TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Sleepwalking Into a Nightmare: Medvedev Warns NATO Not to Send F-16s to Poland

Episode Date: March 2, 2023

Two high level Russian officials delivered more warnings to NATO allies that continued participation in the Ukraine war could lead to a nuclear war with the Russian Federation. Former President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that NATO countries that train Ukrainian soldiers how to use German tanks are participants in the war and have become legitimate military targets. Meanwhile, Russia’s deputy foreign minister also warned the West that it risks a nuclear catastrophe if it continues to meddle in the war. Join us as Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart discuss this and more on today's Godcast.Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 3/02/23 You can partner with us by visiting TruNews.com/donate, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 690069 Vero Beach, FL 32969. The Fauci Elf is a hilarious gift guaranteed to make your friends laugh! Order yours today! https://tru.news/faucielf It’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. You can order the second edition of Rick’s book, Final Day. https://www.rickwiles.com/final-day

You are listening to True News with Rick Wiles. We appreciate you tuning in. To find out more information regarding the broadcast, including prayer and financial support, please visit our website at www.truenews.com. Our mailing address for all correspondence is True News, P.O. Box 690069, Fairview Beach,-6-9. This is True News. The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. So help us God.

Two high-level Russian officials delivered more warnings to NATO allies today that continued participation in the Ukraine war could lead to a nuclear war with the Russian Federation. Former President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that NATO countries that train Ukrainian soldiers how to use German tanks are already participants in the war and have become legitimate military targets. Meanwhile, Russia's deputy foreign minister also warned the West that it risks a nuclear catastrophe if it continues to meddle in the war. Mr. Medvedev's remarks were made in his weekly Telegram blog. We will read the English translation after we look at this RT headline.

And starting us off today, this is from RT ex-Russian president, that's Mr. Medvedev, names redline for direct war with NATO. The story is going that the Canadian-German troops teaching Ukrainians how to use Leopard tanks already qualifies as participation in the conflict, but sending fighter jets to Poland would mean direct entry. And that's coming from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. You said that earlier today.

Medvedev, who is also the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, warned the U.S. and its allies that they can be treated as parties to the conflict if, in addition to supplying weapons, they train personnel to operate them. And he makes his reasoning on this, Rick, based on legal precedents from the 20th century. And we'll be talking about that. Which is the typical Russian method. Right. They'll do it legally.

Yes. They'll go to war, but they'll do it legally. And they'll cite the legal precedents from past wars to justify their war. Right. But what Mr. Medvedev said today, and we're going to read his entire telegram blog that he posted earlier today. There's two things.

Well, I'll say three things. He said that the Western nations that are training Ukrainian soldiers to operate German tanks. Those Western nations are automatically participants in the war. Right. In other words, Russia, if they wanted to, they could justify a response based on their participation. Don't have to do another thing. You've already crossed the line. That's it. That's what Medvedev is saying. Number two, he said, those Western nations are legitimate military targets, not their tanks, although they're going to hit their tanks and so forth. The nations themselves, Germany, France, the United States, so forth, legitimate military targets. That means Washington, D.C., Paris, Berlin. And then number three, he said, if the West sends fighter jets to Poland to be used in Ukraine,

that's the red line and there will be no more discussion. That's it. Now, some would say that Russia's being hot-headed in this, but I would say, and not necessarily defending Russia in this, I would actually say they're showing restraint, because right now the West has already violated two of the principles of the conflict. And so Russia is actually showing restraint and saying we could move now if we wanted to. We'd be justified in it. But we're giving you an opportunity now

to back away and rethink this whole situation. And, Doc, this isn't the words of a Russian TV talk show host. No, this is the ex-president of the country and the deputy head of the Security Council, the War Council, basically, making these statements. Let's read his telegram. We'll go through it line by line. So this is from Mr. Medvedev on his telegram channel. Western analysts reluctantly acknowledge that when NATO specialists teach the Ukronazis... That's a new one. Yes, how to use their military equipment in combat,

this can be seen as direct involvement of NATO in the military conflict on the side of the Ukrainian regime. Okay, let's just stop right there. Let's examine what Medvedev said today, that he's saying Western analysts have reluctantly acknowledged, they agree with the Russians, that when NATO officials teach Ukrainian troops to use their equipment in combat against the Russians, that is a direct involvement of NATO in this conflict on the side of the Ukrainian regime, and that means Russia has the right to attack those nations. That's how he opened this up.

That Russia now is declaring that they have the legal right to attack the United States and Germany and France and Great Britain. And he is using legal precedent. There are rules of war and legal rulings on war, and he's using legal precedent to make this argument. He says that since the 20s of the last century. So we're talking about the 1920s. Right. The understanding has been established that a country can be recognized as a participant in hostilities if, in addition to supplying weapons, it trains personnel to handle it.

And that's according to the Beran-Kellogg Pact of 1928 and the Budapest Resolution to the 1934 Pact. So as Rick was saying, the Russians will follow the legal precedent to justify where they're coming from in this particular argument. You know why, Doc? Because after the war,

if there are any survivors on the planet Earth, there will be military tribunals. That's right. The survivors of the war will prosecute whom the survivors believe caused the global disaster. Right. So Mr. Rivera explains how this is happening right now. He said, this is how it's happening today. We know that Canadian and German instructors in the EU are already teaching Ukrainian killers how to handle leopard tanks. So he just brought Canada into the target, into the bullseye of Russian nukes. So we have a lot of Canadian viewers that watch True News. You have, as of today, Russia has now named Canada

as a legitimate military target. So he goes on to say in this particular telegram post, if we imagine that the NATO aircraft delivered in the future will be serviced by their military on the territory of some overgrown Poland, that's the only possibility given the deplorable state of the defense industry in little Russia, meaning Ukraine there, this will be a direct entry of the Atlantis'

into the war against Russia with all the ensuing consequences. So what is he saying there? If fighter jets, whether they be F-16s or anything that is given by NATO to attack Russia, that is going to be a direct entry of NATO, the U.S., the West into a war, direct war with Russia. Russia is going to view it that way. You may not agree with it. You may argue about it. You say they're not going to do it. But this is what Mr. Mvetev is saying, is their new red line. It's interesting, Doc, he referred to Poland as overgrown Poland. A few days ago, he talked about readjusting Poland's borders. So once again, in the same week, he has made a reference that Poland's borders have been enlarged and they need to be redefined. So the Russians are telling us

they're going to attack Poland. And the Poland that survives the war will not be the same shape and size of today's existing Poland. Specifically said NATO aircraft.

What are we hearing here in the United States? Congressman Mike McCaul of Texas, Lindsey Graham, and other warmongers in this country demanding that President Biden send

fighter jets to Ukraine. Right. Same thing in Great Britain. The Minister of Defense, Ben Wallace, can't rule, you know, he can't rule out that they're not going to send fighter jets to Ukraine. So that means they've already made the decision. It's just a matter of when. Right. What Medvedev said today is, boys, the moment your fighter jets touch down in Poland, we're taking out Poland. Now, Poland is a member of NATO. Right. And if a member of NATO is attacked, then Article 5 is invoked, and all NATO nations have to go to war.

So, my friends, listen to me. What Medvedev said today is if Biden or the British prime minister, what's his name, Sumac. Right. If they send these jets to Poland, we're going to bomb Poland. And we know what that means. That means all of NATO is going to come against Russia. We know that, and we're prepared for it, and we're all going to die. Yes. That's what he's saying. We're all going to die. You're going to die. We all going to die. That's what he's saying. We're all going to die. You're going to die. We're

going to die. Everybody's going to die. So go ahead and do it because we're going to bomb Poland. He said that's our red line. This is it. There's no more being

patient with the West. This is it. You put the jets in Poland, we go to war with NATO. And when we go to war with NATO, everybody dies. This is reality, folks. This is what's happening. Can you process it? Can you accept that this is happening?

Where are you going to hear it? Nowhere else. Where are you going to hear it other than true news? There's not one outlet in America telling the American people that we are sleepwalking into a nuclear nightmare. And we're doing this totally by donations. We exist day to day.

Faith in God. God, help us, please. We're staying faithful to you, Lord. We're trusting you that you will speak to people to keep this ministry alive. We're at the end of time. We're in the final days. The churches are asleep. The pastors are silent. The prophets are gone. And we're on the edge of destruction. And nobody's warning the people.

Nobody's calling the lost souls to the cross. There's just silence. Well, there's not silence coming from this ministry. We're blowing the trumpet. We're blowing the trumpet. We're sounding the alarm. We're doing what God tells righteous men and women to do. Tell the people to repent. Tell them to run to the cross.

Tell them to get under the blood of Christ. And if you who are watching me are not saved, then one more time you've heard me or some other preacher tell you that you must be born again. And your blood is not on my hands. Because I've been delivering this message for years and we're finally

at the place that I'm going to see why God called me to this ministry. Why he gave me a vision of America on fire. That vision was in April 1998. And several months later, I resigned my job as director of marketing of Trinity Broadcasting Network,

walked out the door, and I've never looked back. The only thing I've done since that day is to tell people there's a nuclear war coming, and it's going to be on the soil of America and American cities are going to burn. And I've been faithful to that mission. And I'm telling you, in this day,

March 2023, that nuclear war is on our doorstep. Yes. It's on our doorstep. Yes. It's on our doorstep. If you are saved, then rest in Christ. We may all be in his presence pretty soon. Just take care of your family. Make sure the ones that you love know Christ.

Don't hold back. Go to them and say, you have to be born again. You must confess your sin and believe on the name of Jesus and be baptized. Time is running out. You can't make people get saved. All you can do is tell them. Tell them the story. Tell them the gospel.

That's all you can do. You're not responsible. But the days to do something for the kingdom of God are dwindling. You know, I've said the end of the world only happens one time. You only get one chance to be a participant in the end of the world. Doc, I am convinced that we're in the generation that's going to see Christ return. This is moving so fast.

Day by day, it just lurches forward each day with some new story, some new aspect that brings us closer and closer to the total destruction of mankind and the earth. In the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, it says unless Christ returns, would all life be gone? Would be eradicated? That's how dangerous we are to ourselves. Yes. The Father will, we're short in the days because no flesh would survive. Well, that's where we're at right now. I believe that there will be something after the war, but the survivors will demand the establishment of

a world government. The survivors will be in shock and they'll demand a world government. The survivors will be in shock. And they'll demand a world government so that it never happens again. Life, for those who survive it, life will be totally different, radically different. Everything will change in the aftermath of this war. In America, will there be any survivors? I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. I just know this is moving quickly. And I have eyeballs. I got eyeballs and I can read. I can read what Medvedev says. And I got a brain to process what he's saying. And I'm not in a state of denial. I know what the man is saying. We have a red line. And we're telling you, Biden, don't cross that red line. We're telling you, Chancellor Schultz, don't cross that red line.

We're telling you, Emmanuel Macron, don't cross that red line. We're telling you, Emmanuel Macron, don't cross that red line. He's double daring them today. Will they do it? I hope not. I hope that sanity, just a little bit of sanity comes into these men because they're driven mad with bloodlust to kill. But based on what we've seen to date...

There's no sanity. Right. They're just driven by devils. Well, Mr. Mabeta had other targets that are being listed as well. And he says all persons making decisions on the supply and repair of equipment or weapons, along with the foreign mercenaries and military instructors, will have to be considered as a legitimate military target as well. Okay, foreign mercenaries?

Yes, which we know are there now. Military instructors? Which we know are there now. And they become, and anybody making decisions on the supply or repair of weapons. So where are those decisions being made, Rick? Washington. Brussels. Brussels, London, and Berlin. And Toronto.

Yes. Because he's named Canada in this. So apparently this is the only thing that keeps the Western infantiles from handing over. Ottawa, excuse me. Yes. And from handing over aircraft and long-range weapons to the Kiev drug addicts. Although not the fact that for a long time. The temptation to crush Russia is already very great.

Now, he goes on to say, and one more thing, today's events have shown who is really supported in the USA, NATO, and the EU. This is not the freedom-loving people of Ukraine, which does not want to return to the Moscow scoop. He says they're just Nazi bastards, terrorist scum who attack civilians by brandishing a stinky yellow blaky rag. Let them now be justified in London, Paris, Berlin, and Washington. There's your targets. So these are your fosterlings, Mr. Sinek, Mr. Macron,

Mr. Schultz, Mr. Biden. And our attitude towards you is now the same as towards them. Now your countries are participants in the terrorist acts of the Ukrainian regime, and you are direct accomplices of terrorists. Everybody, you really need to ponder what he said today. He named the cities that will be bombed. London, Paris, Berlin, Washington. He named the cities that will be bombed london paris berlin washington he named the leaders sunak macron schultz biden he said our attitude russia's attitude towards you four men is the same that we have towards the Ukrainian Nazis. Right.

And he said, your countries are now participants in terrorist acts. You are direct accomplices of terrorists. It doesn't become any clearer what the Russians are saying. And he said above that, this is number nine, apparently,

okay, so in number eight he said, anybody that does these things, okay, repairs weapons or makes decisions on the supply or repair of weapons, foreign mercenaries, military instructors are now legitimate military targets. Then the next quote,

apparently this is the only thing that keeps Western infantiles from handing over the aircraft and long range weapons to the Kiev drug addicts. He's saying the only thing that prevents you from sending them the long-range missiles to strike Moscow is the fear that we're going to hit you. That's the message I got from that as well.

But he said the temptation to crush Russia is very great. In other words, we suspect you'll overcome your fear and go for the prize of destroying Russia. Their hunger for war will overcome their fear of war. Yes, yes. That's exactly what he's saying today. It's not the only warning that came from Russian officials today. Russia's deputy foreign minister also issued a warning. This is from RT.

Moscow warns of nuclear clash risk. Yes, Washington's involvement in the Ukraine conflict could have catastrophic consequences, according to Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. The senior diplomat said at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament that such increased engagement by the U.S. and NATO could lead to a direct military clash of nuclear powers. Mr. Ryabkov believes that these warnings have been distorted for propaganda and deliberately misinterpreted.

He said in January 2022, the five nuclear powers, Russia, China, the U.S., U.K., and France declared it their main responsibility to avoid war between nuclear weapon states and reduce strategic risk. Mr. Rob Cobb connected this to the growing global struggle for a new world order. So we'll stop right there on this story. The growing global struggle for a new world order.

There is a new world order coming. To replace the current new world order. What it's going to look like is going to be determined by the war. And we've met and spoke to people in the know that say they already had the plans on the table for what happens after the war, assuming we're not throwing rocks at each other because everything will be blown to smithereens. A very wealthy, well-connected, influential globalist personally told me that his peers are waiting on this war because they know that there will not be global government until the war happens.

His words were not so much that he wants war. He wants world government. Right. And there won't be a world government until there's a war. So what he was saying to me was, our guys, our team, we just want them to go ahead and have a war

and get it over with so we can have a world government. So we can check that off the list and get on to the... So we can have the world government. So we can check that off the list and get on to them. So we can have the world government. Because what he said to me was, the war will force them to negotiate a new world order. They'll sit down after the war, after the countries are smoking in ruins, and they'll hammer out a new world order. And he said,

it's not going to happen until we have the war. So let's just get the war and get it done with. Why postpone it? Let's do it now. Folks, there are people out there with a lot of power and influence and money, and they think like that. Like, okay, this is the goal we want to get to. We're not getting there because this has to happen, so let's just have this happen so that we can move on to our target. And the target is global governance. And they realize there's going to have to be a war until all the countries sit down together and agree, okay, we should have a global government.

I personally think the global government. I personally think the global government will be in Jerusalem. And that's why I'm not, I wouldn't be surprised that the current state of Israel moves to Ukraine. And the replacement of the United Nations, because it won't be the United Nations. The United Nations will disappear like the replacement of the United Nations, because it won't be the United Nations. The United Nations will disappear like the League of Nations disappeared after World War I. And then after World War I, the globalists gave us the League of Nations. The League of Nations failed. We had World War II.

They gave us the United Nations. After World War III, the globalists will say the United Nations failed. We now have to give you whatever they call it. I think the headquarters will be Jerusalem. And Jerusalem will be an international city, which it officially was supposed to be when the UN was formed in 1948. So that's where I see this going. But we'll see.

We've got to get through the war to see. Now, today, Mr. Putin accused Ukraine of sending terrorists into Russia. Right. There was a lot of activity going on inside Russia. Remember, yesterday was the drone attacks. So today, there were terrorist attacks. Now, the Western newspapers are saying this is all propaganda.

The Russians are setting up a false flag to do a big operation look we're just telling you here this is what each side is saying this from the london times and this is saying that ukrainian saboteurs are fighting on our soil that's a claim by russia on thursday the Kremlin declared that Russian security forces had clashed with a Ukrainian sabotage group that attempted to cross-border raid and had killed at least one individual. Mr. Putin branded the intrusion as a terrorist and stated on Russian television that these aggressors would be crushed, calling them neo-Nazis. Now, Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesperson, revealed that steps had been taken to subdue the invaders, adding that Putin had canceled his trip to Russia's North Caucasus area and was in ongoing communication with military and security authorities.

Further, a meeting of Russia's National Security Council is due to take place tomorrow. Now, videos published on the Telegram channel of the Russian Volunteer Corps, comprised of Russians who are resisting Putin alongside the Ukrainian army, purported to show troops from their organization in the Bryansk region taking credit for the attack. But this can't be fully confirmed yet. It says, the time has come for ordinary Russians to understand that they are not slaves, rise up and fight. And this was spoken by an armed man recorded in a video posted on that channel. He was positioned next to what looked like a Russian medical center and added, We don't target civilians or unarmed people.

So, Rick, apparently this is moving into a new phase now, perhaps Ukrainian forces. And we know if they're Ukrainian that there are probably other, let's say, governments involved in those raids as well. Another BBC also reported that Putin accuses Ukraine of border terrorist act in Russian village. And yes, Vladimir Putin has declared a Ukrainian sabotage group carried out a terrorist attack in a Russian border region Thursday, shooting at civilians and leaving two people dead along with an injured 10-year-old boy. Kiev has denied this claim.

Rick, we only have about half a minute. Oh yes, I'm looking at the clock here. I wasn't watching the clock. So those of you watching us on the Word Network, we're going to sign off. You can watch the second half of True News at truenews.com or on the True News app. You can download it on your phone. And we'd like you to stay with us every day. And those of you who are watching us online or on the app, just sit tight.

We're going to be back in just a few seconds. Morning Manna is coming up. And those of you who are watching us online or on the app, just sit tight. We're going to be back in just a few seconds. Morning Manna is coming up. We'll teach the Word of God. Take care. Welcome back. Welcome back to Headlines from World War III today. I'm glad you were looking at the clock.

I wasn't. Okay, so we were on the BBC story. I'll look at number 24. Although there have been reports of missiles and drones from Ukraine hitting Russian border areas, including Bryansk. No confirmed evidence of Ukrainian ground forces infiltrating Russia exists. This is the BBC report. The Federal Security Bureau of Russia told reporters that Ukrainian nationalists had crossed into Russia and taken hostages, so their forces and regular troops intercepted them before pushing them back with a massive artillery strike that left explosives behind in the village. Then on Thursday evening, so that was tonight.

Right, earlier today for us on Russian television, Putin condemned the attack saying they saw that it was a civilian car, that civilians and children were sitting there and opened fire. It is exactly such people who set themselves the task of depriving us of historical memory. That's from Mr. Putin. He then added that they wouldn't achieve anything as they will be held accountable for their actions. So, Doc, I know the Western media is framing this as this is Russian propaganda. Red flag.

It's a false flag. But I think what we're seeing this week is the Ukrainians have taken the war to another level, and they have now crossed the Russian border. They've crossed the Russian border on foot and by air with drones. They're now hitting Russian targets with drones and commando operations. And so I think this is just the beginning. And in the coming days and weeks,

there's going to be a lot of reporting coming from Russia. The war is going to be fought on Russian soil now. That's where we're at. But the Russians won't allow that for long. No, no, no. But the big offensive has got to happen. Both sides are gearing up for it. Both sides are gearing up for it because they're headed towards a settlement this summer. But the fighting is going to be

fierce. What's the name of the city, the Ukrainian city that they've been there's been fierce fighting going on for weeks um i forget that buck buck hot bakut buck moat okay i read yesterday that a um an american mercenary oh yes did you read what he said he defected to r. Is that the one that you're talking about? It might be. There was an American who was fighting there, and he said that the lifespan of Ukrainian troops sent to the front line is four hours. Four hours. Four hours is your hours. Four hours. Four hours is your lifespan.

If you are sent to the front line in that city, you're going to live a maximum of four hours. Well, I've also seen other videos, supposedly Ukrainian soldiers picking up teenagers off the street in different Ukrainian cities and hauling them off, supposedly to put them on the front line. Yeah, they're just drafting people on the street. I don't think any of us can comprehend the fierceness of the fighting that's taking place in Ukraine.

To this day, we've yet to hear of the Ukrainian casualties. Isn't it amazing? The American news media has never reported on Ukrainian casualties. Has a single Ukrainian died, Rick? That's what I mean. There's never been a report of a Ukrainian casualty. I mean, the brave Ukrainian soldiers who are defending democracy and freedom for America. I mean, that's the line we're fed, right?

But apparently they're invincible. Then none of them have died. Right. You know, we hear a lot of reports of how many Russians have died. But we've never heard a report on Fox News or CNN or any of the news networks that have said this, you know, X many thousands of Ukrainian soldiers died in the past 30 days. There's no reporting on it at all. But the little bit of facts that come out, the picture that you get is unthinkable. And if you've never been in a war,

it's hard to imagine that level of fighting, that men are dropping dead in four hours. It's a meat grinder. They're just mowing them down. And both sides just keep sending more men. We're fighting a World War II style battle. This is World War II. This is not a modern war. This is old-fashioned blood and guts on the battlefield.

Both sides, Ukraine and Russia, are fighting like it's World War II. They haven't even brought out the World War III weapons yet. They're using up their stockpile of World War II stuff. I mean, Ukraine up until recently was fighting with old Soviet-made weapons. And remember, they were trying to gather all the old Soviet equipment from all over Europe and even Central America and South America.

To get the parts. Well, there was a meeting, a face-to-face or a tête-en-tête meeting, if you will, by Mr. Anthony Blinken, our Secretary of State, and Sergei Lavrov. First time in a year. Yes. You would think two diplomats would get together and try to stop a war. Right. But we're not try to stop a war. Right. But we're not interested in stopping a war here. During the G20 summit that's taking place in Delhi, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, to end this war of aggression against Ukraine.

And this was the first time the two had met face-to-face since Russia's full-scale invasion more than a year ago. That's according to the BBC. Now, the brief discussion lasted less than 10 minutes, and Mr. Blinken also raised the topic of Paul Whelan, an American who's detained in Russia. Mr. Blinken also urged Russia to join the New START nuclear Nuclear Arms Control Treaty, calling Moscow's decision to suspend its participation irresponsible. Now, Maria Zakharova from the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that the meeting had took place, but provided no further details. The last time Mr. Blinken and Mr. Lavrov met was back in Geneva, back in January 2022, just before all the conflict in Ukraine started.

Now, earlier on Thursday, Mr. Lavrov accused Western countries of attempting to influence neutral states to condemn Russia's actions against Ukraine. And to rally support for Ukraine, Mr. Blinken spoke with top diplomats present at the summit and also repeated his condemnation of Russia later through a video link at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. However, he commented that President Vladimir Putin had not demonstrated any interest in engaging in this conversation. Now, another report out there actually said that Anthony Blinken had requested the meeting with Mr. Lavrov. And apparently Maria Zakharov confirmed that.

But the purpose of the meeting was to lecture him. Yes. It wasn't to settle. He wanted a photo op. He wanted a headline. It wasn't to come up with a solution to end the war. Right. In fact, Mr. Blinken kind of doubled down and said,

we have no intention of abandoning Ukraine. Of course not. This is a Zionist war. Mr. Blinken's a Zionist. You go down the list of everybody on the Western side in the United States. Just look at the State Department. This is a Zionist war. And they're making ready Ukraine to receive Israel.

They're just going to move them. They're going to move them from Palestine, bring them to Ukraine, and set up a new Israel. Zelensky said so. I'm not making this up. Zelensky said after the war Israel, I mean Ukraine will be big Israel. Apparently he

knows something. Hungary's president, Victor Orban, this is in a German newspaper. The headline was we pray and trust in in the dear god now the west does not like mr orban no and we know why because he's the president of a christian

nation right when he says we he's talking about the hungarian people our people, our country, we pray and we trust in the dear Lord. In that interview that he had with the Swiss outlet Die Weltwache, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks about the war, paths to peace, his encounters with Vladimir Putin, Europe's dramatic weakness, and his own political achievements. What I thought was interesting in this, Rick, he also considers Christian teaching to be valid in politics.

Can you imagine an American politician saying that? Well, they used to. It was common. Now they'll promote LGBT agendas and everything else, but they won't defend Christian teaching in politics. That's an interesting turn of words there, Christian teaching in politics. In other words, a just government is only just if it's based upon Christian doctrine. That was the bedrock of American politics for several hundred years

until the Satanists took control of this country. Mr. Orban also proposed a replacement for NATO without the USA as a member. I tell you, he's walking on thin ice here. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban called on the European Union to create an analog or a side-by-side of NATO without the participation of the U.S. He announced this in that same interview. A European NATO would be the solution,

he said, and I suggested this back in 2012. Now, according to the politician, European countries should be ready to defend themselves on their own. So that's his argument. A NATO without the United States, Rick? Well, it's about time. Because the U.S. has never left Europe since World War II. We're still occupying Europe. And we occupy it through NATO. And the U.S. ruling class is abusive. It abuses the European people. And we blew up the pipeline that sent their gas to them. We've done all kinds of things to them in this war that hurts them. So the ruling class is a very abusive stepfather. South China Morning Post, China and the U.S. flex military might around Taiwan. Yes. So the Chinese military had deployed fighter jets and warships in response to the U.S. Navy's announcement of sending a reconnaissance plane through the Taiwan Strait.

Taipei has stated that PLA jets have entered their air defense identification zone but have not crossed the median line. Now, over the past three days, both countries have been demonstrating their military strength in relation to Taiwan as tensions continue to rise. Six to eight aircraft and 10 warships were sent by the PLA since Monday, and the U.S. confirmed that a P-88 Poseidon reconnaissance plane had flown through the Taiwan Strait. Flight checking platforms further revealed that aerial refueling aircrafts and bombers were also deployed near the area by the United States as well. Again, 99.9% of the public has no idea this stuff happened today. They have no idea how close we are to all-out war. This next one, Taipei Times. F-16 missile package approved by U.S.

Did you hear this on any outlet today? Any outlet? No, it's not there. You have to go to the Taipei Times. And so if we're sending F-16s to Poland and that threatens Russia, what do you think sending F-16s to Poland and that threatens Russia, what do you think sending F-16s to Taiwan is going to do for China? The same thing. That's exactly what I thought. And I thought, what do we do if in the next several weeks, Xi Jinping tells Biden,

if the F-16s touch down in Taiwan, that's our red line. That's our red line. We go to war with you. This could happen. I agree. I mean, it just happened today with Russia. Russia just told Biden today,

you send the fighter jets, you send them, and you've crossed the line and we're at war. The U.S. government just agreed we're sending the F-16s to Taiwan. Now, it still needs congressional approval, but in this climate today and everything, Rick, that's not going to be a problem. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Washington had apprised Taiwan that it had green-lighted a $619 million package, including military supplies and munitions for F-16 jets. Now, the ministry noted that the U.S. Department of State had alerted Congress and that the sale was predicted to go through a congressional vote within 30 days.

The defense ministry voiced its appreciation to the U.S. for their approval of the sale. Okay, so in the next 30 days, if Beijing tells Washington this is a red line, will the U.S. Congress go ahead and approve the sale? Will Mike McCaul go on Fox News and say, we have to do it? In Taiwan, we've got to do it. Well, he sure will. Will Lindsey Graham go on Fox News and say, you know what, the CIA needs to assassinate Xi Jinping?

Is this where we're going in the next 30, 60 days? Doc, I'm not ruling it out. I mean, if it's a world war, you've got to get the whole world involved, right? Or at least a big chunk of it. Well, there was another interesting story you picked up on today that I think could dramatically change

the course of war right now and in the future. This is from South China Morning Post. Look at this headline. Artificial intelligence pilot beats human in landmark real-life dogfight. This is according to Chinese military researchers. Chinese military researchers recently conducted an unprecedented one-on-one combat between two drone aircraft, one operated by artificial intelligence and the other by a human in a real-world setting. Now, according to a newly published paper, the artificial intelligence outperformed its human counterpart in advanced close-range combat. This follows the U.S. military's announcement that an AI had conducted various test missions and combat drills

on an F-16 fighter jet. So China's not alone in this. The United States is doing it as well. Now, this fight involved two small unmanned fixed-wing aircraft, one containing an AI and the other controlled by a human pilot. At the beginning, the human pilot attempted to gain an advantage. However, the AI predicted this and outmaneuvered their opponent by chasing them closely. Now, the human pilot then tried to fool the machine with techniques like rolling scissors, which involves slowing down suddenly and changing course. They couldn't escape their pursuer, and the simulation ended approximately 90 seconds later. In other words, the artificial intelligence, they ended the simulation because the artificial intelligence

had achieved a lock on the human operated drone. So Rick, we've entered a whole new, a whole new avenue, artificial intelligence warfare. We will have AI jet fighters this year. This is going to happen, Doc. They're telling us right now, you're going to have planes above cities and there are no humans in them. And there's no humans operating them in some remote location either. I mean, we do that now. We operate drones from Langley. You're going to have dogfights in this war without humans. Life has changed. Life has changed.

AI is the big story of this year. It's changing everything. Absolutely. AI is moving so fast. By the end of this year, every part of society will be impacted by artificial intelligence,

including warfare. It happened this year. Let's see. This is another one I found in Taiwan. Taiwan rebukes Japanese report about retired military officials selling out the country. All right, so this story is coming from the Taiwan News. It says that Taiwan's Veterans Affairs Council Minister, Fang Xingquan, vehemently denied a recent Nikkei article, Japanese article, that suggested a pervasive tendency of the Taiwanese retired military officers to sell out their

country. Now, the article went on to say that up to 90 percent of retired military officials provide intelligence to China for monetary gain and that the top positions in the Taiwan Defense Ministry have been occupied by Chinese mainlanders. Furthermore, it alleged that a retired army official stated that there are many spies in Taiwan's military helping China, which is why the U.S. has been hesitant about providing arms and aid for fear of intelligence leaking to Beijing. Now, in response to these claims during a legislative interpolation, Feng expressed his immense frustration and condemned all this as nonsense. Now, this has also gone on with the Taipei Times as well, where the newspaper, Japan's Nikkei Shimbun,

has been asked to clarify this mass Chinese spying claim. Now, first of all, Nikkei Shinbun is the leading newspaper in Japan. New York Times, Washington Post, but maybe not as crazy. So the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on Japan's Nikeshinbun to seriously clarify a report that said up to 90% of the country's retired military had collaborated with China for money.

Now it says, according to an unnamed source, the article claimed that the government was not aware of the so-called true face of the situation as top ranks in the military were dominated by people with family ties in China. Now, in response, ministry officials, their defense ministry officials, noted that doubts about the validity of this report and urged the representative office in Japan to pressure the Japanese newspaper,

news outlet, to provide details. Now, for its part, the Ministry of National Defense released a statement on Wednesday, which condemned the article, saying it was fabricated out of thin air and bashed it for using sensational headlines to slander national army officers and soldiers and divide troops. So, Rick, what do you think is happening here between Japan and Taiwan where— I'm trying to think of the best way to ask the question here. Are we seeing a new war propaganda about to take place here where the West is using Japan media outlets to make accusations? Or is there meat on this bone? I think there's meat on the bone.

I would say two possibilities. One, that it's Chinese propaganda. Right. Not American propaganda. It's Chinese propaganda. Oh, I see. Where they would say, look, Taiwan's so infiltrated by the Chinese, you can't trust anything that's going on there.

Okay, I got that. So it's possible that the newspaper unknowingly was fed Chinese propaganda. Not that the newspaper itself is participating with the Chinese communists, but they got suckered. They were fed a story, and they believe that the sources were so highly informed and incredible that they ran with the story. That's one possibility. The other possibility is the information's correct. China has bought off the Taiwanese military. Which shouldn't be surprising.

I mean, they make the point of all the family ties between Taiwan and the mainland. Well, the CIA bought off Saddam Hussein's generals. Yes. That's why when the U.S. invaded Iraq, they fled. Right. So what you're saying there is basically they take the U.S. invaded Iraq, they fled. Right. So what you're saying there is basically they take the U.S. playbook and they say, well, hey, they bought off generals. We can do it, too.

Yes. What I would be really concerned about is have the Chinese bought off American generals. Well, if they can buy off Taiwanese generals, it's just a skip across the pond to get to the U.S., right? Why was a Chinese spy balloon allowed to fly across the U.S.A.? As they watched it leave China. Yes. Why? Why? Nobody's talked about it, have they? No. But that story got off the headlines because, well, you had a big environmental crisis in Ohio.

And that just stopped the discussion of it. Nobody's talking about a Chinese spy balloon with a massive payload that drifted across the United States and the military U.S. Pentagon watched it and didn't shoot it down until they were embarrassed. And they still have not recovered

the payload. Right. Because it's too deep in the ocean and we don't have a way down there. And they can't find the other ones that they shot down because they fell in a lot of snow. Or in a lake. Yeah, in a lake in Michigan. One more story.

This is ABC Australia. Australia Space Command pushes for soft kill capability to take out satellites. Well, so Australia wants to get into the Star Wars program here. Air Vice Marshal Roberts, the first Australian space commander, reported that since its establishment in March of 2022, the number of satellites in space had more than doubled to around 8,000. She said that Defense Space Command, that's the name of their program, needs to quickly acquire what they call soft kill or non-destructive capabilities to deter attacks or interfere with enemy satellites.

This improved space capability is believed to be a main recommendation of the new defense strategic review that is due to come out. She said, I think it's really important, a really important part of where we're going to is just looking at how we can have that electronic warfare capability to allow us to deter attacks or certainly interfere, she said. And so who would the enemy be for Australia, Rick? China. China. China.

So what we're hearing now is this war, World War III, is going to be fought in outer space also. And when they take out satellites, you lose communications. You lose banking transactions. You lose Internet. You lose Internet. You lose television communications. It all is being run by satellite. This is where it's going with World War III. I get a lot of bird flu stuff, but I'm going to hold that till tomorrow because we don't have

enough time to do all the stories. But there is some really important things developing with bird flu because it appears that it has made the jump to humans. And at least one, possibly up to four cases. But at least one they know for sure. But I want to go down to number 68. Oh, good. I've been watching this story for a couple of days. It was published several days ago.

Was that yesterday? I guess it was. So March 1st. So scientists who predicted the tragedy in Turkey predicted a mega earthquake for Russia. Yes. Now, this is an interesting story here. Seismologist Frank Huberbitz, who warned of a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, said on the Solar System Geometry Survey YouTube channel that new tremors could hit Russian territories in the Far East in March.

He says, according to the researcher, due to the convergence of the critical geometry of the Earth, Mercury, and Saturn on March 2nd and 5th, go out and look at the night sky tonight, of the Earth, Mercury and Saturn on March 2nd and 5th. Go out and look at the night sky tonight, by the way. Already on March 3rd or 4th or March 6th and 7th. Did you see it last night? The conjunction last night? It's really noticeable. Tonight will be even more dramatic.

The Earth can be hit by a mega earthquake with a magnitude, look at that number, Rick, 8.5 or higher. Now, a much more obvious fluctuation has marked the western Pacific again from Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands in Japan in the north over the Philippines and Al-Azul at Wesey. And it could become significant by March 3rd or 4th. That's tomorrow or Saturday. Now, the first week of March will be very important.

You may see strong or very strong seismic event. This is something that should put everyone on high alert. If you are in an earthquake-prone area, you always need an emergency contingency plan. So, Rick, are they about to haul out the earthquake machine again on Russia? It knocked, something knocked Turkey out of commission. They're, you know, right now, they're pretty distracted with rebuilding, don't have time to mess around with NATO. Sweden and Finland are going ahead and joining NATO.

They can burn all the crayons they want now, can't they? I mean, hasn't things changed rapidly since that earthquake? Yes. Erdogan was telling Sweden, I'm not going to let you join NATO. That's right. Then he has an earthquake. Suddenly.

And this week, Sweden and Finland, they're just ushered right into NATO. Who can make war with the beast? Well, that's it for today. Thank you for watching. I want to humbly ask everybody who watches True News on a regular basis, I'm asking you to do something for us this year financially. We really need financial support this year. And we're already into the month of March.

And if you can make a commitment that you will donate something, I'm not telling you the amount, just donate something and be consistent with it every month. Do something and support True News. There's an address, a phone number right there on the screen. It's 800-576-2116. I don't remember the number because I so seldom give it out. I got to look at the screen to remember. I don't ask a lot, but we really do need new partners to support us this year. You can also mail a check to P.O. Box 690069 in Vero Beach, Florida, 32969. And on the app and on the website, there's a heart. You can click it. Or on the website, there's a banner that says Donate.

Whatever one works for you, please do it. And more importantly, if you can sign up as a recurring partner, recurring donor, and just set an amount that can be sent every month, that's what means a lot to us because it builds the base, the foundation for us to operate. We just know that much money is coming in every single month. We can count on it. And it really means a lot for us. We appreciate everything that people do for us. Without you, we wouldn't do any of this. We just couldn't do anything if it wasn't for you. Thank you so much. I love you very much. And we'll see you tomorrow. God bless you.

Welcome to Morning Manor. Jesus Christ is the living bread that came down from heaven. Anybody who eats this bread will live forever. Nourish your soul each weekday with Morning Manna. Here are your Bible teachers, Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart. Well, this is the day which the Lord hath made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Hello, everybody. I'm glad you chose to start your day with Morning Manna. Our mission is to make ready a people prepared for the second

coming of Jesus Christ. At the first advent of Jesus, John the Baptist came saying, repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. John the Baptist quoted Isaiah, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready, make his path straight. Well, the same message must go forth again as we approach the second advent of Jesus, the church must be busy making ready a people prepared for the Lord. The most important thing you and I can do to be prepared for the Lord is to obey the word of God. Jesus said, if you love me, keep my commandments. Obedience to the commandments of Jesus is proof of your citizenship in the kingdom of God. Three things we are required to do is to shine brightly, taste salty, and love everybody.

That's my motto, and I encourage you to keep that motto in your heart every day. Now, today is our fifth lesson in the parables of Jesus. Dr. Raymond Burkhardt and I hope to wrap up our discussion of the parable of the sower today. And if we make it, we'll move on to the parable of the tares. Now, Dr. Burkhart is here to open up today's Bible lesson by reading from the fourth chapter of the gospel of Jesus Christ, according to St. Mark, starting with verse 13. So if you have your Bibles, let's open them up to Mark chapter four here. Read along with me, starting at verse number 13. And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? And how then will you know all parables? The sower soweth the word, and these are they by the wayside where the word is sown.

When they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground, who, when they have heard the word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things entering in, choke the word, and becometh unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on good ground, such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred. I know this is a review. If you've been following along with us

over the past few days, this is from the Gospel of Mark, of course. We've read previous days from Matthew 13, Luke 8, which also tells this parable of the sower. Each one has a slightly different perspective, but they're not in contradiction with each other. In fact, each one kind of gives a different perspective on the sower and the seed

and helps us to get a full understanding of some of the meaning of the parable of the sower. That's right. So the most important thing we have attempted to convey to you this week, because when we started on Monday, we didn't expect that by Friday we would still be on the parable of the sower.

But we've spent the whole week on the first parable, the parable of the sower. But the main thing we've tried to get across to you is that the seed is the word of God, but that which is sown is you and me. Most of us were brought up in the church to assume, to believe that it's the seed that is sown. That Jesus is, you know, we know that Jesus is a sower, but we've been taught that he's just going around tossing his seed everywhere. But that's not what the parable says. It's not what it teaches. The seed is the word of God. The word of God is the seed. But that which is sown by the Lord is you and me.

Now, I'm going to show one more time. I want to do this. I want you to see this. Let's put the scriptures back up on the screen. And it says, let's see what it is. All right. The sower soweth the word.

Okay. He's sowing the word. And these are they by the wayside where the word is sown. All right. In this doc, it sounds like it's the word of god that's being sown right okay but when they have heard satan cometh immediately and taketh away the word that was sown

in their hearts okay now let's move on to the next one and these are they likewise which are sown. Now who's sown? Who's sown here? The word or the person? And these are they which are sown on stony ground. When they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness and have no root in themselves and so endure before time. And afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

And these are they which are sown among thorns. It's the people who are being sown. And yet, he also says the word is sown. And right there in that last sentence there, Rick, and these are they which are sown among thorns, such also says the word is sown. And right there in that last sentence there, Rick, and these are they which are sown among thorns, such as hear the word. Now think about that. That one sentence there kind of fills it in for you.

Yes. The seed is the word, but these are they which are sown, which have heard the word. Yes, the seed is sown in our hearts, but we are sown into the world. Yes, these are they which are sown in our hearts, but we are sown into the world. Yes. These are they which are sown,

which have heard the word. Yes. And so the responsibility for how the word produces a harvest, the responsibility for the harvest that comes from our lives, that responsibility is on you and me. If the focus is on the Word and not us,

we can escape responsibility. But it's not. The focus, the burden is on us. We have heard the Word, and the condition of our heart determines the harvest that our lives produce for Jesus Christ. And the good seed, those that are sown, the good seed will produce a harvest of 30 fold, 60 fold, 100-fold. So even the good seed produces at different levels. But it's the word sown in our hearts

and then we are sown into the world. And the Lord sows us where he wants us to be to produce a harvest for him. That harvest of 30-fold, 60-fold, 100-fold is not for us, it's for for him it's for his benefit that's right his glory our lives must produce a harvest to be received by the lord and so this is this is the the you know the the heart of this parable. Now, we're going to quickly review what we looked at yesterday in unlocking the parable of the sower,

just using the key, the interpretation that Jesus gave us. We know that the sower is Jesus. And this is confirmed later on in the parable of the tares that we'll be getting into later today. He that soweth the good seed is who? It's the Son of Man.

Jesus constantly identified himself as the Son of Man. Therefore, the sower is Jesus Christ. The seed and that which are sown are synonymous. Right. And once again, this is confirmed in the parable of the tares. The good seed are who? The good seed are the children of the kingdom. The believers are sown.

He says, this is he, he that receiveth, he that heareth the word, these are they. And then we take a look at, in the parable of the sower, what do the fowls represent? Well, the fowls represent the wicked one, and that'll come into play later on as we look at some of the other parables as well. The stones represent affliction and persecution that believers experience, and the thorns represent the cares of this world, and as Mark says here, the deceitfulness of riches

and the lust of other things. Then we And then we look at the good ground. Right. So good ground, what is that? Those that hear, receive, and understand the Word. And these are expected at this point to produce a harvest. And that harvest will vary for different believers, their giftings, obedience, where they're planted. But there is an expectation for a harvest,

some 30, 60, 100-fold results have everything to do with producing a harvest for the kingdom, not necessarily financial returns as been taught by many in different ministries. So good ground are those who hear the Word, receive the Word, and understand the Word. And I would add, obey the word.

Right. And Mark would say as well, and bring forth fruit. That's what he says. He says, such as hear the word, receive it, and bring forth fruit. Luke says, and understand it. And so I don't think they're contradictory at all. They fit together to give us a fuller understanding of everything we need to know about the parable of the sower. But once we understand the parable of the sower, Jesus said it in Mark 4, 13.

How can you know the other parables I'm going to teach you if you don't get this one? Before we move on to the tares, you said something to me a few minutes before we began recording this program. We were talking about the thorns and the briars and how people can get caught up into the thorns. The thorns represent the cares of this world. And the cares of this world can be a number of things. It can be just trying to make a living. It can be pursuing worldly goals. It can be consumed with the news.

The news is dire. It's gloomy. It's horrible. But you can be pulled into it. It's like a cesspool you can be pulled into the news and spend countless hours looking at at videos and reading news articles and watching podcasts and so forth and before you know it three four or five hours of your day has been consumed looking at news right people can sit down in their homes and watch a news channel

from 5 p.m. to time they go to bed, and they've spent all those hours. The cares of the world. There's no end to the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches. But, Doc, you said something to me about the bramble bush, and why don't you take a moment

and talk about it? Well, I got to thinking about it. We were chatting before the program today, and I recalled a time. I was about 11 or 12. I was duck hunting with a couple of my cousins back in Missouri. And it's a fall day, and we had a pretty good morning. But we came upon, a rabbit crossed our path. And after it crossed our path, it got caught up in a bramble bush. Now, these aren't like little rose bushes or anything. These bramble bushes are like tree trunks with big thorns and everything on them. And the rabbit got caught up in the whole windy bramble. And it was, I mean, it was one of those memories as a kid

you want to kind of forget, but now the Lord brings it back as a reminder. The more that the rabbit fought to get out of the bramble bush, the deeper the thorns were plunging into his flesh. He was fighting so hard, he was literally tearing his fur trying to get out of the bramble bush. And the more he fought, the deeper the thorns went and the more damage it caused. And it was just a pitiful sight. You couldn't go in and rescue the rabbit. He was deep inside the brambles.

You would have hurt yourself trying to get the rabbit out. And he was frantic. That's right. And there was no rescuing him. There was nothing you could do except, you know, really watch him suffer as a result of it. How does that apply to life? Well, Rick, so many people get caught up in the thorns of this life.

And it seems like sometimes the more they fight it, the more they try to go along with it, that the deeper the thorns plunge in their flesh. And the deeper the thorns plunge, the harder it is you're going to need to escape. It'll take a miracle to get out of some thorn bushes, Rick. And that rabbit needed a miracle too. And Satan lays the trap and he brings them into that thorn bush and then they can't get out of it. You mentioned something else to me. You went to Bible college and you said something to me that was shocking to me

about your classmates. Right. How many years ago did you go to Bible college? Oh, that would have been right after the Civil War. No, I'm just kidding. No, it was back in the early 80s. And so now it's nearly 40 years ago. I'm old.

But I was just talking with our production crew here beforehand and was recalling that I knew two classmates of mine that were in prison, not in prison ministry, but were actually in prison. Since Bible college. Since Bible college. That two had committed suicide, possibly a third. They still don't know the cause of death on that individual. Numerous individuals have gone through multiple marriages and that and the tragedy of that.

But amazing number of people who not only are no longer in ministry, who have, if you will, fallen by the wayside, but who aren't even serving the Lord now, who aren't even trying to follow after Christ. You're talking about men and women called to ministry and went to Bible college. And decades later, some of them have committed suicide. Some of them are in prison. Many of them quit pastoring churches or whatever ministry.

Quit the ministry altogether. But they have, and some have quit God. Right. What happened in life, Doc? Well, they got caught up with the cares of this world. And some, the deceitfulness of riches. And some, just the lust of the things of this world. That's why we have to be on guard constantly.

And, you know, I don't think it was a matter of age. You know, we were all in our 20s then, but some people, it took until they were in their 40s and 50s before some of these things occurred in their lives. But the thing is that we have to be constantly on guard of our hearts against the birds that come, that try to take away the Word of God from out of our hearts. We've got to constantly be pulling the stones out. And we must always be on guard of getting entangled in the thorns.

The thorns are probably the ones that... It's interesting Jesus listed that as the third one because it seems like that is the one that takes out so many believers. And there might be some out there that are watching. So why would anyone want to follow, be a Christian or a believer? Well, the thing is, not everyone falls away.

All right, not every, some people experience a wonderful relationship with Jesus Christ throughout their entire lives. Others have ups and downs in their lives. But the idea is now you're watching this and you're watching this, you're listening to this. You're hearing the word of God being shared with you. And God has given you an instruction manual

on how you can maintain that shared with you. And God has given you an instruction manual on how you can maintain that relationship with him. But Doc, when you were in your twenties in the Bible college, if the Dean in the college would have addressed your class and said, now I'm looking into the future and two of you are going to commit suicide. Two of you are going to prison for life, 10 of you are going to quit pastoring your churches, 20 of you are going to give up on God. Would any of you believed it? No, we wouldn't have. In fact, David Wilkerson came and preached at our chapel one time. David Wilkerson, the founder of Teen Challenge, came and preached at our chapel one time. And he said, I would guess by the time many of you reach your 40s, half of you will no longer even be in ministry.

And, you know, he said that. And, of course, we're looking at each other. We're wondering, all right, there's two of us. Which one of us won't be? And so it just tells you. David Wilkerson, through his lifetime, saw men fall. He saw them get entangled in the bramble bush. Yes.

He saw them be pulled away from the love of God. We're not saying this to depress people, to scare people. We're simply saying that nobody goes into the Christian life planning to fail. But we can never let down our guard and we're responsible for keeping our farm productive. Our life is our farm. We're responsible for the productivity of our lives. You can't blame your parents, your pastor, your denomination. You can't blame anybody else.

You are responsible. You can have a husband and wife, both Christians, and one producing fruit for the kingdom and the other one not. How does that work? Because one is growing at a different level than the other one. It shouldn't be that way, but it happens that way. Each of us are responsible to produce a harvest for the kingdom. And on judgment day, Doc is not going to be standing there beside me trying to get me out of whatever situation I'm in on judgment day because I'm responsible for me and likewise for Doc. And your pastor's not going to be standing next to you on judgment day being your defense lawyer. No, you're going to stand there before God on your own. And you're going to be held accountable for how you live this life and what harvest

did you bring the father? And most people, Rick, maybe they're watching TV right now. Maybe they're listening to us somewhere. They would say, well, I live a good life. You know, I don't hurt anybody. I, you know, I pay my taxes. I go to church every week. Is that enough? I mean, isn't that enough to just get by?

And I would say the parable of the sower challenges us to think about has the word been stolen from us? Have we allowed the word to be stolen from us? Have we allowed the stones to accumulate in our heart? Are we caught up with the thorns of this life? I would say that the minimum isn't just going to church or just saying I'm a believer, but the parable of the sower says you've got to hear the word, receive it, and understand it.

And produce a harvest. And produce a harvest. Those are four things that the parable of the sower tells us. The criteria for each of our lives is to examine the harvest that our lives are bringing to God. How is God blessed by our life? That's a very difficult question to ask each of ourselves. But if you were with God looking down at your life, how would you describe the benefit God is getting from your life right now on earth? Not what benefit you're getting from God.

What benefit is he receiving from you? Right. How have you blessed his kingdom? How have you blessed his kingdom? How have you expanded his kingdom? How many lives have been touched and made better by bringing other people closer to God? How have your hands been used by God to touch people with love and charity and goodness? How has your lips blessed people? Okay.

Have your lips blessed people or cursed people? I have a feeling right now there's some people sitting there going, I'm not ready this early in the morning for this discussion. But all of us are going to face this someday. We're going to be asked by Almighty God to give an account of our lives.

Yes. And we're going to be there all by ourselves, just you and the Lord, me and the Lord. And the standard is, did you produce a harvest? The other parables that we're going to study in coming weeks, the parable of the talents, parable of the pounds, it's the same principle. Those who produce a harvest for God,

those who use their talents, those who take the resources that God gives them and produces more for the kingdom of God are blessed. And those who do nothing with it, it's not just that they're not blessed. They're cast into darkness where there's gnashing of teeth. It's really serious. And very little preaching is done on these parables because it

doesn't line up with the theology a lot of people have in modern America. Right. One of the things I would add to that too is the Father loves a harvest. He loves a harvest. He loves productivity. Right. He loves a harvest. That was something that was a revelation to me as we were going through some of the parables. He loves a harvest. He just doesn't want a harvest. He loves a harvest. You know, my wife, she has a tremendous green thumb.

And recently, one of our fruit trees started producing fruit. She was so happy. She said, come out here. Take a look. take a look. Take a look. There's a tree that we'd been growing for two years and it's finally started producing fruit. And she was so happy about it.

Because labor had gone into it. That's right, labor and a little bit of love and a lot of water. And so, and she'd constantly checked out. And then now we're seeing fruit come from that little tree. So God gets happiness from our lives when he devotes time and energy and resources to cultivating our lives, watering us, pruning us, which that's the part we don't like. We don't like to be pruned by the Lord, but he's hoping someday that life is going to produce a harvest for me.

And when it does, it's going to make me happy. Right. And so we're not alone in this. God wants to help us produce a harvest. He wants that 30. He wants that 60. He wants that hundredfold in us. He'd like the hundred, but he'll take the 30. That's right. Because it's productivity.

He's a productive God. He's a productive God. He is a productive God. Growth and expansion and prosperity are just part of the family business. If you're around him, things just grow. They're not stagnant and they certainly don't go backwards. He's an ever-expanding God and he desires to expand his kingdom. How does he expand his kingdom? He gets more citizens. See, he wants to rob Satan's kingdom. There are only two kingdoms, the kingdom of darkness, the kingdom of light.

He wants to rob, I say rob, he wants to lead people out of the kingdom of light. He wants to rob, I say rob, he wants to lead people out of the kingdom of darkness. Into the kingdom of light. And bring them over and give them a passport in the kingdom of heaven. And your passport has to be signed in the blood of Jesus Christ. And baptism, that's where you, you know, that's the immigration office. It is. You believe in the name of Jesus Christ and you're baptized. The baptismal event, that's the immigration process. And when you come out of the water, you have a passport signed in the blood of Jesus Christ.

You've been brought into his kingdom. And there's been a harvest. His kingdom has been expanded. And so God is always looking for people who will help him bring a harvest. And the ultimate harvest for God the Father is more souls. And the great part is if you help him, he'll help you to produce a harvest. He won't let you alone. He'll say, come on, let's get out there in the field. I'll work with you. He'll give you, and he'll give you ample, abundant resources to do whatever you're doing in life,

as long as what you're doing in life leads to the expansion of his kingdom. And so this is what it's all about, the parable of the sower, that the word of God is in you, in your heart, it's in your head, in your mouth, and you are producing a harvest for the kingdom with the word of God. And you've cleaned out your heart. You've gotten the thorns and the rocks and the stones and the sticks out of your heart. And it's good soil. And the word is producing a rich harvest and it's making God the Father happy. That's what this is all about. Promise you on the next Morning Manor, we'll talk about the parable of the tares.

God bless. We'll see you on Monday. Thanks for watching Morning Manor with Rick Wiles and Doc Burkhart. Request your copy of Final Day by visiting rickwiles.com. Morning Manor is sponsored by Christian brethren who are eagerly awaiting the final day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to establish His kingdom that shall have no end. You have been listening to True News with Rick Wiles. Thank you for listening. To find out more information regarding the broadcast, including prayer and financial support,

please visit our website at www.truenews.com. Our mailing address for all correspondence is True News, PO Box 690069, Vero Beach, Florida 32969.