TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Deep State Panic Attack as Trump Plans to Shut Down Ukraine War

Episode Date: November 7, 2024

The Washington War Lobby is having a panic attack over the real possibility that President Elect Donald Trump will immediately move to settle the Ukraine war.Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 11/07/2024Join the leading community for Conservative Christians! https://www.FaithandValues.comYou can partner with us by visiting https://www.TruNews.com/donate, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961.Get high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves!https://www.AmericanReserves.com             It’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today!https://www.amazon.com/Final-Day-Characteristics-Second-Coming/dp/0578260816/Apple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books!https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/final-day-10-characteristics-of-the-second-coming/id1687129858Purchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today.https://www.sacrificingliberty.com/watchThe Fauci Elf is a hilarious gift guaranteed to make your friends laugh! Order yours today!https://tru.news/faucielf

I'm Jake, but my friends call me Moose Jaw. I'm a blacksmith, and I like to work with my hands. I watch True News, and it's apparent to me that we are in World War III, and the U.S. is very unstable. I have faith in God, but He expects us to use our brains and our hands to prepare for troubled times. There are two things we need, food and water. That's why I buy my supplies from AmericanReserves.com. American Reserves offers easy to prepare chicken and beef meals, pastas, soups and vegetables that only need boiling water. You can purchase

the world famous British Burkefield gravity fed water filters equipped with Dalton ceramic handles and other emergency supplies at AmericanReserves.com. My family's security is critical to me. Something big is coming. Procrastination could be costly. Act today before a crisis suddenly appears. Be ready. Be wise.

Go to AmericanReserves.com. The Washington war lobby is having a panic attack over the real possibility that President-elect Donald Trump will immediately move to settle the Ukraine war when he gets in the White House. I'm Rick Wiles. This is True News for Thursday, November 7, 2024. Let's begin our analysis and commentary of today's headlines with this Reuters News Agency report, Biden rushing assistance to Ukraine with aid uncertain under Trump. Doc, they're still trying to Trump-proof the war. And you mentioned this the other day, Rick, that this is exactly what Joe Biden was going to be doing, trying to pump up anything he could for Ukraine in the time period between

now and Inauguration Day, January 20th. So Reuters is reporting the White House plans to rush billions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine before President Joe Biden leaves office in January, sources said Wednesday, hoping to shore up the government in Kiev before President-elect Donald Trump's January 20 inauguration. They quoted a source as saying, the administration plans to push forward to put Ukraine in the strongest position possible before the end of the Biden term. Not surprised we predicted it.

It's what we've been saying for many months. The war lobby will try to Trump-proof the war. They'll front-end load as many weapons, as much money as they can get into Zelensky's hands before Trump gets in the White House. And, Doug, I got to tell you, I'm concerned. I think we're in extremely dangerous three months, November, December, and three weeks of January, because somebody could go rogue, somebody in NATO could go rogue and say, we'll blow this thing up before Trump gets in the White House. We'll put him in a position that he wouldn't dare in the war.

We'll heat it up. It'll be red hot when he gets in the White House. That's on Ukraine. The second thing is Iran and Israel. We're going to talk about this later. Bibi Netanyahu's got three months to go to town killing people. In fact, he's kind of been given carte blanche by Donald Trump to do exactly that. So it's a very dangerous three months where the war mongers will do their very best to get as much killing done, as much destruction done, to seize as much land as they can seize before Donald Trump gets in the White House.

So the next story, this is from the Kiev Independent. Trump to call Putin, seek quick deal to end Russia-Ukraine war, says Volker. Now, when I saw the headline, I thought, wow. It's already out. The news is out. Donald Trump is calling Putin. He can't do that right now. He's not the president.

You're not allowed to do that. And Trump's not going to break a federal that could get him impeached before he's impeachable, to get him arrested before he gets in the White House. A citizen cannot negotiate foreign policy with a foreign government. A private citizen. Donald Trump is still a private citizen. So when I saw the headline, that was my first thought. Oh, no, don't do that.

Don't call Putin. That's the very thing they're waiting for you to do, to work out a deal. Because Joe Biden could say, huh, I had a deal going and Trump interfered with it. So when you read the article, that's not what's going on. This is former Ambassador Volker, who is a deep stater. Oh, very deep. And played a role in the impeachment of Donald Trump over Ukraine. And this is his speculation that President-elect Trump is going to call Putin and cut a quick deal in the Ukraine war.

So we've got a couple of quotes from this. Again, this is Kiev independent in Ukraine. It says Donald Trump won the presidential election after months of repeatedly claiming he could end Russia's full scale invasion in one day. To do that, he will have to do what he claims to do best, negotiate a deal. Ambassador Kurt Volker is one person with a wealth of experience in issues Trump is likely to face regarding Russia's war against Ukraine. Give you some background on Mr. Volker. Volker served as U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine negotiations 2017 to 19 during the Trump administration. He held negotiations between Kiev and members of the Russian government and

has a long history. He was U.S. Ambassador to NATO 2008 to 2009. That was under Obama. Right. Okay. So they asked a question, the Kiev Independent. In terms of Ukraine, there's been a lot already said about what Trump might do once he's in office. But we still have more than two months of the Biden administration. Do you think we can expect anything surprising from Biden before he leaves office. Well, and then Kurt Volker responded to the question by the Kiev Independent saying, there's been some discussion that I've heard within the administration about the idea of making a gesture in the direction of Ukraine's NATO membership, or also about approving the use of long range weapons to strike deep inside Russia, something that the Biden administration has denied until now.

On the use of weapons, however, Volker continues, I think the Biden administration would be very well advised to simply just drop its objections. Just let Ukraine use the weapons we've given them. This is coming from Volker, remember, and this can be done quietly. It doesn't have to be a big announcement. It can be done on a case-by-case basis if the Biden administration insists. That's the one I worry about. They're not going to do the NATO membership because the European members of NATO.

They don't want Ukraine and NATO either. Well, they don't want to tangle with President Trump once he comes in the White House. Right. He's going to rescind it. He's going to say, no, we're not going to do this. You know what they're afraid of with Trump? What did he try to do to NATO when he was in the White House? Basically tried to shut it down.

Well, make them pay. Yes. Make them pay for NATO. What do you think he's going to do when he gets back in the White House? Make them pay for NATO. What do you think he's going to do when he gets back in the White House? Make them pay. So if they really tick him off, he's going to up the amount that he's going to demand. Right. So forget about the NATO membership.

It's the second one that Mr. Volker proposed. Just quietly give Zelensky permission to hit Moscow. Go for it. How do we give permission to another country to strike a nuclear power, Rick? Well, you're giving because you gave them the weapons to do it. And the only thing keeping us from a nuclear war are the restrictions we've placed on them in using those weapons. What Ambassador Volker is saying is Joe Biden should quietly give Zelensky permission to use the weapons

doing whatever he wants to do. And, well, he did say a case-by-case basis. So, you know, give us a list of targets. We'll sign off on it. We'll do it quietly. You go ahead and hit them. Yeah, tell me which one target is

okay with the Russians to hit. None. Not a single one. None. None at all, Doc. So what the warmongers want to do is inflame Putin and the Russians. Get them going here between now and January. So that

their hair's on fire by January. And the first thing's on fire by January. And the first thing President Trump's got to do is calm down the Russians. That's their plan. That one worries me. And I hope Joe Biden doesn't fall for this. But you've got the problem that Joe Biden hates Donald Trump. He doesn't just dislike him.

He hates him. I mean, you saw it on his face the other day when he said he wanted to smack him. I mean, he gritted his teeth. And remember the times he threatened to have fistfights with Donald Trump? Yeah, in the back of the gym. So he hates Donald Trump, and he hates Vladimir Putin. He hasn't been able to defeat Putin in this war. He knows Putin's laughing. Joe Biden's on his way out. Joe Biden's a has-been now.

And Putin's still in power. There's the possibility that Joe Biden could make a really stupid, irresponsible, foolish decision out of spite. Do you see Joe Biden as being spiteful? Yes. I do, too. I do, too. I do, too. And that's a problem we've got to deal with. Yeah, I think that was evident in the last days of the campaign.

Let's see what else Mr. Volcker had to say to the key of independence. So the next question, there has been some discussion that I've heard. Oh, no, that's an answer. Excuse me. Let's see. I'm going to go down to the next one. Once Trump takes office, how far up his agenda do you think Ukraine will actually be? Well, Volker responded to that question by saying, I think he's going to make a phone call to Putin as quickly as possible and tell Putin they need to stop the war, that the fighting has to stop and that there has to be peace.

And that will start a discussion about how that actually happens. And what I expect to happen is that Putin will have demands. He went on to say Putin will say, I need this, I need this, I need this. And I think Trump will say, no, you stop the war. But I do think it happens quite quickly. I don't think Trump wants to see this war continue once he's actually in office. I'll agree with Volcker on that. He also had another question, too. So the last question, if Trump proved anything during his last term in office, it was that he was quite unpredictable.

Are there any curveball scenarios that you can envision happening? Right, and Volker responded by saying, I suppose that's what Putin is thinking about. Can Putin create a curveball scenario? Can he throw something on the table completely unexpected that gets us off track? Maybe Putin will actually come forward with a proposal that is far more reasonable than anything that Putin has proposed until now. Can that distract us? I think that would be the curveball scenario.

So what would be the dangerous curveball scenario, according to Mr. Volcker, that Putin might propose something that's reasonable? That's what the man said. We have to be prepared. Read between the lines what this man is saying, Ambassador Volker. He's saying, yes, Putin could throw a curveball to us, meaning the Western war lobby. Right. What would that curveball be? He might actually propose something reasonable.

Like immediately ending the war in exchange for the eastern Ukraine territory? And he said, could that distract us? Yes. I think that would be the curveball. Distract you from what? World War III. Yes. distract you from what? World War III. Ambassador Volker said,

among my peers in the deep state, we're afraid Putin may act reasonable. And that's a scary scenario? That's a scary scenario. And Trump may shake his hand and say, we've got a deal, and the war is over. Talk, they're sick. They're sick. Because they want the war.

That's demented thinking. They're afraid of peace. Of peace. Peace might break out. Putin might be reasonable with Trump. Well, you've got to remember, what was the purpose of NATO from the very beginning? Well, in the beginning, it was to stop the soviet soviets we got to stop the soviets and then when the soviet union collapsed and became what is modern russia now vladimir putin actually sought to join nato

he said yeah we're not going to invade we'd like to be a member i said well we can't let that happen we'll lose our enemy that way right So the only purpose of NATO is Russia. And our budget. Right. And our jobs. And all the things that NATO does is spends money. Right. Okay?

They have to keep Russia as the boogeyman. He's afraid Putin might make a reasonable proposal to end the war. And Trump might accept a reasonable proposal to end the war. Then what do we do? What do we do now? How are we going to keep World War III going? We've got to come up with another plot, another scheme. They'll just go to the Pacific.

That's where they'll go. Foreign policy, that's the CFR. They don't want peace either. But they have an admission in this article, Rick, that is really quite telling. Someone in Donald Trump's inner circle needs to take him to one side and tell him this home truth. As president-elect, he must immediately explain his plan to end the war in Ukraine. President Trump, still celebrating his historic victory, will naturally be thinking about his domestic agenda, but he should understand that the longer he dithers, the more strategic advantages he hands to Russia,

which is now a firm U.S. adversary. Now, the Foreign Policy article goes on to say, ideally his plan should not involve Ukraine giving up territory that has been captured by Russia over the course of the war, nor should it be based on empty promises from Russian President Vladimir Putin, which he has a history of making. Listen to what Foreign Policy Magazine just said about Zelensky here, Rick. I mean, about Putin. And so, now, it goes on to say this, and this is where it's interesting. The need for clarity on the ground in Ukraine is so obvious.

NATO sources and Western security officials almost universally agree that Ukraine is slowly losing the war and that this winter will be critical. Trump's victory in the U.S. has only heightened these concerns, not least because he has a history of making tepid statements about Ukraine in the war. President Trump has previously said that Ukraine should have ceded territory to Russia ahead of the invasion, claiming that even the worst deal would have been better than what we have now. He also accused Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky of making little nasty aspirations towards your favorite president, me. And so, but the admission in the middle of that foreign policy article, which is the newsletter basically for NATO, right, is that they all know Ukraine's losing the war.

They all know it. Yes. But, Doc, the heart of what this article is about is that they are baiting donald trump to reveal his plan right before he's in the white house it's devious oh great donald trump the magnificent one i mean we uh we adore you donald I mean, it's fake admiration. That's what they're doing. They're appealing to him now. Appealing to his ego.

His ego. Oh, we adore you. You have a master plan to end the war. Please tell us. We can't wait till January 20. Please tell us now. Please tell us now. Why?

So we can wreck it. So that we can mess it up before you get in the White House. That's what they're up to, dog. Tell us your plan so we can derail it. Yes. Gosh, it's so devious, Rick. It's as devious, well, I can't say as devious. It's of the same spirit. As Herod telling the three wise men, tell me, where is the Christ child that I may go and worship him?

That's what they're doing. It's the same devil spirit. They're appealing to his pride. Tell us your plan. We want to help you with your plan. No, you don't. You want to sink it. You want to have three months to sink it.

And why would you tell Putin to plan? Right. Before you can do anything with it. Doc, if I were going into negotiations with you three months from now, why would I start talking about my negotiation points? That would give me time to prepare, to respond. Precisely, to have a counterproposal. It's foolish. But it's devious. Wall Street Journal, Trump promised to end the war.

Now he must decide how. Not necessarily going to get deep into the Wall Street Journal, but what we're seeing here is a pattern. The war industry is saying, tell us, Mr. Trump. He says, now he must decide how. He already knows how. Donald Trump already knows he's not going to tell you. This is another attempt.

Right. Please tell us. Oh, great one. They want him to go, why are you writing that article i know how to do it here it is here's my plan no he's donald trump's too smart for that he's not going to fall for these tricks they're they're baiting him uh let's get a glimpse into the uh the new Trump administration, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who is mentioned as a candidate for one of two positions.

I've heard Secretary of State and I've heard CIA director. So Marco Rubio was interviewed on NBC Today Show, and this is what he said about the war in Ukraine. They don't admit it publicly, but if you ask the Biden administration, they will tell you we are funding a stalemate. I think the Ukrainians have been incredibly brave and strong and standing up to Russia. But at the end of the day, what we are funding here is a stalemate war.

And it needs to be brought to a conclusion because that country is going to be set back 100 years. Now, that doesn't mean that we celebrate what Vladimir Putin did or are excited about it. But I think there has to also be some common sense here. And that is that right now, what we are funding is a stalemate that's costing lives. It's going to take 100 years to rebuild that poor country with everything they are facing. He's right. There'll be 100 years of contracts. The Halliburton's, all the deep state corporations, they'll have decades of work to do. But what he said was, Ukraine, this isn't a stalemate. They're not winning. We've got to wrap it up. And if you believe Foreign Policy Magazine, they're losing.

Yes. Marco Rubio is too smooth to come out and say that. Right. If he wants to be Secretary of State or CIA Director, he's not going to say they're losing. He's real cautious with his words. But he said it's a stalemate.

Nobody's winning. It's time to wrap it up. Now, Marco Rubio did not say those words without knowing Donald Trump's winning. It's time to wrap it up. Now, Marco Rubio did not say those words without knowing Donald Trump's mindset. He would not go out there and say something that would get blown up in the news, and then Mr. Trump's going to say to him, you're out. I can't make you Secretary of State because you said that. No, he knows exactly the way Mr. Trump is thinking. And the thinking is, this is a

stalemate. Let's end it. And Mr. Trump's thinking, because he's a real estate developer, the faster we can shut that war down, the sooner we can start real estate projects.

I mean, it all comes down to business, doesn't it? You're right. It does. It's not that he wanted the... Donald Trump didn't want the country destroyed so he could build, but he knows there's going to be business and you can't have development until the war is over.

So the smartest thing to do for the American economy is end the war and start building. And that would match what Dr. Talal told us a couple years ago, right? Yes. So the deal

will be with Mr. Putin. I'll agree to these terms, but the U.S. companies get the contracts. It's not hard to figure out. They make money. Germany, the German government has collapsed. What happened here, Doc?

Well, what's going on is Germany's governing coalition has collapsed after Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired a key minister and said he would call a vote of confidence in his government early next year. Now, Chancellor Scholz said he had no trust in finance minister Christian Linder, who heads the pro-business Free Democrats, has been part of the coalition along with Scholz's Social Democrats and the Greens. Now, the crisis inside the coalition plunged Europe's largest economy into political chaos yesterday, hours after Donald Trump's U.S. election victory triggered deep uncertainty about the future of the continent's economy and security.

The so-called traffic light coalition has governed Germany since 2021, and its collapse means Schultz's government no longer has a majority in the parliament. Now the confidence vote could lead to early elections by March, although the opposition says a confidence vote should come next week, not next year. President Steinmeier said he was prepared to dissolve parliament and call early elections if the chancellor lost a vote. Internal tensions have been bubbling for weeks before exploding into the open on Wednesday night. It was triggered by a row over the 2020 budget, with Germany now facing its second year without economic growth. Two years without economic growth? How long is the war?

Up two years old. So Germany's been pumping a lot of money into Ukraine. So the NATO war has just busted the German economy. Right. And it's basically pretty much brought them to bankruptcy. Now, Foreign Minister Baerbock says this is not a good day for Germany and not a good day for Europe. Well, it's not a good day for continuing to arm Ukraine. Now, RT, though, takes a different tack on this, and it quotes other sources.

Schultz blames Ukraine aid for government collapse. The key reason for the collapse of Germany's ruling coalition was the refusal by Finance Minister Lindner to support a budgetary plan that would increase aid to Ukraine. Not maintain aid, Rick, but increase aid. Chancellor Schultz said the – Because they're trying to Trump-proof the war. That's right. between Schultz and Lindner reportedly came to a head yesterday evening in a meeting with coalition partners when they failed to find common ground on how to plug a multi-billion euro hole in next year's budget. So at a press conference that same day, Schultz said that by dismissing Lindner,

who walked out along with other FDP ministers, he had sought to turn away damage from our country. He noted that he had made a comprehensive offer to Lidner in a bid to close a budgetary gap in a way that would not plunge the country into chaos. All right, so the bottom line, the Ukraine war has bankrupt Germany. It has. They had a great economy before the war started. And now they've got a lousy economy because of the war and and mr schultz was the one of the top cheerleaders for the war right so look at the irony of this the same week

that donald trump has won an unprecedented second term as an ousted president, coming back for a non-consecutive term. Right. Never happened one time in history in the United States, back in the 1800s. The same week that Donald Trump wins, Mr. Schultz's government collapses. So Donald Trump says, we can't afford this war. We've got to wrap it up. We've got to move on. Schultz is saying, we've got to get more money. Trump is coming. Right. So Donald Trump says, we can't afford this war. We've got to wrap it up. We've got to move on.

Schultz is saying, we've got to give them more money. Trump is coming. Right. So what happens to his government? It collapsed. These people. They don't get it. I think they do get it.

Well, then who's ordering them to keep going? It's a delusion. They're deluded, Rick. There were four things that Schultz offered as far as the other coalition partners. One was to come up with a way to find affordable energy. Okay. Why do you need it? Because you shut down your nuclear plants. Yeah, and you blew up pipelines.

I went along with it. The other thing, too, a package to secure jobs in the automotive industry. They better hurry on that because Volkswagen closed three big plants. Why is the car industry down? Because you people pushed EVs. That's right. And people aren't buying them. So you destroyed your automobile industry.

The German automobile industry, one of the best in the world, and they've destroyed it. And the third thing is we need to come up with an investment plan to bring new money into Germany. Well, who's going to invest in Germany right now? No one's going to invest in Germany. Look at your economy. You're failing. And then the fourth one, we're going to increase aid to Ukraine. And that was the last straw for the coalition partners. So think about it, Doc. What we missed this week was the opportunity to go down the same road with Germany.

You're right. Because Kamala Harris would have followed the same path. More money for Ukraine. More money for alternative fuel. It would have been the same thing. We're going to shut down the auto industry. We're going to shut down the oil industry. We're going to shut down the oil industry. Right.

We're going to bankrupt America. Or we're going to prop up the automotive industry. One other story regarding Ukraine. Not going to get detail on this because of time. Another Kiev independent. I saw this in the news the other day. Like, wait a minute. That guy?

Vindman? Yes, the same one. Vindman got elected to the U.S. Congress? Yes. We're talking about Eugene Vindman, and he and his brother Alexander, were involved in the impeachment of Donald Trump. Eugene Vindman won the election to the House of Representatives in Virginia. He is a Ukrainian-born citizen. His name was not Eugene.

He changed his name when he moved to the United States. If you remember the story, they were the two brothers who revealed Donald Trump's phone call with Zelensky in 2019. Yes.

And that set the basis for the impeachment. What I always thought was strange is that the Vindman brothers both had jobs with the National Security Council. In the Trump administration. Yes. He had two Judices in his National Security Council office. He had a Judas and a backup Judas. Yes.

And a twin at that. And they got him. And now Eugene is now in the U.S. House. Let's switch to the Middle East. Here's Times of Israel. GOP's spokesperson says Trump wants Israel's

wars to end soon with decisive victory. This came out yesterday. I read it this morning. And it says a spokesman for the Republican Party said that President-elect Donald Trump wants to see Israel wrap up its war soon with decisive victories. Speaking to Israel's Channel 12, GOP spokeswoman Elizabeth Pipko was asked about Trump's comment near the end of his victory speech that said, I'm not going to start wars. I'm going to stop wars. Doc, she's spinning it. This woman, who works for the Republican Party,

is spinning what Donald Trump actually meant. She's spinning it in favor of Israel. Listen to this carefully. She is a radical Zionist.

Hardcore Zionist, Doc. She's a radical Zionist, hardcore Zionist, Doc. She's a hardcore Zionist working for the Republican Party. She's a plant. Okay. That's my opinion. She's a plant in the Republican Party to get the narrative going in favor of Israel. Okay. The Channel 12 anchor, Yonet Levy, said, does that mean that he, Trump, expects Israel to end the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the war against Hamas in Gaza?

Pipko said, I would say he expects them to end it by winning it. 100%. That's how he always talks about ending wars. She added that she didn't believe the October 7 attack, which started the war, would have happened if Trump had been in the White House. She also goes on to say, I also believe that the response on October 8,

had it happened, would have been very different. Donald Trump always says he wants less innocent people to die. That is his stance, whether we're talking about the war in Gaza or talking about Russia and Ukraine. I'm telling you, she's a plant in the Republican Party. Now, when she says October 8th would have been different, do you think she means that the U.S. would have been involved at that point? I think she's insinuating that. Right.

If Donald Trump had been president. She is Bibi Netanyahu's propaganda plant inside the Republican Party. What she's saying is Netanyahu. What was Netanyahu's job before he was prime minister? Propagandist. Government propaganda. He's still a government propaganda guy. And he's got his plant inside the Republican Party. And she's wormed her way into the Trump, she's trying, Doc, she's trying to get in the Trump White House. Israel... I'm just predicting this.

Israel's trying to get her moved into the White House. Now, I looked her up. Are you looking at her right now? What do you see? She's a model. Yes. Oh, my. She's a young model.

Gee, are you going to dangle an attractive young woman in front of donald trump is that what you're planning to do netanyahu did you say to somebody in the side get me the hottest looking model we can get and get her on the republican party payroll come on i can see through this stuff she's. Yes. She's not a foreign policy expert. She's a model. That qualifies her, Rick. Yes. Don't knock that.

Jeffrey Epstein model. Okay. What was Jeffrey Epstein's forte? He recruited little teenagers and said, I'll make you a model. And she was represented by Wilhelmina Models. It's one of the modeling companies that helps supply models to Jelaine Maxwell. She's represented by who? Wilhelmina Models.

It's the same group? Yeah. Oh, man. Aren't you glad you watched True News today? We're learning this in real time as we're doing this show. We're learning it as we go. Next one, I just saw this about an hour ago.

Israeli police entered a French owned church in Jerusalem. Yeah, on the Mount of Olives. And were detained by the Mount of Olives. And were detained by true, yeah, the Mount of Olives. And the police confronted the French security guards at the church.

Actually, those security guards are French police. They're actual French police. Not just security guards. Right. They're official government police. Not just security guards. Right. They're official government police. Yes. Because this is... French property by treaty.

Which is a church. Yes. Do you remember a couple years ago when Emmanuel Macron got in a scuffle with Israeli police? He tried to go into a church and they blocked him. Oh, yes. I remember that now. It was Macron himself. So anyhow,

let's take a look. The person who was trying to enter was the foreign minister of France. Let's turn up the volume. Well, Israeli police entered the French-owned Eliana Church compound in Jerusalem and briefly detained two French policemen, prompting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barat to abandon a scheduled visit. He said, I will not enter Ilona domain today because Israeli security forces entered with weapons without prior French authorization, without agreeing to leave today.

Barrett said at the scene, calling the standoff unacceptable. France claims the sanctuary on the Mount of Olives as its territory under international treaties, and it has been the focus of diplomatic incidents in the past. I wonder if that was the same church that Macron tried to enter. That's not the French prime minister, is it? That they're hauling out? No, no. These are the French policemen that they're taking away right now.

Those are the police officers. Yes, right. In civilian clothing. Yes. But they are actual authorized. But the prime minister was going there. Well, the French foreign minister was. The foreign minister, yes.

The foreign minister. This is the way Israel treats Christians. The foreign minister, yes. The foreign minister. This is the way Israel treats Christians going into their churches in Jerusalem. Oh, we've got to stand with Israel. God will curse you if you don't stand with Israel. But they can walk into a church

which is protected by international treaty. But they can do whatever they want to, right? Yeah. Well, for now, I believe the day's coming god's going to deal with them again wouldn't be the first time he dealt with them uh times of israel outgoing defense chief tells hostage families that netanyahu is needlessly keeping IDF troops in Gaza. What? Mr. Gallant, who resigned as the defense minister of Israel several days ago,

told the families of the hostages that Netanyahu has no reason to have IDF troops in Gaza anymore. Basically, there's hardly any kids left to shoot. There are few buildings standing. What are we doing over there? There's a few little kids. He didn't say it like that. But when you say that you're needlessly keeping troops in Gaza, it means we've killed all the people that we need to kill right now.

But that's the argument that Netanyahu makes. He said, we need to keep troops there for security reasons. To keep killing. Yes. Yeah, Netanyahu got a rumor that there's a little four-year-old walking around looking for water. But Gallant is making the accusations that the prime minister purposely, purposely avoided any kind of access for hostage negotiations. He says, I can tell you there was not security considerations. Me and the IDF chief said there was no security reason for remaining in the Philadelphia corridor. He went on to say that Netanyahu said that it was a diplomatic consideration. I'm telling you there was no diplomatic consideration, he added.

There's nothing left in Gaza to do. The major achievements have been achieved. He's quoted as saying, I fear we're staying there just because there's a desire to be there. You mean like occupy? When you keep troops someplace, you're occupying. Now, he didn't resign. He was fired.

I think I said resign. He was fired by Netanyahu. Why do you think Netanyahu fired him? Because Golan's speaking up in the meetings. See, I'm the defense chief. I'm pulling the troops out of Gaza. No, you're not. Mr. Netanyahu, there's no reason for us to have troops there.

I'll decide that. What are you doing? It's about occupation. troops there. I'll decide that. What are you doing? It's about occupation. Because his hardcore radical Zionists that are keeping him in power want to own Gaza. And if there's any children still

breathing, they've got to kill them. Doc, they're ruthless people. I'm talking about the Netanyahu side. That gang is ruthless. I don't think Mr. Gallant and his side are the bloodthirsty people that Netanyahu is. I think they'd kill their share of people. But they know that Netanyahu is bloodthirsty.

And that there's no justification to be there right now. So you've blown up everything. The people are starving. What are we doing there? Well, Netanyahu's occupying. Look, Netanyahu's in trouble. Last week, police raided his office. That's right.

They're trying to, this guy is going to go down eventually, but a lot of people will die. Financial Times, Israel readies plan to expand Lebanon offensive. Now we go back to little Miss Pipko at the Republican Party, their their model their model foreign policy expert so she said president-elect trump wants the way he thinks he wants wars to end quickly decisively get them win them big okay now she's putting words in his mouth what she's doing is she's putting words in his mouth. What she's doing is she's getting the news into the Western newspapers and the television networks. Donald Trump wants Bibi Netanyahu to attack Lebanon. Have you heard Donald Trump say it?

Have you heard Donald Trump say, I want Israel to expand the war? What we've heard him say is, I want this stuff to end. So Netanyahu is telling his warmongers, we've got three months to kill a lot of people. We've got to get the killing done before Trump gets here. Because he told me,

I had a phone call with him, and he said, you wrap it up before I get in the White House. You know what that meant? That's a green light. That's a green light to kill, kill, kill. Now that's Netanyahu's interpretation. What President Trump said is I don't want to mess with your wars when I get there.

Netanyahu's saying that's permission to blow up everything. Including Lebanon. Including Lebanon. We've got to take as much land as we can take before Trump gets in the White House. And then we'll deal with him when he gets there. By the way, Doc, I saw an article. I didn't put it on our sheet for today. I saw an article in one of the Jerusalem newspapers,

and the headline said, Trump did not thank the Jews for his victory. And I thought, and it said, on election night, Donald Trump thanked Latinos and Hispanics and evangelicals. And he went down the list, and he didn't thank the Jews. Well, 79% of all Jews voted for Kamala Harris. Yes.

But I think there's more to it. I think Donald Trump deliberately didn't thank them. I am not convinced his second term is going to be pro-Zionist. Well, now, that's a radical statement, Rick. Because all indications up to this point, it's, I mean,

at least it appears to me, it's Zion-Zion all the way. How did he win Michigan? The Muslims. Oh, yeah. The first Republican to carry Dearborn, Michigan. Yes. The Muslims in Michigan voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump.

And Donald Trump is now saying, whoa, wait a minute. Muslims vote? They helped me carry Michigan? There's a new thinking going on in his head. Like, I've got leverage against the Jews now. I've got Muslim votes. They're not going to push me like they did before. That's what I think's going on, Doc.

He's not going to abandon them. But he's not going to be controlled. I don't think so. not going to abandon them, but he's not going to be controlled. I don't think so. I hope I'm right. I think the inclusion of Muslims and his victory coalition is going to temper the amount of pressure that the Zionist lobby had in the first administration. I hope his son-in-law is not in the White House. There are 5 million Muslims in the U.S. and 7.5 million Jews in the U.S. So how does Trump normally work?

He pits one group against another? For his attention. Yes. All right. He'll make them compete against each other. Rick, you operate at another level. I mean, you really do. I hadn't even considered that thought. I mean...

I just... I've learned watching Mr. Trump in action. That's all. I never thought like that. I watched him in action. How does he operate? This is the apprentice. What did he do on the apprentice?

You're right. He had people compete against each other. What did he do in his White House? He had competing teams. And the whole idea of the apprentice was to impress Donald Trump. Yes. Wow. All right.

Let's move on some other stories very quickly. We've got five minutes. NBC News, Department of Justice moving to wind down. Excuse me, I'm sorry. Let's go back to that one. I want us to talk about that one. NBC News, Biden administration is planning for a possible surge in illegal immigrants before Trump takes office? Are they Trump-proofing the migrant invasion?

The article doesn't say that the Biden administration is deliberately orchestrating it. It just says they're getting ready. There's a possibility that there's a big surge. Zillions of of of immigrants are going to flood through Mexico before January 20th. And we better be ready for them. My thought is they're going to move them in as fast as they can move them. They're going to expedite them.

All right. they can move them. They're going to expedite them. All right. Look at it. These people are devious. They're devious. So we'll just leave that one alone. Next one, NBC News, Department of Justice winding down Trump criminal cases.

Bottom line is, Jack Smith's out of business. Yes. He wants to get out of there before Mr. Trump fires him. Mr. Trump's going to have the opportunity to say to Jack Smith, you're fired. Get out. Smith knows it. It's over.

Okay. Did you see Letitia James? Oh, yes. We're going to fight. We're going to continue this fight. That's what she said. Did you see what I put on Twitter yesterday after she said it? I put a video of her saying she's going to fight Donald Trump.

And I said, peanut the squirrel is not the only critter in New York State. That's rabid. That should be checked for rabies. What's wrong with that woman? It's over. It's over. It's over. Fannie, Fonnie, Fannie, whatever her name is down there, Atlanta, Fonnie Willis, it's over. You can go live with your boyfriend now.

Yeah, you don't have to worry about it anymore. It's over. You lost. Big time. Hey, I want to jump over to number 16. A friend sent this to me yesterday are you serious thomas massey congressman from kentucky is under consideration to be secretary of agriculture he's like the only anti-zionist republican in the house i guess they're moving him out put him on the farm get him out of him out. Put him on the farm.

Get him out of the house, put him out on the farm. That's what you meant by that. Yes. Get him out of the farmhouse and get him out in the farm field. Then there's no anti-Zionist and Republican Party in the House of Representatives. I don't know if that's the motive, but that's what came to my mind when I saw it. Well, in my mind, it is now. Steve Bannon floating the idea of Marjorie Taylor Greene for Secretary of Homeland Security.

Financial Times, billionaire hedge fund manager lined up for Treasury Secretary talks. This is Scott DeSint, a founder and owner of Key Square Capital Management, a billionaire, raised a ton of money for Donald Trump, and is married to a man. Are you kidding me? No, I'm not kidding you. His spouse is a man. No, it's not. That's not. What?

That's not a marriage. Can't be a spouse if it's not a marriage. We have to offer Nancy Pelosi. Yes, we do. How's Ms. Nancy taking the election? Let's watch. Speaker Pelosi, how are you feeling today? I feel so inspired by the vice president's speech.

She has showed so much strength throughout all of this, including today. Of course, I'm very disappointed. And another four years of Donald Trump? I don't want to even talk about him today. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'm going to miss her. Oh, Doc, she's good. There won't be anybody there to rip up the papers, you know.

Remember those memorable moments, Nancy Pelosi ripping up President Trump's speech during the State of the Union? She'll be gone. She's still in the House, but I don't think she's going to. She is not going to stay. Not to serve under, as a minority member with Trump in the White House. Right. She is not going to stay. The rumor is that she bought a house here in Vero Beach. Somewhere here on the Treasure Coast. We could run into her at the Farmer's Market or something. The Republic's. Hey, Morning Man is at the Farmer's Market or something. Or Publix.

Hey, Morning Man is coming up. Now, that's important. It's the Word of God, and it will make you a strong Christian. Stay tuned and study the Word with us. I'll be back in just a moment. you're listening to wwcr international shortwave radio you can find true news on frequency 12.160 from 12 p.m to 4 p.m eastern and on frequency 4.840 from 10 p.m to 2 a.m eastern connect with us on rumble facebook x and getter you don't have to think the world is ending tomorrow to be realistic. Serious emergencies happen to regular people all the time. For the forward-thinking family man, American Reserve serves as the ideal safeguard.

As a father and husband, providing for and protecting my family is my highest priority. With strength in every pack, American Reserves combines variety and durability for any family. Waiting until it is too late will be devastating. Ensure your loved ones are cared for in any crisis by building a storehouse with American Reserves, because strength comes from smart preparation. American Reserves, your ally in emergency readiness. Visit our website and become prepared today. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Manna. Wherever you are's 15 to 20 to 25 nations who people gather, brothers and sisters in Christ, who come to a Bible study five days a week for one hour to be taught the Word of God. And that is quite a testimony to the people who do this because very few people in the body

of Christ worldwide have this kind of commitment to being disciple so I honor you I am as a teacher I just delighted that people show up in such large numbers five days a week for for up to an hour. So it's an amazing thing. And I'm honored and privileged to be a teacher. And I know Dr. Burkhart feels the same way. We talk about it privately, what a blessing Faith and Values is to host this Morning Man, a Bible study. So we're in the 26th chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew. And today we will study verses 20 through 25.

Let's pray. Dear Holy Father in heaven, your name is hallowed. We worship you father we glorify you and magnify you father father your sons and daughters are gathered at your table to receive our morning

manna and we ask you to feed us by your holy spirit and strengthen our souls our minds, our bodies with your word, Father. For your word makes us strong physically and healthy. In every way, we are blessed by having your word in us. So, Father, come and teach us in Jesus' name. Amen.

Amen. And we welcome you, no matter where you are in the world today, for joining us live here on Morning Manna. Just a few of the countries that checked in with us this morning so far, Russia, Malaysia, Japan, Egypt, Brazil. And as Rick said, what a privilege to be able to have this Bible study and have a global impact on people's lives. It just, it humbles us. It really does. I'm reading from Matthew chapter 26 this morning, starting with verse 20. So if you've got your Bibles, and you'd always have your Bibles, and a notepad.

That's what I have every day, because every day I'm taking notes, even while we're teaching today. I'm taking notes along the way.'re teaching today. I'm taking notes along the way. I encourage you to do the same thing. Starting at verse 20 here, I'm reading from the King James this morning. Now when the evening was come, he sat down with the twelve, and as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. The Son of Man goeth as it is written of him, but woe unto that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It had been good for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It had been good for that man if he had not been born. Then verse 25. Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

Wow. Thou hast said. Wow. Thou hast said, Rick. Hung by the tongue. Hung by the tongue, yes. And literally, he died by hanging. He committed suicide, hung himself. You know, Doug, before we get into the lesson, I was just thinking as you were reading the Word,

what amazing ability technology has given us to teach the Word of God. Just think, just a few years ago, for you and me to have to have bible classes you mentioned malaysia russia egypt and there's a long list of countries every day that's gathered here at morning manor i know the philippines we've got a large delegation in the philippines korea south k South Korea, throughout the world. For just a few years ago, for Doc and I to teach a class in each one of those countries, we would have had to have physically traveled to those countries and either stay there as a missionary in one country and teach the classes physically or we would go there physically and and get a class started and then go back to the

united states and ship recordings right dvds all right i mean back when we were recording things on disc, and before that on cassette tape, and we'd have to send books and study guides and teach from a distance. That's just, what, a decade ago? Yeah, really less than that that you start to think about it because it's only been within the last really four or five years that we've had the ability to do something even close to this and so you're right go into all the world we're doing it with technology without leaving i'm going into all the world without leaving my house. I'm sitting on my back porch. God, hallelujah. Imagine Paul had to write a letter. Yeah. And that letter had to be carried to various churches. And if churches wanted to, you know, keep a copy of it, they had to have

somebody transcribe it. I mean, just think about that. I mean, there was a great deal of effort that went into proclaiming the gospel back in the first century, and now, you know, we almost take it for granted about the technology that we have today, the ability to, you know, speak to Tim in Russia or Geraldine in the Philippines or Rachel in Malaysia at the same time. How many epistles would have Paul written if he had a laptop?

If he could send his epistles out worldwide with a push of a button. Something to think about and why we need to think about it is, are we putting this technology to full use? And I don't think we are. And that's why I'm always challenged. Like, we can do more anyhow we can do more if more people get involved with us yes and become financial contributors to this Bible study and I I'm going to put out a request we have a lot of people who participate in this class and and I want you to know we we really do need

your financial support I almost never say anything in morning manner but I am today and I'm asking you in November and December many of you who are not part of faith and values you're not a subscriber you're not a subscriber. You're not a member. But you do listen on Rumble or Getter or X or any of the other platforms. And I'm asking you, become deeply

involved with us. If you've been fed throughout this year, then please feed us. Because this ministry needs financial support we're going at full throttle and we're pouring fuel into the tank while we're in motion

we're not even stopping at the gas station we're refueling the vehicle as we're traveling we need support, we need help and the way to do it is you can go to faithinvalues.com and click donate or you can do it at True News if you watch True News

that's another way to do it but please, please get behind us we do need help. Amen. Verse 20. Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the 12 disciples. So we'll back up a little bit. Verses 17 and 19. We read that it was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the disciples approached Jesus and asked where he desired them to prepare the Passover meal. So Jesus gave them that cryptic message, told them, well, there's a man in Jerusalem. He'll have a pitcher of water. And just ask him. He'll lead you to the place. So now, in verse 20, we're at the place. It's now evening.

And Jesus and the disciples have gathered in that man's upper room that he had beautifully furnished and prepared for this special occasion. And Jesus was reclining at the table along with the other disciples now i'm not an expert about jewish rituals i i know very little um but from what I do know, Doc, early in Jewish history, the Passover meal was eaten standing, standing upright. I hadn't heard that before. In the early age of the Hebrew people, they ate the Passover meal standing up with their loins girded, meaning they're ready to run, they're ready to trot. Okay, that makes sense. That would signify their readiness to depart Egypt. And then as time passed by,

obviously some rabbis said, you know what? I think we can just recline. We'll come up with a religious rule that justifies reclining. I don't know why, but I just know that in the beginning the Hebrew people participated in the Passover meal standing up somewhere along the line they went into reclining and maybe it was the Roman influence because the Roman dining room was, you know, as tables and reclining couches.

So I guess they picked up the Roman habits. So lying along at the table, well, I think the religious justification was you know like i said they had to have a rabbi to come up with this okay well standing yes that that means we're ready to depart depart egypt, let's see. What would lying down, what would that represent? Okay, that represents bondage. So we'll lay down on the couches and remember that we were slaves in Egypt. I'm not making fun of it. I'm just saying there was a transition somewhere along the line so now at this time in the in the age

of jesus on earth the the jews were reclining at the passover table um so they're consuming unleavened bread. They're drinking from cups. They're eating the Passover lamb. They're eating the bitter herbs. So Jesus is there, and the disciples were there, including a guy named Judas Iscariot. And he's there participating as though nothing was wrong. He knows in his heart what he's going to do. And he's concealing it.

He thinks he's concealing it. He's going along with the event. He's talking with Jesus. He's chatting with his fellow disciples. Hey, everything's cool. Everything's good. This is a great Passover meal. And yet his heart was dark.

His heart was evil. He was able to cover up his wickedness. He could have a frontal display of normality on his face to conceal the wickedness that was in his heart. Treacherous people are good at doing that. Remember, hypocrites are actors. Actors portray a person they are not. So we've got Jesus, you know, at the center of the table. That's the way it's always depicted. And that would make sense. According to John chapter 13, verse 23, John was next to him Peter was probably on the other other side and you know it at that Passover meal Luke tells us that there was a

dispute over where everybody was sitting Luke 22 yeah there was us it's Luke 22 verse 24. There was a, it's Luke 22, verse 24 says, and there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. Once again, they're knuckleheads.

They weren't knuckleheads after the resurrection, after the, after Pentecost. They stopped being knuckleheads. But now, at this moment, they're still knuckleheads. They're at the Last Supper with Christ. And they're fighting. You know, in the past, I would say it was an eye roll moment for Jesus. Give me a break, guys. You know, can you just stop it?

You know, come on, guys, stop it. But not that night. It wasn't an eye roll. That was a drop of the head and a deep sorrow. My boys are still fighting. They don't get it. They don't understand. It was a different atmosphere that night.

They were seated in groups of four. Three disciples to each group. There was definitely a pecking order among the... And that's why the knuckleheads would fight over who's the greatest. Right. Peter had been promised the keys to the kingdom. John was laying on Jesus' chest. So, you know, we know who the favorites are.

Mama had asked for her two sons to have the chief positions in the cabinet. This has been going on now for years. Here we are at the last event, the Passover meal, the last supper, and these guys are still fighting, still competing with each other. It's not a fight. It's competition. Jealousy, yeah.

Jealousy. You put 12 strong-willed young men together in a room, somebody's going to try to be the alpha male there's gonna be at least one alpha male in that room yeah but they didn't recognize that the Alpha and Omega was there yeah he's more than alpha he's Alpha and Omega that's's right. Beginning in the end. He's the true Alpha male. And the true Alpha male is humble. So, after the Passover meal, and before the institution of the Lord's Supper,

something happened. We don't read about it in Matthew we read about it in John chapter 13 verses 1 through 20 Jesus used the occasion to teach his disciples humility by washing their feet so there So there's this strife. The guys are arguing over who's the greatest. And Jesus gets a bucket, a bowl of water and a cloth and starts washing their feet. Without saying anything, he says, I'm the greatest. I'm on my knees washing your dirty feet. Hey guys, look at me. I'm the greatest.

I'm the alpha male here. I got down on my knees to wash your dirty feet. See, that's how he ended the argument. He didn't say, I haven't sake shut up I'm tired of hearing it which is the way we would do it no Jesus

he didn't tell them to shut up he shut them up and the way he shut them up was to do something that shocked them that actually embarrassed them you know they were embarrassed you know they're like oh here we are arguing in front of our Lord and he's washing our feet they've learned a lesson jesus would teach through actions

that's a principle we all of us should learn in our you know in our own interpersonal relationships relationships how do we how do we deal with difficult situations by doing something that Jesus would do yes so it was the Hebrew custom for Passover dinners to have at least 10 guests to ensure that the entire Passover lamb was consumed. Yeah, because there couldn't be any leftovers. Right. which is why many traditional churches today Lutheran Anglican Presbyterian and so forth

they do not permit any communion bread or wine to be thrown away or left over and it comes from this wine to be thrown away or left over. And it comes from this tradition. That's where it originates.

See, when you see these things in these traditional churches, and I've heard people go, oh, these old churches are so ritual and legalistic and traditional. They won't even, you know, okay, there's some wine left over or some grape juice left over in the cup, and there's some bread, and they won't throw it away. It has to be consumed. Where do they get that idea? They got it from here. Right. They got it from here. Right. They got it from the ancient Passover meal. That's right. So back

in Exodus chapter 12, verse 10, it says, God commanded, and ye shall let nothing of it, the Passover meal, remain until the morning, and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

Yes. So, the meal began with a cup of red wine mixed with water. And again, there's another church tradition among many of the traditional churches. They mix water with the communion wine people why do they do that this is where it came from just it's just a tradition that goes back to the beginning of the church is is there a rule in the Bible no I mean in the New Testament there's not a rule but it's just 2,000 years of tradition so they begin with a cup of red wine mixed

with water followed by a washing of the hands Jesus added the washing of the feet later. You know, and there are denominations. And I know one, the Free Baptists. There's a denomination in America called the Free Baptists. And I'm certain, Doc, it's the Free Baptists that believe that Jesus instituted the washing of feet as a sacrament that night. Right. And there are several denominations that hold to that. So you can't dismiss it. You can't just say, oh, I'm not going to one of those feet-washing churches. Well, be careful what you say.

I respect it. I wish I saw more of it. Bitter herbs. They served bitter herbs and unleavened cakes, bread, that were unleavened, no yeast. There was a sauce a puree that was brought in and all this symbolized the bitterness of bondage in Egypt

the father the patriarch of the family would explain the meaning of the Passover ritual they would tell the meaning of a Passover ritual. Yes. They would tell the story. Tell the story. They started Exodus. They would chant Psalms 113 and 114. The Passover lamb would be presented before the dinner guest. Well, unbeknownst to the disciples, the Passover lamb was not on the table. He was seated at the table. Yes. They had no idea that at the conclusion of that dinner, he was going to institute a new meal.

That's right. And say, this is my flesh, this is my blood. Right. And he declared himself to be the Passover lamb that night. Right. And we kind of touched on this a little bit yesterday about the timing of the days in Jewish tradition. And so we're at the evening meal here, but it's actually the beginning of the next day. And so the Passover, they're consuming the Passover lamb but later in this day the true Passover lamb

is crucified is sacrificed so this is all it's hard for us in our western mind because we say well the day begins at midnight no for them the day began in the evening of the night before and so

the Passover lamb was consumed, was eaten that evening, but that was part of the next day where the ultimate Passover lamb was crucified. Yes. So in the Passover supper,

the host blesses a cup known as the cup of blessing. And so Jesus blessed the cup of blessing. Later, after the dinner, when he instituted the Lord's Supper, he blessed the wine. He blessed the bread and the wine. Yes. So instead of in the Eucharist, which Eucharist means the great Thanksgiving feast.

Right. The Lord's Supper, the communion. Instead of partaking of the Passover lamb, Jesus blessed the bread and the wine, signifying his body and blood. Then in the dinner, the guests would chant Psalms 115 through 118. And all this parallels the Hebrews' exodus from Egypt, and Jesus is fulfilling all of it. Right. You can't understand the new covenant without understanding Passover, exodus.

Because it is the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorpost of your heart. Yes. That causes the death angel to pass by. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He is, he was, he was sacrificed for humanity's redemption at the same hour that the Passover lamb was sacrificed in Jewish tradition. That's right.

And he said on the cross it is finished it was the completion the fulfillment of his sacrificial mission the completion of the passover sacrifice when he said it is finished he wasn't saying i'm done i'm finished this is it he's saying my work is finished the Passover is complete the Lamb of God has been sacrificed the true Israel shall now pass from bondage of sin into eternal life death shall not touch them verse 21 and as they did eat he said verily I say unto you that one of you shall betray me so Jesus interrupts the the mealtime conversation with a solemn declaration preface by this phrase verily I say unto you meaning certainly like I am telling you write this down I am assuring you that one of you shall betray me.

He's troubled in his spirit. There is deep emotion in his words that convey the gravity of the impending betrayal. His spirit expressed profound sorrow and anguish as he's facing betrayal from one of his closest associates. And then thinking of the impending suffering that he's going to endure because of this betrayal. So he's openly expressing his inner turmoil and sorrow concerning Judas' betrayal and the events that are coming. So there's no doubt that Jesus' announcement caused shock and confusion among the disciples. It changed the atmosphere in the room. No doubt.

I mean, I don't hear what they were talking about. They stopped that conversation when he said, one of you will betray me. They were enjoying some delicious lamb chops and just, you know, they were probably chatting and everything. And Jesus says, hey, I got an announcement to make. Yeah. Listen up. Verily I say unto you, one of you shall betray me. And it's interesting, their response, isn't it?

Yes. So his declaration created a tense atmosphere in the room, and that prompted introspection in everybody except one. The betrayer. The betrayer. So, in the past he had hinted of his impending betrayal. Remember we studied earlier this week where he had said earlier, and one of you is a devil.

He said that long ago. It went over the heads of his disciples. I don't think it registered with them at the time. I mean, unless they privately said, man, he's in a bad mood today. He said one of us is a devil. It just didn't register i think later after the crucifixion after the resurrection then they remembered yes he told us one of us is a devil but now he's explicitly revealing that there's one sitting at the table who would betray him and really had already betrayed him, even though physically he had not done it yet.

But in his heart, Judas had already betrayed him. So despite those previous hints from Jesus, the disciples seem to be unaware of the identity of the betrayer. And Jesus' statement is deliberately ambiguous. He caused each disciple to introspect themselves, question their own loyalty. And although none of them other than Judas had partaken in the betrayal, they shared common tendencies with him. They had murmured with him. They participated in his murmuring.

Oh, be careful who you murmur with. You might be murmuring with a Judas. And they were striving, arguing over who gets to sit at the table. They were participating in Judas' sins. You know, it doesn't reveal, but maybe Judas was the instigator of these arguments. Right. Lord, is it I?

So there's self-examination. They're now sitting at the table, assessing their own hearts, their behavior, their thinking. And that's a good thing. The fact that they were searching their hearts and considering the way they behave and talk indicated they were not the ones who did it. Guilty people don't search for the sin of their guilt. Unguilty people will say,, I got to check my heart. I seldom see guilty people. I seldom see the treacherous man or woman saying, let me stop and think.

Do I have any treachery in my soul? No, they're hiding it. They're covering it up. They actually will become puffed up with religion. Verse 22. They were exceedingly sorrowful and each began to ask, is it me? It isn't me. Is it Lord?

Is it me? So, they're overwhelmed with sorrow. And, their shock, the thing that, they're afraid. At this moment, they're afraid Jesus is going to look at one of them and go,

yeah, it's you can you imagine the the the fear that was in each of those men is he going to look at me and point at me and go you're you're the betrayer they were terrified why were they terrified because inwardly they knew they were sinners yes and they're wondering am I that rotten would I do something that terrible

am I capable of doing it? So they're unable to identify the traitor among them. So each disciple individually questioned Jesus. Each one, Lord, is it me? Everyone except Judas. Judas never asked that question. The phrase, is it I? Implies that the person asking the question expects a negative answer.

They're sure hoping it's a negative answer. They're sure hoping the Lord says, no, it's not you. Can you imagine Jesus looking at each man's eyes as each of the men except Judas is saying, Lord, is it me? There had to have been a sense of incredulity and disbelief at the possibility of being the betrayer. so rather than responding defensively or angrily to Jesus' implication

I mean nobody jumped up and said hey I hope you're not accusing me I'll tell you something right now I've been loyal to you don't you dare nobody talked like that they took it upon themselves I've been loyal to you. Don't you dare. Nobody talked like that. They took it upon themselves to address the question directly. They searched their hearts and they asked the Lord, tell me the truth.

Tell me the truth, Lord. I want to know. And so their questioning reveals their reverence for Jesus. Because they chose to judge themselves first, rather than to deny to Jesus that it was them. They might be knuckleheads, but in this case, they were good knuckleheads. They were shocked. They were humbled. You know, you can see, I can just imagine the guys looking down at the floor, like not even wanting to look up at Jesus. Is it me? The master just said one of us will betray him.

Oh, no, I hope it's not me. Can you imagine what the heart rates were that moment? The blood pressure? You can be certain hearts were racing. Heartbeats had been accelerated. Maybe some sweat. Maybe one of them said, I'm going to have a panic attack.

I'm going to pass out. I mean, this is serious. The Son of God is sitting there saying, one of you is a snake. And everybody's waiting on him to say who it is. But their willingness to declare their innocence openly

shows us their reliance on a good conscience. And their distance from any intention to commit such a crime. You can see the facial expressions of innocent people. I would love to have seen the facial expression on Judas. He knew he was being outed. And everything in him was striving to hide his wicked heart. He was working overtime to keep the facade

in front of everybody. If anybody was going to have a panic attack, it was him. He knew I'm going to be exposed. he's he was waiting for it he was waiting for jesus to say it's that guy right there that turkey right there jesus didn't do it did he no i think for two reasons. Number one,

11 guys would have jumped on Judas and beat the snot out of him. And Jesus knew they would do it, especially Peter. Peter would have been the first one. Number two, Jesus knew that the betrayal had to happen. Yes. Can't stop it.

If I tell, if I openly say who it is, Peter's going to stop it. Yes. So let's make it clear. The Jewish leaders were not in control of this situation. Judas was not in control of the situation. No one was in control of the situation. Judas was not in control of this situation. No one was in control of this situation except Jesus. He laid his life

down willingly. That's right. It wasn't a matter of happenstance. It wasn't a matter of chance. It just so happened to be the Passover. No. Things had to happen then. That's the

sovereignty of God. It's a tough thing to deal with from a human perspective in that how is it that human actions fulfill the sovereignty of God? And yet, they do.

God had a plan. And he had his actors to play their certain roles. That gets into a real deep topic. But I believe Judas was chosen because God knew before Judas was made, how Judas would behave. That's another one. It's very difficult to understand. And yet Jesus chose him.

Well, did God make him that way? No. Judas made himself that way, but God knew before Judas was made in his mother's womb, that Judas would make himself that way, but God knew before Judas was made in his mother's womb that Judas would make himself that way. We have free will, but God has a sovereign plan. And God's sovereign plan always trumps free will. I don't understand how the two interact that's way above my

pay grade I just know that my daddy in heaven is really smart yes really smart beyond my comprehension. So, the questioning, is it I? The disciples are, they are confident it's not them, and yet they want Jesus to agree with them. They're saying, Jesus, I can't think, I can't imagine I would do that.

Would you please tell me I didn't do it? They wanted Jesus to affirm that they were not wicked. I know, Lord, I'm not a good guy, but please tell me I'm not wicked. So they sought clarification from Jesus. Yes. Desiring to be absolved of any suspicion or even association with the betrayal. They wanted Jesus to know, I don't know anything about it. I don't even know what you're talking about. Each disciple except Judas began to examine himself,

which demonstrated their sensitivity to suspicion and their humble willingness to self-examine themselves. And so that brings us to the topic of self-examination this is something all of us must do examine our hearts we have to do our own heart checkups we have to examine ourselves we we we compare our lives our thoughts our words our actions our motives to the Word of God right how's it come out in the test you know feed into the Word of God you know just imagine a medical machine. You feed into that machine your thoughts, your words, your actions, your motivations. Everything that's in your heart and mind, feed it into the Word of God and get a reading that comes out.

Tells you the state of your life. It's based on the word of God. You know, as a doctor is looking at blood tests, boy, you're looking really good here, but you got some problems over here. Well, that's the same thing we're to do. We are to test ourselves against the word word of god the word of god is perfect

and and then read the results can't be afraid of the results you have to get to the place where you want the test why you want to go to the doctor for check checkup so the doctor says, hey, you're in great health. Because what does that do? That reassures you. Hey, I'm good. All right. I'm doing okay. You don't want the doctor to say, hey, I found a really black spot here in this x-ray. You got something hidden there. I'm going to have to open you up and see what's hidden behind that organ. It is behind your heart.

See, Jesus has an x-ray that looks behind our heart. He said, I see something hidden there. It's dark. you want me to take it out well a right-thinking person would say yes dr. Jesus get it out of me but Jesus Judas didn't he He didn't. He wanted that dark spot on his heart. So Judas remained silent and was the last to inquire about the betrayer's identity. Guilt.

Guilty people are slow in suspecting themselves guilty people avoid exposure to light he was the last one and you know tense yeah go ahead doc I'm just gonna say in Judas' mind he probably thought he wasn't betraying Jesus I mean I don't know dog he was doing a service for God

I think he I would agree that he believed that his action was justified for Israel. Right. But he knew he was doing something dirty. His intention was to conceal his betrayal.

His last-minute inquiry only arose after realizing that Jesus knew his intentions at that moment he knew now isn't it interesting that he spent three years with Jesus three and a half years with Jesus and it didn't occur to him that jesus knew his heart that's what that's what sin does to you sin will make you believe that god doesn't see you sinning i know i'm having this extra mar affair, but God doesn't see it. I know I'm an unmarried person and I'm fornicating over here with this other unmarried person, but God doesn't see it. I know I'm watching pornography, but God doesn't see it.

Oh, yes, he does. But sin tells you he doesn't see it. Oh yes, he does. But sin tells you he doesn't. And sin was telling Judas, Jesus doesn't see you betraying him. And yet he knew Jesus could see it. How did he know? He saw the man in action for three and a half years. Yes.

He saw the man lay out the Pharisees and the Sadducees and tell them, I know what's in your heart. I know what you're thinking right now. I mean just be honest with the Lord about what you're thinking because he already knows it right just be honest

he'll help you get over it he'll help you get through it if it's sin he'll help you get over it. He'll help you get through it. If it's sin, he'll help you conquer it. And the Bible says that if we say we have no sin, we're a liar. Yeah, you're lying to yourself. So we learn more about this incident in the other accounts of the gospel John said the disciples were perplexed they looked at each other Peter whispered to John on so of course there was some whispering it might it could have been hey you think i would do something like that or you wouldn't have done something like that would you

there was interaction going on there. There was a lot of things happening that's not written down. Because you had 13 men sitting at a table. And the leader just dropped a bomb on them. So, I think it's notable, Doc, that Judas' true character remained undiscovered by his fellow disciples for three and a half years. That is interesting. No one suspected anything anything no one questioned anything

nobody picked up on any signs which says that judas's skill as a hypocrite and a liar was fantastic. Or the other apostles' hearts were so good, so pure, so innocent, that they just didn't even think that one of them could be evil. Could be a combination of both. The other men were good. They were knuckleheads,

but they were good knuckleheads. They had good hearts. They truly were serving Christ. It never occurred to them that one of them would betray Jesus. But they lived with Judas for three and a half years and never saw any signs. And we know he was stealing. Yeah. So his love of money,

I think blinded him to his own weaknesses. At the end, he betrayed the Son of God for a measly 30 pieces of silver. God is named in the Bible as the worst skunk ever. Today, and it's been for 2,000 years, it's common for people to say hey be careful there could be a judas among us right his name is synonymous with treachery and he did it for 30 pieces of silver

and it's always the unexpected yep uh there was a story here a few years back uh church up in sebastian here just north of barrel beach that the church secretary had embezzled from the church over a 10-year period a total of close to 700 000 over a 10-year period. And nothing, over 10 years, no one suspected anything. There was a, hey, there's some money missing here. Anybody know what's going on? For 10 years, this went on. Too trustworthy. Too trustworthy.

Everybody was trustworthy. Because nobody else was thinking that way. That's right. So the thief knew everybody in this church is good-hearted and they will never suspect me and he or she was able to keep that facade on their face for 10 years yeah um i gotta go quickly here a couple more verses verse 23 and he answered and said he that did with his hand with me in the dish the same shall betray me dipping

the hand in the dish was a common practice it still is today in the Middle it's a it's dipping bread you're talking about flat bread and you know arabs today in the middle east all right you take bread and you scoop you scoop food out with the bread. It's part of the culture. We don't have it in the West, okay? Not so much. But it's a sign of intimacy and shared experience. You know, the closest, you know, think about, you know, an Italian meal. You have a dish of olive oil with some spices in it, and you're dipping the Italian bread in the olive oil.

That's what was taking place here. It was a bowl that contained herbs and some kind of a fruit curry that people would have scooped out with their bread to eat it with the Passover lamb. I think it was called keraset. Yes. It was made with dates and figs and maybe other fruits, but it represented the bricks of Egypt.

Yes. fruits but it it represented the bricks of egypt yes to remind the hebrews of the bitterness of their bondage in egypt as as slaves that was the purpose so they're at the passover meal they're dipping the bread in this bowl of this uh puree of dates and figs and bitter herbs it's part of the dinner but what I'm saying is dipping bread in in a bowl was common at all meals still is today so it's a it's a communal dish and And with 13 men there, there probably were multiple bowls. And if they were seated in groups of three or four, they each had a bowl. Kind of like, Doc, when I go to a Mexican restaurant and they bring out the chips and the salsa, you know, could I have an entire bowl of salsa for myself?

You know, I eat salsa. I could put a straw in salsa. Folks, he loves salsa. I love salsa, okay. But, you know, Susan would break my wrist, okay? She would say, knock it off, Rick. Let everybody else eat out of that bowl, okay? They have more.

They're not going to run out. Okay, so it's a communal bowl, and it's part of the experience. We're sharing a bowl together we're each dipping our hands in the bowl putting the bread and a bond and friendship and intimacy. Yeah, because you have to get close to share a bowl. Yes. And you're eating out of the same bowl with another human. So there is this closeness, this intimacy. you're not going to do that with a stranger you're not going to have somebody from a table on the other side of the restaurant coming over

saying hey can i dip my bread in your bowl no i don't know who you are get out of here you're doing it with family and close friends right okay that friends. Right. Okay. That, that only magnifies Judas's sin because he violated this intimate experience with close friends. And that means he was probably sitting either right next to, or very, very close to Jesus. There you go. Or maybe opposite the table.

Somewhere, his hand could reach, his arm could reach the same bowl that Jesus had. That's how close he was. He didn't have to get up. He wasn't down at the end of the table and go, hey, I'm going to walk up to the middle where Jesus is at and get some of that sauce out of his bowl. No, he was seated close enough that he and Jesus and a couple other disciples were sharing that particular bowl. And that's what makes his sins so egregious. You were so close to Jesus in a private, intimate dinner of friendship.

And a sacred meal. This is a sacred meal. You're not down at Pizza Hut. This is the Passover meal. And you violated it. You see, it just adds to his sin. So John's gospel noted that one of the disciples, and it was probably John, was reclining close to Jesus during the meal.

And Peter signaled to that disciple to ask further about the identity of the betrayer. So Jesus indicated Judas was the betrayer by giving him a piece of bread dipped in the sauce. In other words, their hands went in the bowl at the same time. And Jesus said, here, Judas, I've already dipped it for you. Here. That was the sign. Right. Now, not everybody at the table knew it. Only those closest to Jesus at that moment knew what happened. I'm sure they were gasped from the several men who knew what Jesus said. You can only imagine the shocked look on their face the gasp oh my god it's judas but nobody else knew it

jesus's and the hands of the son of god and the hands of the traitor met in the dish at the same time. Doc, Jesus had a ministry. He had a table ministry. And he was betrayed at the table. Hey, I'm over time. We'll pick this up tomorrow. We'll pick up at verse 24 and go into the Holy Communion tomorrow. All right. Well, folks, we appreciate you tuning in with us.

Be sure to join us tomorrow for Morning Manor when we do it live. We'd love to have you join with us in the Lord's Supper tomorrow. And we'll have teaching to go along with it. And so I encourage you, if you can, make time out of your schedule to join us for Morning Manna tomorrow, Friday morning. And join with us on the Lord's Supper tomorrow. We really want to encourage you. On behalf of Rick and the entire ministry team here, we love you very much. God bless you. And we'll see you on. On behalf of Rick and entire ministry team here, we love you very much. God bless you. And we'll see you on the next edition of Morning Manor.

You're listening to WWCR International Shortwave Radio. You can find True News on frequency 12.160 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern and on frequency 4.840 from 10 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern. Connect with us on Rumble, Facebook, X, and Getter.