TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Sir Donald? President Trump Considers Accepting King Charles’ Secret Offer

Episode Date: March 21, 2025

In one of the most bizarre headlines of the year, multiple British media outlets report that King Charles is preparing a secret offer to President Donald Trump: associate membership for the U.S. in the Commonwealth. Trump has reportedly expressed openness to the proposal, calling it a symbol of his admiration for Britain and the Royal Family. As wild as it sounds, this story isn't satire—it's real. Meanwhile, tensions continue to rise globally, from mounting chaos at Heathrow Airport to secret Pentagon briefings with Elon Musk and talks of dividing Ukraine.Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 3/21/25Join 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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supply needs. I promise you, what I'm about to tell you is not satire. I didn't read it on the Onion or the Babylon Bee. I read it in multiple London newspapers. Are you ready to hear the craziest news I think I've ever reported on true news? Well, this is true news for Friday, March 21st, 2025. Let's begin with this headline published by the Sun King Charles to make secret offer to Donald Trump during state visit after Starmer handed hand-delivered letter from the King and Then another headline. This is a Daily Mail

That Trump stunningly agrees That Trump stunningly agrees You will become associate member of the Commonwealth. I love King Charles Doc Burkhardt is here with me. I like The the JFK files were released earlier this week and I'm trying to think how can you top that? Well, it's almost like this was released to get your mind off of the JFK files. So, yeah, let's just jump into it.

I've been sharing this with friends. And they don't believe you. They don't believe me. They don't believe me. I posted it on X and a lot of people said, come on, Rick, it's not true. And I'm showing them Donald Trump's truth social tweet where he said, I love it. And I'm like, this can't be for real.

So let's go to the, we'll go to a Daily Mail article. Secret offer King Charles is planning to make to Donald Trump that would make America royal again. Back under the thumb of the monarchy? That's what we're talking about here today, folks. Plans are being made for the USA to become the Commonwealth's next associate member. The King shares his late mother's deep affection and respect for the global family of nations as being reported by Daily Mail and sees it as particularly important during international conflict and global uncertainty.

The Commonwealth, whose nations have a total population of more than 2.7 billion, is one of the world's oldest political associations of states with its roots in the British Empire. And although America declared independence from Britain in 1776, this would not impede it becoming the 57th member of the Commonwealth. Now these proposals were made by the Royal Commonwealth Society with the apparent backing of Queen Elizabeth during President Trump's first term as president but did not come to fruition. Now the plans have been revived

with members of the society hopeful that the king will make the case to President Trump when he meets him. All right, so Doc, let's stop right there. After I got over my shock, the second shockwave was they already made this offer back in 2017. Yes.

How did we not hear about this? How did we not have any inkling that this was made? It was definitely a secret offer. And guess who delivered the offer in 2017? Nigel Farage. Yes. The queen was smart. She was a smart gal. That's how she stayed in power so long. She used Nigel Farage

to bring an offer to the new President Donald Trump because she knew President Trump would listen to Nigel Farage. And so he presented to Donald Trump in 2017 the opportunity, the invitation from the Queen for the United States of America to join the British Commonwealth. For some reason, the plan got turned down. But now it's been revived. And Mr. Trump says he loves it. He likes this idea.

So, let's get back to the Daily Mail article. Right. So, this is saying that this is being discussed at the highest levels. A member of the Royal Commonwealth Society claimed this week, saying it would be a wonderful move that would symbolize Britain's close relationship with the U.S. Donald Trump loves Britain and has great respect for the royal family, so we believe he would see the benefits of this. Associate membership could hopefully be followed by the full membership, making the Commonwealth

even more important as a global organization. Trump's regular talk of turning Canada into America's 51st state has created enormous tensions and put the King in an awkward position. Canada is one of the 15 countries of which he is head of state. In what many interpreted as a show of support, he met new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in London this week. When the RCS wrote to President Trump in 2017, its then-director Michael Lake said opening a Commonwealth branch in the U.S. would help the two nations find imaginative ways to work together. His letter was delivered by Nigel Farage, as Rick mentioned, who was the first British

politician to meet President Trump after his 2016 election victory. The King said last week that the Commonwealth could help restore the disrupted harmony of the entire planet. And then those that are questioning whether or not Donald Trump actually is considering this, look on Truth Social. I love King Charles, sounds good to me, and what he's referencing is an article that he talks about.

The one that we opened the program with, the Sun article. Yes, that one. He said, looks good to me. So Doc, a couple thoughts here. First of all, when when Keir Starmer visited the White House last month, and they, he brought with him an invitation from the King for President Trump to visit Buckingham Palace. Right. And I said, well, that's pretty smooth. All right. The king said, hey, look, we got to go in there.

We've got to appeal to his ego. Little did I know that was the least of it. The invitation to visit the king in Buckingham Palace was the least of it. That what we now have is that we have an invitation from the king for the United States of America to join the British Commonwealth, which would make King Charles the head of state. Yes. Do you understand what we're talking about? If you're in the Commonwealth, King Charles is the head of state.

So, has President Trump been promised knighthood? Is the king going to knight him when he goes to Buckingham Palace? Is President Trump, is his ego so big that he dreams of being a British knight. Can he be adopted into the royal family? I don't know if they can do that. Can they make him a prince? I mean, this guy's dreaming of something. He's dreaming of being a king.

Well, my thoughts were along this line, Rick. If we're in the process of exiting these alliances worldwide, for instance, if we're exiting NATO and other alliances, we're going to be looking for new alliances to join and to, you know, partner up with. If we were to join the Commonwealth, we would be the largest player in the Commonwealth. Yes, but the head of state is King Charles. Yes. Just read the charter. Yes.

Okay. It would bring the United States of America into subjection to Great Britain, primarily the monarchy. primarily the monarchy. The monarchy has been trying to get America back under its thumbs since 1776. And this is the latest ploy. You know, we were talking months ago when President Trump started talking about Canada as a 51st state.

And at first I thought President Trump started talking about Canada as a 51st state. And at first, I thought President Trump, he's dusted off George Bush's North American Union scheme. We're going to merge Canada, the United States, Mexico, make a new common market. And then as time went by, I was like, no, he's actually talking about taking control of Canada. Now, one of two things is happening here, and I don't like either one of them. King Charles is either playing 40 chess on Donald Trump

and saying, oh, so you're gonna take Canada from me? I'm gonna play a game on you. I'm gonna use your ego, and I'm gonna bring you into my Commonwealth and you will be equal with Canada. So that's option number one, that the king is outsmarting Donald Trump by appealing to his ego. Or number two, Donald Trump is a willing participant in a scheme to bring the United States

back into the orbit of the British monarchy. Can I throw another option out there? Yeah, you do. We have a whole hour, Doc. You've got an hour to throw out options. Here's another thought on this. Alright. If our next big war is going to be China, if that's the case, if our next big war is going to be China, we're going to need as many partners in that opposition as we can get. The Commonwealth already has a significant number of resources

and partners. It's all English speaking. An alliance with the Commonwealth being a member of the Commonwealth would have its advantages in standing up against China Europe's not gonna stand up against China. We know that our doc. I'm gonna take you up on your option I had not thought about it. So you earned your you earned your salary this week with that way. All right Now I can go to the movies. There you go Are are we watching the creation of a new NATO? A new NATO or a new United Nations, a new something. A new English alliance. Yes.

An alliance of English speaking nations. Yes. In a military economic cultural alliance. What are they up to? This is so big. You cannot dismiss it. Right. This absolutely cannot be dismissed. The president is considering...

How can he do this? First of all, the Congress would have to accept, because it's a treaty. And what does it mean for the United States to be a member of a British Commonwealth? Do we have to acknowledge King Charles as the head of state? Well, all the other nations do. Yes. You know, I have visited a lot of Commonwealth countries and they all have, well back then they had the Queen's portrait.

Queen was on the money. So yes, are we about, are they working on a new, a British-American Commonwealth? Is President Trump saying, hey, I'll talk to you about this, but we're going to change the charter? And it does put the UK back in the driver's seat once again, doesn't it? Is he about to make King Charles that kind of the titular head of the world You know the English-speaking world President Trump is kind of the Prime Minister and

King Charles and and and soon to be King William, will be the, you know, the royal spokesperson, the figurehead. I don't know what they're working on. But you may be on to something that there's a new alliance being made in preparation for the conclusion of World War III. Yes. Because if not, Britain's gonna be pulled into being in NATO without the US. Yes.

Yes. And I don't think they want that. I don't think they wanna be tied down with the Germans and the French. They've had problems in the past, like over the past thousand years. Yes. Okay, so let's put that aside. Just think about that, folks.

King Charles could be the head of state here in America. New York Times. Now, this has been a big story all day. Now this was yesterday's New York Times. Yeah, it came out yesterday. Pentagon set up briefing for Musk on potential war with China. So the news media was all over this last night and today. New York Times. Now this is there according to the New York Times, the Pentagon was scheduled on Friday today to brief Elon Musk on the US military's plans for any war that might break out with China. Two officials said Thursday.

Another official said the briefing would be China focus without providing additional details a fourth official confirmed Mr. Musk would be at the program at the Pentagon on Friday Hours after the New York Times published the news of the plan meeting Pentagon officials and President Trump denied That the session would be about military plans involving China Mr. Trump said late night, last night, on social media, China will not even be mentioned or discussed. Yes. So it obviously rattled some nerves

at the White House and the Pentagon. Pentagon, again, this is New York Times, Pentagon war plans known as O plans, operational plans, are among the military's most closely guarded secrets. If a foreign country were to learn how the United States planned to fight a war against them, it could reinforce its defenses and address its weaknesses, making the plans far less likely to succeed. The top secret briefing for the China War Plan has 20 to 30 slides that lay out how the United States would fight China in such a conflict. According to officials with knowledge of the plan, it covers the plan beginning with

indications and warnings of a threat from China and various options on what the Chinese targets to hit. Over what time period would be presented to Mr. Trump for decisions? Now those officials Rick said that Mr. Hegseth, Admiral CRISPR Grady and he was the active chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Admiral Samuel Paparo, the head of the military's Indo-Pacific Command, were set to present Mr. Musk with details on the US plan to counter China in the event of the military's Indo-Pacific Command, were set to present Mr. Musk with details on the U.S. plan to counter China in the event of a military conflict between the two countries. And the meeting had been set to be held not in Mr. Hegs's office, where an informal discussion about innovation would most likely take place, but in the tank,

a secure conference room in the Pentagon typically used for high-level meetings of the members of the Joint Chiefs. Operational plans for major contingencies like a war with China are extremely difficult to understand for people without extensive military planning experience. And this technical nature is why presidents are typically presented with the broad contours of a plan rather than the actual details of documents. It was unclear how many details Mr. Musk wanted or expected to hear. Now, once again, Times did this story yesterday afternoon and early evening, but what gets me about this story,

Rick, is how detailed it is. Okay, that's what I was going to say. The Times, they're saying 20 to 30 slides. Yes, and who was going to be in the meeting? The participants. Where? Where was it going to be? Yes. And then the White House said it's not true. The Pentagon press secretary, Sean Parnell, demanded that the New York Times retract the story. We got a video clip. This is compliments of Fox News. Yeah, on the record, that is completely fake. And let me show you this.

This started with this New York Times headline, and they since changed it, but Musk set to get access to top secret U.S. plan for potential war with China. This is egregious. This is fake. The New York Times should retract this story. Five anonymous sources. I've been on bilat calls with the secretary. I see how hard he's working to implement the president's agenda and pursue peace through

strength. This type of garbage from the New York Times undermines that process and undermines our mission. It shouldn't happen at all. Elon Musk is just coming over here for a visit. Again, he's an innovator. This is a guy that shot a rocket at thousands of miles an hour that's thousands of pounds. And as it landed back on the earth, it was grabbed out of midair by a giant robot arm.

We want a guy like Elon Musk in the Defense Department to help us come up with creative solutions to the problems that we face today. But this article, this article is ridiculous. You don't get invited to the Pentagon for cookies. Right. And billionaires don't just wander around with nothing to do.

I think I'll take a tour of the Pentagon today. Now there was a specific meeting. There was a specific reason. It was on the schedule. Well, we don't know who's telling the truth, the New York Times or the White House, the Pentagon, we don't know. And here's two things to consider, okay? Now I want our audience to think about this.

The fact that we have planned, and they haven't denied this at all, that we have plans on the books to go to war with China, or that Elon Musk might have access to those plans. Okay, the Pentagon should have plans to go to war with everybody. Yes, all right. Even the moon. Everybody. That's what the Pentagon's there for. Just come up with war plans, okay? You never know. The Houthis might invade. You know, we don't know what scenario we got to deal with. That doesn't bother me. What bothers me is that Elon Musk potentially wanted to see the plans.

Or somebody wanted him to see the plans. That's what bothers me. Now, Mr. Musk, I'm trying to be fair to everybody here. This is what he posted on his platform X. Yes, so he reposted Donald Trump's denial of the access there, where Donald Trump said that we're not talking about war with China or anything in this meeting. And then, of course, Elon Musk, he says, the New York Times is pure propaganda. Also, I look forward to the prosecutions of those at the Pentagon who are leaking maliciously false information to the New York Times.

They will be found. Now, the only problem I have with that response is the New York Times claims they have five separate sources on this particular story. Rick, my gut is telling me that yes, it was going to happen and news got out about it. That's what I believe. And so now they're going to have to, I mean what else can they do? They can't say, well you caught us.

Yeah, we were going to talk about China and plans and Musk was going to be there. You think the Chinese ambassador, maybe the Chinese, you know, China's top military PLA general called and said, so you're having a meeting to talk about war with us? Well, we've had generals talk to the Chinese generals before, haven't we? Yes. So. But you know, this story in the New York Times definitely was seen in Beijing last night. Yes

If there was an article coming out of China's Global Times that The You know Try to think of a Jack Ma Jack Ma Yeah An alabama is on his way to the PLA headquarters in Beijing to look at the Chinese war plans for America. Right. We would be saying, hey, what's up with this?

How serious are you guys about and why is he involved in this? So it's an interesting story now. Excuse me. I was reminded of something Steve Bannon said two years ago. Here's a Newsweek headline. Steve Bannon says Elon Musk is owned by the Chinese Communist Party. This is almost two years to the day. Yes, March 11, 2023. And he was on, let's see, the podcast was a Tim.

The Timcast. Yes, Tim Poole's podcast. Yeah, Tim Poole. So this is, again, two years ago, March 11, 2023. This is Steve Bannon talking about Elon Musk. So Min Liang Tan, co-founder and CEO of Razor, tweeted, I think Twitter should buy SVB and become a digital bank. Elon Musk replied, I'm open to the idea.

Seems a bit silly. I don't know. How would you, what would you think about that? I mean, I think until Elon Musk starts letting back on the most, uh, the true anti CCP people that he keeps blocked off there, myself included, not that one to go on there. Oh yeah, no, no, no. He's owned, he's owned by the Chinese commerce party. What are you talking about?

Tesla is only sense of, only thing of real value is Tesla. He, he mar uses it for margin loans. He sells the stock. The Shanghai joint venture is a hundred percent controlled by the CCP. This is why, this is why he never he sells the stock. The Shanghai joint venture is 100% controlled by the CCP. This is why he never goes after the CCP. This is why he always backs off. This is when they had the protest. They had the protest about the lockdowns of COVID. He will not do it. Elon Musk is a total and complete phony. He is in bed in a business party. He's done some good stuff, a letting stuff out. With you know what i even others is fine

he is owned stock and barrel by the chinese congress party any acts like it very strong words no no room in there for great uh... ambiguous thoughts about Elon Musk. And Elon Musk is in partnership with the Shanghai Cooperative in order to have Tesla access

to China. That's right. So did he ask to see the Pentagon war plans with China. Now, look, this is making me rethink a lot of things that's been going on for the past couple months. With the Doge efficiency operation, what's been one of the complaints of the Democrats? Access to people's private information. Yes.

That he's been given the keys to the treasury computers, the IRS computers, the state, he's just, they've given him the keys to everything. What if he is a Chinese agent? What do you do now? I mean, this is a tough thing, and Steve Bannon, those are strong words. We got a president that wants to put us under the British monarchy.

I'm sorry, Doc, I didn't interrupt at you. No, no, what I was just saying is, Steve Bannon had some very strong opinions about this particular relationship that Elon Musk had with the Chinese, still has with the Chinese. And so we have to ask the question. I mean, you have to put it out there.

You have to ask. And this story with the New York Times kind of brings all that to light. And I'm really, my gut is telling me that there was a meeting and it got leaked. And that, I can't prove it, you know, but my gut tells me that there was and that got leaked and they're trying their best. If you notice today, Rick, nobody in the administration's talking about it. They're talking about a thousand other things today throughout the administration and so many other shiny objects that are out there trying to get this story out of everybody's

headlights. I just divide this. Let's say that President Trump signed off and said, yes, Elon Musk can go over to the Pentagon and be briefed on the war plans. Without any malicious thought, just thinking that it would be good for Elon Musk with his SpaceX company and his AI company and everything that he might be able to help the Pentagon in the war planning. Then suppose that Elon Musk is a secret Chinese agent, and President Trump doesn't know it. What kind of scandal do you have now?

What kind of scandal are we sitting on top of right now? Steve Bannon. Look, whether you like Steve Bannon or not, some days I like him, some days I don't. But Steve Bannon is anti-communist. Yes. Like he'd rather have anarchy than communism. Yes, that's the one thing I admire about Steve Bannon is he is anti-communist.

But even Steve had his problems because he was hooked up with Guo. Miles Guo, yes. Miles Guo, who some people said was a secret agent. So I don't even know who's an agent, who isn't. That's a world that plays at a different level. But if, if Musk was, if he requested permission to see the war plans and Pete Hegseth said yes, I'm okay with that. Maybe, maybe one of these generals, you know, maybe several generals got together in the tank and said,

we've got to stop this. We can't give these plans out. Even if he's not an agent, he can't see the I can understand that kind of fear because war plans with China can only be seen by a handful of people. So now, one of the methods of attack on this story that I've noticed today, Rick, that some on the right have been making is that, well, you know, whoever leaked this information, they leaked classified information. Wait a minute. Well, I'm just making their argument first, that they leaked classified information and as such, they should be tried for treason for leaking classified information.

Wait a minute. If there was no meeting, how can it be classified? If there was no meeting, how can it be classified? If there was no meeting, then how can you leak classified information that didn't exist? So they're gonna put them in prison, or worse. Which seems to be the road that we're going on today is getting scary. We're really moving towards a fascist mindset here. Okay, I'm going to go on before I get myself in more trouble here. The next one, we'll take a look at what happened in London today. Daily Mail.

Global chaos with flights following Heathrow fire. I drove the work today, I didn't know there was a global chaos. You didn't know it. I didn't even know it. I got here and it was like an hour or two later until I discovered global chaos was taking place. Well, what was the global chaos? There was a fire at Heathrow Airport in London. Yes. Now the chaos that the Daily Mail is telling, they always exaggerate, there's the fire. Electrical substation was on fire. Yes. And the Daily Mail always exaggerates their headlines. And that's why folks folks those of you who are

watching or listening to true news in Great Britain or any other country Don't believe the headlines you read about chaos in America Because I see these headlines appear in the London and British that you know various papers around the world I'm like, there's no chaos over here. And yet if you're getting up in the morning, you know, in London you're reading about chaos in America. That they like this just to sell papers. Yes. But, let's just get back. There was, there were a lot of flights shut down. Obviously there's a fire at the airport. About three in the morning a fire took place. Right. And they had to shut the airport down, okay? That's, you know, but London's got a lot of airports.

Yes. And flights were diverted, so it wasn't that big of a chaos. Now, and he throws back open now, flights are resuming now. So, but one of the particular instances of this fire that took place, there was a fire, but there was a backup generator that was supposed to kick in. Now, they used to have diesel generators that were the backup in case there was a situation like this. Well, isn't all backup generators designed to come on if the main generator goes off?

Yes, but they changed out the diesel generators here a couple years ago with what they call biomass generators, green generators. I call them manure generators. Okay. Because basically you're taking rotten biomass and using it as an energy source, it failed to kick on. It failed to supply the energy to replace what happened to the substation. And so they had a backup, but it was a green backup. And the reason it didn't come on was it was designed to work alongside the national grid, not independently of the grid if the main generator was off.

Now you notice they haven't made a big deal about that at all. Instead they're trying to shift blame to someone else, Rick. Who are they shifting blame to for all of this? The Russians. Yes. They're blaming the Russians. Well, I'm open on this one. BBC counter terror officers from the Metropolitan Police are leading the investigation into a major fire.

The police force said that there were currently no indication of foul play, but officers were retaining an open mind into the cause of the blaze. London Telegraph, why MI5 will be checking very carefully for Putin's fingerprints. They got him. Putin himself was sneaking around the airport, okay? Putin himself was sneaking around the airport, okay? A fire, the likes of which has never happened before, one which instantly closes Europe's biggest air hub at a time of rising political tensions.

And just as a meeting of the continent's most senior defense chiefs break up, can it really be a coincidence, asked the London Teleg really be a coincidence? Asked the London Telegraph. Yes, and so quoting the London Telegraph, it says, we don't know yet what caused the fire, which broke out at an electricity substation which supplies Heathrow in the early hours of Friday morning. But British security services will be all over it.

Every inch of the area will be subjected to a bank of forensic checks, as will all CCTV and communications for miles around. Here's what I want you to see here. The reason is simple. The fire has all the hallmarks of Russian state-sponsored terrorism, a hybrid form of war that has been raging in Europe for more than three years now. Ministers and security officials don't want to alarm the public, but there have been

sabotaged operations recorded in 15 countries, including Britain, linked to Russian intelligence since Vladimir Putin rolled his tanks into Ukraine in late February of 2022. It very possibly could be a terror act. It very well could be. But just based on what I'm reading and seeing right now, Rick, their green energy policies sank them and they got to blame somebody else for it. Rick Bischoff Yes, okay, but that's the secondary issue,

the backup net zero generator, because it was, the backup was a net zero generator, because the backup was a net zero generator. It was there for the green energy movement. That's secondary. Something calls the fire at the main substation. So they're alluding in London the possibility that it was Russian sabotage. Doc, ordinarily I just dismiss it because I get tired of the Russians getting blamed for everything. However, I'm not going to dismiss it. And here's the reason.

We are in World War III. And this kind of stuff happens in World Wars. What do you think goes on during a World War three and This kind of stuff happens in world wars That what do you think goes on during a war war and it's not terrorism. It's called Commandos. Yes. These are commando operations And so I don't rule it out. You're talking about a country Great Britain that is providing about a country, Great Britain, that is providing Zulinski with storm shadow missiles that are striking targets inside Russia. Yes.

And I would guess that some of those planes are probably taken off from Heathrow, too. Yes. And about a year ago, Doc, Mr. Medvedev, we'd have to go. I know we don't have it right now. Mr. Medvedev one day posted on Telegram a long message in which he said, "'The rules of the game change today.

"'And beginning now, "'here are the things we're going to do to the West.'" And it was quite frightening. I mean, he talked about setting fire to the West. And it was very detailed. And I remember reading it going, oh dear, dear Lord, this Ukraine war has become very, very serious now. So when you go back and read Mr.

Medvedev's outline a year ago, this fits right in with what he said. Now today, he posted, not like Dmitry Medvedev, but I have to be fair, he's at war. He's at war with Great Britain. He detests them now. Yes. He detests them now. He despises them now. Okay? Which, by the way, if you are correct in what you were saying a while ago about the US joining the Commonwealth, if we're going into a military alliance with the British Commonwealth, well,

now we're back to going to war because of something King Charles does. Right. All right, so keep me out of it. But this is what Mr. Medvedev said today. He posted this on X. He said, I'm looking forward to Russia being blamed for the Heathrow fire. What are you waiting for, Ex-Tarmer? And so, and he posted this. this is about 530 in the morning And then it was just a matter of time before the articles started coming out About the possible Russian connection by the way, I did Find that article from last year Rick. It's on the screen there

This is June of last year West had declared war without rules on Russia. There should be virtually no limits on how Moscow retaliates for the maximum damage the former president has argued. There you go. It's in motion. Remember we had food processing plants in America burning down. There were strange fires in a lot of countries. Yes.

That's called war. And we've had our own substation incidences here in the US as well over the years. Mysterious people wearing black clothing, attacking substations in various parts, as if testing the limits of the infrastructure. And this very well could have been that. And so, this is, like you said, Rick, we are in World War III right now.

Well, Mr. Starmor is saying he's going to put 30,000 troops in Ukraine. And maybe the Russians said, well, you won't even be able to fly them out of your country. Well, shut down your airports. Folks, stuff happens in a World War. A lot of people, they've not comprehended yet that World War III has been on for three years. Yes.

And they're waiting for it to start. No, what you're waiting for is the big ending. And then it's too late. You know, I think back Rick, when people who were living in 1942 and 1943 here in the US, did they know they were in World War II at the time? They were still talking about the Great War beforehand, the first big one. Did they realize that World War II was on in the 40s? You mean before Pearl Harbor? Well, before we got involved.

Yes. No, it was just something over there. Yes It was over there had nothing to do with America That didn't change until Pearl Harbor right and then the war was on Now I Tried to find an American version of this article and And there may be something out now, but a couple hours ago. I couldn't find an American version of this article, and there may be something out now, but a couple hours ago I couldn't find it. At some point I have to give, I just have to have cutoffs in order to have things ready

to go live with true news. So this was RT, talks on dividing territory between Moscow and Kiev ongoing, says Donald Trump. I Could not find one American news source reporting this But I did find various European sites including Kiev says negotiations about divide negotiations about the terms of dividing up the lands

Between Moscow and Kiev are in full swing, US President Donald Trump said, quote, it's being negotiated as we speak. The president told journalists on Friday, that's today. Yes. Referring to the disposition of territory claimed by both sides in the conflict. Now again, I couldn't find any details about it, but doc, I did go back and in November, just after President Trump was elected, just weeks after the election, disappeared in artifacts in Ukraine. The Russian Federation may try to transfer to the United States through representatives of

foreign states a plan to divide the territory of Ukraine into three parts. Again, this is a Ukrainian news article in November, about two weeks after President Trump won the election. So let's take a look at what they said. So the Russian Ministry of Defense, and once again, this is November of last year, the Russian Ministry of Defense has prepared a document with a forecast of the development of the military political situation in the world until 2045, which it may try to convey to the new U.S. administration through governments and representatives of foreign states. Sources in the Ukrainian intelligence community told Interfax Ukraine on those dates.

According to the agency's interlocutors, the Foreign Policy Department of the aggressor state will use this document to try to promote eliminating Ukraine's political subjectivity and dividing its territory into three parts. The Russian Federation will insist on including one of them, which is part of Ukraine's fully and partially occupied regions, in its composition. The second, which the document calls a pro-Russian state entity and includes Kiev, envisages

the formation of a state entity with a pro-Russian authority and a Russian military presence. The third appears in the document under the name Disputed Territories and includes the western regions of Ukraine. The Kremlin believes their future can be decided between Russia and other neighboring states, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. We had talked about some of these aspects of this prior to even this being published, about Ukraine being divided up. We just never contemplated that the US would be the

one that would be the driving force in the division. I know doc so I'm bringing this out this November article because President Trump said today as we speak we're dividing up Ukraine. Yes and I, and I don't know if control has it ready or not, I've got a clip of President Trump saying that. Let's watch. I believe we're going to have, pretty soon, have a full ceasefire, then we're going to have a contract, and the contract's being negotiated, the contract in terms of dividing up the lands, etc., etc. It's being negotiated as we speak. I believe we're gonna have. Okay, that was today. That was earlier today.

Good job. So we have evidence, he said it. But is the plan what the Russians presented? Are they getting their plan? Obviously both sides, well, you're really dealing with three sides, Russia, Ukraine, the United States, four sides, NATO. There are four different people, entities that have visions of what

what the settlement should look like, but only Russia and the United States matter right yes The EU has no place in it in the negotiations Zelinsky is on the outside. He keeps acting like He has a say in it which Doc it's like Zelinsky acts like a bankrupt debtor who is telling two creditors what he will accept in the bankruptcy terms. Right.

And he'll wish you these statements, no, we won't do that. You don't have a say. Yes. You lost the war. And if the US walks away, you're toast. You have to accept whatever the US agrees to. Or fight the Russians on your own. And what I thought was interesting about this proposal that the Russians had put out months ago, and we talked about some aspects of it prior to that, is that by dividing Ukraine up into three different portions, a Kiev Republic, the Russian part, and this western part of Ukraine, by giving western Ukraine and saying,

hey, Poland, would you like some more land? Hey, Romania, would you like some more land? Hungary, would you like some more land? Here's Western Ukraine, you guys divide it up. Not only would that create, you know, just, it would divide Europe is what it would do. It would cut Europe right down the middle because Poland and Hungary and Romania are not gonna turn down the middle. Because Poland and Hungary and Romania are not gonna turn down free land.

That's right, no country's gonna turn down free land. No. So, we'll find out here very soon. The meeting is coming up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Yes. Now. Once again. Saudi Arabia. Yes. Now, next story. Eurasia. Trump is hatching a plan to turn Crimea into an international resort says Seymour Hersh. Yes, Seymour Hersh is saying this. I don't discount anything reported by Seymour Hirsch.

Absolutely not. In fact, if he says it, I can pretty much say, yeah, it's true. U.S. President Donald Trump is considering lifting economic sanctions against Russia and cooperating with Moscow to develop Crimea as a major international resort. The American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hirsch, spoke about this prospect in his column on Substack, citing an unnamed source in the White House. The person told me that President Trump's main aspiration was to lift the current economic sanctions against Russia and form a partnership with Putin to

turn Crimea into a major international resort. What do you hear there in that, Doc? Same thing that he proposed for Gaza, and doing new alliances, you know, turning Gaza into a resort. But do you see a Trump hotel in Crimea? Oh yes, Trump Tower, Gold Trump Tower towering over a beautiful beach there in Crimea, on the Black Sea. All right, so I'll tell you how, now this is in my brain, this is how this went down

in the phone calls between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Again, just my speculation, but I'm basing on what Seymour Hersh is saying here. That Vladimir Putin said, I'm not signing any deal. I'm not ending this war. I'm not signing any ceasefire until those US sanctions are lifted Okay end of discussion That's a no Non-starter non-starter the sanctions have to come off our country or we will continue to fight

What would be the point of us? Stopping this war and you keep the sanctions on us? And then Mr. Trump saying, well, now I know one of the biggest things he wants. He wants the end of the sanctions. What does he have that I want? Oh, he's got that beautiful Crimea Peninsula. Oh, my friends. I have rich friends.

I have rich friends on Wall Street that would love to buy land in Crimea and build hotels and restaurants and marinas and you know maybe I'll make an offer that we'll lift the sanctions if the new U.S. Sovereign Fund can go into business partnership with the Russian Sovereign Fund. Yes. And together we build Crimea into the one of the most beautiful resort lands in the world. And it will never be bombed. It will never be destroyed.

Do you think maybe that's how it went down? I think that's exactly how it went down. I have to hand it to Donald Trump coming up with these unique ways of looking at things that only a hotel tycoon could think about. I'm okay with everything here except the British Commonwealth. See, I go back and forth here with Donald Trump. It's like one day he's brilliant, and the next day

I'm like, what are you doing? I You know, what are you doing with flirting with King Charles in putting America under his thumb What is your plan? But then you look at how he's dealing with Vladimir Putin and he's ending the war. We're going to end up in partnership with the Russians. I love it. This is great.

And then you go back to Elon Musk and you go, what was Musk doing over at the Pentagon? Looking at war plans with China. Back and forth, all right? I'm trying to stay independent and neutral and just tell my audience what I see and what I perceive. Let everybody else do the opinions. I'm just trying to work my way through it and not drink anybody's Kool-Aid Now the London Telegraph McCrone exploring United Nations alternative to care starmers

Ukraine plan That's not gonna work either. Yes once again Manuel McCrone is at it trying to figure out a way to get troops into Ukraine He's actively exploring alternatives to putting European boots on the ground in Ukraine, his plan drawn up with Kyr Starmor. The Telegraph understands that the French president is considering the possibility of a mission to protect a future peace deal led by the United Nations. Mr. Macron raised the subject of the UN alternative at Thursday's European Council Summit

and brought it up with the UN Security General, who was a guest of the gathered EU leaders. The Telegraph understands that the Royal Air Force is in talks for British jets to police Ukraine's skies under proposals discussed by Sir Keir's Coalition of the Willing. I'm telling you once again, that's going to be a non-starter for the Russians as well. You're not going to be able to allow European troops in Ukraine. You can't backdoor it in. You're not going to do this.

I think Mr. Trump is going to sign some type of directive to NATO that says we have entered into a peace agreement with Russia involving Ukraine. And as of today, we will not take any military action against Russia. And if you, other members of NATO, if you do something aggressive against Russia and they strike at you, we are not going to participate in the Article V mutual protection pact. Right. And-

And that essentially is the way out of NATO. Yes. Yes. Right. But it's going to be on anything else will protect you. But if you do something in Ukraine, we're not going to help you. If you send troops in there, if you send weapons that attack Russia and they attack you, we are not going to war against Russia for you. So that will end their little military adventure for now. Wait, the London Times,

the UK will not shy away from nuclear weapons, says Defense Chief John Healy. Hey, wanted the Russians to know we have nukes and we can get you. Okay. Well, Britain has the power to do, this is what John Healy is saying, Britain has the power to do untold damage to adversaries such as Russia with its nuclear deterrent, the defense secretary warned, as he marked the build of the next generation of nuclear submarines.

Defense Secretary John Healy said he took Vladimir Putin's threat to use his nuclear arsenal seriously and that the UK should not fight shy of the fact that it too has such weapons. On a visit to a submarine yard, he also said that France could follow the UK's example and commit its nuclear weapons to defend NATO and protect the security of Europe. Currently, France will only officially use its weapons to protect itself. Now, quoting from the London Times, our nuclear deterrent is there as a deterrent, is the ultimate guarantor to any would-be adversary. We have the power to do untold damage to them if they attack us. We are sometimes very British about our nuclear deterrent, he said.

Healey added that the submarines may be silent, they may be hidden, but they worked every minute of every day to keep us safe and we should be clear, strong, and confident, and proud of that. Well, Mr. Healy, I think it would be a good idea to remind you where the chips stand as far as that deterrence is concerned. Yeah, let's compare apples to apples and let's look at nuclear weapons. There's a chart of the United States, Russia, France, and Great Britain. Great Britain's at the bottom. Yes.

All right, so you see deployed warheads, stored warheads, retired warheads. United States and Russia. Actually Russia is in the lead. Yes. Okay? They ought to be on top to be accurate with that chart. But who's on the bottom? The UK. And teeny weeny little UK is going to threaten Russia.

Do you think the UK really has a deterrent there? Well, they have they have detriding submarines that are nuclear armed. Right. But Russia could wipe them out with one one tsunami which they threaten to do. To use their use their tsunami torpedo and send a 1500 foot wave over the British Isles. So they can talk all they want, it's just, they're just blowing smoke.

Financial Times, European military powers work on a five to 10 year plan to replace the US and NATO. I'm not going to go through the whole article, bottom line is they believe that they have maybe five years at ten at the most. And where does that put us time wise, Rick? 2030 to 2035. Yes, and let's split the difference 2032 and what do we have the the grand finale of World War three? So They are they're in gear and it says that they're they're almost afraid to bring up this idea at the

upcoming meeting of NATO this summer because they're afraid that mr. Trump's just gonna walk out of the alliance. What they're hoping for is to get the US to agree to this five to 10 year transition, where the US leaves and Europe takes over NATO, which would be the reasonable way to do it, not would be the reasonable way to do it, not to be disruptive. Some more war news, global banking and finance, Netherlands, Holland, Dutch Netherlands,

wants to double their army. They're getting ready for World War III. I thought this was interesting that it showed up in a banking magazine. Yes. Yes, the bankers say, hey, here's what we're doing, folks. The Dutch Army is going to go from 74,000 to 200,000 troops. And then the Netherland Times says conscription, increasingly conceivable as military ups capacity amid rising tensions.

They're bringing back the draft in the Netherlands. Yes. The Dutch are gonna reissue the draft. So all of you watching us in the beautiful Netherlands, and you have sons and daughters, even if they're small right now, are they going to be draft age in the next five to 10 years? Your sons and daughters are going to be drafted for war with Russia, because Europe is led by,

what's a polite word for? Mad men? Mad men, yes. Quickly, I'm gonna go to the Middle East. Ex-Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Barak says he fears Israel is headed to a civil war Now this is a well-respected justice in Israel I mean he's respected by those on the left and the right in Israel and He is saying now just based on his observation that he thinks that the government's latest actions including moves to fire the

Shin Bet chief and the attorney general, are pushing the country toward civil war. He spoke to the Ynet News site shortly before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a cabinet to vote on firing the Shin Bet leader and said that the main problem in Israeli society is the severe rift between Israelis. This rift is getting worse and in the end I fear it will be like a train that goes off the tracks and plunges into a chasm causing a civil war. Now he'd had another interview with Channel 12 in Israel and he said that there's a great rift in the people and it's immense. and he said that there's a great rift in the people and it's immense. Today there are demonstrations, then a car drives through and

runs over someone, he said, referring to an incident at a protest, anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem Wednesday, when a driver rammed into a protester. But tomorrow there will be shootings, and the day after that there will be bloodshed. Now that was enough to cause a response from Benjamin Netanyahu. This is being reported in the Times of Israel. He's saying, there's not going to be a civil war. There will be no civil war. That's what you say when you're in a civil war.

Yes, and you're the cause of it. He is the cause of it. He won't give up. He won't it. He won't give up. He won't leave. He won't go away. And he has split Israel down the middle. Look, it's still conceivable that we could see the collapse of Israel. Yes.

It's still conceivable that it will not be the Palestinians being removed, but it will be the Israelis that will go to Ukraine Don't rule that out we've speculated for several years that Israel will fall apart and The Jews will move to Ukraine at the end of this war We got the war coming to an end and Israel on the verge of civil war. Not certain it's going to happen, but it could.

Jerusalem Post, the IDF will seize Gaza land permanently. They admit it, Rick. Yes, sir. They're admitting it. Do you know what's going to happen if the Israelis go into civil war? Israel will be invaded by millions of Arabs with any kind of weapon they can get their hands on.

And they will eradicate the Jews living in Israel fighting among themselves. Doc, it will be chaos. If Israel breaks out into civil war, you will see not necessarily governmental military armies, but militia armies. You will see Arabs just saying, if I got to pick up a stick,

I'm going there and liberate the Palestinians. We could see widespread chaos in Israel. It is a powder keg right now. Look at this story, Haratz. Israeli army to demolish 180 homes in the West Bank in a Palestinian refugee camp. Yes. Why are they gonna knock,

why is the army going to knock down 180 homes? They said, the streets need to be wider. That's the reason, Doc. We want the need to be wider. That's the reason doc. We want the streets to be wider. So we're gonna bulldoze your homes. Now it's just the way the Jews treat the Palestinians. Yes. That's the bottom line.

It's the way they treat them. They treat them like livestock. Yes. them. They treat them like livestock. Yes. Ynet, Egypt willing to temporarily relocate a half million Gazans to northern Sinai. This was reported by a Hezbollah affiliated newspaper in Lebanon. However, another Arab newspaper says Egypt denies allegations of transferring Gaza residents to Sinai. So we don't know which one is true. Now we come back to the United States.

TV station KUED. San Francisco Pride struggles to secure sponsorships ahead of 2025 parade. Doc, corporate America is backing away from the gay movement, they're not coughing up the money this year. Yes, you know times are hard when you can't get a gay parade going in San Francisco, that's a tough time that you're in. Sponsors are leaving and so it costs about three million to have this parade. We expected funding to increase this year and then the whole world changed on

us. That's coming from spokesman Suzanne Ford. Comcast and beverage companies and Heiser-Busch and others were multi-year sponsors but they're not supporting this year. Plus Metta, the over the umbrella organization over Facebook, that relationship has ended. The thing about it, Mark Zuckerberg backed out. Yes. She said, this is Suzanne Ford, the executive director of San Francisco Pride, the world's changed politically and the environment for sponsorship has changed dramatically.

And I think these companies have determined that it is not a good investment in Pride this year. Hallelujah, thank you Jesus. Finally, finally corporate America woke up and said, you know what, we are offending. Our customers. Our customers, we're not gonna do this anymore. I'm gonna skip down a couple things here real quickly.

Number 36, Vanity Fair, ludicrous situation, Jeffrey Epstein case redaction takes over FBI's New York office. The bottom line here is this source is telling Vanity Fair that the New York FBI field office is consumed with redacting names in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Wonder whose names they're redacting. Well, we're going to be told that it's victims names.

Yes. But those names, they're public. Those names are public already. But what other names are we going to redact? I know. We're going to redact names of people that have been involved. That's what is being redacted. And the state that may be involved as well. Let's take a look at number 39.

Donald Trump floats sending Tesla attackers to El Salvador prisons. Yes. Now we're talking about American citizens. Look, they should be sent to prison, but in America. He's talking about sending them to El Salvador. And he posted this on True Social. Look at this. I look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20-year jail sentences for what they're doing to Elon Musk and Tesla. I don't necessarily disagree with that.

Perhaps they could serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions. That part I don't like. Hillary Clinton Saying we we are arresting some Second Amendment terrorists Some some NRA activists and we're going to send them to Cuba we're gonna put them in prison in Cuba right or, or China. Or China, yeah. Fun camps in China. See there's, folks, be careful what you clap for. Right.

Be careful what you clap for, because it might come back and clap you someday. All right, I got a couple more and then I'm gonna wrap it up and go home. It's Friday. The next three headlines. I'm still fighting this. I'm past my one hour talking limit. The next three headlines. You should be, while I'm reading the headlines to you, you should be calling GoldCo. Yes. You see that number right there, 844-960-GOLD? You should dial it right now while I'm giving you these headlines.

Rick, why don't you let me give them the headlines. Good, I'm going to get a drink of water. Thank you. All right, so the first one, this is from U.S. Global Investors today. Of course, the news this week is that gold has finally broken through that $3,000 ceiling. And so the story today, this is from US Global Investor, gold smashes through $3,000 as recession fears mount. And this is from Barron's today.

Barron's, the stock market slump continues. That's why it's gold's time to shine. This isn't an ad on Barron's. This is an article on Barron's saying, now is the time to be considering gold as part of your portfolio. And then we have this from MarketWatch as well. Gold hasn't outperformed stocks by this much since 2022. Here's what that means for investors.

So if you attract stocks and gold on a line-by-line basis, gold wins right now. So I'm telling you right now, you should be on the phone calling GoldCo, 844-960-GOLD. You just saw three major headlines saying, gold is climbing as recession fears mount. The stock market is slumping. Gold is shining. Gold hasn't outperformed stocks by this much since 2022. I personally think the stock market is in for a major correction.

Not a crash, I'm not predicting a crash, but a major correction. We're going to close with a clip from an interview. I often listen to Fox Business News on the radio, Sirius XM when I'm driving in in the morning. I like to listen to Maria Bartiroma. She has a good program. I learn a lot from her. She has good guests.

And it keeps me current with what's going on in the economy. And she recently interviewed a woman, Stephanie Pomboy, who is the owner of Macro Mavins. Yes. And she's an economic trends forecaster. Yes. And she's a economic trends forecaster. Yes, and she is smart. She is sharp. She's very sharp. And so I watched, I listened to the interview.

And so the interview was a couple days ago, maybe a week ago. But I clipped about three minutes out, which is the second half of the interview. The first half, she was talking about why she is convinced the stocks are overvalued, that there's going to be a correction in the stock market, not a collapse, a correction, because they are overvalued. Well folks if you have your retirement Portfolio you if your IRA is invested in in the stock market and there is a major correction What happens to your?

your wealth You're gonna take a hit. How many years does it take to get it back? And so that was in the first three minutes. Then the second three minutes, she's telling Maria Bartirola what she is recommending to clients that they should do. Let's watch. Look, what do you want to do as an investor? I mean, you've talked about gold a lot on this program, and you've been spot on on gold.

It's in record territory. Of course, it's lower this morning, but it hit another record high yesterday after the Federal Reserve's rate cut outlook. Stephanie, your thoughts on gold? You don't see an overvalued situation here. No, not at all. And actually, I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to talk about it, because I get lambasted for being negative on stocks while they continue to move into

deeper and deeper into bubble territory. But my preferred asset has been gold, and it actually outperformed stocks last year and has absolutely trounced them this year. And I think this is just the beginning of a broader move, not just in gold, but in hard assets relative to paper assets. You know, we've seen multi-decade moves in paper assets, with hard assets basically going nowhere. And these things tend to move in multi-decade phases. And I think we're now at a turning point, where commodities and gold, those sort of

assets are going to outperform stocks and corporate credit. And I would argue, you know, gold has a lot driving this move. But we are now finally, for the first time, starting to see Western participation. The move in gold for the last couple of years has been entirely driven by this diversification by global central banks out of dollars into gold. And only in the last few weeks have we finally started to see some interest in, you know, gold ETFs here in the United States.

So I think this move has much, much farther to run. And so I remain steadfastly bullish on gold. And any stocks that you would hide in in this period right now? Well, I mean, I think in general you want to be defensive. I would be long the consumer staples rather than the consumer discretionary space. I guess you could play in utilities to the extent that an economic slowdown is going to reduce interest rates But generally I like everything that's commodity related so I'd be interested in energy stocks gold miners You know resource economies their markets for example

I think there are so that ought to be enough to convince you to call Gold Co Yes, I don't know what else to say It ought to be enough to convince you to call Gold Co. Yes. I don't know what else to say. I'm showing you what the experts are saying. I'm showing you the trends, what's happening, and we are in a long term, in my view, a long term inflation stagflation cycle that's going to last 10 to 15 years and the safest place to be is gold and I think the safest company to work with is Gold Co. There's their number 844 960 gold you can also go to go true news for gold comm or just

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To build up, mutually build up our faith, your faith, my faith. We, all of us are going to need stronger faith in this year, in the years to come. And so we will be studying faith every Friday. And then the other four days of the week, our study week, we'll go back to whatever book that we're in. Right now we're in the book of Romans. Also on Friday is Holy Communion. We will serve the Lord's Supper today also. So if this is your very first time, we invite you to participate with us.

We only have two rules. Number one, that you're born again, and number two, that you're baptized. And if you meet those two criteria, you are welcome to join with your brothers and sisters who are gathered here at faithandvalues.com to participate in the Lord's Supper. So have bread and your choice of grape juice or red wine available. The communion service will begin in the last minutes of today's Bible lesson. So I've been in the eleventh chapter of the book of Hebrews on Faith Friday, because this is the Faith Hall of Fame chapter. And today we're going to look at verses 13 through 16.

Hebrews chapter 11. Oh God, our Father in heaven, Father, we deeply love you. We love you with all our heart, mind, and soul, and we want the whole world to know it. We are not ashamed, we are proud to be in love with you. And we desire that the entire world recognize our love for you. We're not going to hide it. We're not going to conceal it. We're not going to call it something that is not its love for you

and devotion to you and allegiance and obedience to you. So Father, we're gathered here today for the purpose of studying faith and we ask that the Holy Spirit would instruct us. Take his seat at the head of the table of this morning manna Bible class and lead all of us, teachers and students, in the study of faith. For the glory of your son Jesus, amen. Amen. And as Rick said, we are in Hebrews chapter 11 today for our Faith Friday lesson.

And we're picking back up today at verse 13. And I'll be reading verses 13 through 16. And so if you've got your Bibles, let's read along. I'm reading from King James. Verse 13, these all died in faith, not having received the promises but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly if they had been mindful of that country from once they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is a heavenly,

wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he hath prepared for them a city. Praise God. Verse 13. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off and were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." So the verses speaking about the the Hebrew patriarchs that they lived and died in faith They lived their lives in faith

Faith in what? Well a lot of today's Evangelicals would say well they had faith That God was going to give them all the land That's not what they had faith that God was going to give them all the land. That's not what they had faith in. No. They were looking for a heavenly city. They were looking for a heavenly city.

And more than that, Doc, they were looking for the Messiah. Yes. They didn't know the name Jesus, but they knew he would be the seed, the seed of Abraham, not seeds. The seed. They believed in the seed. They didn't know his name. They just knew he was The seed sent by God who would redeem mankind Who would lead them into that city?

So they lived their entire lives in faith and they died in faith and They were unshaken by unfulfilled promises during their lifetime. That didn't bother them at all. On their deathbeds they looked at their children and grandchildren and said keep believing. Never stop believing. God's promises are true. It might be your generation that sees it come to pass. So they're trusting God, define their standing across generations. And generations talked about previous generations' faith.

talked about previous generations' faith. Paul said, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were persuaded of them and embraced them. and embraced them. They saw and embraced different promises, excuse me, distant promises with certainty. The promises were way out there in the spiritual horizon, but they said, those promises are real.

They're more real than this earth I'm standing on. They were seen at a distance spiritually. They're looking spiritually, saying God promised Abraham, our patriarchal ancestry. God promised him and it's out there and by my faith eyes, I can see it. Yes. And we're much closer and we're much closer to it than he was. Yes. And we are much closer to it than they were. Yes. We have the promise, the promise has been fulfilled. The seed was born on earth, and the spirit of the seed dwells inside of us.

They saw the future as present. as present. It was as real as any physical thing they saw or touched. Faith beyond their physical sight. And Paul said, they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. They confessed. When they met a stranger, they said, They confessed. When they met a stranger, they said, hey, I'm a stranger. They confessed to others that they were strangers on earth, that they didn't belong here. This wasn't their home.

They long for a better country. They had a heavenly citizenship. They had a pilgrim's mindset. They're standing in the promises of God that he's sending a messiah Who would lead them to a heavenly city That faith that that position that they took marked them as Eternal sojourners Look the the early Hebrews Not not where we're at today with the current tribe that calls themselves Jews, but the early Hebrews were recognized by all the other tribes as different. Yes. by all the other tribes as different. Yes.

And what made them different? They didn't consider themselves a citizen of this world. They believed in things you couldn't see. They worshiped a god you couldn't touch because everybody else was worshipping idols. you couldn't touch because everybody else was worshipping idols. Hebrews says, and embrace them from afar.

Embrace means greeted. They clung with love to the promises. Faith greeted God's promises from afar with joy and belief and conviction. They died without receiving, yet they held firm. Yes. They didn't waver. They didn't get to their deathbed and go, man did I I Messed this up. I Believe that something wasn't real. No They believed more on their deathbed and they did when they were young Yeah, verse 13 says they didn't receive it, but they saw it They saw it. They saw it afar

off. They saw it afar off and were persuaded. They were persuaded. Even though they didn't receive, they were persuaded. Persuaded, convinced. Yes. They weren't going to budge. They were pilgrims. They rejected their earthly permanence for heavenly hope. And their faith testified to others that they had a greater inheritance. That they were expecting to receive something greater after they died. And that someday, some generation would receive

in this world the inheritance. would receive in this world the inheritance. That inheritance was when the son of God was born in Bethlehem. Why do you think the three wise men traveled from Persia to Jerusalem? They knew the prophecies. They were learned, educated men in astronomy and math and science and history and culture. They weren't magicians. They were scholars.

And when that mysterious star appeared, they instantly knew something's up. We've read about this. We studied this. We've got to go back into our ancient... Think about it, at that time, they've got to go back into our ancient, think about it, at that time, they got to go back into their ancient documents. We got to find what was it, and then they found, they found the promise. Oh, God promised to Hebrews. And that's why they made the journey to Jerusalem. They went to worship the king.

Think about it. Three or four, we don't know, the Bible doesn't say there are three. A group of Persian wise men had more faith than the Hebrews at that time. So let's get down to the next verse, verse 14. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. By calling themselves strangers, the Hebrew patriarchs affirmed their faith and declared plainly that they did not belong in whatever country that they were in. Okay, I you know, I believe you should I believe Christians should be involved in civic and political affairs Wherever they live, but we shouldn't make that our our main objective I

Can understand why certain denominations teach stay out of politics, stay out of public affairs, to stay out of it, stay focused on the kingdom. I understand it. I get it. I know why they have that attitude. where today the the evangelical church is too political. They don't see themselves as strangers. You can't get American evangelicals today to say that they're a stranger in America. No, they want they want to run things. They want to seat at the table. Strangers don't get seats at the table. Right? That's right. But the dominionists that are in ascendancy right now in America. They're rising in power and influence. They

demand a seat at the table. But if you have a stranger's't have any business commenting about family business. Yes. Right? That's right. How would you feel if some stranger showed up at your house and started opining on how you were cutting your grass or how you're raising your kids and everything else. And say, who are you? You don't belong here. You see the difference in the mindset? Very few modern Christians see themselves as strangers, sojourners, passing through. So why?

Why did they call themselves sojourners? Well, it goes back to the, they longed for a fatherland beyond earthly bounds. They were seeking a homeland, but it wasn't on earth. They had a heavenly identity, and that confession that they made, that they were strangers, it marked them as the heirs of God's eternal home, that their permanent dwelling place was in heaven, not earth. That's why they were a peculiar people. You're strange, you're odd, you're different. That's how God said they would be described. But then Peter said the same thing to the church.

Use almost identical words to describe the church. The ancient Hebrews, the desire of the ancient Hebrews, transcended physical lands like Canaan, Chaldea. They weren't fixated on returning to homelands or going to some other homeland. It didn't matter where they were at. That wasn't home. Right. All that is modern inventions.

Yes. I remember one time years ago, Doc, when I was really praying a lot to the Lord about moving. And the Lord spoke to me, he said, Rick, just be in me and wherever you are on earth, you'll be home. And I never forgotten that message. Just be in Christ and wherever you are on earth, you'll be home. Yes. wherever you are on earth you'll be home yes see if if if if your home is in Christ then whether you are in the USA or Kenya or St. Kitts or china or japan or germ it doesn't matter because that's not your home that's right your home is in christ

and before you ever get to your heavenly home you've got to get to being in christ in this life. You've got to move your address to in Christ. Where do you live in Christ? That should be our confession of faith, shouldn't it, Doc? That's right. Somebody says, where do you live? In Christ. Yes.

Boy, that would get people to say he's strange. But wasn't that the attitude of Abraham? Wasn't that the attitude? This world is not my home. I have a bed I sleep in, and that bed's in a house, but it's not my home. My home is where Jesus is. And Abraham went so far to say, I'm not even going to have a house, I'll just have a tent. That's right. So they rejected earthly roots for God's problems. They did not seek comfort in this life.

Saying such things, that this was not their home, they were sojourners, it proved that they sought more than what this world can offer. And so their confession was a beacon of faith. It just made them stand out. They were different. They spurned settlements for eternal gain. They did not pursue worldly wealth, and yet they were wealthy.

Yes. Bible says God made Abraham rich. Abraham didn't make himself rich. Abraham was trying to get home. And God said, well, while you're walking, I'm gonna make you rich. Because his focus was on God, not wealth. Jesus said, seek ye first, the kingdom of God. Isn't it the same principle? It's the same principle. You seek the kingdom of God first and its righteousness and all of these things, things

will be added unto you. But if you seek the things first, you're going to lose the kingdom of God. I was listening, you know, Doc, I just recently, the Lord just continues to show me great preachers that I never knew anything about. And I think, how did I live to be so old and not know this guy existed? But a recent one, and he hasn't been gone that many years, S.M. Lockridge. Oh, yeah. Bishop Lockridge.

That's my king. From San Diego. And I guess he passed away a couple decades ago. I had never heard of him, but I've been listening. I've been listening to his recordings. SM Shadrach Meshach. Yeah, I didn't know. I knew him for years. You know his name, but I never knew his first middle name was Shadrach Meshach. That just makes it even more awesome.

When your mama names you Shadrach Meshach, you know you're gonna grow up to be a preacher. That's right. But in one of the sermons, I heard him say, people lose their health in their quest for wealth, and then they spend all their wealth in their quest for wealth and Then they spend all their wealth in their place for else for health In that true it is true But the Bible says God gives wealth without sorrow

She there's nothing wrong with wealth. There's nothing wrong with receiving, acquiring, utilizing, enjoying earthly things. Nothing wrong with it. As long as God gave it to you, then use it, enjoy it. It's a gift. So he gives wealth without sorrow. You're not going to lose your health over and you're not going to lay awake at night worrying about how to keep it. But anyhow, we'll get back to Hebrews. So, faith calls for a pilgrim's mindset, detachment from this world. Again, we look at world affairs, and as powerful as world events are, and threatening and unsettling, you have to detach yourself from it and go, you know what? I can't stop this world from its stampede towards suicide. Suicide.

Yes, suicide. Worldwide suicide. That's what they're doing. I can't stop it. So you have to detach yourself from it. Their heavenly pursuit earned God's approval. How do we know? We're going to see it here in the next verse. Actually, it's actually in the second verse to go. Right now, verse 15. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity

to have returned. If they had been thinking about their homeland. Think about this. This is good. If they had been thinking and pondering and considering where they left their homeland, they would have had the opportunity to have returned. How many of you have moved away from your hometown? And long for it. Or somebody in your family regretted moving and maybe never got over it. Look, it's, it's, it's, I'll say normal. It's, it is something that happens to a lot of people when they move away that

either you know if it's a couple maybe one or maybe both members of the of the marriage will regret moving or constantly long to go back. Right. If you know that the Lord has moved you somewhere, you have to detach yourself from the place where you came from. It doesn't mean you cut off everybody that you knew. But I'll tell you this, they cut you off.

Because you left. Because you left. Because you left. And you just go back a couple years later and watch how your former friends treat you. And then you remember why you left. Yes, there you go. That's right.

But what Paula here is saying that if you really think about, you know, how much you miss this present world, you're going to be stuck with it. Yes. this present world, you're going to be stuck with it. Yes. If you just consider continually pondering, if all you want is real estate, that's all you're going to get. That's right.

I mean, that should be a message to Christian Zionists today. If all you want is real estate, then that's all you're going to get. And it's going to burn up? That's right. So you've got, you've got, you have two dimensions here. You have the physical land they departed. You have the spiritual dimension.

Let's just talk about the physical. The patriarchs chose not to return to their homeland, which proved their faith. The fact that they did not go back was a statement of their faith. Abraham didn't go back to Ur. He didn't even go back to Haran, which is halfway between where he was and Ur. No, he kept looking forward to the promise that God had given him. I think you could use a stronger word than chose, that they chose not to return. I think you could say they refused to return. That's a stronger word. Refuse means I am not going back where I came from. I have a promise and I'm going to stand on it and I am not budging because they rested on trust in God and their decision was an act of their will. They turned away from everything that they knew and loved, everything that was familiar, they fully

renounced it in favor of a homeland that they couldn't see. It was a far off and they lived their whole lives and never saw it, but that didn't change their mind. their mind. So not only were they strangers in the land that they were living in, they were strangers in the past. They were strangers to their past. Their focus on a heavenly city defined their identity, and they wanted kingdom. It says that they were mindful. Mindful of that country from this is if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out. Mindful, you know, implies memory. But these patriarchs resisted longing. And the way that you resist longing is not to habitually remember. Yes. Quit dwelling on the past. That's right. You have a future. There are

people right now. You had a past but you have a future. There are people right now in this class. It's not so much that you're longing for a physical city, state, community that you used to live in, but you're longing for a life, an experience, a time in your life that's over. It's over. Yes. Stop dwelling there. Stop mentally visiting that place.

Relationships. Perhaps past employment. Things that were that you wish you had again. Just stop longing for it. God has something better for you in the future. Faith will overrule nostalgia. You know, Doc, I had to, some years ago, in this ministry, you know, as we got started in 1999, the purpose was to tell the American people, hey, we're going in the wrong direction, we got to go back. We missed a turn. We got to go back and we got to get on the right path. We're going in the wrong direction. And I actually thought people would do it. That was a big surprise to me. But the thing that I was doing, Doc, that was tormenting me,

was I was longing to return to an America that no longer existed. Right. existed right and I think a lot of people my generation we're going through the same thing we we saw something that was good and it's gone us emotionally ill because we were it'll send you into depression and I had to come to a place where I said that's over yes we're not going to go back there. There's nothing that we're going to do as a nation. We're not going to go back there. Right.

If anything good happens in the future, it's going to be different than what happened in the past. And isn't it something about nostalgia as you wax on about the things of the past? You only remember the good things of the past. Yes. There's a lot of bad stuff that happened too. That's right.

There's a lot of bad stuff that happened. We tend to only remember the good. But when we long for that part of it. But God is telling us as believers, hey the past is behind you. It's gone. You've got to leave Ur behind. You've got to leave Heron behind. You've got to leave those cities behind. Those cities are in your past. Those cities are behind you. You've got a better city ahead of you. I have in my city. You know, a quick lesson on

the Strauss-Hal generational theory that says that there's basically an 80 year cycle. And inside that 80 year cycle are four 20 year miniature cycles operating inside. And these numbers vary. They fluctuate. Sometimes it can be one of these cycles can be 90 years, and sometimes it's 78 years. Don't get caught up on that.

But the first turning is called a high, the second turning is called an awakening, the third turning is the unraveling, the fourth turning is the crisis. We are presently in the crisis. That's where we're at right now. We're in the crisis. And the crisis always ends with a major calamity. So there's the good news for you. There is a major calamity coming and the hot window is between 2029 and 2036. That's the hot window. Like it's going to happen sometime between 2029 and 2036. So doc on today's Wall Street Journal front page main article is Elon Musk being given a briefing at the

Pentagon for US war with China. You know, President Trump is denying that. Oh, I know. I know but the war with China is on, okay? Yeah, that's the crisis that we're going to. So, yes, where I'm going with this is Look before the Fourth turning that started around 2008 with the financial crisis The 20 years before that was the unraveling. That was turning three. What happened during the unraveling? Our country unraveled. Yes, that was the beginning of really the wokeness and everything that we see today.

So that was the period, I look back now and I realize that's the period I was mourning. I was like everything's coming apart. Yes, it's the unraveling. And then we get into the you know, the fourth turning which started around 2008 and you're now really. You're really sad. You realize we've lost it. The whole Trump MAGA movement was to regain what we lost. Make America great again.

That's the yearning of the MAGA movement. So you go back to turning two, that's the awakening. It's a spiritual time. It doesn't mean Christian, just means spiritual. And then before that, the first turning is the high. So I was born during a first turning high. So what are all my memories? First President Eisenhower, John Kennedy, we're going to the moon. TV shows, I Love Lucy, Father Knows Best, Leave It to Beaver, Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, everything.

Walt Disney, Walt Disney's building the first imaginary city. It was high. Yes. When you watch TV or anything, any problem, anything they had was resolved in 30 minutes. Yes. Always had a moral ending. Why am I telling you this right now? Because many of us, my age, have been longing to return to that age. We've been wanting to go back. And we have nostalgia, and then the nostalgia turns into longing, and the longing turns

into depression, sorrow. Let it go. Yeah, quit living in error. Let it go. It's not coming back. It is not coming back There is a first turning if we survive This war there's a first turning coming after the war and it'll be a high

It'll have all the new things but it'll be updated, okay I don't know. I feel like there's some people today that need to hear this It's like let go of the past And and god did this in my life some years ago and said rick the country that you love is gone Let it go I have something better. Long for my kingdom. And so that's where I'm at now. I am longing for the kingdom of God. But sadly, a lot of today's Christians in America, their mindset is, the only reason we need God right now is to fix our country. If we fix it, Jesus doesn't have to come back for a long time.

They're not longing for this city afar off. No they like where they're at. They like it. They just want to fix it up. That's right. So now I'm telling you these things because I'm trying to get you to understand how this applies to our real world. The entire MAGA movement is about fixing America. And if you fix America, Jesus doesn't have to come back. He can stay up there and we're down here and we'll say his name, but

he doesn't have to come down here because we fixed it. Boy, Rick, wow, that's powerful. But it's the truth. It really is. Yeah, it's the truth. We really don't want Jesus to come back. When I say that, when I say we, I mean collectively. But I want him back. I want him back now. Amen. Why? Because this world is not my home.

Even if this country was fixed, I want him back now. Yes. Because when it's fixed, what will that look like? Are we going to be riding our bikes out on the street, drinking from water hoses again, riding in the back of pickup trucks, Eisenhower's the president again. I mean, what does that look like? We had problems then too. People were killing one another, they were committing adultery, they were blaspheming God. We just had a Yes, that's right. So Charles Spurgeon said, opportunities abounded to go home, but they didn't go. They lived apart from the world. They separated from the world. They chose God over the world. They were detached from this world. They severed ties with the world. Not returning means they had fixed their trust in God.

They burned their bridges. We can't go back. We burned a bridge. So don't go back to your past life. Don't go back to past life. Don't go back to past relationships. Don't go back to past opportunities that are gone. God has something better. Keep moving towards the heavenly home.

One more verse, verse 16. but now they desire a better country That is a heavenly Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God For he hath prepared for them a city They were yearning for heavenly homeland, not Canaan. Have you ever heard Benjamin Netanyahu say, Palestine is not our home. We are headed to a heavenly city. Now he said, there's two million Palestinians living on Gaza. We want it, we'll kill them.

Yes. And these are the Jews that we're supposed to stand with and support? Yes. They don't know their God. Yes. They don't know their God. If they knew their God, they'd be Christians. I'm going to say it again. Any Jew marked them as citizens of God's eternal realm. They had heavenly aspirations. They were aligned with heaven's promise and so God honored them by name. Not ashamed to be their God. What does that mean if God would be ashamed of someone? Well they weren't ashamed. It implies that he is ashamed of someone. Well, they

weren't ashamed. He is ashamed of some. That's exactly it Doc. That's what I that's what I wanted you to say. I don't want god to be ashamed. No, no, no, he's he's he's not mine. A lot of people are saying that. See that guy over there? See that guy? That one. Now the one I'm pointing at, I'm his God. I'm proud of it too. I'm proud to say I'm his God. Wow. Think about that. That God's I am not ashamed of that guy. And another person out there using God's name and God's saying I'm

ashamed of them. Yes. That one? No. That one? Yes. I like that. I want God to say, I'm proud to be called Doc's God. Because you are proud to be called God's son. Amen. See, there's a divine bond There's a divine bond. You cannot separate the parent from the child, that they both love each other intensely, and nobody will separate them. And that's what this means. I'm not ashamed to be their God. I love them. They sought perfection that earth could not offer.

They knew that life on earth was imperfect. They were seeking eternal communion, which is where we're headed in just a moment. Now see, does the Lord's Supper mean more? They wanted communion with God. Yes. Their hearts were fixed on the unseen, but it wasn't unfelt. I can't see my father, but I can feel my father. I can feel his love. I can feel him present. You know Doc, yesterday, immediately after Morning Manor, Eddie on our team contacted me and said, which of the studio lights were flashing?

None. He saw flickering lights yesterday during Morning Manor. I didn't see it. I was just for him. It was just for Eddie. He saw lights flashing in the studio. And Eddie's our tech engineer. He's like, there's nothing flashing in here.

It's just the glory of God. I'm talking about my father. See, Doc, after he told me that, I thought, there's the beginning of the signs. These are the beginning of the signs in this ministry. People are going to start seeing and hearing things, spiritual things happening that no one else saw or heard. Their faith upheld God's honor, and that required a city. Amen. And they became God's delight. God desires to delight in you.

And when you live by faith, when you are earnestly seeking to please Him, He is well pleased in you. He is delighted in you. You don't have to be perfect in this life. You just have to be striving for perfection, moving in that direction. And perfection comes through sanctification. Sanctification comes through submission to the Holy Spirit. So the more submitted you are to the Holy Spirit,

the more sanctified you're gonna be, and the more delighted your father's gonna be in your life. Not ashamed. And not ashamed. And he will defend you. He will stand by you because you are his delight. All right, doc, let's go to the Lord's Supper. Amen. And if you've got bread and either red wine or grape juice, we're gonna ask the Lord's blessing on that here in just a moment here, give you an opportunity to prepare for that.

And as Rick said at the beginning of our lesson today, the only requirements to participate in the Lord's Supper are a confession of faith in Jesus Christ and being baptized in water according to scripture in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. And you're welcome to participate. We have people all over the world that join together with us to participate

in this live celebration of the Lord's table. And if you're watching or listening at some other time during the day, other than the eight o'clock hour here on the East Coast, you're welcome to participate in the Lord's Table, too, just wherever you're at and whatever time you happen to be participating with us. But there's something special about doing this together

all at the same time. We have over 300 people online with us right now. And what a blessing it is to have people. Rick, we have a young lady that's in Bahrain today that's online with us today. Of course we have our good friend Tim in Russia, John Mark in the Middle East, friends in the Philippines and Korea.

So all over the world and then of course all over the United States too. But what is our common connection? The Lord's table. Yes. We are all celebrating the Lord's table the same way, with the same elements, no matter where we are in the world.

It's a family meal. That's right. And so, you know, I, you think about family meals growing up, and I can still taste the way my grandmother would make biscuits and gravy. I can never replicate it, can never, somehow, I don't know what she did to it. I don't know how she made it that made it so good. And I've tried and I've tried to find, but there's something about a home cooked meal. Cause you're not grandma, that's why you can't do it.

That's right. So, but we have a common meal here, common memory that Jesus said, do this until I come again. Do this until I come again, do this until I return. And just as Abraham left Ur and Heron behind and looked for a city, we too are looking for that day where we'll participate with the Lord at his table with him. Amen. We have that promise. By faith, we're looking ahead.

In that heavenly city, we're going to be at a table with jesus one day Celebrating this very meal So doc, you know just get your goosebumps. So here in america thanksgiving day is probably the The the day that we all have the best memories of family meals Okay, right have the best memories of family meals. Right. We're giving Thanksgiving. You just imagine that first Thanksgiving meal in New Jerusalem.

Amen. Where our Heavenly Father and His Son and the Holy Spirit say, come, children, come. Take your seat at the table. I have my family, we're all together now. Nothing's going to hurt you. There's no devil anymore, he's gone. There's no death, there's no sickness.

Think about it. What it's like, that's what you should be longing for, hoping for, desiring. Because He desires it. It's His heart's desire. He's a Father. He wants His kids to come home. You know, verse 16 today said, but now they desire a better country that is a heavenly one. That's my desire today. That's my desire. And the Lord's table is a further step of faith in that promise. By faith, we receive the bread and the wine

as the Lord's body and the Lord's blood. By faith, we receive it. And knowing one day we will sit at that table with Jesus himself who is the the bread and wine himself. Yes. Praise God. So Rick we always pray that the Lord would search our hearts before we participate participate in the Lord's table. Would you pray for us right now that there's nothing between us and our Father right now? Amen. Father, your sons and daughters come to you with grateful hearts,

thankful for your goodness, your kindness, your mercy. Father, we ask that your Spirit search our hearts, show us things that we have done or said or thought or didn't do or say or think. Father, that was not pleasing to you. And so those things, Father, we confess and we repent and we ask for forgiveness. We ask that you cleanse us now with the blood of Jesus Christ that makes us as white as snow. We thank you, Father, in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Praise God. If you have the elements of the Lord's table, we're going to pray for the Lord's blessing over that right now. And, you know, whenever we participate in the Lord's Table,

we always need to approach it seriously and with reverence, in preparation. And so I just ask today that as we pray the Lord's blessing on this, that we would approach the Lord's Table with a sense of awe, a sense of worship as well, that what the Lord did for us is beyond cost, beyond price, and yet he wants us to participate

with him in it. It just is overwhelming to even think about it. Our human minds can't even comprehend it. So Almighty God in your tender mercy, you gave your only begotten son, Jesus Christ, who suffered death upon the cross for our redemption. He offered himself and made once for all time a perfect and sufficient sacrifice

for the sins of the whole world. And he instituted this remembrance of his passion and death, which he commanded us to continue until he comes again. So Father, we ask you to bless and to sanctify with your word and Holy Spirit these gifts of bread and wine that we may partake of his most blessed body and blood. Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed once for all upon the cross. Therefore let us keep the feast. Hallelujah. On the night that he was betrayed our Lord Jesus took bread and when he'd given thanks he broke it and gave it to the disciples saying take eat this is my body which is given for you

do this in remembrance of me. Thank you, Lord. The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for you, preserve your body and soul to everlasting life. This is the bread of heaven. Take and eat in remembrance that Christ died for you. After supper, Jesus took the cup and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them saying, drink this all of you, for this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for you and for many, for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me. me. Thank you Lord. Hallelujah. Glory to God. The blood of our Lord Jesus Christ which was shed for you, preserve your body and soul to everlasting life. Drink

the cup of salvation in remembrance that Christ's blood was shed for you and be thankful. Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who takes away the sins of the world, and blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. This sacrament is the gift of God for the people of God. Feed on Him by faith with thanksgiving that Christ died for you. Praise God. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. What a privilege, what an honor to

share the Lord's table with brothers and sisters from all over the world today. Amen. Praise God. Praise God. I can't imagine when I was a young preacher about a hundred years ago, if you would have told me, you know, someday doc, you're gonna be able to sit in your office and you're gonna be able to have communion with people in South Korea, the Philippines, Russia, Bahrain, Brazil, just from where you're sitting, you'll be able to share communion with hundreds of people.

I couldn't, you couldn't even, you couldn't convince me that was even a possibility. I know. And yet it's here, it's happening. So it's happening. Praise God. All right, any final words before we sign off for this week? No, you're gonna, you're blessed. You're in Christ. Stay in Christ. That's your address. That's where you get your mail. Amen, I like that. You live in Christ. That's your new mailing address. In Christ. Where can I find you? In Christ.

Where are you going to be tomorrow? In Christ. So, where did you be tomorrow? In Christ. Okay? So, where'd you come from? The world. And you're inspiring me to write a sermon. Where do you get your mail? That's right. That's right. So be blessed, enjoy your time, spend time in this weekend being quiet, being still, turn off the world and listen and look and watch and see what God does.

He's doing things around you that we don't see because we're too consumed with the world. Amen. Praise God. Okay. All right. Well, on that note, we're going to bid you a fine farewell for this week. Remember we picked back up in Romans chapter 8 on Monday and so if you want to study ahead a little bit there we'll probably

finishing up Monday or Tuesday in Romans chapter 8 and moving, forging on ahead. Learning a lot in Romans. I hope you are. I hope you learned a lot today by considering the faith of Abraham and his desire to search for that heavenly city and make it your desire as well. God bless you. We love you. Have a great weekend in Jesus. We'll see you Monday morning on Morning Manor. Take care. Bye.