TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Russian Billionaire: Putin will Reject Trump’s Ukraine Plan if it Doesn’t Include a New World Order

Episode Date: December 4, 2024

A Russian business tycoon with close ties to Vladimir Putin warned that the Russian president will reject President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Ukraine if it does not include some type of provisions for a new world order. Meanwhile, World War 3 has expanded to Syria with fighting underway by terrorists backed by America and Israel seeking to topple the Syrian government. In politics, Defense chief nominee Pete Hegseth may be replaced by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 12/04/2024Join the leading community for Conservative Christians! https://www.FaithandValues.comCelebrate Christmas with TruNews! Donate $200 or more to TruNews and receive 8 gifts: 2 Final Day books, 2 Sacrificing Liberty DVD sets, 2 The Greatest Reset DVDs, and 2 talking Fauci Elves. Donate at https://www.TruNews.com/donate, call 800.576.2116, or mail to PO Box 399, Vero Beach, FL 32961. Request your gift bag today!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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Meanwhile, World War III has expanded to Syria with fighting underway by terrorists backed by America and Israel seeking to topple the Syrian government. In politics, Defense Chief Nominee Pete Hegseth may be replaced by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. This is True News for Wednesday, December 4, 2024. Let's begin our analysis and commentary of today's world news by looking at this russian news article published by the task news agency senior russian diplomat points to risk of nuclear exchange and you see uh defense uh deputy uh foreign minister sergey right robkov in that picture there and he's the one that made this statement. All right.

Let's see what he says here, Doc. He said, this is a quote from Mr. Rabkov. He said, quote, we have said everything that needed to be said in terms of scenarios for the use of nuclear weapons. The president has made statements on the matter and is also reflected in the updated foundations of Russia's state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence, saying that this risk is not there anymore would violate the truth. Unfortunately, such a risk does exist. So Mr. exist so mr uh ryabkov is reiterating that russia has a new doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons and that the president of russia has clearly stated the doctrine for the whole world to understand yes and you know he sums it up in that paragraph of saying, unfortunately, we have a risk. We have a risk of a nuclear war. This doesn't get any play here in the West.

He went on to say, we will do the most we can to prevent this catastrophic scenario. However, not everything depends on us in this case. The U.S. needs to understand that Moscow's messages about various possible scenarios are not propaganda but a reality, he said. And he went on to say that the key question is what our opponents will do and whether they will continue to move towards implementing the scenarios that are described in Russia's military doctrine, that is the foundations of its state policy. For now, unfortunately, this is where things are heading, he pointed out. We need to face the truth and take note of this, which is what we are doing. I hope that our verbal and material messages are getting through to certain American offices

and bunkers and aren't being dismissed as propaganda. It's not propaganda, but a stark reality that needs to be accepted, the senior Russian diplomat added. It's clear to me, Doc. I get it. I know what they're saying. They're prepared to use nukes. And they've said it numerous times, but it doesn't seem to be sinking in. Maybe it is.

Maybe it is. I'll get there in a moment. Financial Times, NATO chief warns Donald Trump of dire threat to U.S. if Ukraine pushed into a bad peace deal. So, Doc, they're working President-elect donald trump mark curtey was in mar-a-lago last week yes so he flew in had that private meeting with him to tell him to warn him mr trump it's going to be a disaster if you push ukraine to accept a bad deal a bad peace deal well how is peace bad uh but but what what we're seeing here is the nato propaganda campaign against donald trump yes that's what you need to pay attention to they've launched a mental offensive against him right to change his thinking to make him a warmonger

so it says nato's new secretary general warned donald trump that the united states would face a dire threat from china iran and north korea if ukraine is pushed to sign a peace deal on terms that are favorable to moscow in an interview with the financial times mark rucka rutta said deepening ties between the u.s adversariesaries endangered America as he made a pitch to the president-elect to stick with NATO and continue to support Ukraine. They're doing the sales job. Mr. Trump, don't cut us off at the knees. Stay with us.

Keep the money coming. Keep the weapons coming. Keep the missiles coming. We've got Russia on the ropes we just need another five six years of pounding him i mean this is where they would it would never stop of it isn't it it would never stop these guys would take this war into the 2030s which is what their plan is right well he went on to say in this interview with the Financial Times that we cannot have a situation where we have North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the Russian leader and Xi Jinping in Iran high-fiving because we came to a deal which is not good for Ukraine because long

term that will be a dire security threat not only to Europe but also to the U.S. He said this to the Financial Times in his first interview as head of the Western Military Alliance. Now, Mr. Ruddy made his point to President Trump at their meeting in Florida back on November 22nd as part of an effort to persuade the U.S. president-elect to remain engaged with Western allies and continue American support for Ukraine. So what was Donald Trump's response to this? Well, we have the next article. So this happened last week. We didn't get a chance to mention it.

President Trump nominated, selected retired General Keith Kellogg to be his special envoy to russia and ukraine so the man that's going to be representing the trump administration in moscow to negotiate a peace settlement is a retired u.s military general not a diplomat not somebody skilled in diplomacy but a man skilled in war what does that tell putin it's definitely sending a message it's a very aggressive message nothing against general kellogg it's fine man uh he was a briefly a national security advisor to donald trump in the first administration right after right after the the deep state got rid of Michael Flynn. So he served between Michael Flynn and H.R. McMaster. Right.

Yeah, he was serving as deputy and went into the full role until – An acting role. And then he was national security advisor, I believe, to Vice President Pence. So he's very close to Mike Pence. Again, nothing detrimental towards General Kellogg. I just don't know sending a military man to negotiate a peace settlement is the right thing to do. To me, it's an aggressive tactic. It's saying, hey, here's my representative with a peace offer,

and if you don't take it, he's going to pound you. Well, I mean, we sent MacArthur to Japan, right, after World War II, for the purpose of saying to the Japanese, we mean business, we're going to enforce this peace. That is true. It could be a message along those lines. But we had also had bombed them also.

We had nuked them. We nuked them. So, I'm just saying, I don't know. I don't know if a military general is the person to negotiate a settlement. No. General MacArthur didn't go to negotiate a settlement. He went to enforce a surrender.

That's right. There's a big difference. That's what I'm saying. A military man is enforcing the surrender. Hey, we beat you. We defeated you. We're here to set the terms of the surrender. Right.

You send a general to Putin, he can't act like, hey, we're here to set the terms of the surrender. Right. You send a general to Putin? He can't act like, hey, we're here to dictate the terms of the surrender. Right. Now, General Kellogg, back in April this year, co-authored a policy paper for the Defense Department that basically said, let's get Ukraine to the table for a ceasefire. We'll continue to provide military aid to Ukraine on the condition that they agree to a ceasefire. That was his policy paper. So if we're to use that as kind of a basis to understand where Kellogg may go with this, then you're hearing all the talk about ceasefire lately, right?

Ceasefire, ceasefire. Everybody's talking ceasefire now. Well, Kellogg was one of the first ones to talk about it back in April. But it's not a true ceasefire. It's a pause while they replenish the weaponry. And they freeze the conflict. That's where they're at right now. Freeze the conflict.

Freeze the war. Lock it down. Neither side has won. And during the ceasefire, continue to ship weapons and money and ammo and rockets into Ukraine while you're telling Russia, hey, remember, this is a ceasefire.

Right. So how are the Russians responding to the Kellogg nomination here, Rick? They're not buying it. You can get an idea from this Financial Times article. Vladimir Putin to reject Donald Trump's opening peace offer, says Russian tycoon. This is a bad sign, Doc.

This is a bad sign. I think Donald Trump angered Putin by selecting General Kellogg. I think Putin received that as an insult, as a challenge. I'm sending a general to do a diplomat's job. And I think Putin said, Donald Trump doesn't want to have peace. He wants to fight. Yes, that's the message. He wants to fight.

Right. One thing that concerns me about Donald Trump is that he's very puffed up right now with a lot of pride, which is normal for him. You know, I mean, he told Hamas, you know, if you're still fighting with Israel when I get there in January 20th, there's going to be hell to pay. You won't have a January 21st. You won't have a 21st because whatever Palestinian children are still alive, basically Donald Trump is saying, I'm going to kill everybody else. He didn't say it in those words,

but what else are you going to do? Bomb the last remaining houses that are in Gaza? So when you're talking like that, you're talking like I'm the big bad guy and everybody's going to bow down to me and do what i say putin's not going to do what he says and what i'm saying doc is putin was waiting to see will donald trump have a conciliatory attitude or will he be belligerent and right now he's indicating he's

going to be belligerent take note of the statement about bricks yes anybody that's on the side of bricks we will crush you 100 tariff on you yes you won't get anything from the united states you'll become persona nagrana you're done done with us. We won't associate with you as a country. What did that say to Putin? This guy wants to fight. Putin's thinking, we're just switching out

the opponent. It's going from Biden to Trump. We're still going to be fighting America. These people don't want to work together. They don't want to they don't want to work together they don't want to resolve anything it's their way or the highway that's the american mentality it's our way or the highway the rest of the world you bow down to the united states of america you do it our way you lick our boots or we will bomb you until you can't take it anymore

or bankrupt you or we'll bankrupt you or we'll kill your leaders or we will bomb you until you can't take it anymore. Or bankrupt you. Or we'll bankrupt you or we'll kill your leaders or we'll start a revolution. That's the way America plays these days. And the world's fed up with it. And I was hoping Donald Trump wouldn't go this route. And he still may pull this out before he gets in the White House. But I'm just saying, Doc, he's sending signals that he's going to be this super, you know, Superman in the White House. Nobody can defy me. And you know where that's going to lead to?

The big war. A big war. So we're still on the path to a nuclear war. I was hoping this was going to change. So let's take a look at the Financial Times article. This is, and from what I understand, Doc, this man is a devout Orthodox Christian.

Oh, really? Yes. Okay. So you got to keep this in mind. If you're a Christian, all right, so which, what is more important to you your christian faith or your nationality

which one your american nationality or your christian faith see i choose my christian faith right so that man is a devout christian brother so i'm going to to him. I want to listen to hear his thinking the way he's seeing it, because I can't just dismiss him and say, well, because he's a Russian, I can't talk the U.S. president-elect does not involve broader talks on Moscow's security concerns. That's coming from an influential hardliner close to the Kremlin. Konstantin Malafiev, a Russian tycoon who is subject to Western sanctions, told the Financial Times that President Putin was likely to reject a peace plan proposal by President Trump's recently nominated special envoy for the conflict keith kellogg so that's where mr kellogg comes into the mix kellogg comes to moscow with his plan we'll take it and tell him to screw himself because we don't like any of it that would be the whole negotiation malafiev

said in an interview at a luxury resort in dubai for the talks to be constructive, we need to talk not about the future of Ukraine, but the future of Europe and the world. Now, the Russian tycoon said Trump would only be able to end the conflict if he reversed Washington's decision on the use of advanced long-range weapons and removed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from office, and then agreed to meet President Putin and discuss all the issues of the global order at the highest level. Now, he warned that the world is on the brink of nuclear war. So this is coming from one of the richest people in Russia saying this now after Kiev fired U.S. and U.K. made long-range missiles into Russian territory and President

Putin responded by firing an experimental nuclear-capable ballistic missile at Ukraine. Now, just days before his nomination, Mr. Kellogg had told Fox News that Washington should call Russia's bluff. Listen, so you're getting an idea of where his mind is, Rick. In response to Putin's recent ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro and threats of further escalation. Mr. Putin used the nuclear capable missile for psychological reasons, Kellogg said. He didn't use it because it was militarily effective, but because he is kind of saying to the West, see what I can do.

Rather than back off, he added, the U.S. and Western allies should lean in because Putin will not start a nuclear war in Europe. So he's making a big bet there, Rick. I suspect Dr. General Kellogg was pushed on Donald Trump by Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham. See, the warmongers are already getting their hooks into Donald Trump. Yes. What did Donald Trump say during the campaign? I will end the war on the first day.

Okay. Isn't that what he said? That's what he said. I don't want to say, or was it within 24 hours? Yes. Maybe it wasn't the first day, but within 24 hours. No, they're not going to do it. You're not going to get a peace settlement in 24 hours.

You're going to get a return flight home. General Kellogg's going to land in Moscow, and they're going to show him the door. Yes. If they let him land in moscow well then general kellogg's going to come back and tell donald trump they want to fight i told you they wanted to fight we got to get ready for a fight because he's a fighter he's a warrior he's a general the first thing in his mind is going to be i told you they wanted a war they threw me out of the kremlin they wouldn't even listen to my

peace plan they tossed me out let's have let's have a war and lindsey graham and marco rubio they're going to have what they want they're going to say to donald trump privately we told you we told you the only thing putin understands is an iron fist Donald Trump, you've got to sock him in the mouth. You've got to get those long-range missiles into Zelensky's hands and let him pound Russia. You've got to take down that Crimean Bridge. I think Donald Trump's going to fall for this stuff. With the nomination of Kellogg, it should not be a good sign. it's not a good sign.

This is not a good sign. Now, the Russian tycoon argued, though, that if the U.S. did not agree to roll back its support for Ukraine, Russia could fire a tactical nuclear weapon. Now, this is him speaking openly here to the Financial Times. There will be a radiation zone nobody will ever go into in our lifetime. The war will be over. He said Moscow could only see it as a lasting condition for peace if Donald Trump was willing to discuss other global flashpoints, including the wars in the Middle East and Russia's burgeoning alliance with China. He said we want a long-term peace, some sort of general agreement about the global order.

Mr. Trump wants to go down in history. He'll be 80 soon. He's a grandfather. Putin's not 50 anymore either. It'll be the legacy they both leave us. Well, one other legacy they could leave us is ashes. Yes. And not peace.

That's the very real thing. So he says we could fire a nuclear weapon there will be a radiation zone nobody will ever go into in our lifetime and the war will be over one nuke. Yes. And he's saying it's going to be so bad, the war will end, and that zone, wherever this blast is at, no humans will enter that zone for a lifetime. What are you talking about, 80 years?

100 years? It's a nuclear site. Right. 1,000 years? He said, we want long-term peace, but there must be some general agreement about the global order. In other words, there must be a new world order or we're not going to stop fighting. Right. Because it's the old world order that's threatening us so in the russians

viewpoint as long as the old new world order continues to live russia will be threatened right so the old new world order has to die and be replaced by a new new world order it's as simple as that if you can get that in your mind you're understanding what's happening another thing that happened days ago zielinski this was sky news zielinski remember his term expired back in july i might be a bit sooner than that or april maybe it was april may he's he's a usurper. He suggests that the hot phase of the war could end in return for NATO membership if offered. Now, let me think about this, Mr. Zelensky. You're saying that you will end the war if NATO offers Ukraine membership.

And yet it's NATO membership. That's what started the war. The very thing that started the war is what Zelensky is saying. If they give me that, I'll end the war. Right. Well, Putin's like, no, that's what started the war. You wanted to be a NATO. I mean, is that has he snorted too much cocaine or is he just a mastermind at at manipulation well uh i think this

is propaganda but it is interesting propaganda in that he once again said the word ceasefire. That's the new line right now because they know they can't win the war. Right. And they know that Donald Trump promised during the campaign to get out of the war. Right. So the plan now is convince Donald Trump to freeze the war. Yes. Don't end it. Freeze it. Freeze it until we can get

either change Donald Trump's thinking or wait him out until he's no longer in the White House. Freeze it. Don't end it. Just freeze it. Just like Korea. It's a war that's frozen.

Yes. Frozen in time right now. And if it's frozen in time, you have to keep spending money. And the defense contractors continue to make money. Yes. The defense department gets more money because you have to defend Korea. What I'm trying to tell you is that, you know, in the year 2074, there will still be American troops in Ukraine. Yes. Enforcing the freeze that they negotiated in 2024, 2025. Okay.

Yes. 50 years out. We'll have American troops there. They negotiated in 2024, 2025. Okay? Yes. 50 years out. We'll have American troops there. We'll have bases in Ukraine. And we're only there not to have war, but to freeze the war, to make sure it stays frozen. And don't say it can't happen. We've been doing it for nearly 70 years in Korea.

That's what I'm saying, dog. It's like this is another 50, 70 years. And life is good. The military continues to get money. The defense contractors get more money. Why don't you just settle the war? Why not just end the war? My chief motive, Doc, would be a 100-year peace treaty. A 100-year peace treaty. That would be my big, bold, hairy goal to put out there. I'd float a 100-year peace treaty. With who?

The world. Everybody. The whole world. I would put something out there so big, so amazing. Let's get all the big countries together. Let's put on the table all of our conflicts. And let's, like gentlemen, let's work them out. And each side's got to give something.

Got to give up something and we come up with a 100 year peace plan and for 100 years none of us go to war but we devote our money to building a better Let's do that. Maybe that sounds too idealistic. But I didn't say a 1,000-year peace plan. It's 100 years. Can we have 100 years without war? Why is that a radical idea? How about a year? Yeah, I would be happy to get a year.

Even 10 years would be awesome. But a 100-year peace plan that United States, China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Great Britain, Europe, all the big nations would agree to the plan. Right. But that's not what they're talking about. I know. Then you tell the other nations like Israel and Palestine, here are the terms. See, if the United States, China, Russia, and Europe agreed on a peace plan for Israel and the Middle East and the Palestinians, Israel doesn't have any say in it. Here are the terms. The United Nations created you, will uncreate you with one resolution.

Sign here. Okay? Not everybody's going to be easy to accept a 100-year peace plan. But if you have the big players in place and they've agreed on the terms then they can enforce this thing and you could have many many decades of no warfare where resources are put into education health you know quality of life,

solving problems, just making life good for people. We waste gazillions of dollars blowing things up. And killing people. Suffering. Death, destruction, maiming. And then we're told, you've got to salute the flag. Hey, this is the American way. We blew stuff up. Don't mess with us. We'll come in and blow you up. I'm not proud of that.

I'm ashamed of that as an American. That's not something I'm proud of. But that's our way. If that's the American way. That's the American way. You watch Fox News, Doc, and you watch the glorification of war just watch it just listen to them just listen to them the glorification of war they glorify war fox news listen to them it's in their commercials it's in their news it's in their psas yes they glorify war.

War has become the American way. And if we don't repent of it, it will become the unway of America because we will get what we deserve and war will come to us. I'm just trying to stop the country from being destroyed. If you're constantly bombing other countries, someday you're going to be bombed. So, where are they going with Ukraine? Let's take a look at the next story. Oh, this one.

NATO seeks to position Kiev for truce talks. Okay. What are they doing here? There's Mark Ruta, the new Secretary General of NATO. And so he's positioning Ukraine for truce talks with arms plan shift. Yes. for truce talks with arms plan shift yes we're going to talk peace but we're going to rush the weapons into ukraine right while we're talking peace we're going to be shipping the guns and ammo and rockets to ukraine see the talk of peace is deception.

It's deception. They're not interested in peace. They've made a decision. They need to pretend that they're interested in peace. Right. So that they can prepare for war. Right. Because we've got military contracts to fulfill. Not only that, Doc, Putin freaked them out

several weeks ago. Yes. With a hypersonic missile. I do believe the message got through to them. So they had to come up with a solution that allowed them to continue to provide military aid to Ukraine, but also to not

have a nuke shot at them. You got it. Now you got it. You got it. You you got it. You got it. You figured it out. There it is. That's it, doc. You got it. That's the strategy. They met and they came up with a strategy.

Most likely the RAND Corporation, the think tanks said, hey, here's how to do it. So the plan is, all right. We're going to have a ceasefire. We're going to have a ceasefire. We're going to have a ceasefire. But here's the deal. Russia, you get to have those eastern provinces. We'll let you have it. But we're going to put NATO troops in Ukraine.

And we'll ask Zelensky to step down. And meanwhile, don't you shoot any of those hypersonic missiles into our cities with nukes in them. And we won't shoot nato missiles over into russia yes so we've gone about a week with no missiles going into russia right the last batch putin didn't respond to it they did shoot some off yes and they putin didn't respond yet not yet okay i was wondering because yesterday and today was a nato meeting in brussels and i thought is he going to take out nato today yeah i'm thinking that every day for a week there just take them out while they're meeting but they didn't send any more missiles

over into russia suddenly and why how do they how do they get zielinski not to do it well it's very easy he can't do it without the americans that's right can't do it without uh satellites yes and personnel it's the americans that are sending the missiles over zielinski doesn't have the manpower they They don't have the skills. They don't have the satellites to do it. It's the Americans who are doing it. So Zelensky can jump up and down and scream, I want to shoot the missiles right now.

He can't do it without the help of the Americans. Not only the help, without the active participation of the Americans. So America and NATO stood down after the hypersonic missile you know a few months ago and it's hard to believe that it's been a few months ago that you said this that what they're fighting for now is positioning themselves for the end of the war for the negotiations right and so everything that has been leading up to this moment in time, hasn't it? Yes.

So when they talk about freezing the contract, freezing the conflict, it means let's get Zelensky as strong as we can make him before it's frozen. Because however it's frozen, that's it. That's right. So they want as much strength. But they're admitting now that Ukraine is losing the war. That's it. That's right. So they want as much strength. But they're admitting now that Ukraine is losing the war. That's right. You understand that. If you understand the fact that they're even talking about a ceasefire, it certainly doesn't mean that Ukraine's winning.

They're losing. If you look in this Bloomberg article, it says one possible option for a ceasefire includes creating a demilitarized zone in case of a ceasefire european troops would probably secure and patrol it according to one senior nato diplomat these discussions come amid recognition that the situation in ukraine is unsustainable and negotiations should begin soon let me translate that the guys in nato pooped their pants when the hypersonic missile hit oh he he's really he really is mad and he's gonna load a nuke in one of them and put it in the middle of Brussels. And suddenly they realize,

you know, this war is unsustainable. You know what would make Vladimir happy? If we put NATO troops in Ukraine to enforce the peace settlement. I'm sure that would go over very well. Right. I mean, that's the way they're going to present it yes what's wrong with this vlad we're offering you peace and we're offering to send our guys there to enforce the peace and to say that there's going to be some sort of dmz zone a la korea and everything you know

three miles wide and everything we won't shoot anything there who came up with the dmz idea in korea who came up with that idea that's the united states idea all right so they're going to do it in ukraine now uh a quote from this article that confirms what you said months ago we must do more than just keep ukraine in the fight which is said in his closing remarks at the NATO meeting. We must provide enough support to change the trajectory of this war once and for all. Changing the trajectory means that where the front line is now moving westwards, we have to make sure that Ukraine is in a position of strength when it comes to potential talks he added.

Now, let me translate that for you. The Russians have been pushing forward. Ukraine is losing. If they're going westward, they're marching towards Kiev. That's right. So NATO has, maybe they're finally seeing the light on this, but they're not totally in yet. They still got to, hey, we've got these military orders we've got to fulfill for Ukraine. So this is going to be interesting. But they're negotiating toward the ceasefire at this point in time. And now we go to the German report that the foreign minister, Baerbock, said,

oh, it's entirely possible we could put German troops in Ukraine. That's on the heels of Britain and France saying the same thing. Italy, too. And so Putin is going, yeah, that's a wonderful idea. Bring the Germans, bring the Krauts over and put them in Ukraine right on my border. Yeah. Let me remind you of the two world wars in the 20th century where the germans attacked russia yes so it's not going to go

over well but the these are the mind games these um warmongers are playing to keep it going uh so so the question of who could provide a peacekeeping force in the event of an emergency is currently being asked above all against the background of the imminent change of power in the usa in brussels it is not ruled out that donald trump as president could push ukraine and russia to negotiate to this end he could for example threaten ukraine to stop military aid in the event of refusal in such case he could announce to russian president putin that he would once again expand military aid to kiev that's what they want him to do right they want to get donald trump boxed in that they're saying to President Trump in January, we told you you can't negotiate with Putin.

The only thing he understands is a fist in the mouth. And Mr. Trump, you're a tough guy. You're going to have to punch him hard. So they're playing to Donald Trump's pride and ego. His pride and ego. Of course they are. But you've got to stand up to it. You've got to be big and bad.

That's what got you elected, Mr. Trump. You're big and bad. And that's what the American people want you to do. You face down Vladimir Putin and you tell him who's boss. I'm going to tell you, Putin's not going to buy this stuff. Well, in addition to German Foreign Minister Baerbock saying that it's a possibility that German troops could be there, the new EU foreign policy chief, Kaya Kalas, had already said at the weekend that she thinks it's conceivable that European soldiers could secure a possible ceasefire in Ukraine.

According to her, the soldiers for this could also come from countries that had already openly expressed themselves in the past for talks about sending troops. These include, for example, France or the Baltic states. So the war started because Putin said Ukraine cannot be a member of NATO and there cannot be NATO troops in Ukraine. And we're going to have a peace settlement by putting Ukraine in NATO and putting NATO troops in Ukraine, and that's the peace settlement. Don't you love it, Vlad? Isn't this a great idea? What do you think? Shake, friends.

You're not going gonna fool this guy he said what do you think we've been doing here for the past two and a half years stopping you from doing this so nothing's changed he's not gonna see they act like their plan is going to be accepted automatically. It takes two people to sign a peace agreement. And if you are the one that's proposing the plan, you're the enemy, why would they accept your plan? The plan's got to come from a third party. It's got to come from somebody who has nothing in this fight at all. I think at the end of the day, the Russians are going to hold to the idea there can be no more Ukraine.

You have to carve it up. It has to become something else. And Medvedev said that very thing. He said at the end, Poland's going to get a little piece of Ukraine. Romania's going to get a little piece of Ukraine. Russia's going to get a little piece of Ukraine. Russia's going to get a little more of Ukraine. And there will just be a little Kiev. A republic of Kiev. Right.

A little city-state. Right. That would be, I mean, that's the endgame that the Russians see. See, what we don't understand are the Russian leaders are furious that they had to have this war. They're furious. They're angry, dog. They're bitter. They're angry.

You Westerners, you made us do this. Hundreds of thousands of our sons have died because of you. One estimate, 1,500 Russian soldiers a day. Per day. Per day are dying. That has to be the same for Ukraine. That's 3,000 people soldiers a day. Per day. Per day are dying. But that has to be the same for Ukraine. That's 3,000 people a day dying. You know, I read the other day, the Ukrainian military recruiters are going into concerts and kidnapping young men in concerts.

Well, under pressure from Blinken, they've lowered the conscription age to 18 now in Ukraine. Blinken may have been part of it, but the one really pushing it was Jake Sullivan. Jake the Snake. He's been pushing that for a long time. We need more bodies on the battlefield. Well, he's been pushing that for a long time. We need more. We need more bodies on the battlefield. Well, he sits over in Washington, D.C. and drinks his wine at night and lives in a nice home. And he's making decisions of sending somebody's 18-year-old son to a battlefield.

Somebody else's son. Of course. Right. Another country. Why not make it 14, Rick? Why not make it 14 rick well they would 12 they would 12 these people won't stop doc they won't stop they would have military recruiters in elementary schools they would do it they won't stop there's no end to the bloodshed until somebody puts an end to them next one defense news nato draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones uh this is for the baltic and mediterranean seas basically what

they're going to do is have uh autonomous uh submarines underwater drones right above water and yes above water and below surface that will be uh think of uh surveillance cameras right that's really they're not they're not for battle they're for surveillance oh sure they're not for battle well according to this they are closed circuit tv cameras installed. These are drones that are going to be watching what's going on in the water. Right. Okay. To make sure nobody's moving around in the water that they don't like.

So, again, this is just a sign preparation for the 2030s. For the, not the beginning of World War III. Folks, you're already in it. The 2030s is the end the beginning of world war three folks you're already in it the 2030s is the end of world war three you've got to get your mind switched around beginning of world war four yes well we'll go into that fairly quickly preparing for it euro news russian ship fires signaling ammunition at German army helicopter. That's not a good sign, Doc. No. You got Russians firing at German military vehicles.

Getting closer, isn't it? Yes, that's right. So the crew of a Russian ship in the Baltic Sea fired signaling ammunition at a Bundeswehr helicopter, which was conducting a reconnaissance mission, according to German press. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock mentioned the incident on the fringes of a NATO meeting in Brussels, but didn't give any further details. Baerbock announced that surveillance of pipelines and data cables in the Baltic Sea would be stepped up as hybrid threats from Russia and its supporters were on the rise.

The use of signaling ammunition is only permitted in emergencies. Well, from the Russian perspective, it is an emergency for them. It's a signal, a warning. Back off. But the main thing to see, Russian military vehicle firing at a german military vehicle okay when's the last time that happened when's the last time at world war ii that's right the next one i want to go to is number 13 british army would be destroyed in one year of a war with russia the entire british army only has 71,000 soldiers.

Yes, that was the shocking thing that I got out of that article. Britain only has 71,000 soldiers? And you're talking big about fighting Russia? And they only have about 26,000 in reserve. Yeah. I mean, Vero Beach. Yeah. I mean. That's it, doctor. Vero Beach has more people than that.

I know. And you have these guys. So this is the entire British Army would be destroyed in six to generate mass rapidly if faced with a large scale war. The rest of this article, what he's talking about is he's telling the British people we are going to be defeated within six months but we're going to have this war anyhow right so we must mobilize we're telling you right now we're coming for your sons and your grandsons your daughters and your granddaughters we're telling you right now we're coming into the schools to get them we're going to need everybody we can get into this war it was only what six months ago some military guy in britain was talking about mass mobilization of the society for war yes they know they don't have

enough people to put in uniforms to fight in world war iii rt merkle blows hole in washington nordstrom narrative she's got a book out uh this is number uh 15 i'll show you there's her book just came out a journey to freedom and leadership it's the story of her life 1954 to 2021. Pretty simple cover there, isn't it? There's her name and her face. There it goes, you know. She didn't devote a lot of money to a book cover. It's what's inside that counts.

That's right. And so I'll give you this quote. The United States argued that its security interests were affected by the building of the pipeline because its ally, Germany, would make itself too dependent on Russia. In truth, I felt that the United States was mobilizing its formidable economic and financial resources to prevent the business ventures of other countries, even their allies. The United States was chiefly interested in its own economic interests, and it wanted to export to Europe LNG, liquefied natural gas, obtained through fracking. Now, Rick, we sat here at this table a year and a half ago and said the very same thing. Yes. That the United States was basically at war with Europe, not with Russia.

Yes. That they were bankrupting Europe and making Europe financially dependent on the United States. Break their kneecaps. Hey, we destroyed your energy. We blew up the pipeline. You've got to buy it from us. You have to depend on us to defend you from Russia. So now you understand why fracking was such a big issue in the 2024 presidential campaign.

Because it fit into this European period. When was the last time you and your wife Mia sat around and talked about fracking? Does anybody talk about fracking? Not in my circle of friends but if you would listen to the news networks fracking was that's what the american people wanted we want fracking we want fracking we're all pounding we want fracking who gives a frack i mean who cares okay i mean if you're in if you're in the energy business i understand it but they tried to make it sound like this is the number one thing the American people wanted.

No, it's what the wealthy wanted because they blew up the pipeline. And now they've got Europe. Okay. You buy, you know what? A stranglehold. A stranglehold. I'm glad you got me out of that and they have to buy the gas now that the that we obtain through fracking see it's

this these are mafia tactics we have a mafia running the united states of america the ruling class are they're pedophile Satan-worshipping mafia thugs. These people are evil. Hey, let's just go over and blow up that pipeline. It might start a world war. Who cares?

We'll make money off of it. We'll find a way to make money off of a world war. These people are dangerous. I'm going to go through some other headlines very quickly here. I'm just reaching this next two. I'm just reaching back in my memory to show you what is really going on with these wars. So I pulled this one from the telegraph in london now that's not the date of that article this is an old old article okay it's not 2024.

um i don't think so doc i pulled that article up thinking it was an old article. How a secretive elite created the EU to build a world government. Okay. That's from November 2015. 2015. Okay. 2015. So, you know, that's a story I covered nine years ago on true news i remember this article how a secretive elite created the european union to build a world government oh i see they updated the article

here because that was the way they put the yeah and then the next one uh now this is fairly uh this is newer. Yes. Okay. Italian foreign minister calls for formation of EU army. This was earlier this year in January. So, Doc, they have been talking about a European super state as long as I've been doing true news. Yes. And a European army. Tony Blair was drooling, wanting to become the president, the first president of the European super state that was his ambition

he never came out and said I'm a candidate for president of Europe but everybody knew that's what he was doing all of them in Europe that were the proponents of the European Union wanted a super state we talked about this so many

times decades ago in true news the a super state we talked about this so many times decades ago in true news the year the eu super state and then there would be an eu army this is the first time i've seen eu army in a headline in years right but it's back they needed a war yes they knew they couldn't get a super state and they couldn't get an army without a war yeah during peacetime the eu can't even agree on cheese prices right so during the war but they and they they finally came to realize it they're sitting around and in their private meetings maybe at bilderberg why can't we get this thing together well we keep telling the people we need an eu army but the people did not motivate it because they didn't have a common enemy they didn't have an enemy well somebody came up with the idea i got an idea we got to start a big war

yeah instead of letting russia into nato yeah well let's let's's provoke Russia into a war and then the people will understand that we need a European army. And besides, Donald Trump is going to make us pay more for NATO. So why not just pay and have our own army? Right. And then we can tell the American people, you guys can leave, take NATO. Actually, what they're going to do with the EU army, I said this many years ago, Doc. When the EU army comes into existence, they will appropriate all the NATO bases, all the NATO tanks, everything that NATO has, has paid for by the American people. They will appropriate it and retitle it into the ownership of the european army yeah that's where it's going to end they'll get it all they'll get everything that we paid for some president will sign off and

say this is our contribution to europe we're giving you everything that we put in europe and our dispensationalist friends would go gaga over that wouldn't they oh it's the revived roman empire there it is it's back yeah you see how lindsey told us get those jack van impy videos going again um next one i'm going to go through this very quickly they started they're starting a revolution in georgia now i'm not talking about atlanta i'm talking about the country Georgia, all of a sudden, all of a sudden we have a revolution. Yes. You know, guess who's behind it? I mean, this thing reeks of George Soros, the CIA, MI6. It's the same script as Ukraine.

It's the same everywhere they go, Doug. Where is it going to end up? It's the same script as Ukraine. It's the same everywhere they go, Doug. Where is it going to end up? This is meant to be a distraction to Russia, to draw them off of Ukraine, get Russia involved in several different conflicts. They started a fire. Yeah. Hey, look at that. The barn's on fire.

Right. And where is it going to end up? In the same place where Ukraine is now. Georgia used to be a nuclear power at one time. At the end of the script, just like in Ukraine, they're going to be talking, you know what would be good? Let's give Georgia back their nukes. Yes. I'll show you quickly.

We'll go through some of the – that's a photo of a protest that was in the capital city. Now, some of the videos, these are a couple days old the street violence has been taking place but this is all engineered violence this is a cia operation folks this is what our government does they're pro-eu they're fighting for yes they're probably they want to get rid of the... Is it the president or the prime minister? Because I don't know the full details. One of them is against the EU. Right.

And so these protesters are saying, no, we want to be in the EU. We want to give up our freedom. We want to give up our sovereignty. And we want to be up our freedom we want to give up our sovereignty and we want to be ruled by brussels so some more images here this is police acting like terrorists on the watch this this is horrible oh and just and those scenes continue here uh that's uh last night or today it's very fresh right here this one um now uh number 24 the kremlin compares the georgia protest to uh the madan coup in in

ukraine in 2014 the one that john mccain and victoria newland uh participated in and told them back in 2014 if you overthrow the government the united states of america will recognize you and that's how we got zielinski that's how that's what we're saying to georgia right now that's what they're saying to georgia you've got to get rid of your duly elected leaders. Yes. And now the United States is going to go in there and put a puppet in Georgia. And then they're going to start another Ukraine war over in Georgia. I wonder if they have any more comedians over in Central casting that they can put in there. They do. They've already got their person.

Folks, they're going to start another war in Georgia. They've lost this one. Right. We're now going to move on to what they're going to tell another war in georgia they've lost this one right we're now going to move on to and what they're going to tell the european and the american people we told you that putin is going to march across europe like hitler he's now wanting to fight in georgia well look at a map of where georgia is located these people don't stop and once you see their tactics it's so easy now okay so back up 2011 obama's in power cia operative uh hillary clinton's uh secretary of state they started the they started the revolution

in the Middle East. It started in Egypt. The government fell. What was it? The Arab Spring. The Arab Spring. And it began spreading across. That was a CIA operation. Pure and simple. Yes. And then they wanted to take down the syrian government and so they had these uh the uh syrian freedom fighters or whatever they called them right they weren't from syria

these were these were a bunch of of arab thugs that they rounded up and paid them and said, hey, you're going to be in the Syrian Freedom Army. All right. And you're going to attack the Syrian army. And once again, the United States and Israel and other nations worked together, created a fake army, a fake narrative, and tried to topple the syrian government and they got very close to it and they were ready for nato to bomb syria yes i remember this day very clearly i remember doing true news saying folks while we go to bed tonight there's going to be a major war nato's and going to and nato is going to bomb syria tonight there was a french battleship more than one they were i remember they had all these nato ships ready to fire rockets into into damascus take down the

syrian government got up in the morning no war well apparently something happened. Yeah. A phone call maybe? Putin called Obama. Okay. Putin said, if you do it, we're in the fight. Syria is our ally. All of a sudden, Obama backs off. And what happened? Folks, it was amazing. It was just absolutely amazing.

A revolution happened in Ukraine. Yes. Just like Georgia right now. A revolution started in Ukraine. Something serious was out of the news, wasn't it? I told the true news audience, I said, they just moved it. They got their butts kicked in Syria. They're now moving to Ukraine to fight Putin in Ukraine. Now, they got their butts kicked in Ukraine.

Look at the next headline. U.S. discusses lifting sanctions on Assad if Syria cuts ties with Iran. Okay. Hey, President Assad, we're going to make you an offer. You refuse to talk to Iranians. You get all the Iranians out of you. We'll lift the sanctions. We might even let you have some of the oil we're stealing from you.

Okay? And maybe we'll help you get rid of these rebels. Right. So then apparently Mr. Assad said, no, thank you. I'm going to turn down your offer. And then what do we see now? This is BBC. So who are the rebels seizing control of Syria's second city? Out of the blue. Suddenly there's a revolution in Syriaria last week right with a brand new group with a brand new group a new group is it's kind of like al-qaeda kind of like isis but it's a new group yes okay al-qaeda supersized right so uh the attack was led by islamist military group hayat tarir al sham well they got that part was ironic that the last word was sham because that's what this is rick the sham uh it uh which has a long and involved history in the syrian conflict well

we didn't hear about it until last week did we rick uh hcs was set up under a different name remember it's al-nusra i wonder if the if the CIA has like intellectual property rights on these names. You know, sell hats and T-shirts and everything. So the leader of the ISIS group, the IS group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was also involved in its formation. How many times did we kill him? He was regarded as one of the most effective and deadly of the groups uh ranged against uh president assad okay so the bottom line just won't die the bottom line is the western warmongers failed in ukraine and now they're going back to syria

and they're also burning the barn in Georgia up against the Russian border. This is World War III. Yes. I'm going to go through these headlines very quickly because I'm over my time limit. Russia bombs Aleppo. Aleppo is Syria's second biggest city. It's a Christian city. Right.

A lot of Christians live in Aleppo. It's one of the oldest cities in the world. It goes back to Mesopotamia. And Russia was bombing rebel strongholds, not just bombing the city. See how the headline fits there? Oh, yes. They're bombing Aleppo. Look how bad the Russians are.

And they're not rebels. Right. They're mercenaries. These are mercenaries. They're not rebels. Right. They're mercenaries. These are mercenaries. They're not rebels from inside Syria. They're mercenaries paid by the West. So we go then more Russia strikes as Syrian rebels advance after taking Aleppo. They move very quickly.

They captured the city, Doc. Oh, yes. It's like a city of two million people. Right. It's a large city. But they had time to get matching paint jobs on all those imported vehicles there you see that well that's true they were uh industrious uh telegraph russia withdraws ships from syrian naval base all right this is

getting serious now yes the russians are saying hey uh the west is the west just launched a new offensive against Russia. It's in Syria. See, what if these so-called rebels seize control of a Russian naval base in Syria? What does that look like? Oh, that would be potentially very embarrassing for Vladimir Putin. All right, so how's this affecting World War III? Iran will support Syria against a U.S.-Israel plot. There's a guy there, I forget his name, he's an Iranian general, and he's saying this is a United States-Israel plot,

and Iran will... He's saying, Doc, if you read it, we're going to enter this war. If you read the article, he's saying, we're going to enter this war. We're coming in. We are not going to allow Syria to fall to the United States and Israel. We're going to enter this war. See, the war is getting bigger. Okay.

Who else is getting in it? China will back Assad. Sound like a world war? Yes. How about this? We got China in it. We got North Korea and Ukraine. We got China and Syria.

Tag on, doc. It's a world war. How about Iraq? Iraq vows active role in the syrian war wait a minute iraq yes iraq's leaders have said they're going to send troops to syria do you believe me yet that it's a world war? What's your definition of a world war? Telegraph, U.S. jets attack Iranian militias in Syria. Now, that's a warthog. Yeah.

The 0810. I know those very well. They were built by Fairchild, very close to where I grew up, Doc. And when I was a kid, those warthogs used to come over. The flight pattern was over our house. So as soon as I'd get off the school bus, I'd wait for a warthog to come by because that thing would come screeching across the housetops. I mean, they're awesome war machines.

They haven't been built in decades okay but the united states attacked iranian militias in syria now when you read the propaganda wait a minute who is america attacking is america attacking the bad guys in Syria? No, this was self-defense, Rick. Why? Because the propaganda makes you think the United States is in there killing the terrorists. Right. But Iran is killing the terrorists. Yes. That the United States sent into Syria. And we can't allow that, can we?

That's exactly what's going on. So, folks, American warplanes are bombing Iranian-supported troops in Syria. You know why? They were afraid of losing the oil fields that they stole. The Americans under Donald Trump stole Syria's oil and they are afraid of losing control of the oil fields. And so the United States is involved in this war. I got a short video of a warthog in action. This is from today.

As you can see, this is over, I don't know if it's Aleppo. I'm not going to say it's Aleppo, but it is Syria. Well, what's significant now, this Telegraph article, is they actually say that the U.S. did this in self-defense. And then we have another article, too. How many Americans realize that today American armed forces were in war in Syria? Nobody. Nobody. Nobody knew this.

Okay, so we have General Pat Ryder, Air Force General, Major General, speaking at the Pentagon about the self-defense action. Yes. Listen to this. Let me underscore that the U.S. mission in Syria remains unchanged as U.S. and coalition forces continue to focus on the enduring defeat of ISIS. However, we remain fully prepared to defend and protect our personnel and assets deployed in the region to include our forces deployed to Syria. First of all, we're there to fight ISIS. You are ISIS. We're defeating ISIS. We've been defeating them for years.

President Trump destroyed ISIS. OK, no, the United States created ISIS, built ISIS, funded ISIS, paid ISIS, and we're not bombing ISIS. We're bombing the Syrian army. It's the Syrian army that's fighting ISIS, and the United States

is fighting the Syrian army. And he said it right there. We are defending U.S. forces in Syria. Oh, so you admit we have we have troops in syria did president assad invite the american military to come in and put up bases never what does that make us invaders invaders and occupiers and oil thieves yes hey look i know americans don't like to hear this stuff but but it's the truth. And there's going to be divine judgment on us because of the way our leaders are behaving. You can't act like this and get away with it forever.

Now, with all this going on in Syria today, the Russians sent a signal. I'll show it to you in a video. Okay, well there it is. And it's still. Russia fires hyper, what kind of missile? Hypersonic. Hypersonic missile.

You know those things that go really, really fast like they come down out of the sky like lightning? Like greased lightning so in the mediterranean where's the mediterranean it's a big giant body of water just off the coast of syria and so off the coast of syria the russians fired a hypersonic missile that's a message there watch this the video okay there it goes Okay. There it goes. That's today.

And this is a video released by the Russians here. Yes. That's their video. And so the Russians just told the United States today, you want one of these hypersonics over here? We've got them. We've got them in the Middle East too. Yes.

We'll bring one of these bad boys down on you you keep fighting our friend assad in syria and we'll show you what we're about to do see putin's not sitting back going i don't know i don't know what's going on he knows exactly what they're doing they've started the fire in georgia they started the war in in syria they're about to try to freeze ukraine he knows what they're doing and he's not intimidated by it he fired off a hypersonic missile today as a warning to the united states of america uh next one al jazeera israel committing gaza war crimes and ethnic cleansing who said that the united nations no red cross some pro-palestinian group no the former chief the former minister of defense of israel moshi yalon yes this is like the secretary of defense of israel former he's saying look i got to be honest

we're committing war crimes and we're doing ethnic cleansing right in agreement with what the international criminal court said which means the united states of america is in uh cahoots with israel we're paying for it we're funding it we're we're equipping them and we're aiding them with satellite technology and so forth we know exactly what they're doing and so the biden administration has participated in war crimes but so this is a former israeli defense minister moshe yalan has accused accused Israel of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip. Yalon, a former army chief of staff, told Israeli media that hardliners in Netanyahu's cabinet were looking to chase Palestinians from northern Gaza and wanted to reestablish Jewish settlements there. He said, I am compelled to warn about what is happening there and is being

concealed from us at the end of the day war crimes are being committed the road we are being led down is conquest annexation and ethnic cleansing what is happening there all right so is he anti-semitic well if you said that is that jewish leader anti-semitic he's accusing his fellow jews of war crimes of genocide of ethnic cleansing it's so bad that an israeli defense chief says i can't keep my mouth shut anymore yes this is ethnic cleansing all right because he doesn't want to be arrested by the international criminal court and let's Defense chief says, I can't keep my mouth shut anymore. Yes, this is ethnic cleansing. All right. Because he doesn't want to be arrested by the International Criminal Court. And let's don't give it the woke label, Rick, ethnic cleansing. That sounds like something you order at McDonald's, okay?

It's genocide. It's genocide. Let's call it what it is. It's genocide of the Palestinians. Right. That's exactly what it is. Wipe them out. Don't call it what it is it's genocide of the palestinians right that's exactly what it is wipe them out don't call it wipe them wipe them out take all their land and what's off the coast of gaza a lot of oil and gas right a lot okay palestinian people would be wealthy

if they had control of their land uh i'm gonna wrap it up up if not I'll just keep on going you know I think the other big story today is that Pete Hegseth nomination is in deep water yes and the name is being floated as a replacement for US Secretary of Defense is governor for on the Santaantis of here in florida um which mean would mean that we would be losing marco rubio florida's u.s senator and our governor both of them going to washington some big changes here in florida potentially big changes hey oh one more story right did you hear about the big gold fine oh yes yes yes. I did want to bring that up. There we go. Look at this.

Gold prices rise after $82 billion discovery in China. Where do you usually discover $82 billion worth of gold? They found this massive vein underground in China china one of the biggest veins discovered in modern times right uh so uh that that's a report out of china ccn news uh but the chinese have somehow they they found this uh uh their geologist discovered this vein of gold. Forty veins, actually. Actually, it's 40 veins of gold. You're right.

So, gold is still... Men are still searching for gold. Yes. They're still looking for it, Doc. Yeah. They're still mining gold. They're still searching for it because it's valuable.

It will always be valuable. People will always own gold and governments have possessed gold and governments are buying gold. Central banks are buying gold. You know why? Because there's a world war coming. That's right.

And after the world war, there's going to be a new economic system. And I personally, this is my view, I believe that new economic system after the war is going to be based on gold. Now, if you have that information now, how should you act? I would buy gold. That's what I would be doing. I'd be buying gold. And the company I would call, guess who? GoldCo.

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a break for the holidays, and we'll come back in January, and we'll begin a study in the book of Romans. So I'm looking forward to that. I know Doc is. He's been asking quite some time, when are we going to teach Romans? Well, we're going to do it in January, God willing. All right. So let's pray, and then Doc will read the word, and we'll begin our lesson. Dear gracious Father, Father, you are wonderful.

You are good. You are kind. You are magnificent. You are glorious. You are kind. You are magnificent. You are glorious. We praise you and glorify you. Father, we invite the Holy Spirit to this morning man of Bible study to lead us in the study of your word and nourish us with the food that is eternal, the food that will give us eternal life, our faith in Jesus Christ. Teach us about your son, Jesus, and his kingdom. In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen. Amen. God bless you for joining us on today's Morning Manna. And if you're joining us live today, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to join us as we look at the precious Word of God. And it is precious. It's the words of life. And so we are not in any way hampered in our lifestyle at all by knowing more about the Word. And that's why we gather together each and every weekday morning to study the Word of God we continue today in Matthew chapter 27 and we're going to pick back up at verse 57 today reading verses 57 through 61 I'm reading

from the King James today and beginning at verse 57 so follow along with me if you will in your Bibles when When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulcher. God bless the reading of his word today.

Amen. Amen. When evening was come, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. Obviously, he's from Arimathea, Joseph of Arimathea. It's identified with the city of Ramah, which was the hometown of Prophet Samuel. Mark described him as an honorable counselor. Yes. described him as an honorable counselor yes so doc would that have been a city Councilman a legislator some type of government official more than likely he maybe even sat in the city gates we don't know uh but uh the the word counselor there generally gets translated, you know, like a city leader or a political leader of some kind.

He was respectful. Yes, he was a man of respect. He was an honorable counselor. And I think that was something that stood out to me in that there were many counselors, Rick, but this Joseph of Arimathea, he was an honorable counselor. And so people recognized him as an honest man. And so that stood out in my description of him. Luke described him as a good and just man.

That's right. So Mark says he's an honorable man. Luke says he's a good and just man. It's assumed that he's an honorable man. Luke says he's a good and just man. It's assumed that he's wealthy. Yes. And had influence. He was a secret disciple of Jesus. Yes. Similar to Nicodemus. Nicodemus is another good man but he was he was a a secret follower of Jesus why was he a secret follower he was afraid of his peers that's right John 1938 says and after this Joseph of Arimathea being a disciple of Jesus but secretly for fear of the Jews. He was a disciple, but secretly a disciple because of fear of the Jews. Okay, so if he's an honorable and just man, and he's afraid of his fellow Jews,

then the other Jews were not honorable and just. That's the assumption there, yes. Right? An honest, good man is afraid of his fellow Jews because they're not honorable and good and just. He knew what they're capable of doing. They just crucified the Son of God. So he and Nicodemus were like secret disciples. Yes.

They had to whisper about their admiration for Jesus Christ. So he displayed courage and boldness in approaching Pilate to request Jesus's body. Notice the word doesn't say Jesus's corpse. It says, it didn't say his cadaver. Yes. It's body. That's right. It's the scripture is preserving the dignity of Christ. It's not just his cold slab cadaver. Right. It's his body. It's his sacred, holy body.

The timing was late in the afternoon. Remember, it's Sabbath. I mean, it's Passover. And the Sabbath was approaching yes um and it's late in the afternoon and he wanted to to get jly to Pilate's palace and walk in and get an appointment with Pilate? Pilate wasn't the type of person that granted appointments. Well, and that tells you a little bit about Joseph of Arimathea, too, doesn't it? In that he had enough influence, enough huchpa, if you will, to be able to have access to high government officials, especially Romans. So you got a Jew, Joseph of Arimathea, granted an audience to Pilate.

And obviously it was a receptive audience because Pilate could have just said, get out of here. What are you talking about? But had a conversation with him, which we'll get into here in just a few moments. But it tells you a little bit about the influence that Joseph had, not only among the Jews,

but also among the Romans too. So, you know, Doc, if we put it in context of today, how many people are able to go down to Mar-a-Lago in Florida and walk in and talk to Donald Trump? How many people are able to go to Washington, D.C. and go in the White House and talk to Joe Biden? Right. That's the context you have to see it in joseph was able to go into

pilate's palace and walk right in and get an appointment with him i mean an aide would have said to pilate sir uh somebody here to see you who joseph of arimathea oh bring him in well what kind of person is this guyhea. Oh, bring him in. Well, what kind of person is this guy? The pilot says, bring him in. I want to talk to him. He's welcome anytime. Well, now this is where we get into legend.

It's not in the Bible, but this is based on legend. And we can't discount it. If you go to Great Britain, there are many Brits who would tell you this is absolutely true, and there's another group of Brits who would say,

it's all folklore, don't believe it. Okay, so with that said, what's the folklore? The folklore says that Joseph was a trader in minerals. Think of, you know, copper, you know, various minerals that the Roman Empire needed. Today, if you're trading in rare earth minerals you've got a substantial business so the the legend says he was a trader in valuable minerals that the roman empire needed and so he became wealthy uh brokering deals to supply Rome with the minerals they needed.

And so the legend goes that he traveled. He traveled extensively outside of Palestine. And that's why Pilate welcomed him into the palace so quickly because he needed him this is the person he he counts on i you know the roman empire needed joseph now that's the legend and it's to me it's it's plausible it's reasonable there were people that made their living brokering deals for commodities uh he wasn't a miner himself you know mining the things but he was a broker now some people say that in the british isles he had mines he was mining okay i don't know about that.

I don't have enough information about that. But the other part of the legend is that after the resurrection, some years later, Jesus appeared to Joseph of Arimathea and sent him to the British Isles. And he knew the Isles because he was doing the mining of minerals in the Isles, that he was acquainted with the people in the British Isles, and that Joseph was sent directly by the resurrected Christ to Britain, and he founded the first church in Britain, and that was in Glastonbury.

Right. And he planted a cross in Glastonbury. That's where the legend has it. That's the legend, and it's a wonderful legend. There's an ancient church in Glastonbury. And if you go to Glastonbury, and I've never been there, but I've been told if you go there, you know, the people there are absolutely, you know,

firm in their belief that it was Joseph of Arimathea who founded the church there. Right. And also the legend says he became the first bishop of Britain. Now, if this is true, obviously this goes, this predates the Anglic church of St. Patrick. Right. Okay. This would say that St. Patrick was looking,

that St. Patrick, we know that St. Patrick, his father was a bishop. Right. It would mean that his father was a bishop. It would mean that his father was a bishop in the church founded by Joseph of Arimathea hundreds of years later.

It simply means that the church was established in the British Isles shortly after the resurrection. Now, once again, all that is what's been handed down to us and everything. It's not in the scripture, but

it does give us additional context to help us understand who this man was and what possible influence he had later on after the resurrection of Jesus too. And so, don't count it. later on after the resurrection of Jesus too. And so... The legend also... The legend also says that he took Mary with him.

Yes. And that Mary was in England, in Britain, in the British Isles. There are a lot of old books about it. And I'm fascinated by it. I love reading it. But what we know here is that Joseph had enough clout that he could get immediate access to Pilate, make a request, and get it approved instantly. Right. make a request and get it approved instantly right and yet at the same time this was a courageous thing to do too it was just wasn't something political the other disciples they're hiding out there in confusion their fear but joseph and verse 57 says joseph of Arimathea was a disciple, a follower of Jesus. And this disciple acted out of

courage and love. Really, Joseph had everything to lose by doing this. You get what I mean? He had everything to lose. He was a member of... I think he was confident in his business relationship with Rome. Oh, I agree with you, too, that he could come in there with boldness. But the courage it took was to stand up against the Sanhedrin, of which he was a member of. He wasn't afraid of Pilate. He was afraid of the Jews. That's right. So think about that.

He was not afraid of Pilate, but the scripture tells us he kept his discipleship secret for fear of the Jews. And yet Joseph was a Jew. Yes. Now, the request to take the body off the cross and bury it typically in those days the roman government would keep the dead bodies of the criminals on the crosses for days and weeks yes allow allow the vultures to pick them apart to make the spectacle even worse so that passersby on the road would say oh don't look at that the buzzer just is picking that man apart and one about crucifixion is most of the time you didn't die instantly you hung there for days alive yeah alive well um pilate let's see one of the the gospel accounts uh pilate

was surprised that jesus had died so so quickly right so again it was normal the normal custom of the romans was let them on that cross let the buzzards come and pick them apart and then we'll take them down and then we'll throw their bodies in the trash yes they don't get a burial they get thrown in the trash let the wild dogs come and eat them there was no mercy on them at all. So, again, this is amazing. Because Pilate, the Roman governor, graciously granted permission to Joseph of Arimathea to remove Jesus' body, which is against their custom. And to bury it. Yes.

So, I see two things. Number one, Pilate still had admiration and good feelings towards Jesus, even though he agreed to the execution. I think he was still just remorseful of what he was forced to do by the Jews.

Amen. The second thing is, I think he had a very good relationship with Joseph of Arimathea. I think they had a great relationship. And out of respect to Joseph, he said, if that's what you want, yes, you can do it.

There had to be divine favor taking place there. Again, God in his wisdom developing the relationship between Joseph and Pilate over many years. So that on the day of the crucifixion, Pilate would agree to Joseph's request to take the body and bury it. And yet at the same time, it all fits into god's sovereignty too isaiah 53 9 says and he made his grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death because he had done no violence neither was any deceit in his mouth this is a messianic

prophecy here and so joseph not even knowing that he was doing it was fulfilling bible prophecy that that was uttered hundreds of years before by the prophet isaiah he was the rich man god chose before the foundation of the world to have favor with pilot to be a secret. He was chosen before God made the world. So we get to verse 58. So he gets the permission. He went to Pilate and he begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. Verse 59, and when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. This is most likely

Muslim. It was a likely muslin. It symbolized purity. It was a linen that was used either in burial. Some people used it as a bed sheet, a covering, and they're sleeping um it's it's a high class uh you know um bed wear yes this is this is this is linen it's it could be egyptian one some some some scholars believe it was it was uh uh made in egypt you know that and but then j then Joseph would have access to it because he had money and he traveled, and he was a trader. He made deals. Right.

So he had this linen that he used to bury Jesus with. So we get to verse 6. Anything you want to add on that, Doc? No, I'm just saying that the linen cloth that, you know, once again, that was really an expensive piece of cloth to wrap a criminal in. Think about that.

You know, Joseph, of course, didn't think of Jesus as being a criminal. So by wrapping him in expensive linen cloths, it just gave us another layer of insight into Joseph of Arimathea. He honored the Savior. He loved the Savior. He lovingly wrapped the Savior in linen cloths.

You know, you didn't have to do that. You've got this bloody, beaten body, but you wrapped him in a linen cloth in his own tomb that no one had ever been laid in before.

I mean, we learned so much about Joseph just from the Scripture here. How God used Joseph to honor the Savior even in death. It really is. It's a love story is what it is. It was because he was honorable. Yes.

He was described as an honorable counselor. Good and just man. He's a good, just an honorable counselor. Good and just man. He's a good, just, honorable person. That's why he was chosen. Verse 60, laid the body in his own new tomb. This is a new tomb. Hasn't been used. Which he had hewn out in the rock.

And he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher and departed. Your first thoughts, Doc? Well, there's lots of sepulchers. You can go to Jerusalem even now. You can see the various sepulchers that have been hewn out of rock. But most of the time, any time you see a sepulcher, it was a common sepulcher. Like you put a dozen or more bodies in there, you know, there's holes that are carved out in the side of the wall that, you know, where you can place bodies in. And you can go into these sepulchers to this day. You can see some of these. But this was Joseph's tomb. This was the family tomb. And this

is another insight into Joseph as well, that Joseph is putting Jesus into his own family tomb. He's the first one to be laid in his own family tomb. You know, the closest thing we have to this today are like private mausoleums at cemeteries and memorial gardens and everything where, you know, families will own the building. We don't do that so much here in the U.S. anymore, but in the Philippines, it's a big deal, where you have a structure that's built. And in a lot of these private sepulchers, Rick, there was actually a place where you could sit down and you could think about those that have passed on.

But it's significant that this is Joseph's tomb his family tomb that he had spent good money to carve out of the rock for the private sepulcher and once again this this is a fulfillment of scripture and the fulfillment of bible prophecy God doesn't take anything for granted in this narrative. It also, again, speaks of his wealth. Yes. To have a private tomb carved into a rock hillside required a lot of money. You had to pay laborers to dig the rock, create the tomb.

It wasn't done overnight. They didn't come prepackaged. You couldn't go to Home Depot and get one. This took a lot of physical labor, and only the rich could afford something like it. So, again, it speaks of his wealth, but it speaks of his generosity. And he's giving

to Christ what he had paid for himself and his family. Yes. But he was treating Jesus like family. Yes. Yes. That's a good point, Doc.

And then verse 61, and there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulcher. So, Mary Magdalene, the other Mary, which I think was probably

the mother of James and Joseph, they were watching. They were watching the burial. Yes. Again, this unwavering devotion and loyalty to Christ. They left the crucifixion scene at Calvary, Golgotha. They saw that Joseph had come for the body. And they followed. They're staying with Jesus all the way. Yes.

Can't be separated from him. You know, from what I know, and I assume this is true, it's what I read. Jewish law prohibited mourning for criminals and uh particularly you know at the time of the sabbath so if that's true that they were they were breaking the law but their presence ensured continuity of witness from the crucifixion to the burial

and eventually to the resurrection yes they stayed with Christ because of their deep love their admiration their loyalty their their courage. Again, we don't see any of the men. But these two women are there.

And again, their loyalty is in sharp contrast to the absence of the men. Yes. They were hiding somewhere to protect themselves. So, Doc, anything else? That's all the notes I have for today. Well, regarding the tomb, it says in verse 60, He laid in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher and departed.

You know, there's this sense there that this was going to be the permanent resting place of Jesus. This is it. This is the final destiny. As far as Joseph was concerned, this was the final resting place. The reason why the women were waiting there, not only were they mourning, but in another day or two, they were going to have to go back into the tomb and prepare Jesus' body with the spices and everything for death. And so they couldn't do it that night because the high Sabbath was starting,

the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. So they couldn't do it that day. And then the following day, they had to go out and purchase spices. And it took a whole day of preparation on these spices to get these ready. So it took a whole day to do that. And then there was another sabbath after that so

they had to wait another day and as we get further along here in matthew 28 we see the women return the morning of will be our sunday uh and the tomb's empty and so uh but again, carefully orchestrated by God. Yes. But as far as everyone was concerned, Jesus was dead and he wasn't coming back. And so how did God make sure they were there on resurrection morning? Because he delayed them in applying the spices to the body of Jesus. That's right. And so I talk a lot about this in the sermon I do on three days and three nights.

And how, you know, Jesus being in the tomb three days and three nights. Not a day and a half, not two days, not a day and three quarters, but three days and three nights. It's amazing to me, and this is something that's kind of a, you know, something that gets under my skin a little bit, in that a lot of Bible teachers will recognize all the different prophecies that are fulfilled in Jesus's death, crucifixion, and resurrection. And yet they'll make excuses for three days and three nights. They'll say, well, yeah, this is a fulfillment of the scripture here. This, this, and this. And yet they'll give some sort of space for the idea of three days and three nights.

And I don't care where you live in the world. There's no way you can get three days and three nights from Friday to Sunday. They're just math. Math is the same here in Vero Beach as it is in the Middle East. That's right. But there is an explanation for this timeline. And you're right, Rick. God delayed the embalming, if you will.

That's the closest thing we have to understanding it, the preparation of the body, because the Bible says that his flesh saw no corruption. His flesh saw no corruption, and so even while his body was lying there in the tomb, it did not rot. It did not suffer decay. It did not start stinking or anything like that. It saw no corruption. And the reason why it had to see no corruption was for us, us, Rick, so we could be redeemed of our corruption. He saw no corruption and was resurrected so we could have our corruption paid for and be resurrected to new life as well. But the idea that Joseph rolled a stone in front of the tomb, it certainly wasn't to keep Jesus in, but to keep wild animals and thieves and stuff like that out.

And it certainly wasn't the case that some women were going to roll that stone away either. And I've heard that comment being made. Rather, they were there probably for a few hours before they had to return home for the high Sabbath to begin that night. And, you know, so God fits all this together. There's no accident or out-of-sequence telling of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus that goes unnoticed by God and provides us, if you will, innumerable pieces of evidence that Jesus is the Messiah, the King of the Jews,

and the resurrected Son of God. There can be no excuse. No person has an excuse to ignore the resurrected son of god amen that says it all doc so it says it all so uh theresa is asking so why did the roman romans guard the tomb if they didn't believe something was up well the Romans didn't guard the tomb right the Jews did yes well let's see the Jews asked Pilate to send some they said that's right so the Jews asked Pilate to guard the tomb okay they well their their reason for it

was they feared that Jesus's disciples would steal the body and then proclaim his resurrection. Right. But didn't do it that night. That was the next night. Yes. Okay, so keep that in mind. And we get into that tomorrow in our lesson. But it did not happen that night.

But the Bible tells us, I think verse 62 there, the next day the Jewish leaders went to Pilate. And what a contrast. The day before Joseph comes to Pilate seeking a request, and then the next day the Jewish leaders come to Pilate and demand a guard. Yes. So totally a different aspect.

You've got to know maybe Pilate welcomed Joseph, but then when the Jewish leaders walked in, he saw these guys again. So I see it. But he gave in. He said, okay, just to keep you guys happy, I'll do it. We'll guard. Hey, that's it. We'll be back tomorrow for another lesson.

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