeah, well, historically, again, I'm an old guy, so I lived through most of these things. How many times have I seen a president on the White House lawn signing a peace agreement with Israel and some neighboring Muslim Arab nation? Over and over again. You name the president, they've all done it. The peace treaties don't last. This one's not going to last either. I don't base that upon opinion. And I actually don't even base it upon history. I base it upon Bible prophecy. We know that it's going to fail because the Bible tells us, the book of Daniel chapter 9, for example. Revelation tells us this as well, chapter 13. We know Matthew chapter 24, that there's going to be a peace treaty brokered by, uh, one that is of a European descent, because it is the rise of the ancient Roman Empire. Daniel tells us that it's the leaders, the 10 kings that are depicted as the 10 toes on Nebuchadnezzar's great statue, that one of those leaders will rise up and craft a seven-year peace treaty with the nation of Israel. And three and a half years into that middle point, which is the tribulation period, three and a half years into that seven years, he's going to break that peace treaty. So, this is not Trump's peace treaty. It's not Jared Kushner's peace treaty. It's, it's one that is coming, which means, which means, Trey, that this one and other ones to come, they will fail because there will be a need for this one who's called the Antichrist, who will come onto the world scene giving Israel a seven-year contract of peace, but this man himself, Mr. 666, we can call him, will break that treaty. Uh, and he breaks it, of all places, the Bible tells us, in Jerusalem. Wow. I mean, that's amazing.