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. Don't be surprised if the United States and Israel are actively preparing to launch a massive regional war the exact second the American elections are over. If you think the recent diplomatic delay in late October 2026 means a strike in Iran has been called off, you are falling for a geopolitical mirage.
There is no de-escalation. Two allied nations are simply synchronizing their military launch codes with a political calendar. The entire Middle East is quietly boarding up its windows because they have seen the Pentagon blueprint. They know the airspace is about to become a live fire zone. And knowing what we know about Bible prophecy, that can't be too far from the truth.
We've got Ken Timmerman, David Dolan, Israel Madad, and Mino Kalashir to speak about it today on the program. Rick, we've got a lot to cover, so let's get started with our first, Ken Timmerman.
Well, that's right, Jimmy. I have Ken Timmerman with us. He's an author and an analyst. He comes to us every week to explain to us what is going on geopolitically in the world. You can find out more about Ken by going to his website at KenTimmerman.com.
Ken, thanks for being with us today. Thanks for having me on, Rick. It's always a pleasure.
Well, Ken, we'll start our trip around the world as we look at things that are taking place in the Middle East. And of course, you see the situation in Iran. President Trump has been talking. It seems like maybe there is some action imminent. Could you give us an update there?
Well, the president has relaunched some kind of diplomatic initiative. We know that the vice president has sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, who's the head of the Supreme Council on National Defense, basically the number two of the regime. I'll talk about that letter in just a second. But as we get towards those diplomatic efforts, Rick, really what's driving this is these continued Iranian mosquito attacks on shipping in the Persian Gulf.
Now, the Iranians are lying. They're lying about the extent of the attacks. They're lying about the impact of the attacks on oil exports or the price of oil. But it is true they are hitting ships with drones and with some of their mosquito boats. There was a report on Thursday that was confirmed by the British Maritime Incident Organization.
They're the one who actually tracked this, of an Iranian ship, a small boat, like a speedboat, that came up to a tanker and they attached two limpet mines to the hull.
Well, that can do an awful lot of damage. Admiral Brad Cooper, who is the commander-in-chief of CENTCOM, Central Command, put out a video on Thursday saying the Iranians are telling us lies. There are no mines in the Gulf. We have taken them all out. He made a helicopter tour of the whole area.
And he said, the one thing I did not see was IRGC boats in the water.
So they're doing damage, Rick, but the damage is really like a mosquito on an elephant. Admiral Cooper told us we have gotten 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil out since the summer, whereas Iran has gotten zero exports.
So why are they lying?
Well, they're lying to create fear. They want the shipping companies to shut down their efforts to bring oil out of the Persian Gulf. They want them to fear mines that are not there to drive up prices. Again, don't forget the bottom line on this. The Democrat Party and the Iranian regime are one when it comes to trying to make the Republicans fail in these upcoming midterm elections.
Well, that's a very interesting take, especially as it comes in the wake of the recent Israeli elections. Of course, that done with the specter of a potential attack on Iran or of Iran towards Israel. And then, of course, we've got our upcoming elections as well. Those political realities cannot be ignored. But I think that President Trump has a decision to make.
And I'm not sure he's going to make that decision as a political decision, but as a decision that he thinks is what's best to do for the region.
Well, remember that our war goals remain as they were in the beginning. No nuclear material, no uranium enrichment in Iran. The president says it differently. He says Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, but that's what it means. And the Iranians are saying no to this.
Look, I mentioned that letter from J.D. Vance to Mohsen Rizai earlier on. I am probably the person in the United States who knows Mohsen Rizai better than anyone in our intelligence community. His son, who defected to the U.S., learned English in my basement in what I call the Iran House. That's the title of my latest book.
Learned English in my basement watching Jackie Chan movies.
So I know Mohsen Rizai inside and out from the viewpoint of his own son.
So a couple of things that J.D. Vance needs to know about Mosin Ravai. First, Rezae loves power. He has been trying to get into this position where he is today. He's the number two of the regime for the past 20 years.
He's in the catbird seat.
So he is really a happy camper right now, and he would like to stay there. He would not like to be killed. Second thing, he's an Iranian nationalist, not a religious ideologue. This is something that people miss. It doesn't make him any less dangerous.
He believed that the Iranian terrorist attack on the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon in October 83 was an effective Iranian foreign policy operation because it drove U.S. troops from Lebanon, as he said it, their tails between their legs. The third thing, and this is pretty unusual, Reza has some feeling for the troops. When he was a younger IRGC officer during the Iran-Iraq war, He opposed the human wave attacks and other costly tactics that had been ordered by the Mullahs because they sacrificed tens of thousands of young men through the minefields and other ridiculous operations.
Finally, Rezae loves money, Rick. He loves money. When he failed to set up his oldest son, who I knew, Ahmad, in business with Qasem Soleimani at the end of the 2000s, he then shifted focus to his younger son, Ali. And Ali has been identified in Iranian government documents recently as one of a handful of so-called trustees, people who are handling billions of dollars of clandestine Iranian regime oil sales. And I can guarantee you, Rick, that some of that money is sticking to young Ali's pockets.
And last but not least, Reza fears and yet admires the United States. on September 11, 2001, he called his son in Los Angeles, asking him to get U.S. visas for his wife and other children, then living in Iran, because he was convinced the U.S. would retaliate for the 9-11 attacks by attacking Iran.
So he fears us and admires us at the same time, but he believes we are weak, and that our elections every two years mean that we have no stomach for a long war, whereas Iran does.
So this guy is a wily character. He is in the catbird seat in his own eyes, in power. He wants to stay in power, but don't believe he's any moderate. Don't believe he's going to give up on the big things that the regime cares about. And one of those, of course, is his nuclear weapons capability.
She's not going to give it up. Very interesting, your insider perspective as we look at the situation in Iran.
Well, let's draw back a little bit from the Iran conflict and let's look at the Middle East in general. And President Trump's plan for the Middle East includes things like the Abraham Accords, what's going on in Gaza. Can you talk about how this all fits into President Trump's plans for the Middle East?
So this is the bigger picture. And we see the bigger picture with the effort to bring Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords. I think that will happen once the Iranian regime has been defeated. But right now, the big problem for the Saudis is that the Iranians continue to attack them. The Houthis continue to attack them.
The Saudis are worried.
Now, Rick, the Saudis are always worried. That kingdom lives on the knife edge. They fear Iranian subversion of their very large Shia community, which controls some of the oil-rich areas. And of course, they have this insurgency going on with the Houthis in Yemen, who directly threaten Saudi oil fields, the Riyadh airport, which they hit just recently with a drone attack.
So the Saudis are really looking forward to the U.S. doing the heavy lifting by getting rid of the regime. And then I think you will see this larger Middle East shield without the Iranian regime threatening everyone. Those regimes will come together, be allies with the United States and with Israel once the Iranian regime is gone.
Well, let's move away from the Middle East and let's talk about the situation in Russia and Ukraine, trading attacks this week. Any new updates there? Rick, the Russians continue to hit civilian areas with their drones, and the Ukrainians are doing the same in retaliation. And the big question is whether Putin and Zelensky are going to be able to talk to each other. It doesn't look like it.
The chemistry between the two men is horrible. They hate each other's guts. Putin tried to assassinate Zelensky at the very beginning of the war. And Zelensky has launched drone attacks on Putin's residents in the Kremlin. But at some point, the 30 to 40,000 casualties per month are going to catch up with Putin and bring him to the table.
The one good thing that happened this week, Rick, was Melania Trump and the ceasefire in Oleski. It is working. And by the way, my colleagues from Newsmax are there on the ground, TV reporters, four of them, covering the withdrawal of about 2,500 civilians from a killing zone. And you will hear more about that, I think, over the weekend. Staying in your final thoughts, Ken, we've been talking about these protests in France.
I know you have some thoughts about this. Can you tell us the situation there?
Well, I'm a little surprised to see how long they are going on. The France that I remember would send out the riot police with those big plastic shields and their big batons and just whack heads, and then it would be over. Or you had a French judge, my wife and I knew very, very well, he was a top judge in France, and he said, well, there's an Algerian-French football match coming up, and we're afraid there could be some unrest.
So I've sent the police out to arrest 3,000 of the usual suspects ahead of time.
So I wonder why they haven't done that. Macron has not done what the French normally do. Look, the French have got systemic problems, Rick. They have a negative growth rate this year. Their national debt is 119% of GDP and it's not going to go any lower.
They are giving away social benefits to people who spit on the French flag and spit on the French constitution. This is socialism. This is what you get with socialism. It shows what we could become in the future should we elect socialist leaders. A future of penury, of riots, of social unrest, of irredentist, radical Muslim demands.
Rick, France is back to the future. Ken Timmerman with a timely warning for us here on Prophecy Today. Ken, as always, we appreciate your insight. Look forward to talking to you again soon. Thanks so much, Rick.
God bless. Great job, as always, Ken. And remember, each one of these current events are paving the way for future prophecies to be fulfilled. Whether it be Revelation chapter 17, whether it be Ezekiel 38 or Daniel chapter 2, 7, and 9, It's paving the way. There are prophecies about ready to be fulfilled, but that only happens after the rapture of the church.
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The coming judgment isn't just a local judgment. Jesus will judge the wickedness of man just as he did at the time of Noah. The comparison only works because Genesis' history and the flood, well, it was global. Sign up for free daily email insights from Ken Ham when you go to AnswersRadio.com or view a transcript of this episode at AnswersRadio.com. Welcome back to Prophecy Today Radio, the program that looks at current events in the light of Bible prophecy.
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.
Always glad to be with you, Rick.
Well, David, the top story this week, of course, the Israeli elections. Could you give us the latest?
Well, basically, the word is stalemate, Rick. Neither block, as they call it, neither the right-wing Zionist block or the left-wing Zionist block, that contains the left-wing four parties, the right-wing five parties. Neither of them had a decisive victory or even close to that. The right-wing block is 53 seats in the Knesset. The left-wing block, 48.
So they're close to each other.
Now on election evening, the exit polls showed the left-wing bloc getting more than that and the right-wing less. And that's a phenomenon that we're familiar with in America, Rick, that the more conservative right-wing people are more reluctant to talk to the pollsters.
So as a result of that, Eisenkopf claimed victory that evening and there was a lot of rejoicing, etc. Then as the actual vote count proceeded, it became clear that he was going to have less seats than the Likud party, which got 27, the largest in the Knesset still, although it had 34 last time, Rick, so that's quite a slippage.
So to make up a coalition, the prime minister needs to retain all the parties that are with him now and find somebody else.
Well, that seems extremely unlikely, and we've already had one of his coalition partners, the United Torah Judaism Party, say that they will recommend Eisenkopf when they meet with the president. And how this works, Rick, is each party leader, 11 got into the Knesset, two Arab parties, they will meet with the president and make a recommendation for who they want to be the next prime minister.
So he's already losing, and Netanyahu has a bit more support there. The problem is that the Arabs took nearly a sixth of the Knesset.
Now, they've never, ever done that, Rick. It's always been 11, 12, 13, 8, even one-time seats that they've gotten, precisely because a lot of Arabs don't vote, they don't support Israel as a Zionist state, and a Jewish state, and they stay away. This time, turnout was outstanding. And in fact, the election itself had the highest turnout in many decades. But that's because of this huge Arab vote.
But it's a bit of a mess.
Now, Netanyahu will stay on as prime minister. He would have anyway while either side is trying to form a new government. They have 28 days to do that. If they can't, then they have another two weeks, 14 days to try. And then it goes to the other person that had the most recommendations from these party heads to head the government.
So basically, it's not clear what the final outcome will be, what sort of a final government we might have. But it looks like Netanyahu will just stay in power as a caretaker prime minister for however long that takes. And that the current parties that are with him will mostly stay with him. and even if he doesn't get them all, he'll have a minority caretaker government. The question there is, is that strong enough to go back to war with Iran?
If you have not a solid government that's backing you and all of that, will there be an ability to do that? Which brings up the other possibility, Rick, which is a national unity government of the two big parties, Likud and Yashar, and then whoever else wants to join them. And that might be a good solution for Netanyahu because he would probably be named the first of rotating prime ministers. This has happened in the past. I know this is all very complicated to an American listener, a Canadian listener, whatever, but this is Israel's proportional representation system.
And then he would be able to exclude Otsma Yehudit, that's Ben-Gavir's party, and the other right-wing party of Schmoutrich, and that is a demand that President Trump is apparently making.
So the news reports have said on Bibi that he not include those two very right-wing parties in any new government.
Well, if he has a majority government just, then he would have to have both of them still in it.
So we'll have to see, but there's quiet negotiations going on behind the scenes, Rick, between these party leaders. Of course, it's the Sabbath ending right now in Israel, but all through the Sabbath, we were told there were discussions continuing, and we'll see what comes out of it, but it looks rather bleak. The other alternative is to go back to a new national election, but you'll recall Israel had four elections in, I think, six years, the end of the last decade and the early part of this decade when COVID was raining, etc., and nobody really wants to do that. They're exhausted and tired, and of course, they've got these wars unfinished.
So we see what happens but a very unclear outcome But Bibi did better than the projections were not only on election night but the earlier opinion polls He himself and his party did better, but again, not enough to form a majority government, it seems.
Well, David, certainly a lot to be determined over the next few weeks. But one of the things you said there, a caretaker prime minister government, What does that mean for the nation of Israel, especially as they're facing the specter of war with Iran? Can you talk about the idea of a caretaker government at this time?
Well, it again makes it more tenuous and suggests that he would be more restricted. Bibi would be in what he could do and that there wouldn't be the same national support because many people feel he certainly he didn't win a majority of the votes in the country. by any means. And I mean, the Likud party wasn't expected to, and it's been decades, Rick, since any one party won over 40 seats, which is a third of the Knesset. They're much less than that these days.
And again, 11 parties won and are going to be part of the new Knesset. But Rick, the four parties in the left-wing bloc, only one of them, the Labour Party, which has been renamed the Democrats, and it's a couple other left-wing parties fudged in on that, they say they will sit in a government with an Arab party in it, or both Arab parties supporting it, even if from the outside. The other three parties, including Eisenkopf himself and his two other partners, have all said, no, Lieberman, no, no way will we sit with any Arabs in the government.
So that limits the options for them to form a government, because they're certainly not going to get, they might get United Torah Judaism, but probably no other of the right-wing parties, certainly not the two ultra-right parties, would join them. And most of the Likub members say they don't want that. But Rick, there's two Arab parties. They're actually combinations of other parties. And the smaller of them, Ra'am, headed by a politician named Mansur Abbas, has indicated he would be willing to once again join a government because he backed the Bennett-Lapide government in 2021, which only lasted a few months, less than a year.
But he was part of that, and his positions are a little bit more moderate than the other, which is called the Joint List. That has 11 seats, and that includes the Communist Party, and it is very strongly anti-Israel, anti-Zionist.
So not really any of the Zionist parties want to sit with them in the government, but if they just don't vote to topple it when there's no confidence votes, then a minority government could survive on the left. But either way, Rick, we're going to have a weak government, weak government, much weaker than we've had. And how that affects this resumption of war that seems very likely now is anybody's guess, but it certainly doesn't make things any easier for Israel. And especially, Rick, if President Trump's party, the Republicans, do lose the Senate and the House, the House is almost guaranteed, it seems, but the Senate, then, of course, the president's ability to wage war would be called in question because, of course, the War Powers Act could be enacted and Congress does control the purse strings. And, of course, the Republicans would still support him for the most part, but if the Democrats are in the majority, then that changes.
So really, it'll be interesting to see. But that's another reason, Rick, that we might see an imminent return to fighting because President Trump, if his party loses the majority, still has that majority until early January, until the new Congress is sworn in.
so in other words there wouldn't be any change in his funding or anything in the meantime so it puts pressure frankly on the resumption of the war quicker but again on israel's part will it really be supported as much as it was in the past and also of course rick one of the main issues in this election was orthodox ultra-orthodox men not serving in the army and both of the religious parties have again stressed that they will demand exemptions continue for Harry Dean, they're called, ultra-Orthodox men. And that's about a fourth of the men that could serve in the reserves, Rick, in the Army and the reserves. And their absence has placed quite a burden on everybody else with this three-year-plus war now going on and with resumptions undoubtedly coming. difficult days ahead for sure and unclear what the ultimate outcome will be. Dave Dolan for Prophecy Today.
Dave, we appreciate your insight. Look forward to talking to you again next week. Thanks so much. Love to do it, Rick. God bless.
Excellent job, David. And we're going to go deeper into the elections and what's going on in Israel, because remember, we keep our eyes on Israel, and that helps us as a timepiece for where we are in God's timeline. We'll go deeper with Israel Medad and Mino Kelesher right here on Prophecy Today weekend. Only one race. This is Ken Ham on a mission to call the church back to God's word and the gospel.
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Subscribe to receive free daily email insights from Ken Ham when you visit our website at AnswersRadio.com. That's AnswersRadio.com. Welcome back to Prophecy Today. I'm Jimmy DeYoung Jr. Along with my brother Rick, we're examining current events in the light of God's prophetic word.
Of course, we've got to go to our good friend Israel Medad, and we will in the next few moments bring Israel onto the program to discuss the Israeli elections and the outcome and the way forward. But also in this half hour, Minnow Kalashir, a pastor in Jerusalem, a Jewish pastor with a Jewish church in the city of Jerusalem that we were very much a part of, Rick. Dad helped start this church. I can remember it back in the days. I knew Minnow back in 1984 when he was dating his wife.
Well, Minnow is going to come on the program today and explain to us why, as a pastor in Jerusalem, to all the nations that are there, how these days are faring for the church and the way forward after the Israeli elections.
So great half hour coming up. Let's go to Israel Medad first.
Well, that's right, Jimmy. As we continue our coverage of the Israeli elections, I have Winky Medad with us. Winky is a former politician. He's also a columnist and someone who's in the know. He comes to us from his home in Judea and Samaria.
Winky, thanks for being with us. Thank you once again for having me on.
Well, Winky, we have been talking about these Israeli elections and how important they are for the region, and we're covering them from many different angles and many different perspectives. One of the first things that I want to ask you about, and maybe you can help explain to our listeners, is the Arab list, the Arab vote, and how it has been very influential in this election. The country, the land that they say is involved in, apartheid, has actually a large active Arab-Israeli citizenship. Can you talk a little bit about this vote and the impact in this election?
Okay. The Arab population, which of course is overwhelmingly Muslim, but with a small Christian Arab representation, is about 21% of the population. And ever since 1949, in the first elections, they have always had the right to vote and be elected. They've had traditionally very low showing up at the polls for various reasons. And over the past, I guess I would have to say, probably since Menachem Begin was elected, back in 1977, and Netanyahu took over in 96, more or less.
And of course, with the whole question of Judea and Samaria, they have been very non-identified with Israel as a Jewish state, and therefore less and less voting. Last week, they were approaching, if I'm not mistaken, or even topped 80%, a jump of over 30% over the last elections four years ago. And as you said, while we're accused of apartheid, and yet we have Arabs voting and being elected, we've had Arabs on the Supreme Court and all sorts of things like that, there's always been a political problem because of what I just previously said. These two lists are overwhelmingly either secular and communist. That's one list, what we call the combined Arab list would be the best translation.
And a smaller list that is very Islamist. It only last year, it disassociated itself from an official religious supervision, shall I call it. And so no one really wants them in the coalition, because if they're in the coalition, which means in the government, well, they can vote on whether Israel goes into Gaza, whether Israel attacks Iran. Maybe they'll be able to hear some secret information from the United States on intelligence. and since they're not totally committed to the idea of Israel, that's always been a problem.
We look at this situation and from the very beginning, the founding of the state of Israel, the idea was that it be a Jewish state. The reason being that for the last 2,000 years and throughout history, the Jews have been persecuted. And as we look at the establishment of the state of Israel, it was designed to be a safe haven for Jewish people.
Now, they do have an Arab population, an Arab and, like you said, majority Muslim population. But can you talk about the importance of maintaining a Jewish state there in Israel?
Well, the math is very simple. We have about two dozen or more Islamic states or Arab states. We only have one Jewish one. And the territory, we've probably discussed this dozens of times, isn't really that big. I mean, if you're looking at New Jersey, you can get a good idea how big we are.
So I don't think it's fair that Israel lose its Jewish character, but none of the Arab states, which even have in their constitution that they're an Islamic state, have no questions asked about them as if, you know, it's okay religiously, democratically, liberally, progressively to be an Islamic Arab state. But, you know, almighty be thunderous if the Jews say, well, we want a Jewish state. I don't think that's logical. I don't think that's ethical. I don't think that's moral.
And we need a Jewish state between you and me, because a lot of Jews still want to come here because either they would like living among a lot of Jews or they find it difficult to live among non-Jews in the countries of the diaspora in which they live.
Well, I certainly appreciate you giving us a perspective there as you look at this situation.
Well, just a short interview here today. I have one more question for you, and it's an all-encompassing question. We've asked our different guests today from a different perspective. What do you think about these elections, And what do you see happening going forward? Is it positive?
Is it negative? What are your concerns? Could you just give us an overview of your thoughts on these elections? A lot of the topics we've discussed over the past two to three years, especially, have always been around the personality and the actions and the activities of Binyamin Netanyahu. He's on trial.
He's accused of this and that. He's accused of failure leading up to October 7th. They don't like his policies in Judea and Samaria. They think he's too close to Trump. I could probably go on for another half an hour about everybody thinking bad things about Netanyahu.
And then he came up on top.
So either he's blessed by God, which is a possibility, or he has an amazing ability to fall on his legs every time he falls. or the people of Israel overwhelmingly think he should be their leader. And it's about time after about six elections now over the past 10 years, if I'm not mistaken, that he's proven to be the candidate most Israelis or within the Knesset anyway, most seats in the Knesset support his candidacy.
So it's about time the opposition begins to reduce their opposition or even animosity and come together on a unity government. And let's work together for everybody in Israel and the country as a whole. Winky Medaj giving his perspective from Israel. Winky, as always, we appreciate your insight. Look forward to talking to you again soon.
Thank you very much. Goodbye to you and our listeners. Great job as always, Winky. And it's so very important that this next leader very well could be the leader that takes us into the rapture and takes Israel into the tribulation period. Here's something that's interesting.
500 million Europeans are counting on 300 million Americans to protect them from 120 million Russians who can't defeat 40 million Ukrainians.
Meanwhile, Meanwhile, Europe, they haven't even noticed that they're being taken over by 2 billion Muslims who insist they're being persecuted by 9 million Israelis. And now we wonder why the world is acting as it is and how the world will turn on Israel. And we're seeing that consistently every day, the anti-Semitic influence on geopolitics around the world.
Well, Rick, let's bring in our good friend, Mino Kalashir.
Well, that's right, Jimmy. I have a good friend of both yours and mine, Menno Kalish here. He's a pastor at a church in Jerusalem, a church that we've been heavily involved with throughout the years, but he does not find himself in Jerusalem right now. He finds himself in Bolivia. First of all, Menno, thanks for joining us.
And secondly, what are you doing in Bolivia? Of course. First of all, I'm happy to join. Thank you. Good to hear you again, Rick.
In Bolivia, I'm visiting some churches, but mainly coming to introduce a ministry that calls Connection Global. And together, that means with my daughter and wife, and together with partners, which are called Mevaser, evangelists, in Bolivia. Listen, it's kind of a miracle come true. The issue is as follows. Israeli travelers are going everywhere.
And in Israel, when we try to reach them, they don't want to hear about Jesus. The moment they understand we are Jews who believe in Jesus, for them, we are kind of traitors. but these people are going everywhere in the world, whether New Zealand, South America, and so on. And in these places, there are people, Christians, who love Israel, who are willing to come and host Israeli travelers. And they publish it in the internet and so on.
So these travelers are coming to these locations, tourist locations, and they find these families or people who truly love Israel. Why? Because they are believers in Jesus.
So these Israelis, of course, are attracted to these people. And the first question they ask is, why in the world you are doing it during a time where all the world is competing? Who hates us more? And these people lovingly share the gospel and truly love these people, not imposing themselves on them, But the fact that they show Christian love, it's overwhelming to these Israeli travelers.
So these Israeli travelers are hopping from one host to another, usually Christian hosts, of course. And after a few years, when all these names of travelers are given to the host, they contact them again. And we invite them to Israel, the hosts. And in Israel, all the people, all the Israelis who have been hosts in these places come and basically share their gratitude to their Christian hosts, which they found in Bolivia, New Zealand and so on. We have done it with a family that did the same in Japan, and they invited 50 people to host.
And these 50 people brought another 50 to a place that we rented and host them and fed them in that evening. and all these non-believers ask us, what is the relation between you and these Japanese? And we share the gospel. We share what is the common between us.
So you see, the door of the gospel sometimes are closed in our neighborhood, so we reach them in the other side of the moon. To God be the glory. Absolutely. To God be the glory. That is a wonderful opportunity for outreach and opportunity for ministry.
And I guess that's where I want to go with my next question. When we have you on the program, We often get an update from you on the church there in Jerusalem, a church that my dad started along with you and another man. And Jimmy's been involved in. I've been involved in. Mom has been involved in.
So we have an interest in the church, and we love to get updates to see what's going on. Can you give us an update on the church in Jerusalem? Yes. First of all, the church continued to work as usual. War, no war.
The life of the church continues. Yes, we have struggles. And believe me you may see that we changed some black color hair into white And during the last three years I can confess yes I don have much hair You know that why you laugh But whatever is left But the idea is that my wife and I, and like us, many others are on our knees, on our knees. Almost every family have a son or a daughter in the front. And it's not just one front of a war in Gaza.
This is Gaza. This is Egypt. Yes. because Egypt is gaining up so much weapon and power to be able to attack Israel only by themselves.
So don't allow this peace treaty that we have with them to put you to sleep. And then there is Jordan because, yes, Jordan as a country are not aiming us, but Yemenites and other Houthis are planning to infiltrate to them and to enter to the east side of Israel like Hamas did in Gaza. And there is also, of course, Lebanon and Syria.
So to put right now so many soldiers on alert in all these fronts, you can understand that we reach our limits. My son already did one year in reserve duty in the front at war since October 723. My daughter, she's a major in the military police. She did already two years, two years in the last three years in the north.
Now imagine we are an average family. How does that look like?
So as a church, we continue to teach. We continue to help people.
Some people have lost their jobs, some people in different difficulties.
So we are there to help them. And I'll be very honest, truly, the power of the church economically is survival. That means paying the salaries, paying the utilities, and so on. And the ability to help and to do so much more, it's because of the Christian love of brothers and sisters outside Israel, churches, organizations who are helping us. Without it, we will be in a diastasis, surviving, but not able to do as we do today.
So for this, I just beg the Lord for thanks and praying for all those who share whatever they have with us so we can continue to do more.
Well, Menno, before I let you go, we'll talk about how listeners can support your ministry. But before I do that, let's talk a little bit about politics.
Now, I know politics is not your area. You are not a political pundit. You're a pastor. But you are an Israeli citizen. You did serve in the Army.
As you said, you have two children in the Army right now. and of course the elections dominated the news we've been talking about them on the program i know that you do have an opinion and i'd love to hear it from your perspective if you could could you talk about this latest election um yes for whatever it's called again as i said i'm not a politician but the bible teaches you things to come the bible teaches you what the enemies are preparing to do. Therefore, again, this is my opinion. People can say things differently. I do believe that Benjamin Netanyahu is right now the only person who understands the reality around him the best way.
That means closer and closer to the way the Bible is teaching it. He's one of the only that admits straightforward that it is a war between religions. other politicians don't want even to hear this kind of thing. Because if you admit it, you can say there is no chance for a peace right now until the other opponents will start to believe in God.
So at least Benjamin Netanyahu is honestly saying so. That is the reason he didn't want to start or to allow a Palestinian state. From his point of view, let's keep Hamas a little bit ugly child so everyone will know that there is no chance to make peace with them.
So, sadly to say, this little ugly figure became a monster that bites us.
So, yes, we are not perfect. Also, our leaders are not perfect. But that's the situation.
So, again, we need to understand. Even if I'll come and say that Benjamin Netanyahu is the most knowledgeable and best leader right now, we need to know that the government in Israel is not like in America. In America, during the election, the winner takes it all. And that's it. But in Israel, it's not like this.
You will not get 61 members in one vote. You will get 27, 30 as a big party. And then you need to make a coalition, to form a coalition with other parties. And every time you sign with another party, you need to compromise on some of your principles. And in the end of the day, you get an animal that you didn't even shape or thought or dream to receive.
That's how things are for good or bad.
So the bottom line is we put the note and God writes the name of the leader he allows.
So because of that, I have peace. I know that even if I put the wrong person, God, by his sovereignty, will write the name of the person he allows to be right now, the prime minister.
So God's will for Israel and for the world will be accomplished. And for this, I thank God.
Well, amen to that, Menno. And we have elections coming up here in the United States. And guess what? We don't have any perfect candidates either. But you know what?
We're going to look at the candidates that we do have through our Christian worldview. And we're going to make the best choices that we can.
Well, let me look at this from a different angle. We have talked about what it's like being a church in Israel. We've talked about what it's like to share the gospel, to do evangelism in Israel. And, you know, Jimmy and I have been involved in evangelism in Israel. It's allowed, but sometimes it can be difficult.
We've talked about it on this program before. You said it's not necessarily perfect, but better than anywhere else in the Middle East by far, by a mile. If you could, if you look at the upcoming potentials for the governments that are going to be put together, do you see anything that would impact the ability of the church to share the gospel in Israel? No, not really. It's not that one party will shut the churches and the other party will give us free keys.
No, that is not the case. The issue is that there is no government that right now tells us, shut your mouth, you cannot do that. The issue is that people, most of the people don't want to hear, they're not interested in that. And just pray for us, pray for the churches in Israel to continue to share the gospel. to grow in understanding in ways to do it better, in wisdom to know how to speak better, how to love better our neighbors, how to show the churches themselves as really an island of Eden, of paradise, that people will come and see, wow, you see these people?
This is true love. They truly help one another, that we will not be another kind of political party, but really an island of peace. It's something that people so look for and pray for. Pray for us as believers, really to learn how to love God and to love one another in a way that will be outstanding in front of our neighbors.
So they will come and ask, I want to have what you have because I don't have it. We certainly will be praying for you, Menno.
Well, final question that I have for you. We have talked quite a bit about these elections this week in Israel. And, you know, it's not that we just love Israeli politics. You know, it's the fact that we know that the role that the Jewish people in Israel is going to play in the end times. And so we keep an eye on the nation of Israel.
We keep an eye on the Jewish people. We keep an eye on the city of Jerusalem. If you could, could you talk a little bit about why it is so important to pay attention to Israel in these days? Absolutely. Let's put it at that.
please accept it in a correct and nice way. If tomorrow most of the nations in the world will disappear, not even one of them will exist. Not even one word of the Bible will be changed. But if tomorrow Israel will cease to exist, our Bible is yesterday's newspaper. And this is something that everyone needs to write in front of his eyes.
God said through Isaiah that he chose the people of Israel for his glory. Through the relationship of God with Israel, the rest of the world can know God's righteousness, sovereignty, and so on. Here is a nation that he cast out to the diaspora for more than 2,000 years. they kept their nationalism identity and returned back to their homeland. How many nations experienced that?
More than that, God promised things to the people of Israel. He promised that they will serve him as priests. And that will happen in the beginning of the millennial kingdom, the 1,000-year kingdom of Christ Jesus on earth, when he will return in the end of the tribulation. God chose to do this tribulation, the purpose of this tribulation, through seven years, to purify Israel, also purifying the world. One third of Israel will be left, Zechariah 13, 8 and 9.
And this one third, that will be all Israel, as Paul says, all Israel will be saved, talking about them, will serve the Lord as priests in his kingdom on earth for 1,000 years. Whom do they serve? they will serve the other one-third of survivors of the nations that will be in the world. And these people will come to Jerusalem, according to Zechariah 14, 16 to 21, in the Feast of Tabernacle to worship the Lord. Yes, the remnant of Israel and the world will enter into the Millennium Kingdom with their regular bodies.
But we, the church, will be taken to be with Christ through the rapture, maybe today.
So don't wait for tomorrow. Call in the name of Christ today. And in the end of the tribulation, we will return with Christ to earth, landing on Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, next to my home, by the way, with our glorified body. Yes, with our glorified new body, heavenly body. Therefore, we will rule with Christ.
It will be a kingdom of righteousness and holiness, purity. And Israel will serve as priests.
So if anyone wants to kill Israel or believe with the idea from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free, he makes himself an enemy of God. I will repeat it. According to Psalm 83, remember what Asaf said, God, your enemies, God, the one who hates you. Who is he talking about? Those who hate Israel.
You hate Israel. You are God's enemy. And don't misunderstand. I'm not saying that we are better than anyone else. We are sinners as anyone else, even more.
But God has a plan for these people. And God will shape and reshape these people to fit his character. It will cost us the tribulation. Two-thirds will be lost. One-third will be left.
But this one-third will fulfill what God assigned to the people of Israel. And if you try to destroy that, God will destroy you.
So, therefore, Israel is important, not because our DNA is better than anyone else, but only because God has a purpose and plan for these people, and it will be accomplished. Pastor Menno Kalish here from the Jerusalem Assembly, the church in Jerusalem. Menno, excellent stuff as you tell us about why we need to focus on the nation of Israel and our role and the role that we are going to play, that Israel is going to play in the end times. Menno, as I mentioned, I want to give our people a chance to support you and your ministry. Could you tell us how we could do that?
Yes, Rick. I mean, you know, I'm supported through Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry or maybe through your mission. They can do that. But again, if people, churches want to support us, first of all, we thank you. We need it.
We advance the kingdom with this kind of support.
So we appreciate it, and may God bless you. Yes, it helps us a lot. Menno Kalashir. Menno, as always, we love talking to you. Thank you so much for taking the time to be with us today.
We pray for you. We pray for the church. We pray for your family. Love to all of them. Thank you so much.
Look forward to talking to you again soon. God bless you. Thank you. Great job as always, Menon. I love what you said.
You can get rid of all the nations of the world except the Jewish state, and the Bible still stands as correct and true. But you get rid of the Jewish state, then the Bible is yesterday's news. Go to Jeremiah 31 verses 35 through 37. Go to Jeremiah 33 19. God has to keep his promise.
The Jews will never disappear. Only if you can get rid of the day and the night, and you can get rid of the measures of the standards of the earth. That's what's recorded in God's Word. We've got to take a break, and when we come back, Dr. Jimmy DeYoung and the Legacy Series, right here on Prophecy Today Weekend.
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Well, it's time for our Legacy Series. And as we continue this very important study on the future kingdom, when Jesus Christ will rule and reign from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, we need to go back to the first kingdom that the Lord set up some 6,000 years ago in the Garden of Eden. The Lord put Adam and Eve in charge of that kingdom. Dr. DeYoung will show you how this all came together and in fact trace from that first kingdom to the satanic kingdom that would be set up by the great grandson of Noah, a man named Nimrod.
We need to start in Genesis chapter 2. Dr. Jimmy DeYoung and the Legacy Series.
Now go back to chapter 2 and there the Lord God is going to place Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Before he does that, before he brings Eve into existence, he has Adam go into the garden. And then he brings all the animals into the garden. This is chapter two. And he allows Adam to name all the animals.
What do you think the animals got their names from? Adam named all the animals. You see, God was trying to show Adam his glory his glory is made manifest in his creation he showed him the stars for example Psalm 19 the heavens declare my glory he said four words four words to bring stars in the galaxies out there into existence and the stars also he had put the sun up there he had put the moon up there and it's like he's walking away this is the fourth day of creation all of a sudden he's oh yeah and the stars also and majestically the sky shows the glory now adam is able to see that but he also wants him to see the creativeness in the animals that he brings into existence i don't know what it would have been like i would have loved to have been there with adam in that garden at that time he would have been you know standing there in the garden and the lord's going to bring all the animals in and he's so excited about this that God's given him to do and all of a sudden he looks out and down the aisle comes this great big wide big old hipped type of animal and Adam looks up and says I think I will call that a hipopotamus big hips you know anyway he comes down the aisle and then all of a sudden God said well that's not bad and God said let me show you this one and he puts a little thing on you know four little legs little tentacles coming around And Adam says, hmm, I think I would call that an ant. All of a sudden, this creature coming along with a long snout, walks up, sticks a long tongue out, eats the ant. And he says, hmm, that's an ant eater.
So he names all these animals. Why does he do it? Because he's trying to show Adam, in everything I've created thus far, you have no helpmate. That's chapter 2 of the book of Jeffs, what it says. did you find a helpmate adam no okay i'm gonna make you one so he pulls a rib out of adam and he makes woman and there he then joins them together and they become the leaders of this kingdom that the lord has put in place but where they had courted in the garden of eden verse 8 and the lord god planted a garden before time in eden and there he put the man whom he had formed and out of the ground made the lord god to grow every tree that is pleasant in the sight of every good for good food in the tree of life also in the midst of the garden the tree of knowledge and good and evil and so we have established now the pattern and then we have the place where this kingdom is going to be set up and operating well we know the story in chapter 3 what happens in chapter 3 satan having fallen from uh the relationship he had with the lord and most likely let me just throw this into your computer Why did Satan rebel I would suggest maybe it might be because of the fact that when the lord god created the earth just before that he created angels that would be based upon the fact of the book of job chapter 38 verse 4 says where were you job when i created the earth and then in verse 7 it says when the angels sons of god and the morning stars sang praise when he created the earth so someplace in genesis chapter one between verse one halfway through and the end of verse one he creates angels he created the heavens created angels and then he brings into existence the earth and the angels sang for joy about what would happen i remember i tell you everything has to be created in the six 24 hour days that's what exodus chapter 20 verse 11 says he did that everything being created in six 24-hour days.
Lucifer, if you look at chapter 28 of the book of Ezekiel, was made the most prominent of all the angels that were created. He had a place of prominence. The Lord put him there himself. And then I believe when he brought man into existence, and on the sixth day of creation, Lucifer's watching and he sees that Adam and Eve are given dominion over all the creation and so lucifer is kind of displaced from his position of power and prominence and so he rebels chapter three we see him slip into the garden and there he has a conversation with eve and through confusing her he brings her to a place where she will commit sin and sin comes in and now that dominion that had been given to adam and eve has slipped away from them we continue on we go through chapter four the story of cain and abel chapter five of genealogy in the book of genesis chapters six seven and eight noah and the flood the flood is over all of humankind has been wiped out except for eight souls because of their relationship with angelic creatures as well we come to chapter nine the lord appears to noah tells him to be fruitful multiply and repeal the earth chapter 10 they start doing that go to chapter 10 just a moment let me show you now how again satan is going to be actively involved in what's going to happen a chapter 10 of the book of genesis is the record of adam excuse me of noah and his three sons doing exactly what the lord said to do be fruitful multiply and repeal the earth you'll remember that ham had a son his name was Cush Cush had a son his name was Nimrod that's here in verse 8 of chapter 10 and Cush begot Nimrod he began to be a mighty one in the earth verse 10 now notice this and the beginning of his kingdom the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom was Babel on the shores of the Euphrates River and the plains of Shinar it says here that's in Mesopotamia the two rivers the Tigris and the Euphrates on the plains of Shinar, which is modern day Iraq. Babylon is established.
And that is the beginning of the kingdom for Nimrod. What did he do? Chapter 11, verse four says he built a great city in the face of Jehovah God, who said, be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth. That was his command to Noah and his three sons. But Nimrod, great grandson of Noah says in your face, God, i'm going to establish my kingdom and so satan comes along gets inside and controlling nimrod has him go against god and establishes a kingdom in contradiction to lord the lord's plan for the kingdom we could go on and we could trace throughout the entire bible how satanic rulers have controlled kingdoms of the world the kingdoms of course of the gentile world the babylonian empire the medo-persian empire the grecian empire the roman empire controlled by satanically controlled men in the leadership roles of these different kingdoms and ultimately the lord's going to brain down the gentile world powers one of the reasons for the tribulation period is to bring an end to gentile world powers it says in the book of luke chapter 21 and verse 24 and jerusalem shall be trodden down until the times of the gentiles be fulfilled the times of the gentiles would be that period of time when the gentile world powers are ruling over this earth from during that seven-year tribulation period so we could trace through the satanic kingdoms that have been put in place.
In fact, when Jesus was tempted by Satan, he offered him, Satan offered Jesus all the kingdoms of the world. That means he's the king. He's the ruler. He's in charge of this world today under, of course, the sovereignty of almighty God.
Well, that's the plan for the kingdom that the Lord put in place, the pattern and the place where it's supposed to be headquartered. Go with me over to 2 Samuel chapter 7 and let me show you now the promise, God's promise to a people, God's kingdom people. Who is it going to be that will receive this kingdom? Who is it going to be that will be the recipient of God's promise to give a kingdom to this world? The book of 2 Samuel chapter 7 is the record of the Davidic covenant.
it's a covenant made with king david for the purpose of giving him a promise that there would be a temple in the city of jerusalem and one of his descendants would rule and reign from the throne in that temple in chapter 5 of 2nd samuel uh david king of all of israel having served as king of only judah for seven years in hevron and then the other tribal leaders make him king of all of israel he comes and selects a neutral city he selects a jebusite stronghold between benjamin and judah it's a place called jerusalem was owned by the jebusites his mighty men took over captured it in chapter 5 it becomes the political capital of the jewish people that was 3 000 years ago in chapter 6 he brings the ark of the covenant that had been away from the jewish people for over 350 50 years he brings that into uh jerusalem and he sets up the spiritual capital for the jewish people in the city of jerusalem he wants to build a permanent worship center the ark of the covenant was traveling of course and that was the transportable worship center when they would put up the tabernacle paul uh john excuse me david puts up a a tabernacle in jerusalem for the purpose of housing the tabernacle and then he decides he would like to build a permanent worship center a temple because of sin he's not allowed to do that but the lord comes and lets king david know in one of the four covenants the promises that are unconditional given to the jewish people that this would happen one day chapter 7 2nd samuel verse 10. moreover i will point a place from my people israel and i will plant them and they that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them anymore as before time and so he's committing to king david i'm going to put up a permanent place of worship and that as we know would be the city of jerusalem he talks about the first installment of this promise being taken care of by his son Solomon. Look here in verse 12. And when the day, thy days be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which will proceed out of thy bowels. And I will establish his kingdom referring to Solomon.
And he shall build a house for my name and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. It's going to be a kingdom forever that will come from the bowels of King David through his son Solomon who fulfills the first installment of it. Look at verse 16. And thy house and thy kingdom shall be established forever. The future kingdom that Jesus Christ rules and reigns from on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is going to be the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, but also the fulfillment of the promise that God made to King David 3,000 years ago.
The Davidic covenant cannot be broken or unfulfilled. God made that promise, and a promise-keeping God also gives you and me the assurance that he will keep his promises to us of everlasting life through his Son, Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord for these promises.
Next week, we'll continue our study on the future kingdom when Jesus Christ will rule and reign for a thousand years here on the earth. This is a very important study, especially in light of the fact that many today believe that kingdom is already in place. A wrong understanding of the kingdom can be very destructive as we look at what God is doing today and what God will do in the future. Please don't miss this study. Read God's Word.
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A biblical worldview is one's total conception of the world from a biblical standpoint. It's a Christian's basic belief system about the meaning of life, the nature of God, the source of truth, and other foundational concepts. Yet many Christians' worldview is not biblically consistent. They may approach some issues from a biblical viewpoint, but not every issue, Rick.
Well, there are many possible reasons why some Christians fail to have a consistent biblical worldview. I think number one, they lack knowledge of what the Bible says. They do not know the Word of God. If someone doesn't know what the Bible says about the sanctity of human life, for example, it will be difficult for him or her to form a biblical view on the subject. For the uninformed, education is the key.
It is, Jimmy. And again, I mean, this program, Prophecy Today, as we look at things, we are not necessarily just a current events program or not totally a Bible prophecy, but we are about studying scripture, studying the word to see what it has to say. Another reason, Jimmy, that people fail to have a consistent biblical worldview is that they reject what the Bible says on certain issues. I heard of a study recently, Jimmy, where people were asked if they believe what the Bible says. Only 4% of people did, Jimmy.
And if you look further, Jimmy, and people who are saying they are Christians, it's not that much better. And if you are a professed Christian and you do not believe what the Bible says, it'll be impossible for you to have an authentic biblical worldview. For those who are contrary, repentance is the key. There's only one way to the Father. Jesus Christ said, I am the way, the truth, and the life.
There's no way to the Father except through me. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whomsoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. You know, when you look at this, Rick, some other reasons, they are more concerned with what the world thinks of them than what God thinks. Fear of man will prove to be a snare. Proverbs 29, 25, the fear of man lays a snare, but whosoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
A believer who views the world from a biblical standpoint recognizes that he is not of the world. Jesus said, if you belong to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of this world. That is why the world hates you. John 15, 9.
When a believer starts making compromises with the world's ways of thinking, he loses focus on God's perspective. For those who are fearful, courage is the key. I love that, Jimmy. And if you remember what Sharam Hadian said when he talked about boldly sharing, that's something. Courage, bold commitment to share.
And I mean, another thing he said is loving other people enough in order to be willing to share.
Well, another reason that people fail to have a consistent worldview, Jimmy, is that they are lukewarm in their commitment to Christ. We talk about Revelation a lot. Revelation 3, the church of Laodicea. They are neither hot nor cold, unwilling to take a stand for Christ. For the lukewarm, commitment is the key.
Yes, and Rick, you and I have talked about this a lot on this program. We encourage people. We're trying to edify the body of Christ, educating them, because we have an understanding of Bible prophecy and what God's Word says is going to take place in the end times. We might not be 100% correct, and those people out there might not agree with us, but at least we are trying to get people to be understanding of the times in which we're living and to live a pure, productive, holy life in this unholy world. And commitment is the only way that you can do that.
Another reason Christians don't have a consistent biblical worldview is they are influenced by the lies of this world. From the time of Adam and Eve, Satan has used his ability to deceive and confuse. That took place in Genesis chapter 3 with the fall of man, and it has been going throughout history until Jesus Christ comes back to this earth and establishes a theocratic kingdom on this earth when sin will be no more. A powerful tool in Satan's arsenal is the idea that the Bible is a book of myths, that it is full of errors and not to be trusted. Satan's wish to convince people that the Bible is no longer relevant, Rick, its laws and principles are obsolete.
Many in the church have been influenced by such thinking, and as according to what he said, And, you know, when wokeism comes into the church, many are deceived. And I do think that today we need to be praying for discernment. Discernment is the key to have a biblical worldview. It is, Jimmy. It makes me think of what Dad used to say when he was preaching.
He would say, listen, if you disagree with me, come to me with your Bible in hand. He said, don't come with your experience. Don't come with stories that you have. Don't tell me about a book that you read that says this. come to me with your Bible in hand.
And I believe that rigorous test, taking everything back to Scripture, is the key to discernment.
Well, another reason, Jimmy, that people fail to have a consistent biblical worldview is that they are swayed by their circumstances and doubt God's promises. Understandable, Jimmy, we all sometimes face doubts. In Matthew 14, when Peter stepped out of the boat there on the Sea of Galilee to walk on the water, he was demonstrating a biblical worldview. But what happened, Jimmy, when he focused on the storm-tossed sea around him and took his eyes off Jesus, his worldview shifted. Maybe the waves were more powerful than Jesus.
He was doubting, Jimmy, for the doubting, faith is the key. Faith is the key in understanding and completely trusting and believing in what the Lord says. To have a consistent biblical worldview, we must go back to the Bible and take hold of the promises of God, Rick. The promises that God has made to us and that the world offers us nothing. Luke chapter 9, John chapter 12, Matthew chapter 6, all of these are chapters that bring this biblical truth to life.
Rick, we've tried today to help our listeners to have a worldview. A biblical worldview is very important, and a prophetic biblical worldview is the most important view that you can have in understanding why the world is acting as it is. Rick, thanks so much for doing the hard work today, and I look forward to us continuing to edify and educate the body of Christ. Folks, today as I always close out the program, Rick and I firmly believe that the rapture of the church could happen at any moment. Let's keep looking up until...
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