TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Martial Law or Insurrection Act Report to President Trump Due on April 20

Episode Date: April 15, 2025

America is on the brink of historic change. In just five days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth must deliver a classified report to the White House recommending whether President Trump should invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807—or go even further and declare martial law. The decision could suspend civil liberties, deploy military forces nationwide, and reshape the nation’s legal structure. Meanwhile, President Trump’s envoy says a permanent peace deal between Russia and Ukraine may be within reach. But tensions are rising elsewhere, as Russia and Belarus threaten NATO with “preemptive action,” China retaliates with rare earth embargoes, and the U.S. prepares for new military operations in the Middle East and Pacific. Plus—economic turmoil deepens as tariffs drive inflation and consumer shortages, and China accuses the NSA of cyberattacks during the Winter Games.Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 4/15/25Join the leading community for Conservative Christians! https://www.FaithandValues.comYou can partner with us by visiting TruNews.com, 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

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this article published by USA Today, Gannett Newspapers. This isn't a conspiracy theory. This went nationwide. Is Trump declaring martial law, and what is the Insurrection Act of 1807? And so, the Goodnet Newspaper USA Today, on Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border. The order requires both the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report with an update on conditions at the border and recommendations on whether the invocation of the Insurrection Act might be necessary. That's right, Rick.

And USA Today is reporting this. What exactly is that Insurrection Act of 1807? Well that act is a federal law that empowers the president to deploy the U.S. military and National Guard to suppress insurrections or domestic violence. Now it goes on to say that comparing the Insurrection Act versus martial law, like the Insurrection Act versus martial law, like the Insurrection Act, martial law involves the imposition of military control.

The key difference is that military involvement through martial law is much broader. So first, martial law applies broadly to the whole nation or larger regions, whereas the Insurrection Act is typically invoked for localized unrest or rebellion, such as the 92 Los Angeles riots. Second, under martial law, civil rights and liberties, such as freedom of assembly, speech, and the right to a fair trial, are broadly suspended. Military commanders replace civilian authorities, and courts might be replaced by military tribunals. Now this could happen as early as this coming Sunday, Resurrection Day, Rick. Yes.

So the deadline in the president's executive order, he signed the executive order on January 20th. As soon as he went into the White House, there's the executive order. And as you scroll down, there's the president's words that he signed. Mind you, on the same day he went into the White House, and it says, within 90 days of this proclamation, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report to the President about the conditions at the southern border of the United States and any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary to obtain complete operational control of the southern border, including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.

I want to go back, so this is coming up Sunday, Resurrection Day. This report is going to be submitted to the President. I don't know if he's going to take action on Sunday. He might wait until Monday. But I want to go deeper into the Insurrection Act, and then we can debate whether it's going to be the Insurrection Act or martial law. It's going to be something, I'm certain. The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law that grants the president the

authority to deploy the U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in specific circumstances. These circumstances primarily involve suppressing civil disorder. This includes rebellions, insurrections, and domestic violence, making enforcing federal law impractical through ordinary judicial proceedings. It goes on to say, enforcing federal law, this can occur when unlawful obstructions or combinations hinder the execution of federal law. Doc, that can apply to rogue judges. Yes, it sure could.

And then protecting civil rights, amendments to the act allow the president to intervene without a state request. If the state authorities are unable or unwilling to protect constitutional rights, you could argue that American citizens, their constitutional rights are threatened by millions of illegals in the country. That's right. Now, what are some of those key aspects of the Insurrection Act?

Well, there are several things that we can look at here. First of all, there's a statutory exception to Posse Comitatus. Now that act serves as a significant exception to the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which generally limits the use of the US military for domestic law enforcement purposes. But that's based on presidential authority. The decision to invoke the Insurrection Act rests largely with the President. Historically, the Supreme Court has held that the President has the exclusive authority to determine when the conditions for its use have been met.

So what are the requirements for the proclamation? Before deploying military forces under the Insurrection Act, the prison is legally required to issue a proclamation ordering the insurgents or those obstructing the law to disperse peacefully within a limited time. So once again, how does this differ from a martial law situation? It's important to note that the Insurrection Act is not the same as declaring martial law. Under the Insurrection Act, the military typically assist civilian authorities but does not replace them. Martial law, on the other hand, involves the military taking control of civilian government

functions. So there's a big difference between the other hand, involves the military taking control of civilian government functions. So there's a big difference between the two there, Rick. Yes. Now, what's the history of this act? I mean, very few Americans know about it. It's 1807. Let's see, that would have been President Thomas Jefferson, who wrote our Declaration of Independence, and he's the president of the sign of this act.

So the U.S. Congress passed the Insurrection Act of 1807, primarily due to the Burr conspiracy and the weaknesses exposed in the federal government's ability to respond to domestic threats under existing law. So Doc, if I gave you a pop quiz, can you explain the Burr Conspiracy? Well, the Burr Conspiracy had to do with that there was a plot underway. You're reading notes. No, no, no. All right, okay.

There was a plot by Aaron Burr to take control of half of the United States. That's true. For five points, who was helping him? You're absolutely right. 1804 to 1807. Aaron Burr, former vice president, was suspected of plotting to separate parts of the western

United States and potentially invade Spanish territories in the southwest. President Jefferson, lacking clear constitutional authority to deploy federal troops domestically to address the perceived threat, requested Congress to grant him such power. Yes, and the Insurrection Act was a direct response to the Burr conspiracy, providing the president with the legal means to use military force within the country to suppress insurrections. It's interesting that it had to do with the southern border then and now. Yes. I am certain, Doc, President Trump is going to take some type of action, either

the Insurrection Act or martial law. I'm going to lean towards the Insurrection Act for the time being, but eventually we're going to be at martial law. I've said this since November, since the election, that President Trump will declare martial law, that he will be forced to do it. He'll be pushed into doing it by the Democrats, by the left, by the judges. And you've got these rogue federal judges that are trying to lock him down, not let him deport millions of illegal immigrants, including violent criminals. It's just amazing how the left and the news media are crying crocodile tears over violent members of gangs.

Yes, celebrating them staying in the country, Rick. It's just nuts. Well, does this give the president justification to declare martial law? Doc, if he declares martial law, military tribunals replace the district courts. Yes. You have troops go into courthouses and remove federal judges. And the rules in a military court are a lot different than in what we'd consider normal court processes.

That's right. And they can execute people on the spot. That's right. There's a whole different set of rules. Now, there was a previous act prior to this called the Militia Act of 1792. And while the earlier Militia Act of 1792 allowed the president to call by explicitly allowing the use of the regular U.S. Army and Navy, in addition to the militia, to quell domestic unrest and enforce federal law. Now, this was seen as crucial for a more robust and immediate federal response when state resources proved insufficient or unreliable. And an interesting aspect of this, when they refer to militia in this act, there was no National Guard back then, Rick.

No. Nothing like that at all. When we talk about militia, we're talking about armed citizens that were called up in the event of trouble in a particular area. Doc, read the state constitution of Florida. It defines the militia. It's every man in the state. It's in the constitution.

So, let me ask you Doc, what is your gut feeling about what the president's going to do with this report? I believe he's going to act on it. What action? I think it's going to be using the insurrection act, but in a very narrow, confined area. I don't know if you heard the buzz lately about the Roosevelt Reservation. Have you heard about this? No.

All right. Apparently there's a 60-foot wide piece of ground that extends from basically from the border edge of California all the way across to New Mexico. Oh, and this has been militarized. That's been militarized. And so there's been talk about, even right now, they could park military troops on there at this moment without even declaring the Insurrection Act.

But what I think we might see happening is that Donald Trump will park the military on the southern border and say we're closing things down folks. But once that authority is so much out of the bag, it's like Pandora's box, once it's open how far can you go? Would President Trump park troops at ports? But Doc, there aren't that many illegals coming across the border now since Mr. Trump's

gone into the White House. The problem's not at the border anymore. The problem is internally, isn't it? Yes, it's in the cities. The tens of millions that are in Denver and Los Angeles and Pittsburgh, they're all over the country. That's why I don't see him limiting it to a small geographical area.

The big picture would be martial law, and he simply rounds up these rogue judges. I've been saying this since November that it's coming. And if we're looking at illegals here in the U.S., on the low end we're talking six million in the U.S. On the high end, maybe 20 million? Oh, the six million. No, there were 20 million that came in during Biden's term.

We're probably looking at 40 million. Wow. And are we going to physically report 40 million people by using the military? Yes. Yes, Doc. Wow. Yes, he's going to clean house. And the leftist judges have to be silenced if he's going to do it. That's not what I'm proposing.

I'm just telling you the way I think he's thinking, that he'll have to silence the leftist judges, or he'll never be able to get anything done. He'll declare that we are in a state of emergency, we've been invaded, and that the previous administration deliberately weakened the Republic. Well if that's the case will he use the military to arrest members of the previous administration? Under military law, under martial law, yes. Yes, Doc, everything's everything's changed under martial law. What a scenario that would be, Rick. I mean, life could change in this country in about one week.

OK, something else I've been predicting. And I'm going to be proved right on this one. I said Mr. Trump would sign a peace treaty with Russia. Here's the New York Post. Top Trump advisors suggest permanent peace between Russia and Ukraine could be imminent. But when you listen to what Mr. Witkoff said, He goes beyond a peace treaty with Ukraine and Russia. He's talking about something big between the United States and Russia. Those words permanent peace there intrigue me.

Permanent peace. President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said his high stakes talks with Vladimir Putin were compelling and insisted that the Russian leader was open to a permanent peace deal with Ukraine. Ambassador Witkoff met with Mr. Putin in St. Petersburg last Friday amid the Trump administration's efforts to broker a deal to end that three-year war. Now Steve Witkoff appeared on Fox News and had some comments regarding what is being described as a permanent piece. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm interrupting you. Can we watch that video again? What's up here with Mr. Witkoff's hand signals? Oh, yes. I noticed that last week too. This is the video from last Friday. What is that about?

His hand on his heart. And we move both hands. Yes. So let's watch it again here. So but yeah I had noticed that last week too. I'm not sure the significance of your hand on the heart although it seems to imply a friendship. But he moved he moved look he did both hands. Yes. It wasn't like he forgot which side his heart was on. All right, those of you who know secret society hand signals, let me know what that one is.

All right, well, Mr. Witkoff had some comments regarding this permanent peace situation that we've been talking about here. He appeared on Fox News and had this to say. Do you really see a deal emerging? Are you confident? I think you used a very good word there, Sean, emerging. I do.

This is the third meeting I've had with him. This last meeting lasted close to five hours. We had two of his key advisers in the room at the time, Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev. And it was a compelling meeting. And towards the end, we actually came up with—and I'm going to say finally, but I don't mean it in the way that we were waiting. I mean it in the way that it took a while for us to get to this place, what Putin's request is to get—to have a permanent peace here.

So beyond a ceasefire, we got an answer to that. And it went on in that interview later on to say the following. I think we might be on the verge of something that could be very, very important for the large. For the world. And he went on to say it took a while for us to get to this place. He says that this peace deal is about the so-called five territories, but there's so much more to it," he said. Mr. Rydkow added that he saw a possibility to reshape the Russian-U.S. relationship through some very compelling commercial opportunities that I think give real stability to the region as well. Once again, he appeared on Fox News and had this to say about those commercial opportunities.

Again, he appeared on Fox News and had this to say about those commercial opportunities. We might be on the verge of something that would be very, very important for the world at large. On top of that, I believe there's a possibility to reshape the Russian-United States relationship through some very compelling commercial opportunities that I think give real stability to the region, too. Partnerships create stability. Partnerships. Yes. Permanent peace.

These words are intriguing words. Mr. Trump, President Trump is going to, I believe, sign a peace treaty with Russia, and he's going to tell the Europeans who are members of NATO, if you get in a war with Russia, we're not defending you. If you get in a war with Russia over Ukraine, we are not going to defend you. And it's going to change the whole dynamic of the world, Doc. There is some kind of big financial deal being made. Russia has vast quantities of rare earth minerals. And we're going to talk in a minute here about rare earth minerals because China just shut the door on us last night.

Now the next story, this is I believe is connected to this one. This was the London Times. Belarus and Russia ready to target NATO says Kremlin spy chief. Notice how they frame that in the London Times. It makes you, when you read the headline, it says, oh my, Russia's getting ready to attack Belarus and Russia. But when you read the story, the article says the Russians have made a decision. They ain't taking any more, you know what, from the Europeans.

Yes. So the Kremlin spy chief has said that the Belarusian and Russian security services are preparing to take preemptive measures against NATO member states. Can I just stop? Stop what we just read. We can't just read these lines, Doug. The head of the Russian intelligence agency, their CIA, said that Belarusian and Russian security services are preparing to take preemptive measures.

That means first strike. That's right. Against NATO member states. I mean if they have the inclination that NATO is about to do make a move on Russia, they'd be within their purview by their philosophy of doing a preemptive strike. And has President Trump indicated to President Putin he will not get in a war with Russia? I mean the timing of these two articles are quite amazing. Well Sergey Norishkin had this to say, we feel and see that European countries, especially France, Britain, and Germany, the unholy trinity, are increasing the level of escalation around the Ukrainian conflict.

So we need to act preemptively. We're ready for this. That's a first strike. A preemptive attack is a first strike. Well now you have to keep in mind that they did change that doctrine last year to allow for first strike capability. If the state of Russia was threatened. Yes. Folks things could change so drastically in the next couple of weeks. We could be in martial law in the United States.

Great Britain, Germany, and France could be gone. In a shooting war with Russia, if anything's left. I found another article on the same topic, Eurasia Daily. Yes, so you see the headline there. Nershkin warns NATO, the response to any aggression will affect the entire bloc. So it's not just a matter of Germany, France, and Great Britain. All of Europe could be held accountable for this. It says, in the event of NATO aggression against the allied state, that being Russia, damage will be inflicted on the entire North Atlantic alliance."

This was announced by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergei Nershkin after a meeting with Alexander Lukashenko. According to him, Poland and the Baltic Republics are particularly aggressive, especially in words and in rattling weapons. A quote from this article, Poland has gone so far as to announce its plans to install about 2 million anti-tank mines along the borders of Belarus and the Kaliningrad region and would be very much like or expects hopes to receive nuclear weapons from the Americans.

This, of course, is sad. It goes on to say, they cannot understand in any way that it is the buildup of military activity near the borders of Russia and Belarus that has become one of the factors and causes of the current such a large, acute, very dangerous crisis on the European continent, Nourishkin said. That goes on to say that Nourishkin stressed

that they should understand, although they don't understand yet, that in the event of aggression by NATO against the Union state, damage will be caused, of course, to the entire bloc. But to a greater extent, the first to suffer are the bearers of such ideas, the bearers among the political circles of Poland and the Baltic countries." So this is going to take them out quickly.

Do you think they'd invade them as well? No. Just to take out their military forces. They have weapons to do that. Yes. They just neutralize them. I don't think the Russian military is up to a land invasion of anything. And see, NATO's been betting on 2030. Yes. And the Russians are saying, hey, we might just do it 2025.

When you're not ready. When you're not ready. We're ready, you're not. Russia's not ready in terms of troops. Their troops have been depleted with this war. But they got plenty of nukes. They got lots of tanks. They have EMP weapons. They got all kinds of stuff.

Right, and if they did choose to invade, they'd have to hold it. And do they have the sustained ability to do that? And so, but they're gonna defend themselves if they feel threatened. But the entire NATO block, that technically includes the United States, unless we get opted out of this by President Trump.

But that includes the entire European continent in Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, all the nations of Europe, 29 nations, are in that NATO bloc. And he said, the whole bloc's gonna feel the pain. Right. Sergey Lavrov had something to say about Mr. Zelensky's future replacement, called him a half-fuerer.

You gotta hand it to Sergey Lavrov here. European NATO states are working to sustain a Russiaphobic regime in Ukraine by finding another half-fuerer to replace Zelensky, should he be ousted. That's coming from the smiling Sergey Lavrov there, they have come up with a resilience force. In other words, in order to maintain Ukraine's resilience, they are not going to send blockade troops, but the military of civilized Western countries, Lavrov explained. These troops are meant to protect the same regime, he said, adding that even if European

NATO members agree to allow a new election in Ukraine, which they haven't done yet, they'll make every effort to make sure that the political landscape in Ukraine stays the same. Europe will do everything to ensure that the regime does not change in its essence," Lavrov said. They'll find some new half-fuerer, but the essence of the regime will remain. And the essence is a Nazi government. That's right. And that's the way the Russians look at it, too.

These are nothing but Nazis in Ukraine. Now, all these peacekeeping schemes drawn up by the Macron's and Stammer's are based on the need to preserve at least a piece of land where a Nazi, openly Russia-phobic regime will remain, geared towards preparing another war against Russia as which is done with the Minsk agreements Lavrov said. So he's predicting if Zelensky is replaced, they bring in a new leader, the first thing he's gonna do is prepare for another war right Ukraine Russia war part two So the Russians are gonna put up with it no they're not

Let's take a look at World War three in the Asian theater well first one is not Asian is Mexico theater. Well, the first one is not Asian, it's Mexico. Bloomberg reporting, US will impose 21% tariff on Mexican tomatoes. Ooh, I eat a lot of tomatoes, but I get them from Florida. But this is going to hurt the country. You're going to see a 21% increase in tomatoes coming from Mexico. And that's another effect of the current Trump tariff war that's going on. There's one thing President Trump can do that would absolutely bring Mexico to its knees. And that is he either prohibits Western Union... Right. Wire transfers. Yeah, the various wire transfers. He either prohibits them or he puts a 100% tax on the money that leaves the US and goes to Mexico. Yes. Because you have millions of illegal people in

America. They're working. I give them credit. They're illegal people in America, they're working. I give them credit, they're working. But they're spending their money in Mexico. They wire the money home to mama. They live on nothing here and send the money to the wife and kids in Mexico. If President Trump cuts that flow of money off, Mexico will absolutely fold, it'll buckle. And I'm surprised they haven't used that tool in their toolbox yet, Rick.

But I don't doubt that they'll bring it out here anytime soon. But that's just a part of the current trade war here. Another article regarding the Trump tariff war here, and Rick mentioned this earlier in the Godcast today, China is suspending rare earth exports, kneecapping the U.S. industry reliant on Beijing's monopoly. We have a number of items here that are going to be directly impacted by this rare earth export ban to the U.S.

Hilliard This is immediate. There are no rare earth minerals in China coming to the USA now. This is big. Let's go down the list of things. This is a very limited list of things that we need Chinese rare earth minerals to make here in the USA. So when we're talking about technology and electronics, of course, rare earth minerals are involved there in packed smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Rare earth elements like lanthanum

are used in camera lenses. Neodymium and magnans enhance speaker performance, and yttrium and erbium, phosphors, create bright colors and displays, all rare earth minerals. We're also looking at computer hard drives and disk drives. Neodymium magnets are crucial for the spindle motors and voice coils in these devices. You don't think about LED and fluorescent lighting.

Yttrium, europium, and terbium are used as phosphors to produce different colors of light and flat screen TVs and monitors. Like smartphones, rare earth minerals are used in the phosphors for display. In the clean energy sector, what's going to be impacted there? Well, electric vehicles. Neodymium, iron boron magnets are essential in high-performance EV motors. Dysprosium and terbium are added to these magnets to maintain their properties at high temperatures. Those are out right now. Wind turbines, large amounts of

neodymium, presodinium, dysprosium, Cimmerium, and Cobalt are used in the powerful permanent magnets of these direct drive wind turbines. Have you noticed I'm not attempting to interrupt you at all. I'm letting you do this, Doc. I've had chemistry in college. Oh, okay. So solar panels are impacted. Certain rare earth elements, Dying Disprosium and Serium,

are used in thin-film solar cells to improve their efficiency. And in batteries, their energy storage systems. Lanthanum is used in nickel metal hydride batteries, commonly found in hybrid vehicles. Folks, all of these we've been importing from China for decades now, and now it's come to a screeching halt as a result of the tariffs. What about defense products?

Well, now that's an important sector here. For instance, jet engines. Yttrium is used in the thermal barrier coatings to protect turbine blades from melting. And high temperature magnets made with rare earths are crucial for various components. Missile systems, I just find it shocking that we were relying on a foreign power for these various systems, Rick. Rare earth elements are used in guidance systems, actuators, and high performance magnets and missiles. Radar and sonar systems, Samarian cobalt magnets are used there.

Lasers, Yttrium aluminum garnet lasers utilizing yttrium are used in laser range finders and target designators. Night vision goggles, once again, Turbian is used in phosphorus for night vision technology. Of course, we talked about some of the electric vehicles, but general automotive challenges as a result of rare earth minerals being cut off. You got the electric power steering, electric windows,

power seats, audio speakers. Rare earth magnets are used in all of these subsystems. Catalytic converters, the cerium based catalysts are used to reduce emissions. And we've talked a lot about magnets so far in all these other applications, but there's industrial magnets too. These industrial magnets are the strongest permanent magnets and are used in various industrial machinery and equipment, relying on rare earth minerals. Catalysts like lanthanum-based catalysts are used in refining petroleum.

Metal alloys, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, and presodium are used in steelmaking to remove impurities and to create specialized alloys. Yet you don't think of things like glass polishing. Rare earth oxides are used to polish high quality lenses and glass. So suffice it to say that with the restriction on the rare earth minerals here,

it impacts a broad number of industries. And how soon will we feel that impact? I think this cutoff of rare earth minerals is going to impact us very very quickly because everyone in these industries are going to say, all right we've got to reserve what we have or we have to find a new source that is going to be more expensive to bring in whether it's Africa or South America or here in the U.S. And so that's gonna have a direct impact

on the cost of all these products across all these different industries. Doc, I just have to believe that in that meeting in Moscow between Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin, Mr. Witkoff pulled out a shopping list and said, Vlad, I was wondering, do you have Lanthium?

How many magnets you got? You know, he just went down the list. What you got? We're shopping, we'd like to buy. Let's make a deal. Russia has them. Right. Russia has the rare earth minerals.

I'm telling you, Mr. Trump is making the deal of the lifetime of our nation. He is going to cut a deal with the Russians. We're going to go into business with the Russians. And the Russians right now don't have the industrialization or the capacity to get their own rare earth minerals. And so imagine this scenario, where the United States goes into Russia to harvest these. Yes.

That's what I see coming. What else do we have here on the World War III news list? South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. China names three alleged NSA spies wanted for US cyber attacks on the Asian Winter Games. Wow. Three people described as agents of America's national security agency have been added to a wanted list by police in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin for allegedly taking part in cyber attacks during the recent Asian Winter Games held in the city this past February. Chinese cyber security experts accused the individuals of using artificial intelligence to launch

the attacks. The article from the South China Morning Post had this, the Harbin Municipal Public Security Bureau has issued arrest warrants for three suspects linked to the U.S. National Security Agency and they named them Catherine Wilson, Robert Snelling, and Stephen Johnson. The authorities said in a notice Tuesday. Investigations have revealed that these three agents have repeatedly participated in cyber attacks on China's critical information infrastructure and in hacking activities against enterprises such as Huawei, the warrant stated.

No further information was disclosed about the suspects or their whereabouts. The police also accused the University of California and Virginia Tech of being involved in the attacks but did not indicate how they were involved. State news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday that the NSA tried to disrupt the event system and affect normal operation of the Asian Winter Games. According to Genoa, the NSA also launched cyber attacks on key sectors such as energy, transport, water conservancy, communications, and national defense research institutes. In one province where Harbin is located, the aim was to

damage critical information infrastructure, cause social disorder, and steal important confidential information in related fields. Zimbal also reported that the NSA had activated covert backdoor programs on some devices that were running the Windows operating system during the games. Now we're doing the tit for tat attacks now Rick. Yes. They attack us, cyber, we attack their cyber. Precisely. So if we did do these things as the Chinese alleged then the Chinese are going to carry out similar attacks in America. Right. That's what happens when you're in war. We're in war now. I still get pushed back from people that watch true news. They get upset, Rick stop saying we're in World War III. We're not. It's

not World War III. Yes it is. This is World War III. And it's escalating. And I'm anticipating. I hope I'm right on this. I'm anticipating that the ending, the grand finale, is in the early 2030s. I hope we have that much time. Europe may not. Europe may not get through 2025.

Yes. And right now, Europe has its own issues. There's two Europe's now. There really is. We'll get in that some other time. Sticking with the Asia Pacific Theater here, and China, look at this story. This is from the South China Morning Post as well.

Talking about the military exercises that are taking place. Philippines vows the Super Bowl of exercises in coming katan military drills with the U.S. So the drills, also known as shoulder-to-shoulder drills with the U.S. this year, will be the Super Bowl of exercises that will fully test Manila's defense plan. That's according to Army Brigadier General Michael Lechico. Echoing the sentiments on Tuesday, American counterpart Marine Colonel Doug Krugman said the drills would include

quite an interesting mix of equipment, including the China-opposed Typhoon Missile System to be deployed by the U.S. The story is also followed up in the Philippine Star. And part of that drill, the Balikatan drill going on, the U.S. ship killer missiles will be involved in this drill. It says an advanced anti-ship missile system developed for the US military will be used in the upcoming exercises in which 14,000

Filipino and American troops are expected to participate. At a briefing it was confirmed that the arrival of the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System or Nemesis for use in this year's bullet katan exercises. The Nemesis, I will confirm that it's already in the country. I will not say where, but it is going to participate. It's going to be part of the exercises, and that's coming from Brigadier General of Philippines, Michael Legico. And it's a ship killer, and we know whose ship they're going to kill.

Right. These are war games to fight a war against China. Yes. Let's look at World War III in the Middle East. Second U.S. aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East ahead of Iran nuclear talks. Yes. The U.S. has deployed a second U.S. aircraft carrier to the Middle East following a new round of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. Now, satellite imagery analyzed by the Associated Press used to confirm that the USS Carl Vinson has entered the Arabian Sea joined by the guided missile cruiser USS Princeton and two guided missile destroyers the USS

Sterrett and the USS William P. Lawrence. So it appears by all situation here Rick that we're putting all the pieces in place in case things go south with negotiations with Iran. Yes I believe President Trump is going to succeed in getting a deal made with the Iranians. The Israelis are not happy about it. You can already see it in the Israeli papers. I saw one today how the Trump deal could be more dangerous than the Obama deal. Oh yes. Yeah, I saw that headline too. Yeah, they want to wipe out Iran. They don't want a settlement. They don't want a peace

deal. They want to wipe them out. I think Donald Trump's going to get that agreement. But he's playing tough. He's putting the military in place to pressure Iran. That's all it is. He's gaslighting them. He's saying, look, here I've got B-2 bombers. I've got aircraft carriers. You know, I could act. If you don't sign this deal soon, I might just be in a bad mood. And he's using pressure to get the Iranians to buckle and sign something. I'm optimistic he's gonna get a deal. I do not believe we're going to attack Iran. What concerns me is if Israel does something against Iran. That's the danger, that's the danger.

Where Netanyahu says, I can't let this peace go through, I gotta break it up. That could change everything. Wait till you hear this next story, London Telegraph. WHO test pandemic response with Arctic mammoth pox outbreak. Now folks, just let you know there's not a mammoth pox going on out there right now. Did you ever have mammoth pox in elementary school? No, I had chicken pox, but not mammoth pox. Do you get like giant red spots on your body?

Big mammoth-sized ones, Rick. So what are we talking about here? Well, here's the scenario. The outbreak, they're gaming this out. The outbreak began when a team of scientists and documentary filmmakers excavated the remains of a woolly mammoth in the frozen Arctic tundra. And within weeks, ICUs were overwhelmed

and health systems were struggling to cope. Some countries introduced contact tracing and enforced quarantines, while others took a more laissez-faire approach and saw the uncontrolled spread of a dangerous new disease. What are we talking about here? Well, this all too familiar scenario that ministers from 15 countries faced last week when they gathered to test their readiness for the next pandemic.

So they're preparing for the next pandemic, Rick. The desktop exercise, I remember a COVID desktop exercise from a few years back, but this desktop exercise led from the WHO headquarters in Geneva was overseen by Dr. Mike Ryan, the no-nonsense director of the agency's health emergencies program. So the scenario here that we're talking about simulated an outbreak of mammoth

pox, a deadly but fictional virus from the orthopox family, similar to smallpox which killed an estimated half a billion people in the century before it was eradicated in 1980, and M pox or monkey pox, a dangerous variant. Now the exercise documents obtained by the telegraph give a rare insight into how the WHO and its member states might react and coordinate in the event of a new pandemic. So while the disease depicted was fictitious, the exercise was based on real science

and imagined a paleontological dig for mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, and other extinct creatures held in the permafrost, but going horribly wrong. So, quoting from the telegraph here, scientific research has demonstrated that ancient viruses can remain viable in permafrost for thousands of years. The thawing of permafrost due to climate change has raised concerns about the potential release

of pathogens previously unknown to modern medicine. The virus was potentially lethal and fast moving, participating health officials were told told, mammoth pox disease is severe with a mortality intermediate between monkey pox and smallpox. So the assembled officials were all told that a multinational team of scientists and a film crew were behind the outbreak. They had traveled into the Arctic to find mammoth remains being exposed by the retreating permafrost. And in a scene reminiscent of the opening of the film Jurassic Park, the team discovered a remarkably well-preserved specimen.

And it proceeded to thaw and analyze samples of his tissues on site. They then returned to their respective countries, only to fall ill shortly after, presenting with symptoms of a pox-like illness. This is a very real scenario that could actually happen. It is, and Doc, I remember back in the early 2000s, True News episodes, where I reported that scientists were searching in Europe in the permafrost.

For viruses. For the corpses. They were looking for buried corpses,ost for viruses for the corpses they were looking for buried corpses looking for viruses This is like yes 2001 2002 3 and I remember saying this is insane Why are you doing it? You're going to find the viruses. Yes, let them stay under the ice But why are their reasoning Rick was that we need to find these viruses first before either someone else does. To make a vaccine.

Or to weaponize them. Well, it was to weaponize them. That's what they were doing. So, Doc, we've been talking now 51, 52 minutes. Let's recap what we've told you on this Tuesday edition of True News. Number one, President Trump on Sunday is going to be given a report by the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Homeland Security, advising him on whether he should invoke the Insurrection

Act of 1807 or just go for it and declare martial law. Then we talked about what's taking place in Russia that Mr. Witkoff has hinted that there's a big peace deal coming between Russia and the United States. But then the Russians said if the Europeans keep irritating them plucking their nerves they may be pushed to do a preemptive strike on Europe like really soon that they're preparing for it right now. We also talked about the tariffs that China has cut off the rare earth minerals to the States, which is going to have a major impact on production of critical things here. We talked about the war drills in the Philippines, the ship killer weapons that are being brought in to take out the Chinese Navy.

We talked about the aircraft carriers going to the Middle East for a possible war with Iran. And then we just talked about the mammoth pox exercise. All in 52 minutes you can watch Fox News tonight, you can watch CNN, and they'll talk for hours and they won't say anything. It'll just be political dribble. Yes, you won't hear anything that's worth hearing. But what we just described is stunning. Absolutely stunning.

I guess this is good news. Commerce Secretary Lutnick said that he sold 1,000 gold cards this week. For $5 million each. $5 million each. This is a, you know, it's not a green card, it's a gold card. You get to come into the United States, you donate $5 million to the U.S. Treasury, and you come into the United States. You're a permanent resident.

You're not a citizen, but you are a permanent resident. Now, as you listen to this video, there's one thing in here that really irks me, and that's when he's talking about taxes. Yes. Let's watch. Speaking of potentially great ideas, can you tell us about the Trump card? Sure. So whose idea was that?

And how did that come about? John Paulson had a call with Donald Trump and was talking to Donald Trump and was kicking around the idea of we should sell. Why do we give away visas? We should sell them. And they're talking about it. Donald Trump calls me, gets me on the phone, right? We all talk about it Right, and then we go from there and then my job is to figure out like I always figure out how to do it

What's the path do you have to figure it out? Of course about two weeks from today. It goes out Okay, Elon's building me the software right now. Yeah. Right? And then out it goes. And by the way, yesterday I sold a thousand. Oh, you did?

I got a poly market I created on how many of you guys are gonna sell this year. Cool. Yeah, curious to see how many. That's fantastic. Do you wanna tell people just the rough ones? Yeah, what are the terms on it? Okay, so if you're a US citizen, you pay global tax.

Yeah. Okay. So you're not going to bring in outsiders to come in to pay global tax. So if you have a green card, which used to be a green card, now gold card, you're a permanent resident of America. You can be a citizen, but you don't have to be. And none of them are going to choose to be. What they're going to do is they're going to don't have to be. And none of them are gonna choose to be. What they're gonna do is they're gonna have the right

to be in America, they'll be $5 million, and they have the right to be in America. They have the right to be in America. As long as they're good people. And they're vetted. And they're vetted, and they can't break the law. We can always take it away if they're like evil, or mean, or bad, or something, not mean,, if they do something horrible, you can take it away. Right?

But the idea is, if I was not American, and I lived in any other country, I would buy six, one for me, one for my wife, for my four kids, because God forbid something happens. I want to be able to go to America and I want to have the right to go to the airport, to go to America and then to say, hello, Mr. Lutnick, hello, Mr. Lutnick and the Lutnick family. Welcome home. That's what I want to hear. I don't want to hear I can't come here when there's a horrible war, a horrible whatever.

I want to be able to go home. And once I'm home, I might as well build a business. Yeah. So you have the most productive people in the world going to start spending time here. They're going to have a family office. They're going to hire some people. And you're not going to tax their external worldwide income. I only tax the money they make in America, which is what we do now. But their global income stays out. And they pay 5 million. And how many people do you think there are that could qualify in the world? 37 million people in the world who are capable of buying the car. That's 37 million. That's a lot

more than Chad GPT told me who are capable of buying who are capable of buying it. Now, I'm not saying they will, but they're capable of buying. How many do you think you'll sell? I'm not saying they will, but they're capable of buying. How many do you think you'll sell? The president thinks we can sell a million. So five trillion. That's five trillion dollars. I think a million is reasonable. I mean, look, as an outsider who came in and got his green card and then got his citizenship

and now pay global tax every which way known to man, if this were available 15 years ago after the Facebook IPO, that's what I would have done. It would have been much better for me theoretically. Now I'm happy to pay the taxes. So the idea is, and it's gonna go fast, meaning you apply, right? We take your money and the way computers work now, they have these cool things,

like these computer things, they're amazing. You put stuff in and they actually check everything. It's fantastic. You don't even have to plug them in anymore. you're amazing. You're like, you know, you put stuff in and they actually check everything. It's fantastic. You don't even have to plug them in anymore. It's amazing. Like they get the information through the air. I mean, you could do a better vet than anybody in government has ever done it before

in one second. Better than they've ever done it before. So I'll tell you. Okay. Okay, so he sold a thousand gold cards.'s what five billion dollars. Yes. Good. That's five billion dollars that went into the US Treasury Mr. Trump thinks that they can sell a million. That's five trillion five trillion dollars But the thing that really irritates me is the the taxation issue They were talking about global taxation. The

United States of America is one of very few countries on the planet that charges its citizen worldwide, which means, for example, Doc's wife is in the Philippines. She's not in, she's from the Philippines. I'm just giving this as an example. If Doc and Mia started a business in the Philippines, Doc would have to pay taxes on the Philippine business income. That's correct. Because he's an American citizen. In addition to whatever taxes the Philippines charges. Precisely.

So America is almost the, I think it's probably the only major country that has global taxation. And what you may not know, Rick, is that every American citizen worldwide is required to file a federal tax form. Oh yes, yes. If you've lived in Panama for the last 25 years, you had to file your income tax on April 15th. And likewise me when I was living in South Korea and then in the Philippines, every year I had to file taxes. However, what Mr. Lutnikick said was these rich foreigners who can

Give five million dollars to the Treasury get their little gold card come into America They can they won't be taxed on their on their global income. They can live in America. They'll pay their American taxes I'd like to have the same deal that they have. Amen Very same. That's the only thing I'm saying. I don't mind them. American income. I don't mind them coming in. Bring it on with the money. But how about we get the same tax deal here? Yes.

Why are Americans punished for being ambitious and starting a business in another country? Why are we punished? We shouldn't be, particularly when wealthy people can come here at the invitation of the government with one of the benefits is, hey, come on in, we won't tax your global income. And you heard what the other man said.

He said, I came into this country legally 15 years ago. If this deal had been available, I never would have done it. I would have just taken this deal right because he's paying taxes on his global income, right? Not right don't like it President Trump has threatened to revoke the tax-exempt status of Harvard. Yeah, that's right So President Donald Trump escalated his administration's fight with Harvard by threatening its tax-exempt status after the school defied the government's demands to change its policies in exchange for billions of federal funding. President Trump had this

to say on True Social, perhaps Harvard should lose its tax-exempt status and be taxed as a political entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist-inspired supporting sickness. Remember, tax-exempt status is totally contingent on acting in the public interest. Harvard has been pushing back against the accusation by the administration, you know, of them withholding federal funds and have implied that they're being targeted. Listen, no, I don't even know why Harvard's getting public funds. Why at all?

They have an endowment of $100 billion. Right. And were they getting federal funds for research and so forth? Doc. Let's put the true social quote back up there from President Trump He said remember tax exempt status Is totally contingent on acting in the public interest. That's 501 c3. I'm glad you got that That's a threat against any church Against any ministry You go against the

government, we're gonna take your tax exempt status from you. Against the public interest. Yes. Why are they deporting these Palestinian students? Not that they broke the law, but they are opposing the interests of the US government, which is the advancement of Zionism. Yes. Alright, that's all I'm going to say about that because he might declare martial law next week. I'm not kidding, folks.

I'm not kidding. Life could change really quickly. You know, a couple days ago, he threatened to revoke the FCC broadcast license of CBS. Yes. Because he didn't like the CBS News 60 Minutes report. And in his Oval Office visit with President Bukele yesterday, he implied that perhaps even U.S. citizens could wind up in El Salvador's prison. And an off-mic moment, and I'm still trying to confirm it here.

Supposedly Donald Trump said to President Bukele, you need to build five more prisons. You need to get started building them now. Wow. If he declares martial law, Doc, all this is possible. That's all I'm going to say. Yesterday, CNN's Dana Bush interrupted President Trump's press conference. Mr. Trump said, well, let's play the video. All right, here's the video of President Trump talking about CNN. And then this explain why she interrupted the CNN broadcast.

We appreciate it. Thanks. Actually, what you're doing with the border is remarkable. It has dropped what? 95 percent. It's incredible. Okay. This morning, 99 percent, 99.1% to be exact. Why are those numbers not in the media? Well, they get up with the fake news, you know,

like CNN over here doesn't want to put them out because they don't like putting out good numbers. They don't like putting out, because I think they hate our country actually. So he said, I think they hate our country. And then Dana Bush interrupted a live CNN coverage of that press conference. She couldn't take it. She had to say something. This is her remarks. We've been listening to a lengthy live press conference inside the Oval Office with the leader of El Salvador, Bukele, where

we have heard a lot of bits of information, a lot of news nuggets that we want to definitely focus on, a lot of some misinformation as well. But we want to digest all of this right now with our terrific panel here and our reporters. Jeff Zeleny, I want to start with you. You are at the White House. Before I get to you, I just want to say, for the record, since we heard President Trump say in the Oval Office

that CNN hates our country, CNN does not hate our country. That should go without saying. I've been here for 32 years and I see a rhetorical device in him trying to say such a thing. You know, CNN did not benefit by saying that. They should have just kept their mouth shut by going out of their way and say, for the record, we don't hate America. Doug, under martial law, CNN will be operated by Armed Forces Radio. Yeah, that's Kerry Lake right now.

Oh no, that's a- A VOA. A VOA, yeah. No, no, Armed Forces Radio, that's under the military. That VOA, yeah. No, no, armed forces radio, that's under the military. That's right. So, Pete Exith. They'll bring the, the Pentagon will bring their media people in and run CNN. Folks, I'm not exaggerating this.

We're very close to martial law. Very, very close. One more story. This is from the London Times. Tony Blair. Man, I miss him. Oh, well, he's always got something to say that makes me get upset. Tony weapons of mass destruction.

Blair. Yeah, he's back. He's been gone for a while, but he's got himself a global foundation, you know, like like the Clinton Foundation. And he said live facial recognition would enhance justice in Great Britain. Live facial recognition, you know what that means? Cameras everywhere like China. Well, in the UK UK there are cameras everywhere,

but they have not been generally live. Innovations such as digital identities and live facial recognition should shape the future of criminal justice. That's according to Tony Blair. Blair told the commission that he recommended to an introduction of a unique digital identifier for every British citizen

Mark every single British citizen Rick and it would streamline everything from accessing public services to making secure Transactions they want to know everything that you're doing 24 hours a day and where you're doing it and who you are and a unique Identifying number yes in it and who you are. And a unique identifying number. Yes. Would give the government a way to deny you access to the internet. Yes. They just turn it off. You log in and says access denied. Or electricity. Yeah they might take on a they might they might use a Netanyahu strategy. If we turn off your water, your electricity, your food, you'll have an attitude adjustment.

You won't think like you used to think. That sounds almost biblical, doesn't it Rick? It does. But this is what Mr. Well, he didn't propose it that way. That's what's in his little mind. They always package it under justice, Rick. It says soon every British citizen should have a digital wallet and a unique digital login. If used to their full potential, which he would love. This would streamline everything

from accessing public services to making secure transactions when that day comes. I think we'll look back and wonder how we ever managed without it. Went on to say in the article from the Times, on live facial recognition, Tony Blair said that the technology boosts response times and helps identify suspects quickly in busy places like train stations and events.

Live video from body cams and closed circuit television can provide real-time advice to officers from a command center or deploy them to where they are most needed. AI will go even further spotting crime patterns, guiding patrols, and streamlining decisions, Blair said. Now live facial recognition uses a live video feed to compare the faces of the general public with those on a police watch list. Currently, the watch list enables computers to remember 16,000 faces on police systems, the Sex Offenders Register, and a database of high risk missing people as well. as well. But the idea, of course, is to give a number to every single British citizen in order to track and monitor them and to control them. And the live facial recognition means cameras everywhere feeding the police, video in real time, and AI searching government records to identify who is walking on

the street, who's entering a building, who's going it to the airport, and identifying every single person in real time. And if you're wanted for a crime, and I get this one, he's the argument, he's making, well if they're wanted for a crime we catch them. I get this, but he's the argument he's making, well, if they want it for a crime, we can catch them. Well, they shouldn't let criminals into the country, first of all. If they'd stop that, they wouldn't have as much crime. That's true. That's true.

But now they've got this system in place. He never imagined it would be like this, Doc, when he let the criminals come in, Great Britain. See, they do problem reaction solution. You know what the MAGA group is going to hear in America? I hate to say this, folks. I've already heard it from conservative patriots. We need an ID card. Yes. That will eliminate, you know, illegals having access to services. Like voting, let's say. Right. See, it's problem, reaction, solution. Create a problem, anticipate the reaction, offer them the solution.

Or start out with the solution that you want, and then create the problem to arrive at that solution. Well, that's what I'm saying. They have the solution. Or start out with the solution that you want and then create the problem to arrive at that solution. Well that's what I'm saying. They have the solution. Yes. You create the problem. You anticipate the public's reaction to the problem, but you have the solution waiting for them. So in the case of a let's say an ID that you need for public services or voting or whatever it might be and you want every citizen to have it, then you have to generate a problem in order to make the citizenry say, man, we got to have that.

We've got to have that special ID card. So Doc, years ago, I was in, you know, among the podcasters who were fighting against the Real ID Act. I'm not even sure we had podcasting at that time. Yeah, because that's been around since when? The mid-90s? The act itself has been around a long time. No, no. Bill Clinton tried to bring it in in the late 90s. It didn't work. And then George Bush got it passed in Congress but it has it's been taking a long time to get implemented yes

because Americans opposed it right but as of May 7th now but the other day when you fly without it you and I were in the airport in Las Vegas and you pointed at the sign you said you see this Rick You can't board the plane without your real ID card. You know what my attitude is now? So what? I'm tired. I'm tired. You see, they wear you down.

Right. They wear you down. You know why? Because there's so many illegals running around in the country. I'm like, okay, whatever. Yes. Let's fix the problem.

Yes. See, that's the way this works. They brought the illegals in so that you would accept an ID card. Yes. And if you've got a driver's license, every state, if you've got a driver's license, you have a real ID now. Yes. But they issued driver's license to illegals. Yes. So what? How did you fix the problem? They've used they've used the driver's license to illegals. Yes. So what how did you fix the problem? They've used they've used the driver's license to vote so you didn't fix the problem. But

there's going to be a global identifier because I heard that this well I didn't get to hear they wouldn't let me in at World Economic Forum They denied me access. I had White House on my badge. It wouldn't let me in It was the only session at the global economic forum and Davos that they would not allow me to participate in and It's seated only about 200 people and they were talking about the global identifier And I tried everything. I said, hey, look, I'm in the White House. I know Trump. Let me in.

You know, nope, you're not allowed. It said right on the scanner, access denied. Richard Wiles, access denied. Yep, that's me. Why can't I get in? I pressed it as hard as I could. I knew if I say it again, there's gonna be a security guard come and get me They were talking about something in there that they didn't want out in public, right?

Like a global ID number for every human on the planet and That was taking place like I said at World Economic Forum, it's either 2018 or 2020, I forget which one it happened, but the plans are underway. And Doc, the people in charge of that meeting, I say in charge, some of the key speakers were from the mobile phone industry. That's right, yeah. Okay, hey, I want to remind everybody about the Resurrection Day Cross Offer. Man, there are

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brand American Reserves for your emergency food supply needs. Good morning everybody. Welcome to Morning Manna. Today's Tuesday and we began our study of the 11th chapter of Romans. We're going to look at verses one through six today. Let's pray. Almighty God, our heavenly father, thank you, Father, for this awesome, beautiful day. Thank you for being our father. Father, we invite the Holy Spirit to take his seat at the head of the table of morning manna and direct this class. Instruct all of us, illuminate us, enlighten us, educate us about your son Jesus Christ and his glorious kingdom that shall have no end in his name Jesus

We pray amen. So doc 11 Romans 11 verses 1 through 6 Yes, sir. And so while you're turning to that right now, we want to welcome I have viewers and listeners from all over the world Jordan Malaysia Australia, Japan South Korea is checking in today. Of course, we've got friends in the Philippines checking in and all over the world, all across the U.S. and Canada as well. We appreciate you tuning in.

Romans chapter 11 is where we're starting today. Still talking about Israel, but Paul starts out here today by making clear a very succinct statement and we'll be diving into this today. Verse 1, I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid, for I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away his people which he foreknew. What ye not, what the scripture sayeth of Elijah, how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord they have killed the prophets and digged down thy altars and I am left alone and they seek my life. But what sayeth the answer of God unto him, unto Elijah that is, I have reserved to myself 7,000 men

who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so, then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no more of works, otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it's no more of grace, otherwise work is no more work. God bless the reading of His word today. This is either going to clear some things up or confuse folks. All right, let's go for the clearing.

All right. Verse one, I say then, hath God cast away his people, God forbid, for I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham of the tribe of Benjamin. Notice Paul did not call himself a Jew. He wasn't a Jew, Doc. I just realized this. I just realized it. He's not a Jew. He's of the tribe of Benjamin. Well, and that's a good point to bring out. Judah and Benjamin were what occupied the Southern Kingdom. What we called Judah was comprised of the tribe of Judah

and the tribe of Benjamin. And- Okay, so the tribe of Benjamin and the tribe of Judah comprised- The Southern Kingdom. Yes. And so, the Northern Kingdom had the other ten tribes. So the southern kingdom is what became the Jews?

Yes. So the tribe of Benjamin, technically were Jews, right? If you want to put it that way, yes. Okay. So they were of the nation of Judah. They were of the nation of Judah. So they were up the nation. I know that can be confusing for folks, but they were so, you know, they were so integrated with one other, they were considered just one people. Okay. So again, first one, I asked him, did God reject his people may it never be for I also am an Israelite a descendant of Abraham of the tribe of Benjamin

Paul continues his teaching technique asking questions questions that he plans to answer It's uh, it's like catechism That's what catechism is. The teacher asks a question, the student responds. Paul asks the question, then he gives the answer. So Paul begins chapter 11 with this piercing question, hath God cast away his people? piercing question, hath God cast away his people? And he's confronting what he said in Romans 10, 21. But to Israel, he sayeth all day long, I have stretched forth my hands

unto a disobedient and contrary people he studied that yesterday So has God cast away the Jews and he answers the question God forbid That's a very forceful rejection of any notion of complete, total, permanent divine abandonment. And if we want to be technical about it, really, Paul is saying, hath God cast away Israel? And so if we want to be really technical about it, because there's a whole nation of the chosen people. It wasn't just Judah and Benjamin. It wasn't just Judah, it was all the tribes. And Paul makes it clear over in Philippians 3.5,

he calls himself, he says, I was circumcised the eighth day, I'm of the stock of Israel, I'm of the tribe of Benjamin, I'm a Hebrew of the Hebrews as touching the law of Pharisee. So he is giving his bona fides here in saying I can talk about this question about Israel because I am of Israel. He had a pedigree. He was proud of it. So he has a very strong answer to his own question, God forbid. And he's shifting the focus from, you know in in Romans 10

Verses 18 to 21 he was talking about Israel's Departure from God the rejection of Christ. Yes, but now he's focusing on God's Covenant saying covenant saying, the Lord will see to it that the elect inside Israel shall be saved. That's really what he's saying here, isn't it, Doc? The elect inside Israel shall be saved. Right. And there'll be some who'll confuse the passage where Paul says all Israel shall be saved.

That's not what we're talking about today. The true people of God, the true Israel of God are the people that are faithful to God, that believe God by faith. They're the true remnant, the true Israel. So when Paul talks about, you know, that God hasn't given up his promises or covenant, it has to do with their faithfulness to believe his promises and his word. And so it has really has nothing to do with real estate at this point. Nothing to do with real estate, but the only real estate is that city that we're looking for, beyond the horizon.

That's a heavenly real estate, if you will. So God forbid, he hasn't given up. He has secured a remnant among what has been called Israel. Yes, so as Doc explained, when he said, did God reject his people, he's referring to all of Israel, not just to the Jews. The Jews are part of it, but not all of it. All Jews are Israelites. All Israelites are not Jews. How do we bring it home? Okay.

Doc and I are Floridians. We are automatically Americans. But all Americans are not Floridians. Right. If that helps you understand the concept of not all Jews, or that all Jews are Israelites, but all Israelites are not Jews.

But the modern Zionist movement, Jewish Zionists and Christian Zionists, they maintain that Jew is synonymous with all of Israel. Right. Because when you ask them, where are the other tribes? Oh, they're here. I thought you were all Jews. Oh, everybody we call ourselves Jews.

That's not true. We all everybody we call ourselves Jews That's not true If the Jews there's from the tribe of Judah, right So doc when he speaks of his people he's speaking of the entire People of Israel Not, not just one tribe. Has God cast away His people? Has God cast away all the tribes of Israel? And he says, God forbid.

So there are people in this world who are descendants of the Israelites and they don't even know it. Because the tribes were dispersed through the nations. Right. Nobody even knows where those tribes are at today. And the people who call themselves Jews today who immigrated or conquered Palestine, even they can be questioned about their own DNA and heritage going back years and years, so to the Ashkenazis and various intermingling of peoples and stuff. So even then, there's question about, but suffice it for our study today, when Paul

is talking about his people, he's talking about the people who have been identified as part of that Old Testament covenant. That's what he's talking about. Yes. He's not talking about geographic location. He's not talking about a piece of real estate that was promised to Abraham. He's talking about God's covenant people,

people who have said they identified with the covenant. Okay. But what Paul is going to deliver here is that not everybody who identifies with the covenant are truly covenant people. And Doc, I'm glad you said that because that dovetails with the next thing I was going to say. Paul said, for I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham That ties him to the heritage of Abraham's faith

To go to Romans 9 verse 5 Whose are the fathers and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever. If you're going to be of the lineage of Abraham and still be in Israel, you have to be a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. So Paul is clearly defining who he's talking about. The descendants of Abraham are the ones who kept the faith, who stayed true to God, who walked by faith as Abraham did.

As we've learned in earlier lessons in Romans, even in the old covenant days, God did not consider all Jews to be Abraham's descendants, because they did not walk by faith. Now Rick, I'll share an observation on this verse back in, I forget if it was 2017 or 18 when I was at the NRB, it was up in Orlando. We were up there for it. I heard Mike Pence, Vice President Mike Pence, so it had to be, yeah, it had to be 18 probably, maybe 19. But anyway, I heard Mike Pence, he was delivering a message to the National Religious Broadcasters. I make a big deal, I heard him misquote 2nd Chronicles 714 and that, but I also heard him say something else and was regarding this verse. He quoted this verse. Vice President Mike Pence quoted this verse and said, have God cast away his

people, God forbid. So he quoted that. But he made the case that his people was the geographic nation of Israel as it exists today. Yes. That's what he said. We protect the nation of Israel and we're on God's side on this. Romans 12, 1, hath God cast away his people, God forbid. But this is not what Paul is saying here at all. Paul is not, think about it, that Israel didn't even exist in Paul's day. The nation state of Israel didn't even exist in Paul's day. There was Israel, a people, that was a covenant, but not a geographic location. I heard Vice President Mike Pence do that. I heard the Vice President Mike Pence do that. Yesterday you and I, we quoted John Higge. Yes.

Where he said, you know, God defends Israel. And he was talking clearly about the state of Israel. All these Zionists are deliberately misquoting and twisting scriptures. So as a faithful remnant, Paul embodies Romans 10, 9, the faith in Christ. If you contrast that with what he said in verse three of chapter 10, he said, for they being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness

have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. But then in verse 9 he says, that if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, thou shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. The faithful remnant of Israel confesses the Lord Jesus Christ. You can't get away from that truth. The Jews who believed on the name of Jesus when he was on this earth, walking on this earth, they were the remnant Israel.

Praise God. You got it, Rick. They were the remnant. The unbelieving rebellious Jews were excommunicated from Israel. God opened up the doors of Israel to Gentiles and said, come on in, we've got openings. We suddenly have a lot of vacancies here. The branches have been removed and new branches are being grafted in. However, the door is still open.

His hand is still outstretched. Yes. His hand is still outstretched to this day, to Jews to say, believe on the name of my son, and you shall be saved. That's the compassion of God. But the Christian Zionists want you to believe they will be saved, that they are saved, they will be saved,

by virtue of their ethnicity, their DNA. That is blasphemy. You're saying that the blood of Jesus Christ is of no worth. It's of no worth. It's only for Gentiles. Well, then why did Paul get saved? Why did Peter get saved? Why did the entire church in Jerusalem get saved if they were already saved? Yes, if they were already saved under the old covenant then why did they need a new one? Their argument is so easy to refute. But it's still so pervasive throughout church culture, especially Western church culture, American church culture, so pervasive. You're raised on it.

You're indoctrinated. You're brainwashed into it. And it's hard to get it all out. And Rick and I, you know, we occasionally come across something when we're studying and we think there's, I call them dog hairs, dispensational dog hairs, that still linger because, you know, we have spent 30 years studying one particular line of thought and then have to adjust that, which is counter culture to modern church culture, it makes it a challenge, makes it difficult. Yes. But when you talk to a Christian who, let's say, is a member of a Reformed church, a Lutheran

church, a Methodist, Presbyterian, Anglican, a long list of, you know, the mainline traditional church. They don't even know what we're talking about when you bring up this Christian Zionism stuff. They've never heard it. Right. It's all new to them because their brains were not saturated. Well, didn't they watch TV in? No, they didn't.

They stayed away from it and they didn't get infected. See, so many of us have been infected because of what we've watched on TV or listened to on radio or the churches that we attended. And our minds got infected with that stuff but there are millions of Christians who never were exposed to it. In fact the overwhelming majority of believers have never been. Oh yeah I would say worldwide probably 98 percent. We're in Zionist compound here. Yes.

We're in the Zionist compound here. Yes. But anyway, so what Paul's making the case here is not a geographic state of being. What Paul is referring to in verse 1 here is regard Israel as a covenant people, okay, that has God given up on them. Because based on chapter 10 here, it sounds like well, God's done with Israel. God's done with the old covenant. God forbid, no, he's not done. He's got a remnant and we'll be getting into that. Yes. So verse two, God didn't reject his people whom he foreknew. Or don't you know what the scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel.

King James says, how he maketh intercession to God against Israel. Not for Israel, against Israel. So, the for new, highlights God's sovereign right to predestine those whom he will save or not save. Um, this, this, uh, divine sovereign right ensures that there is a remnant. There is a grace elected few among the Israelites who shall be saved. And so you can say all Israel shall be saved. And so you can say all Israel shall be saved. All the remnant shall be saved. Yes.

All the remnant of Israel shall be saved. The Christian Zionists try to make you believe that all Jews will be saved. Well, why don't they get saved right now? Let's just get this over with right now. Come on, let's go to church. Let's just have a big old church meeting right now. Come on. If you're all going to be saved, come on and let's do it. Let's get it done. Yes. Why wait? Why are we talking about saved, come on and let's do it. Let's get it done. Yes. Why wait? Why are we talking about this? Come on and get saved

So and and we do a disservice to the people who call themselves Jews today By saying that at some point in the future Israel is going to be saved Right. What about not today? What about the Jews who die, who will die today in unbelief? What about them? They're just out of luck, Rick. They can't be saved. They're just out of luck. They can't be saved.

Or, one, I'm so sure that's the way John Hagee sees it. Yeah, he would say, hey, God made a covenant with them. He made a covenant. See, that's what I believe they believe. They believe that they're saved by virtue of their ethnicity. And they can't say it out loud. That's why there's no urgency among these Christian Zionists to share the gospel with Jews.

You got it. And besides the flow of money would be cut off. They wouldn't be getting their secret funding. He said, ask this question about- Elijah. Yeah, Elias. Elijah. Or don't you know what the scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads, how he intercedes with God against Israel.

against Israel. Against Israel. Why was he interceding against Israel? Elijah was in despair over the apostasy of Israel. Right. So Elijah was crying out to God to do something about their apostasy. They've turned from you. They've turned from truth.

They're not walking in faith. They're idolatrous, they're disobedient. And yet, in 1 Kings 19, God revealed a hidden remnant. See, that remnant's always been there. Yes. The sad truth is, the history of the Jewish people is that the majority of them have always been disobedient. It's the sad truth. As most of the world is.

They reflect the world. Because they're human, and all the world except righteous Christians are disobedient. So, would you consider today if you pray against Israel like Elijah did, you'd be in big trouble today. What did they do to Elijah? Well, tried to kill him. For words. For words. For words. Speaking God's word. Some things never change. You speak God's word and somebody's going to try to kill you. So was Elijah out of God's will for praying against Israel? No. But God reminded Elijah, hey, I've got a remnant still. And Paul is using that example for us today, that even though most of the people who identify as covenant people called Israel, even though they've abandoned God, they've turned against God, God still sees, I've got a remnant

in there. Don't give up yet. Don't give up hope yet. I've got a remnant there. Doc, if these modern-day Christian Zionists in America had been in there in Elijah's time, they would have been saying, Elijah, I got to warn you. You're cursing Israel. That's right. And God's gonna curse you. Yes. Yeah, you know what? Genesis 12 says, Elijah, I'll bless those.

You know what the scriptures say. Yes, he did know what the scripture said. That's why he was speaking against them because he knew the scriptures And they didn't Doc even in today's Christian world, let's call it Christendom You know, I see a difference between the church and Christendom In Christendom there in churchy annity There In Christianity, there are two groups of people.

There is a remnant church, a remnant body of Christ in the churches. But I don't know if most church congregations are saved. I would never ever make a definitive declaration on the spiritual state of any person. But I just wonder if you knew God's mind about each Christian church denomination and their membership, what percentage of them are saved? Right. So I believe there's a remnant inside the church.

Absolutely, yes. I mean, I encounter a lot of people who profess Christianity, but they're really a member of churchianity. They don't know the scriptures, they don't study the scriptures, they don't pray, they don't donate, they don't give offerings, they're not involved in missions, they're not doing anything. They're just taking up space and resources and telling everybody they're a Christian. And they're usually the ones that are giving the church the worst name.

So, Elijah made intercession against Israel. He was he voiced his despair over their widespread apostasy and rebellion disobedience and idolatry. And so Elijah's plea is similar to Paul's anguish. Paul was in anguish over the Jews. Yes. I mean, this guy got beat up so many times because his love for the Jews, he kept going back to his people saying you need to believe in Jesus and they beat him up, throw rocks at him, put him in prison. His heart was anguished.

Right. And even though he was considered the apostle to the Gentiles, in every city he went to the synagogue first. Yes. The very first. Yes. The very first. Which I personally believe, Doc, that was his own actions and not God's instructions. God instructed him to go to the Gentiles. I might be wrong. Do you see any place where God instructed Paul to go to the Jews? No, but it was his personal philosophy, obviously, because he always to the Jew first and the Greek. And so, and that, you know, but in his defense, going to the synagogue first, you probably

had the most welcome opportunity to find those Jews who were seeking the Messiah. Yes. Until the Judaizer showed up. It was when the Judaizer showed up later and tried to put new believers under the Old Testament law. And lots of times they were from another city. They to stir up strife. But you're right, Rick. He was anguished over his people and their rejection of Christ. All of chapter 10, that's what that's about, that anguish and everything. And then he comes to chapter 11 here and says, but God's not done yet. Yes. So Paul's using Elijah to teach us that God's plan is incomprehensible. It endures beyond visible failure.

It is bigger than anything we can understand. Just trust his plan that he has a remnant. Let's go to verse 3. Lord, they have killed thy prophets and digged down thine altars. And I am left alone, and they seek my life. and they seek my life." Again, he's quoting Elijah from 1 Kings 19. Elijah the prophet crying out to God, oh God they've killed your prophets, which was torn down your altars, I'm the only one left and they're trying to kill me right and

from his perspective he was the only one left he didn't know of anybody else right anybody was holding he was holding the fort he was saying I'm I'm loyal I'm not gonna give up I'm the last prophet alive they want to kill me too, but I will not quit So Elijah's accusation It was a To him there was a it was a crisis moment. Like, oh God, look, all of Israel is against your prophets. They've torn down your altars.

These people are nuts. They're killing all your prophets. They got a search party out looking for me. Doesn't this tell us that there's been a long history of rebellion among the Jewish people? I mean a long history. These Christian Zionists do not, they have no comprehension that God's prophets were murdered by the Jews. I guess in their mind they think the Muslims did it

and there were no Muslims. Muslims terrorists killed the prophets. There were no Muslims. Islam had not yet appeared. Who killed the prophets? Rebellious Jews. That's a fact. But what God is telling us here, what Paul is telling us through the scriptures is that God always had a remnant of Jews who remained true to Him. Yes.

And they will be saved. That's the message we need to understand. There's never been a majority of them that obeyed. They've been fighting and opposing God's will for thousands of years. And look, I'm not singling them out as saying, hey, they're defective. No, look, God could have chosen the Pygmies to be His chosen people. Rick, He could have... The Pygmies would have crucified Christ.

Jesus said He could have chosen rocks. He chose rocks? I'll make rocks cry out My name. He could make a people out of rocks. Yes. Which might be easier than the hardened hearts. It didn't matter which tribe God chose. Right.

All tribes are human and all would have behaved the same way. I mean, the Jewish people had to have this privilege and yet there's great responsibility and they've not done well on that part. They have excelled in many things in business and science and finance and medicine. I mean, they've excelled, but when it comes to obedience to God, oh, they have failed.

It's a deplorable record. But so's the rest of us. Yes, I would. I'm only saved by God's grace. Not because I keep his laws, it's His grace. And I'm certainly not saved because of my DNA. How unfair would that be? How really it would, you know, oh well. So they dig down by an altar, which means they rejected true worship. That's right.

They didn't want an altar because an altar reminded them they had to worship God. Why else do you have an altar? To worship God. To present sacrifices. The killing of the prophets speaks of their rebellion. The hardening of their hearts against God's messengers. God's messengers were bringing conviction on them.

The way to silence the conviction was to silence the prophets. Murder didn't bother them. They weren't, they didn't feel guilty about murdering people. Godly people. Why, there was total apostasy. But God foreknew, and that he's speaking of a preserved remnant. That inside that body of rebellion, there was a seed that was pure. And so this is the message that Paul's giving to us. God has not given up on the Jews. There's a group that he's going to save. And they're still, they are being saved today.

Only God knows how many Jews each day come to believe in Jesus Christ. But it is happening. Elijah said, I am left alone. A profound loneliness. Paul, it's like Paul's saying, I'm like Elijah, I'm left alone in my burden for the Jews. Elijah said, they seek my life. Paul's like, yeah, I can identify with that.

There's probably a band of them coming now to search for me right the pole doesn't even there yeah every day Paul had to get up in the morning wondering is there a group of Jews from another city on his trail. Would they catch up with him that day? When would they appear? When would they launch their next attack? It wasn't all the Jews. It was a certain group that hated the name of Jesus, and they are still here today. That spirit is still in some Jews today. I hatred of the name of Jesus, but it's not all Jews.

So, Elijah, even though he cried out, I'm here alone, God, look at me. I'm loyal, but I'm alone. They're trying to find me. They're going to kill me. But God gave him an attitude adjustment. So that's not quite correct, Elijah. In fact, I have 7,000 more just like you. So you're not the last one. There's 7,001.

And so, you know, we... Today, as you look at the Jewish population, their spiritual state, you have to remind yourself, God has a remnant spread across the world in the Jewish population. of them are trying to witness Christ to their fellow Jews and getting rejected. Now, I'm going to skip saying this. I'm thinking of somebody. I'll just pass on saying that. Verse 4, but what sayeth the answer of God unto him?

I have reserved to myself 7,000 men who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. So I just referenced that. So Paul is now bringing into this discussion what God said to Elijah. And he said, What sayeth the answer of God? What sayeth the answer of God? A divine oracle, God's authoritative voice.

God spoke to Elijah. A divine voice spoke to Elijah with this revelation and assurance. You're not alone, Elijah. There's 7,000 more just like you. I'll draw strength from this. Carry on, get up, carry on. God said, I have reserved to myself as sovereign preservation. Yes.

Don't you want to be reserved unto God? Praise God. Nobody and no thing can touch you. When you are reserved unto God, you have a divine covering over you that nothing can penetrate. You're preserved. God himself has preserved you. This is where we're at today as faithful Christians. If you are in Christ, you are preserved under God. If you're in church, I don't know, but you want to be in Christ.

I don't want to be in church. I want to be in Christ. When I go to church, I'll be in Christ, but when I'm at home, I'm in Christ. But too many people, they just go to church and they're never in Christ. When you're in Christ, you are preserved by God. Hallelujah. You're in the secret place. You're dwelling with the Most High God. What about those who are not in Christ? Well, by the converse then, they are not preserved. Well, if you're not in Christ, you're out of Christ. Right.

If you're out of Christ, Right. There is no preservation. So Paul makes it clear here, it doesn't matter Jew or Gentile. If you're in Christ, you're preserved. If you're out of Christ, you're not. Jew or Gentile, doesn't matter. So this act of preservation So this act of preservation assures the Christian church's faithfulness. He says, 7,000 who have not bowed the knee to Baal, they've not submitted to Satan. God preserves, He preserves true worshipers. You want to be a worshiper of the Lord. Become a worshiper.

Have you worshipped, when's the last time you worshipped him? I know you love him. I know you love him. I know you care. When have you worshipped him? He needs your worship. He expects your worship. When have you lifted your hands and just spoke?

Praises to Him, told Him how great He is, glorify Him, magnify Him. He said there's 7,000 didn't bow their knee to Baal. They're true worshipers. I'm going to repeat something Doc said to me today. So we got some news last night. Donald Trump Jr. and Laura Trump purchased Salem Radio. Yes. The biggest Christian radio network in America. So it's now owned by the Trumps. And Laura Trump, which is Eric's wife, will be in charge of programming.

She will decide who's on Salem radio. And Doc said, how will the average Christian in America even know the difference in the programming? Meaning, there is so little biblical literacy in this country, that a lot of people listening to Christian radio wouldn't even know that there was a change in the message. Do you think Donald Trump Jr. is spiritually qualified to run a Christian radio network? I'll just let you ponder on that one. Okay? Well, you have to say, is it a Christian network? It's not a Christian network anymore. It's going to have religion in it. It's going to have churchianity in it. Yeah, it's going to have, you know, they're going to throw some Jesus in there. Yeah, everyone will do a shout out to God.

See, there's got to be a group of people in this country who have not bowed their knee to Baal. Amen. It's Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, and nothing else. That group needs to stand up in this country and in every nation of the world, that group needs to stand up and be heard. Verse five, even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. Wow, Doc, what's he talking about now? There's an election and not can you go vote on dominion voting machines,

but a choice made by God in his sovereignty. It's talking about the remnant. Even so too at this present time, now, the present time is now. There is an ongoing faithfulness. Even now, even so too at this present time, there is a remnant. There was a remnant at the present time that Paul wrote these words. There's a remnant now as we read these words. Right. And he's throwing back, he addressed this over in Romans 9, 27 where he's quoting Isaiah. He says, Isaiah cries concerning Israel, though the number of children of Israel

be as the sand to the sea, a remnant shall be saved. And we don't deny that scripture. We don't argue with that scripture. A remnant shall be saved. God has set aside a remnant of the covenant people of Israel to be saved. But that's Jews and Gentiles. That's right. A remnant according to the election of grace. Praise God. It but God's grace alone and it's

across all ethnic groups there is a remnant in every ethnic group There's a remnant of Chinese, there's a remnant of Russians, there's a remnant of Jews, there's a remnant of French. All over the world there's a remnant. In every nation there's a remnant. They shall be saved. Amen. They shall be saved. Amen. And all Israel shall be saved. This remnant is, it exists at this present time. It means God's always had and always will have a remnant.

And the only people who are going to inhabit the new earth will be the remnant. At that point they won't be the remnant. They'll just be people. Because there will not be any disobedient rebellious people. You don't need a remnant in New Jerusalem. I mean, you're not going to have a remnant in New Jerusalem. The remnant becomes the total complete population of New Jerusalem. But then the Christian Zionists teach, after a thousand years, people are going to leave Jesus.

What the hogwash. Why would I leave Jesus after a thousand years? Right. One more verse here. Verse six, and if by grace then is it no more of works otherwise grace is no more grace but if it be of works then it be no more grace otherwise work is no more work. no more work. I'll read this again. And if by grace, then it is no longer of works. Otherwise, grace is no longer grace.

But if it is of works, it is no longer grace. Otherwise, work is no longer work. That's a mouthful. But that's Paul. That's Paul. Then is it no more of works? He's ruling out any human merit in election, the election of grace.

Otherwise, grace is election of grace. Otherwise grace is no more grace. That insists that grace loses its essence if it's mixed with works. Right. It's either all grace or it isn't. grace or it isn't. Work demands wages but grace grants gifts. If you work you get a But if somebody gives you a gift, they've given you grace. So we should be warned against any kind of arrogance, against blending merit works with the universal call that goes out to the whole world. Yes. Because salvation rests on faith alone. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace. He's reinforcing that works-based salvation nullifies grace.

True works demands true rewards. So it's incompatible with grace. Doc, anything else you want to add to this? No, I think this is a great lesson today here, Rick. I hope it cleared up some things for some of our friends out there around the world. Did it clear up some things for you today as the relationship between Israel and the rejection and the remnant that is still set aside for the covenant people of God, that God still loves them, still wants to see them saved, and does it change your attitude on how to pray for people who identify as Jews and people who identify as covenant people? Does it change the way you pray for them?

Uh, that God will find that remnant and bring them out so they can be saved. I don't want them to be saved in some future part where they're gathered in a geographic location and two thirds of them are killed and then the leftovers are saved. I want the, I want people who call themselves Jews saved now. Right now. Just like Paul did. Paul wanted them saved right now, not some future date. Yes. And I don't want to go to a messianic church. I just want to go to church. Right. Where there are no Jews and no Gentiles.

Right. Just new creatures in Christ. where there are no Jews and no Gentiles. Right. Just new creatures in Christ. That's the other thing is like, why do we have this separation? Right. It's like black churches and white churches. Why are there black churches and white churches?

Because we put up these artificial barriers. It's called racism. And if it's called racism there, why isn't it called racism in other contexts? It is. Any time you gather by race, there is racism involved, whether overt or covert. There's racism because you've decided to meet based on race. Right. And David Wilkerson, who I consider a modern day prophet and apostle, but David Wilkerson warned back in the 70s. He said, you see, I mean, he's preaching this,

maybe the 80s, preaching this in Times Square Church. And he says, you know, we've got a lot of these messianic congregations popping up all over the country, but a lot of the people going to these messianic churches are really Gentiles trying to be Jews. David Wilkerson said that. Messianic churches are really Gentiles trying to be Jews. Yes. David Wilkerson said that.

Yes. And that was 30 years ago. It's basically a costume party. That's 30 years ago. Yeah. So he saw that and the same thing goes on today. There's a lot of people who identify with these messianic congregations. And, you know, I'm not diminishing anyone's if you want to identify in that way.

You know, with Jewish DNA, go ahead. Isn't it? What I've observed is when people, true Jews who really get saved, they abandon all that. They don't start, well, I better go to a messianic congregation. No, they abandon it. They say, no, I don't need to wear tassels anymore. I don't need to wear a skull cap anymore. I don't need any of these things. They don't save. But if you go to the Messianic congregation, they would tell you it does save. I just got a visual, I don't even remember his name, it was the first church I attended

when I got saved. And I went there for years and there was a guy my age that attended. And then some years later, after I left the church, I ran into him at the NRB and he was dressed Jewish. I mean, totally decked out Jewish. I didn't know what to say. Did he have a shawl and everything? Oh, he had everything. He had everything. He was decked out. And I'm like, I didn't know what to say. It's like meeting somebody that a guy wearing a dress. I think you just trans, what's the difference in transgendering, What's the difference in transgendering genders and then transgendering DNA? I mean you can't do it.

Like looking at him, I didn't really know what to say. You look very Jewish. What happened here? I just kind of shook my head. Like why are you doing this? He decided, he told me he decided he wanted to embrace his Hebrewic roots of Christianity and express his solidarity with Israel.

OK, whatever. But there are a lot of these people out there wanna be Jews. And that's what David Wilkerson called them too, wanna be Jews. Yes. That's pretty harsh coming from David Wilkerson. There's nothing wrong.

There's nothing wrong with maintaining your ethnic heritage. I mean, maintaining your ethnic heritage, you know, I'm German, but I don't call myself a German Christian. And do you go to an exclusively German Christian church? No. Imagine if- Although, God, although as a child my family were

members of the German reformed church okay right you know why because everybody in the in the community were Germans and reformed and that makes sense okay but imagine if someone of African descent gets saved. And I said to that person, well, now you've confessed Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Now you're a Christian. Now you have to go to the black church. How racist would that be?

Yet we tell Jewish people that once they get to confess Christ, well now you need to go to the messianic church. Well, Doc, I'll be honest with you. I think our Christianity today silently tells people you need to go to your own church. They do. It's a tragedy really.

I mean, go in a Southern Baptist Church and count how many blacks are there. Yes. It's not right. Not right. But then go go to go to an AME church and count how many whites are there. That's right. Right. We're not right.

Right? We're signiated by race. That's not right. Imagine if a white person went to a black church pretending to be black. I've done that. I gotta go. All right, everybody. Thank you. Praise God.

Well, we appreciate you being here with us today. Great lesson day, Rick, and I hope you all have learned something good. Join us again tomorrow, Wednesday edition of Morning Man, and we're going to continue to pick up on verse 7. So if you would like to study ahead, go ahead and be sure to share this with somebody. Oh, and one other thing too. Rick, did you want to share about the cross this one, the Resurrection Cross? Yes, the cross that we're offering right now. I have one right here. I think we have it on faithandvalues.com at the top of the webpage, but here it it is and it is a beautiful

piece of art, okay, and you can see there's a nameplate there has my signature on it and John 654 and we are asking for a an offering of 500 hours to support morning manna and We're we've got more I Morning Manna and We're we've got more I These disappeared like in the first day The blacksmith made 15 or 20 of them for me and they were gone in the first day

And he's making more right now so we will get get one to you as quickly as possible, but the sooner you get on the the list the sooner you will receive yours and it's a beautiful piece of work and it will it will be a Conversation starter I guarantee that people look at it and they're going to ask you questions about it and the spikes remind you of the spikes that were And the spikes remind you of the spikes that were nailed into the hands of Jesus. And it's a great gift if you want to give it to somebody. A very nice gift. Solid's heavy and it's something you'll have 50 years from now. It's not going to decay.

This is something that can be passed down to other generations. And it's a beautiful piece of art. So you can go to faithandvalues.com or truenews.com. You'll see the banner. And place your gift. And we will get one, too, as soon as we get new ones in. Amen. Our blacksmith is making them. He has stopped everything he's doing to make more.

Praise God. All right, we gotta go. God bless you and we love you very much and we'll see you on the next edition of Morning Manna. God bless you.