TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Who Ordered Supreme Court Justices to Convene at Midnight on Easter Weekend?

Episode Date: April 21, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a secretive midnight order halting Trump’s deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, drawing a sharp rebuke from Justice Alito. Meanwhile, Kristi Noem was robbed in D.C., Hegseth leaked strike intel on Signal, and Trump called Fed Chair Powell a “loser” as markets dropped. The administration pushed a Ukraine peace deal favoring Russia, clashed with Israeli pressure on Iran, and faced backlash after Christians were blocked from Easter worship in Jerusalem. Pope Francis died, Schwab quit WEF, and China launched mass production of humanoid robots.Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 4/21/25Join 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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Supreme Court convened an emergency session at midnight to order President Donald Trump not to deport illegal immigrants under the authority of the Alien Enemies Act. I've got some questions about this meeting. This is true news for Monday, April 21st, 2025. Let's begin our analysis and commentary of today's headlines by looking at this article published by the American Conservative Supreme Court Iss midnight order. Yeah, mind you, this is resurrection weekend too, okay, a holiday weekend as well, and so it's very, very strange here, Rick, isn't it? It is. American conservatives said the Supreme Court issued a one-paragraph order early Saturday morning requiring the government to halt deportations being carried out under the Alien Enemies

Act until a lawsuit concerning the application of that law is decided by the Fifth Circuit. The one-sentence statement said, the government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this court. Doc, my question is, who has the power to order the Supreme Court justices to get out of bed and go into downtown Washington, D.C. on Easter weekend and convene a session of the Supreme Court? That's a great question, Rick, especially since this is sitting down in the Fifth Circuit right now. Why not let the process go on? But no, the Supreme Court, somebody encourages the Supreme Court to convene and carry out this order.

I think it's more than encourage. You just don't get that kind of reaction with an encouragement. To me, there was an order. Somebody placed a phone call to Chief Justice John Roberts and said, you will convene the court now. Now I could understand if there was some sort of constitutional crisis or some sort of emergency thing

that hadn't happened. What emergency was there? What was going on that required the assemblage of the Supreme Court to make a decision at midnight on resurrection weekend? Somebody who had weekend. Somebody who had had compromising information about John Roberts and could place that phone call that's that's what it was. Look these guys don't jump because somebody wants a decision made unless that somebody has the power to hurt you. Do you remember when John Roberts was black and blue, when he was found in the weeds in the bushes? Yes, and he's had another accident since then too.

And so, is that what's happening here? Well, something definitely caused the Supreme Court to get together at midnight on Saturday night. Listen, these aren't youngsters either. No, and this is Easter weekend. Right. I just, Doc, it's just, I mean, John Roberts, Chief Justice didn't say to somebody, excuse me, I'm in my pajamas, I'm in bed. What's the emergency?

Why do we have to get out of bed and go down to the Supreme Court? Did John Roberts do this on his own? Was he drinking? What's that? I mean, what was this guy doing? To order President Trump not to deport any more illegal immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act. What is the aliens? Not space aliens, they're illegal aliens inside the country.

There's more to this story than we know. Now, one judge that has publicly denounced it is Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. And here is the hill.com Alito blasts late-night ruling on deportation flights as he called it legally questionable. Right. A Supreme Court judge said I'm not sure what we just did is legal. Yes, so Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito pictured there on the screen, faulted his colleagues for temporarily halting deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act, literally in the middle of the night. And it was

the middle of the night. Judge Alito's dissent, also sent out at nearly midnight Saturday, came after the court agreed in the early hours of the morning to block for now any additional flights that would transport migrants to Salvadoran prison. It says in the article from the Hill, the court issued unprecedented and legally questionable relief without giving the lower courts a chance to rule, the case I was making earlier, without hearing from the opposing party within eight hours of receiving the application. With due, listen to that, within eight hours of receiving the application with dubious..." Now listen that, Rick, within eight hours of receiving the application. I missed

that before. "...with dubious factual support for its order and without providing any explanation for its order," he wrote. I refused to join the court's order because we had no good reason to think that under the circumstances. Issuing an order at midnight was necessary or appropriate. So there he gives the timeline. Something happened eight hours earlier. He wasn't happy that he had to get out of his pajamas and get dressed and drive into DC. He knew something, something corrupt was taking place. knew something, something corrupt was taking place. Doc, the deep state is fighting back against Donald Trump. He's had now, let's see what, yeah, 100 days.

Yeah, well yeah, so 90 days was, actually 90, it's 90 days, because remember the executive order that he signed came due on Sunday? And what was that executive order for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to recommend by Sunday, Easter Sunday, whether he should declare martial law or invoke the Insurrection Act to deal with the illegal aliens in the country. Well, that can't be a coincidence then, Rick, for the Supreme Court to make that ruling at midnight prior to the day where the decision on what happens with the illegal immigrants. Alright, and now listen, so who was going to make that recommendation on Sunday?

Pete Hagseth and Kristi Noem. We're going to get into a minute here with Pete Hagseth because he's in trouble again. And there's rumors floating here in the past several hours he's on his way out. I'm not sure if that's true. But something else happened, Kristi Noem. Yes. Now this is an interesting story when you pair it with what we've already talked about here.

Look at that headline there. This is from CNN. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from a D.C. restaurant. Now, the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, D.C. restaurant Sunday night. And when asked about the theft at the White House Easter egg roll which was yesterday, Ms. Noem acknowledged the incident but said the matter had not been resolved. Now got a couple quotes from the article here and we'll talk about this. The Secret Service which provides security for Noem

reviewed security camera footage and saw an unknown white male wearing a medical mask steal her bag and leave the restaurant a law enforcement source said. It says in that article the thief stole Noam's driver's license, medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks and about three thousand in cash. Now she had Secret Service Protection, Rick. Where were they? Where were they? Rick, in light of our previous story here, were they trying to send Kristi Noma a message that we can get to you anywhere? Yes, that's exactly where I'm going with this. Yes, look, look Christy, we walked right up to your seat

in the restaurant and took your purse. In front of the Secret Service. In front, and they did nothing. They either saw nothing or did nothing. Which one was it? Or participated in it. Or participated in it. Provided the mask. I don't trust any of them. I don't trust any of them We live in a very dangerous time Pete Hagseth is in trouble We're gonna get to that here in a moment there, you know, they've got him involved in another Signal message scandal. But Doc, I put this together in my mind standing here in the last couple minutes. You and I have seen these stories for hours. I just put this together in the past two minutes.

They're sending signals to Kristi Noem and Hickseth. Yes. And there's no word of what they recommended to Donald Trump. Right, or if they did. Even if they did. We don't know. But yesterday was supposed to be the deadline for it. And is the Supreme Court trying to stop Donald Trump or are they trying to provoke him? Because they're boxing him into a corner if the Supreme Court

Doc if the Supreme Court rules that the President of the United States cannot deport illegal immigrant criminals. Then why do we have a president? Precisely. Why not just let the Supreme Court rule the land? Well, isn't that who's running the judges, the federal judges? So then what other options does Donald Trump have? Martial law. That's where we're going. I have been leaning in this direction

since November that they will force him to declare martial law. And they got to get Pete Hagseth out of the Pentagon because he's a he's a defense secretary that would sign off on martial law right and he's and you've got Kristi Noem who would as well who goes along with it with Homeland Security but understand ladies and gentlemen that this is where they're forcing Donald Trump to go and they're like Rick said they're Boxing in they're painting lines around him and daring him to cross those lines at this point I'm gonna jump out of sequence for our control

Room, but let's jump down to number nine This is New York Times 9 is New York Times. Hegseth said to have shared attack details in second signal chat. Right, so this is broken over the weekend now. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen back on March 15 in a private signal group chat that

included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat. Some of those people said that the information Mr. Hegsa shared on that signal chat included flight schedules for the F-A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis in Yemen, essentially the same attack plans that he shared on a separate signal Chat the same day that mistakenly

included the editor of the Atlantic. Now, according to the New York Times, Mr. Hegsit's wife Jennifer, a former Fox News producer, is not a Defense Department employee, but she has traveled with him overseas and has been criticized for accompanying him to sensitive meetings with foreign leaders. Mr. Hegsit's brother, Phil, and Tim Parlator, who contains the service as personal lawyer, both have jobs in the Pentagon. Still, it is not clear whether either would need to know about upcoming military strikes aimed at the Houthis in Yemen. Unlike the chat in which the Atlantic was quote, mistakenly included,

the newly revealed one was created by Mr. Hagseth himself and it included his wife and about a dozen other people from his personal and professional inner circle in January before his confirmation as defense secretary. It was named defense team huddle. The people familiar with the chat said he used his private phone rather than his government one to access that particular signal chat. Now the continued inclusion of his wife, brother, and personal lawyer following Mr. Hegs's confirmation, none of whom had any apparent reason to be briefed on operational details of a military

operation as it was going underway, he is sure to raise further questions about his adherence to security protocols. And NPR today is reporting that there's buzz that Hegseth is about to be replaced. But that's coming from NPR. And there's no meat in the story. It's just a headline basically without anything to back it up. Now, Carolyn Levitt, press secretary, went on Fox News this morning to defend Pete Hegseth, and she made a comment that the entire Pentagon is out to get Pete Hegseth. Yes.

Let's watch. The president stands strongly behind Secretary Hegseth, who is doing a phenomenal job leading the Pentagon. And this is what happens when the entire Pentagon is working against you and working against the monumental change that you are trying to implement. Secretary Hegseth was nominated for this position because he is standing up for the war fighter. The men and women in uniform who are putting their lives on the line to protect our country and our homeland. And unfortunately, there have been people at that building who don't like the change

the Secretary is trying to bring, so they are leaking and they are lying to the mainstream media. We've seen this game played before. The Secretary is doing a tremendous job and the president stands strongly behind him. Well, remember the words of Chuck Schumer several years back. Remember, they have six ways to Sunday to get you. And that comment about the entire Pentagon against Pete Hickseth, that's pretty telling, Rick.

It is. There's not much room in that phrase to suggest that she was exaggerating the level of opposition in the Pentagon. She said the entire Pentagon is out to get him. Right. And if that's the case, then, and you combine that with the story about Kristi Noem, and now you get an understanding of everything that happened over the weekend, that the pressure is going to continue on whoever they can put pressure on to stop Donald Trump or to force Donald Trump to do something so radical, so crazy that the American people will turn on Donald Trump. Right.

That's their thinking. But the American people may turn on the Supreme Court. That's right. The American people want these criminal aliens removed. They want them removed. Doc, it's so bizarre. The Democrats are...they have declared defending an MS-13 member, deported to Venezuela. They have declared that cause as the hill that they will die on. Yes.

As a party. They're saying this is the most important thing in America today. We must get this MS-13 gang leader back in America. Why would an entire political party, why would prominent members of that party, US senators, governors, congressmen and women, the news media, why are they so adamant that this MS-13 gang member must be brought back to the United States where he does not belong in the first place? Because they've got to stop Donald Trump shipping people out of the US because their power base is compromised

by these illegal aliens that are voting for them. But why wouldn't you find some innocent looking person who got caught up in, person who got caught up in, you know, find some single mom who got deported, you know, make a crybaby story over it. Why would you do it with a MS-13 gang member? No, Rick, he's a Maryland man. Yes, but he's not. He's a Venezuelan man, or an El Salvador man. I can only think of two reasons.

Well, three, going with what you're suggesting, that at all costs just stop Donald Trump. The power base, yes. But you're telling me the power base of the Democratic Party is radically in favor of keeping criminal gangs at the United States? If you listen to the rhetoric coming from them, yes. OK, so that is one of my two options.

So you and I are actually seeing eye to eye on that. So option one is the Democratic Party is a criminal entity. is the Democratic Party is a criminal entity. The reason they're defending an MS-13 gang member is because they're gang members themselves, not necessarily that gang, but they're criminals. The Democrats are criminals. That's option number one. It's like the mafia fighting for another mobster.

Yes. You know, we're in this together. Or option number two, Communist China has ordered the Democrats to fall on their swords on this one. That Communist China does not want the criminals deported from this country. Because they need them here. They need them here to bring down this country.

Which one is it? Neither one is good for this country. And it could be a combination of those factors too. We don't know what kind of dirt they have on some of these leading politicians, but Rick, it seems like even the rank-and-file of what's left of the Democrats, a lot of Democrats have left. They're radical. They want this.

They're radical. They want CEOs assassinated. Yeah, and here... They want gang members here. And that leads me to this next story. And that leads me to this next story, KOMO, K-O-M-O-T-V, Seattle. Seattle crosswalks hacked with message claiming to be from Jeff Bezos. Wait till you hear the message. So it says a message claiming to be from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos played at multiple crosswalks

in Seattle Wednesday morning, garnering different reactions from people walking around the city. So this happened last week. It says, quote, "'Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos. "'This crosswalk is sponsored by Amazon Prime "'with an important message. "'Please don't tax the rich,

"'otherwise all the other billionaires "'will move to Florida too.'" But then he goes on and says wouldn't it be terrible if all the rich people left Seattle or got? Luigi'd yes, and the normal people could afford to live here again Let's listen here. Here is the recording on the crosswalk on the crosswalk. Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos. This crosswalk is sponsored by Amazon Prime with an important message.

You know, please, please don't tax the rich. Otherwise all the other billionaires will move to Florida too. Wouldn't it be terrible if all the rich people left Seattle or got Luigi'd and then normal people could afford to live here again. Jeffrey, Jeffrey Paisle. Now, that first of all comes off as, oh, how funny, you know, that's cute, that's heck.

No, you've got to take this seriously. When they start saying things, maybe he'll get Luigi'd. What does that mean? That means- Shot in the back. That's right. That's what they're calling for. They're priming people to do exactly that. These are Marxist, Communist, revolutionaries.

And we're entering a time of assassinations, of just walking down the street and somebody shooting you in the back. Doc, I, you know, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, it's time, Rick, for you to get out of the news business. And maybe this is, maybe this is part of the reason that things are about to get really ugly in this country. The Democrats seem to be headed towards a killing spree. I said that years ago, and look, I got deplatformed. Yes.

They're not hiding it now. Yeah, they come right out and say it out loud. They're hacking crosswalk recordings. And half the Democrats, according to a survey I saw two weeks ago, something like 53% of the left, of political left, I won't say Democrats, political left, supported the assassination of Donald Trump.

53%. We're living in, this is like the French Revolution. Yes You might get Luigi Shot in the back like the CEO of United Health Care walking down the street in the morning It's very very odd and so President Trump as this continues, this lawlessness, rebellion, insurrection, he will be compelled to take extreme orders, extreme actions. He won't have any other choice.

Doc, back in 2020, remember the mobs that were outside the White House? Oh, yes. He wanted the military to protect him and General Milley wouldn't do it. Yes. Maybe General Milley was on the phone at the time with some Chinese general. Who knows? He seemed to be occupied with that. So not a good sign.

CNBC President Trump has ramped up attacks on Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell demanding that the chairman lose or lower his interest rates. President Trump is on CNBC. On Monday, he ratcheted up his pressure campaign on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, calling him a major loser and warning that the U.S. economy could slow down unless interest rates are lowered immediately. He posted a long message on Truth Social. Yes, he had this to say, and he posted this earlier today. Pre-emptive cuts and interest rates are being called for by many, with energy costs way down, food prices, including

Biden's egg disaster, substantially lower, and most other things trending down, there is virtually no inflation. With these costs trending so nicely downward, just what I predicted they would do. There could almost be no inflation but there can be a slowing of the economy unless Mr. Too Late, a major loser, lowers interest rates. Now Europe has already lowered seven times. Powell has always been too late except when it came to the election period when he lowered it in order to help sleepy Joe Biden,

later Kamala, to try to get elected. How did that work out? So it's a battle royale here at this point, Rick. Do you think Jerome Powell will end up stepping down here at some point? What did Mr. Trump say last week? He'll leave when I tell him to go. I don't know what he meant by that. But the president was very assured of himself. He said, if I tell him to leave, he'll leave. So I guess that's when the president calls you into the White House and tells you he doesn't

want to see your face again. But I don't know how he orders him to leave. What impact is this having on the economy? Here's Bloomberg today, and this is the Gold Co. financial report. Goldco Financial Report, U.S. stocks slump as Trump's threat to fire Powell adds pressure. Well, Doc, since Bloomberg wrote that headline this morning, the stock market has done more than slump. Manners-Sussman Yes, it's down 1,200 points. Just shy of 1,200 points right now here. 1,178 points as of 3.28 p.m. Eastern time.

And so the S&P has lost 3% today. But you know what's not slumping today? Let's go over and see how gold is doing. Gold today is trading at 34.39 right now. It's up over $111 today. Today? Yes. Okay, Gold Co. There's the number. The headline, I don't have to say anything anymore.

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I'm not telling you what to do, I'm just telling you what I would do, buy gold." But she was upset. Well, you know why, Doc? She was taking big chunks of money from people and putting them in insurance company annuities, and they invested in the stock market. Gardner? Right. And they took a hit. They took a hit. So everybody that bought an annuity from her took a big hit, but everybody that went to Gold Co. took a big jump. And in order to recapture some of that loss, what does she have to do? She has to go out and find some more people with annuities to bring them in to cover the losses that you already made. Convince them that the markets are going to go back up someday.

Which they will at some point. Sure. But you're going to take a hit right now. But gold is going up. Silver is at 32. Just jumped 32.73. But gold is going really big today. 3,400, 3,438. And it's headed towards 4,000.

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You can roll it over into gold, but you need somebody like the experts at Gold Co. and they'll answer your questions and tell you how it's done and what you need to do and how long it will take. So the number again is 844-960-GOLD. Let's jump over to what we already did to Pete, Hague, Seth's story. Let's go to the war in Ukraine, World War III. Here's Novasti. Doc, this just happened a few hours ago. This was posted. Putin announced the failure of attempts to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. He gave a speech today and the news is just

just starting to be published about what he said. Yes and if this reporting is correct then President Putin is pretty confident about the outcome of the upcoming peace talks with Ukraine and the US. He had these four points that he centered on. No one doubts that victory will be for Russia. With the failure of attempts to defeat on the battlefield in the West, the realization comes that the courage of citizens is the key to Russia's existence. In other words, Russia's not going to back down.

Western weapons supplied to Ukraine are constantly on the black market and the Kiev regime is fighting for the capital it stole from the American people, hence the desire to cooperate with sponsors. All right, hold it right there. That last line. Yes. Again, this story just broke in the past hour or so. And so I've got very skimpy information about what Vladimir Putin said, but I've got more that goes with that last sentence. That caught my attention. Let's read the rest of what he said about the Ukrainian Nazis fighting for the capital that they stole.

Yes. He's saying the Zelensky government is fighting for the money it stole from the Ukrainian people. Let's see what else Mr. Putin said. So he said, there was only one thing that they were doing, pumping out resources and money from these territories and people. The money was stolen, sorry for the simplicity of expression, and it is still kept in bank accounts abroad.

Therefore, there is such a desire to cooperate and give everything to the mercy of their sponsors. It goes on to say, they are not fighting for the interests of their sponsors. It goes on to say they are not fighting for the interest of the people, they are fighting for their capital, which they stole from the Ukrainian people, dragged abroad, and that's it. They're sitting there on this money as if on a hook. If they wanted to say something, they would never allow themselves because we are talking about billions in bills, but they still continue to steal.

Okay, so Vladimir Putin is implying that Zelensky and his Nazi government had one purpose in mind, and that was to plunder the wealth of Ukraine, move the money offshore into bank accounts they controlled. And Doc, the way I'm reading this, and I may be wrong on this initial interpretation, when he says they're fighting for the capital they stole, Hence the desire to cooperate with sponsors. Is part of the negotiation that's going on behind the scene a demand that they get to keep the money they stole? Oh, no doubt. Is that what Putin is saying? That they are negotiating with the United States and Europe

to keep the billions of dollars they stole. It sure seems like it from the conversation going on here, Rick, that maybe in the negotiations, and the negotiations are still going on, that something came up, the Russians brought out the point to the US, what are you gonna do about all the money that Zelensky and his cronies stole from Ukraine? And are stealing from you guys, too?

Mm-hmm. And I don't know where that's going to end up, Rick, because that would have to mean that we knew that he was stealing and let it keep on going. Well, no doubt the Biden's knew. The Biden's made money on illegal operations in Ukraine. The Trump administration's not participating in it, but they're aware, maybe the Trump administration now has a better comprehension of how deep the corruption was under Biden.

Wow. Well, the London Telegraph, this headline, Germans have an erotic relationship with weapons, says the country's minister of defense. I don't even know what to say about this Doc. I don't either. When you sent the headline over to me, I was like, where do we even go with this story? Well, just read it. I'm not commenting. I just let it go. Just see what the defense minister himself said. Germany has what is being described as an erotic relationship with weapons systems. The country's defense minister has said, as Berlin considers sending long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine, Boris Pistorius, Germany's most popular politician

according to polls, said that no other country had such public debates about sending specific weapons to Ukraine, including Britain and France, which agreed to send jointly-made Storm Shadow missiles earlier this year. Or late last year, rather. I don't know where this erotic relationship with weapons comes from, Mr. Storius said this week as Friedrich Merz, Germany's incoming Chancellor, tried to convince the Social Democrat Party, his coalition partners, to greed to sending weapons. Responding to Mr. Pistorius' comments, Andre Melnik, the former Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, said, what's wrong with

eroticism? People love eroticism, not just Germans. I don't even know where to go with this, Rick, other than there's a lust for war that abounds right now. And the Western nations are ruled by perverted, corrupt warmongers. What else can you say? They're perverts, they're corrupt, they're warmongers, they're Satanists. Those are their good points. I don't want to slander them. I just quote them. Yes, this is what they said. Apparently, they look at a rocket and have thoughts. I don't know.

Feelings. Kind of like Jeff Bezos' rockets. And you've got Zelinsky that has a unique way of playing the piano. I'm telling you, they're perverts. has a unique way of playing the piano. I'm talking to you, they're perverts. And we're fighting for these people and risking World War III, nuclear war, for the Ukrainians. And you can't tell me that mixing this lust for war and this sexual perversion mentality together isn't one of the most dangerous things that

can happen to humanity. Well, Doc, the German Nazis were gay. That's a whole other story to get into. They did the same thing. Yes, they sure did. What you had with the German Nazis was a group of radical homosexual extremists took control of Germany and led it to war, led the whole world to war. Bloomberg, U.S. may meet Wednesday with Ukraine, European allies on the peace plan. Right. Wednesday with Ukraine European allies on the peace plan. Right, so Bloomberg's reporting that the US is likely to hold talks in London this week

with Ukrainian and European officials as President Trump pushes for a deal to halt Russia's full scale invasion. Remember, this is Bloomberg reporting this, according to people familiar with the matter. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg are expected to meet with the foreign ministers and national security advisors from France, Germany, the UK, and Ukraine. The people said, speaking anonymously to discuss private deliberations, they said the plans for the talks are being finalized and could still change. The U.S. in these negotiations, it appears,

is prepared to ease sanctions on Moscow and to recognize Russia's control over the Ukrainian Black Sea Peninsula of Crimea as part of a deal. Bloomberg reported that the U.S. proposal would effectively freeze the front line in the war that's now in its fourth year, with Russia retaining

de facto control of most of the other territory its forces occupy currently in Ukraine's east and south. Ukraine's aim of joining NATO would be off the table too, though any agreement would have to include security guarantees for Kiev to ensure that any deal holds. And I don't know how they're gonna negotiate that security arrangement because Russia's made it clear we're not gonna have any European troops in Ukraine. That's it. That's a deal-killer for us, unless something has changed. I think the European Union has made it clear there's not going to be any troops.

Right. They can't even come up. Have you seen any stories in the past week about 100,000 EU troops? No, because they realized they'd be fighting alone. They wouldn't have any help from the United States. Because the United States is going in on this deal with Russia. It's just a matter of time now. And if you look at these terms, Rick, Ukraine lost the war.

They sure did. NATO lost the war. Yeah, by extension, NATO. It wasn't Ukraine, it was NATO. And the United States. We were in World War III with Russia. But leave to Donald Trump to take terms of surrender and turn into a mineral deal. Exactly. So, you know, he is the he is the best negotiator on the planet right now. A Wall Street Journal, Russia welcomes US proposal to deny NATO membership to Ukraine. Russia said it was pleased with a Trump administration

proposal to rule out Ukraine joining NATO as a way to end the war, but showed no urgency in reaching a deal. The Wall Street Journal said the administration presented the idea as part of a package of proposals to Ukrainian and European officials. The Journal reported the U.S. is now awaiting Kiev's response, which is expected during a meeting, as we just talked about, in London this week. And the proposals may be presented to Moscow if the American, European, and Ukrainian positions align. I think they will, Doc.

I think so, too. They're going to finish this deal. So somehow, President Trump has found a way to get the Europeans on board and the Ukrainians in their place. Maybe you say, hey, do you like Europe? Do you want to keep it? Yeah, because the Russians are going to flatten it if you guys continue to provoke them.

Or he just said, I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what. Can you hear Donald Trump say, I'll tell you what, we're just gonna leave NATO and pull out of Ukraine and you guys are on your own and we're gonna sign a peace treaty with Russia and we don't care what Russia does to you. So, Ukraine's admission to NATO now is a non-starter.

We've heard from Washington at various levels that Ukraine's membership in NATO is out of the question. This is something that satisfies us and coincides with our position. That's coming from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Peskov, however, declined to comment on the prospects of an agreement on solving the conflict, and especially about a time frame. President Trump on Sunday said he hoped Ukraine and Russia would make a deal this week.

And so him saying that means that the deal's probably gonna come together this week, especially after the meeting in Europe with everybody. And so that's gonna be it. That's probably gonna be the last of it right there. Okay now the next article, Trump's National Security Council director for Israel and Iran previously worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. I'm not kidding you, didn't make it up. We just have a merger of Israel and the United States. That's right.

So the American official that's overseeing the White House policy toward both Israel and Iran inside the National Security Council, formerly worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Dropsite News is reporting. Mayor of Siren's appointment as director for Israel and Iran at the NSC has not previously been reported, but her work with Israel's Ministry of Defense is well known among GOP circles, so this isn't a secret. NSC spokesperson Brian Hughes confirmed that Sirin is now an official at the NSC and defended

her as a patriotic American. It said in the article here, Marev is a patriotic American. Said in the article here, Merriv is a patriotic American who has served in the US government for years, including for President Trump, Senator Ted Cruz, and Congressman James Conner. Where she gets around, doesn't she? We're thrilled to have her expertise in the NSC

where she carries out the president's agenda on a range of Middle East issues. Now, just stop and look at what we just read. That this woman, Marav Sarint, she worked for the Israeli military. Yes. Okay, so I'm assuming she's a dual citizen? I would think she would have to be. So she was in Israel working for the Israeli military, but she has worked for President Trump, Senator Cruz, Congressman James Comer, and

she's now in the National Security Council in the White House under Mike Waltz. Now if we would have had someone that worked, let's say in the British Ministry of Defense, okay, you know, they're our friends of course, would there be any outcry about a former member of the British Ministry of Defense working for all these people? Yes, there would be people saying, you know, that person might be an agent for King Charles. Right, and why would they say that? Because she worked for him. And a dual citizen. Well, the article...

No, look, she didn't work at the Agriculture Department. Right. She worked in the military. Right. This woman has access to military secrets, national security secrets, and she's a Israeli dual citizen who was on the payroll of the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv. Right. Now, she's currently serving as the Middle East Fellow on the House Committee for Foreign

Affairs where she focuses on Israel, Iran, and counterterrorism policies. Well, now who's now the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs? Lindsey Graham? No, the House Committee. Oh, that would be James Comer, right? Nope. Nope. Well, who is it then, Rick?

My old buddy, Brian Mass. Oh, that's right, he is. So she works for Brian Mass, the guy that wears an Israeli Army uniform in Congress. I wonder if she still has hers. Previously, she worked at Israel's Ministry of Defense, where she participated in negotiations in the West Bank. Guess who lost that negotiation? Between Israel's coordinator for governor activities

in the territories and Palestinian authority officials. So, it goes on to say in that article from DropSite, she also researched and has written on security and civil society issues for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. She studied in Istanbul. Marav received her MA in international relations from Syracuse University. She's fluent in Hebrew and has varying proficiency in Arabic and Turkish. And I appreciate her resume. I mean, it's an impressive resume except for the fact that she served in the Israeli Ministry of Defense. And that would be... Are you telling me there's no one qualified? No one here qualified that

didn't serve in the Israeli Ministry of Defense that could serve in this post. I asked the same question when I ran for Congress last year. Are we going to allow a man to wear an Israeli army uniform, go over to Israel, participate in military operations, then come back and walk around in Congress wearing his IDF uniform. That's what and you know what? Voters said to me, we don't care. They told me they didn't care.

Didn't bother them, doc. American voters have been acclimated to being controlled by Israel. It's quite okay with them. You're not going to get any opposition to it. There's some, some opposition, but not very much. Republican Party, the Republican voters are quite complacent with Israel running things. Yes, and there's a reason for it. So let's talk about how the Israelis treat my brothers and sisters on Resurrection Day at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. And you won't see this on CNN, MSNBC, even your favorite Fox news channel.

No. So, Israeli police, this is according to Al Jazeera, Israeli police threatened Christians trying to celebrate Easter as they corralled worshippers at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. In occupied East Jerusalem, Israel imposed severe restrictions on Palestinian Christians hoping to attend church services. Now, we're going gonna show you various videos that we've edited together that gives you a taste of what it's like to be a Palestinian Christian

living under Israeli occupation. And you want to attend service at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. So this is what it looks like there. As Christians, and these aren't Muslims folks. Priests getting hauled away. Yes. These are Christian worshippers.

So where are all the churches here in the US crying out for freedom of religion for Palestinian Christians? And this is the new thing. Have you seen these folks in the blue shirts, Rick? No. They're sort of like brown shirts. Yeah. The boy boy scouts with military training. So and so they're occupied in that, too.

So this is just a terrible scene. At church, Rick, at church. Imagine doing weekend. Imagine doing that to a synagogue at Passover. Oh yeah. That you were prohibiting Jewish people to go to a synagogue. On Passover. Right.

That's the same thing. It's very same thing. So a number of different incidences occurred at various holy sites, the largest incident occurring at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where we're seeing some of the different images. And it's tragic that this goes on to this day, and there's no outcry, no church, no channel, no media here in the U in the US talks about that at all. But if it had been any other faith,

especially if it had been the Jewish faith, they would have gone absolutely bananas. And if you would question people in authority here in America, they would say, well, you know the Palestinians, the Israelis have to break them up and keep them in small groups. Yeah, they're always causing trouble.

They love just to, you know, they're probably, half of them were probably wearing, you know, bomb vests. You know, you can't let them just go to church in large numbers. Right. Well, while we're talking about the Middle East, this next headline caught my attention, the Middle East Monitor,

China and Egypt hold their first joint Air Force drill. Like what? Who? China and Egypt? And Rick, we have given billions of dollars to Egypt. We're still given it. They're under the exemption of the financial aid that we get. And they're holding military drills with China. Yes. So Chinese media is reporting that China and Egypt held their first joint Air Force drill Sunday named Eagles of Civilization 2025. The joint Air Force exercise kicked off in an air base in Egypt on Saturday morning. China deployed fighter jets, early warning aircraft, tanker aircraft, and helicopters

to the drill, CCTV has reported. The Chinese People's Liberation Army, Air Force's J-10C fighter jet, the U-20 aerial tanker aircraft, and KJ-500 early warning aircraft are participating in the exercise. At the same time, the Egyptian side has deployed MiG-29 fighter jets. The exercise featured a long-distance maneuvering, the report says. The Chinese defense minister said the drill is significant for promoting practical cooperation, boosting friendship, and mutual trust.

Well, what about the trust that we invested in Egypt for, and still are to this day, supporting their military? We're funding the Egyptian military. Yes, but, Doc, there's a change in the world order underway. The U.S. is being pushed out of the Middle East. Why? Because we have one interest there. One interest.

Israel. And the only reason we give money to Egypt and other countries is if they have agreed to certain terms regarding Israel. And those countries are getting tired of it. They're getting tired of being told by the United States what they have to do, what they can't do to please Israel. And Egypt is next door to Gaza. The Rafa Gate goes from Gaza into Egypt, and the Egyptians have had to stand back and watch the Israelis kill tens of thousands of Palestinians. And they're reaching out to China. They say, why don't you come on over here, bring us a, fly some of your jets over here. Let's send a message to the United States and

Israel that we're not we're not patsies anymore. That's what's happening. A new world order is forming. There's also a new pope coming. As everybody knows, Pope Francis died early this morning. As you see this headline, the death of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pontiff of the Catholic Church, and of course the first pope from the Americas. Right, and first from the Southern Hemisphere too. Yes. I'm going to play a video. This is what, if you had been in the Vatican Square today, this is the sound you would

have heard early this morning. The You wonder, Doc, what it was like if you were a Catholic visitor in the Vatican Square early this morning and those bells started tolling. You know, people just stood still, wondering what's happened. And somebody said, the Pope has died. So, he made his final appearance yesterday. So he conducted his final Easter service. And... He gave a homily on Resurrection Sunday there and so dear

brothers and sisters happy Easter he's reporting and that was to the crowds and so wasn't looking good doc no physically he wasn't he he he did not die of respiratory complications he died of a stroke. That's what's being reported in recent hours. So now you see the crowds that are starting the forum there, this from yesterday, rather. So he was out and about. We actually had a meeting with J.D. Vance, Vice President J.D. Vance, yesterday.

Was it yesterday? Yes, it was yesterday. And so. That's why lefties are posting things on social media. What did JD Vance do to the pope? Right. So, by all appearances yesterday, Pope Francis was looking better, better than before. He'd gone through, what, about five, six weeks of hospitalization and recently come out which you know that sometimes

Happened you get a little bit better, and then yeah, you drop out right? He was he was age 88 yes, so all the funeral will be later this week and then of course Donald Trump's will should be there by by the way is he yes the White House is saying that right now So and then the process begins after the funeral to select Donald Trump's supposed to be there, by the way. Is he? Yes. The White House is saying that right now. And then the process begins after the funeral to select the next pope. Right. They're going to have to select a new pope over

at the World Economic Forum because Klaus Schwab has officially retired. Yes. Now, he had stepped down from CEO role here last year but the pressure actually there was pressure on him to resign from the board because of what's been called the the climate of the World Economic Forum in inter-office activities. A lot can be read into that. He resigned from the board also? Oh yeah this this today is he's resigning from the board.

He had already resigned from the CEO position. But this was his baby. He created the World Economic Forum. That's right. And there's two factors. There's made some buzz about scandals, but I'll just be honest with you, the money has dried up. The checks from the US are no more.

USAID is shut down. I told you, I don't know if there's gonna be a world economic forum in Davos next year. So I think there's gonna be an American economic forum. I really am waiting on Donald Trump to announce it. It'll probably, you know, it'll be held in some Western ski village like Davos.

Well, he can go and eat all the bugs he wants now. So he can have at it. Well, we wish Klaus Schwab a wonderful retirement. Yes. Goodbye, Klaus. One more story with a couple videos. South China Morning Post, China humanoid robot sector enters mass production with unitary

adjabot among the pack. China's humanoid robot manufacturers are charging full steam ahead to mass production, which a new report said would boost the total value of automata made on the mainland this year to 4.5 billion won that's 616 million so basically the story is pumping the propaganda that the Chinese robotic industry is just going gangbusters that they are they're pumping out robots this year while the US robot manufacturers are stuck they're stuck because of the Trump tariffs. So are we seeing the dawn of maybe something comparison to the space race, but yes a robot race yes Yes, that's kind of kind of like Sputnik AI and robots

Those two are the the modern version of Sputnik You were too young dog to remember Sputnik you weren't probably even around no Just a gleam in my daddy's eye probably at that point. Do you know what it was? Yeah, that was the, that you know when the Russians had the satellite that orbited the earth and that suddenly shocked everybody in the US. That hey the Russians are in outer space. Yes. And we can't let that happen. I remember that. So I was little kid, but I remember it. I remember people talking about it. They were afraid, what are the Russians going to do?

They got a spaceship. America doesn't have a spaceship. And I still, as a little boy, I can remember hearing adults talking about Sputnik. Well, the last thing I want to show you is that they had a marathon, actually a half marathon. This is a robot race, folks. That's right. So you had the runners, the human runners, over in their regular marathon. But running alongside it is a robot marathon. Look at that little one. Isn't that cute, that little robot, okay?

This one, he seems to be going slow. Well, he's wearing a hat, so. Yeah, he's cool, he's cool, he's got his hat on. Let's see, that one, ah. And all of them need human companions. They're not autonomous yet. Well, I'll show you why here in a moment. Here's the one that goes totally haywire,

even with the humans riding shotgun. Oh, there, too bad. He's down. And this one doesn't know whether to go forward or backward. He's totally lost. This guy... You've got to stay out of its way. This one, he's twirling his batons, he goes berserk, hits the wall, he's over.

And look at this little guy. He's going backwards. So anyway, so of course this was, you know, to showcase the advance in robotics, but... And there's a little baby robot. Isn't that cute? I like that little one right there. So... Well, the one that won was the one that we saw in the very beginning. Yeah, that one. Yes, and he got the medal.

And was able to do 13 miles, 13.1 miles, that's a half marathon, in a little over two hours. And so now the human runners, they made it a lot faster than that at the beginning, but this was an opportunity to showcase where they're going from this. Next year they'll be faster, and there'll be more of them. And then very soon they'll be able and there'll be more of them and they'll be able to and then very soon

They'll be able to run right past humans. So anything 20 20 26 27 What's going to be the year that robots? Kind of like crack through the barrier They start showing up everywhere 28 20 28 probably probably that's where I'm feeling right now, because Elon Musk says he's gonna roll out 25,000 next year in 2026. And I don't know if he's gonna be able to do that now.

Well, even that number is scaled down from what he was predicting two years ago. He was supposed to deliver that many to an auto manufacturer in 2025. So they're behind schedule. But it looks like China is, no pun intended, off to the races with robotics here. And that has implications for World War III. And I'll tell you, the robots that are going to be in World War III, they're out there falling down on their face. You're not seeing them.

No. They're underground. They're in top-secret facilities underground right now. These are the robots they want you to see. Yes. underground right now. These are the robots they want you to see. Yes, but you'll see the other ones sometime in the early 2030s in that World War. Well that's it for today. Thank you so much. I want to remind you about the Cross. We still are receiving many requests from our audience asking for Cross, yes, and

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25 through 36. Let's pray. Let's invite the wonderful Holy Spirit, the promise, the promise of God to Abraham, the Holy Spirit that has come upon us because Jesus Christ hung on a cross and the curse was lifted from us. Praise God. Father God, glory, glory to your name. Father, we thank you for this beautiful day. Father, we come together, brothers and sisters from many nations, from many denominations and churches. Father, we are one in Christ, one accord, one faith, one baptism, one Savior. Father, we praise you and worship you. Father,

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Romans chapter 11, starting at verse 25, we're going to read to the end of the chapter here today. Verse 25, for I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, l that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits that blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved as it is written, there shall come out of Zion the deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob for this is my covenant with them when I shall take away their sins as concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sakes but as touching the election they are blood for the father's sake for the gifts and calling

of God are without repentance for as ye in times past have not believed God, yet now have obtained mercy through their unbelief. Even so have these also now not believed that through your mercy, they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief that he might have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God, how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out. For who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his counselor

or who hath first given to him and it shall be recompensed unto him again. Verse 36. For of him and through him and to him and it shall be recompensed unto him again." Verse 36, for of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. God bless the King with glory today. Verse 25, for I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindnesses in part happen to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles become in." The World English Bible translation is, for I don't desire you to be ignorant brothers of this mystery So that you won't be wise in your own conceits that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in

So this verse reveals It unveils a ails a divine mystery, a clarifying God's plan to prevent Gentile believers from misunderstanding his purposes with Israel. Paul said, I don't want you to be ignorant. Like, hey, don't be stupid about this. Listen to me. Listen up.

Don't act ignorant about this. He's emphasizing the importance of understanding this mystery to avoid spiritual arrogance among Gentile Christians. Right. So, if we go back to Romans 9, 10, and all of 11, the focus is on Israel's role in salvation's history. And so Paul's inviting humility among Gentiles and saying just trust in the plan. God has a plan. It's a sovereign plan is a divine plan. Trust in the plan.

A mystery, mystery refers to a hidden truth. But now it's disclosed. Paul's saying, don't be ignorant about this mystery. You didn't understand it before, I'm explaining it to you. And this mystery shows that God's hard me of his redemptive strategy, his plan. So this mystery is openly shared. Hey, it's a mystery.

It's a secret. I'm going to tell everybody. So be clear. It's no longer a mystery, it's a secret. I'm going to tell everybody. So be clear, it's no longer a mystery now, is it? No longer a mystery. See, this is a, I'm going to bite my tongue. When you see, when you see people on social media, on television, radio, whatever, and they're selling you a book full of mysteries, I'll run away. There are no mysteries in the church of God.

No. Nothing's hidden. Nothing's hidden anymore. I see these guys hyping their books books the mystery of whatever No, there's no mystery. He's like, oh so you're the only one who knows the meaning of this mystery and for $20 you'll share it with me, right? Now i'll keep my 20

There are no mysteries in the Bible. There was, but God revealed it. Yes. Well, the phrase blindness in part is happened to Israel. It means that Israel's spiritual hardening is not total, nor permanent. There is a hope for restoration. Only a portion, that's the remnant, a portion of Israel and when we're talking here in Israel in Romans we're talking about, we're

talking about the Jewish people. We're not, the broader sense in the church age now is is true Israel represent Israel has always represented the people who believe God and obey God. Right. But in this context, Paul's referring to Israel as the Jewish people. And so only a portion of Israel rejected the gospel. Paul is an example. One of the most enthusiastic, ardent persecutors of the church,

and yet the Lord Jesus pursued him to Damascus and blinded him, temporary blindness. He was physically blinded by the Lord Jesus Christ and then several days later his sight was restored when he came to understand the Lord Jesus Christ was the Messiah. Right. And so Paul himself is an example of the temporary blindness, the temporary hardness of heart. Yes.

He himself experienced it. Yes. And he is probably chief among all of the remnant Jews. He's the shining example of the Jews who are part of the remnant of Israel. So what's the purpose of this hardening of the Jewish people? Well, certainly it is given non-Jewish people space to consider whether they want to be included in Israel. And that has been going on now for over 2000 years, continues today.

All over the world, in every nation today, there will be Gentiles who will come to know Jesus Christ. And there will be Jews who come to know Jesus Christ all over the world. So the process continues. All the Gentiles were not saved and all the Jews were not abandoned. A part of each population is still being saved. So the fullness of the Gentiles, how would you explain that, Doc? I've heard different explanations. I know how the the the

Christian Zionists explain it. Yeah, the Christian Zionists explain it. There's a certain number and then once that number is crossed it's almost like maximum capacity. This bus only holds 32 people. Well once we get to 32, it's done. The bus is leaving. I've looked at this on and off through the years, and I'm convinced what it is. God has, of course, he has omniscience. He sees the end before the beginning ever began. And he knows that there's a time when all this is going to be complete. This fullness of the Gentiles, you know, don't get it confused with just the idea that God is limited to a certain number. It's just He's aware of it. But that fullness of the Gentiles will also coincide with the fullness

of Israel as well. There's going to be a point in time where no one will be saved any longer, Jew or Gentile. There's going to be a final day. That's when time ceases to exist itself. That's it. It's all said and done. And so for me, Rick, the fullness of the Gentiles coincides with the fullness of Israel as well.

And so even though Paul is expressing, hey, there's, you know, the Gentiles have been brought in. That's the gospel. That's the mystery that we're talking about. Here's another part of that mystery. It's going to end someday, too. Yes. Now the Darbyites, the Scofieldites, and all the other Zionistites in the church, the way they explain this, and I'm giving a very brief simplistic explanation, is that the fullness of the Gentiles means, well, you've got to go back to remember that what they what they teach is that That when uh, jesus, uh walked the earth That he failed in his mission To bring the kingdom of god to the jews that it was a failure Right and and the jews got angry and and crucified him and then god called a timeout

So hey, this is not going right Yeah, this ain't working This isn't working. I got plan b I'm gonna i'm gonna set the jews over here to the side And i'm gonna put the gentiles in this parenthesis Called the christian gentile age or the church age they'll say the church age and and so this is the timeout and then At a certain point I will

I will end time out and we'll get back into the game and i'll be done with the gentiles I'll just rapture them take them out. I'll just that's what i'm gonna do. I just i'll just rapture them take them out Right and and then for the next one thousand and seven years the jews are going to run the world, right? That's the Darbyite, Schofieldite doctrine that John Hagee and many other people teach. But I'm with Doc. The fullness of the Gentiles means when God and his sovereign wisdom says we are at full capacity, there are no more seats, let's wrap this thing up. Only he knows that number. Yes. There's going to be one person that's the final person in. Yes. Now, some people would say, well, are you saying that he's already chosen all the Gentiles that are going to be saved and once that last one's saved,

nobody else can get saved? That's not exactly how I would say it. He has a number. He has a number, he has a number chosen. He has a time chosen. There is a moment, there is a time when God has to cut this off. Right. Cut it, cut what? The age of mankind. It can't go on and on and on and on and on forever. There is a time, a point where God says,

that's it, we're gonna wrap it up now. If you're not in the church by now, it's over. That's what creates the urgency in me and others to preach the gospel, to share the gospel with people. We don't know when that time is, but God does. And it's not, I don't believe it's that only certain people are going to get saved, but there is a cutoff point when the offer of salvation expires. Right. And God in his omniscience already knows it. He already sees it. To him, it's now,

and has already, and will be, because he's not limited by time. So God sees that fullness up ahead and reveals it to Paul here that there is going to come a time where the door is shut, the gate is closed, and not only for the Gentiles, but it's also going to be for the Jews too, where that fullness takes place. I use a term called sin amnesty. Right. That God has declared a sin amnesty. So what is an amnesty? An amnesty is when a government says, okay, anybody who has broken this law, you have 30 days to voluntarily turn yourself in,

admit that you did it and the government will just wipe the offense off your record and will act like it never happened but you've got to turn yourself in in 30 days. If you miss the 30th day the penalties are doubled. This is what I see when the fullness of the Gentiles, this is the sin amnesty. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord during the sin amnesty shall be saved. But when that sin amnesty expires, nobody's going to be saved. But when that sin amnesty expires, nobody's going to be saved. And that includes Jews. Because the Christian Zionists teach that the Gentiles are raptured and taken away, and now

Jews are being saved by the bustlers. Don't explain how they're saved. Don't explain how, whether they're responding to the gospel or something else never explained that part of it. Well, they got 144,000 Jewish men running around the world preaching something but it's apparently not the gospel and nobody's getting Baptized and it's just you know, it's it that's the mystery and the door be mystery. You're talking about a mystery. Yes So Paul said lest ye should be wise in your own conceits You know guard against pride Just be humble don't be don't be arrogant and think you know everything about God's plan Our Don't be arrogant and think you know everything about God's plan. Our inclusion as Gentiles in Israel

does not imply Gentile superiority over Jews. Correct. Remember, we are the wild branch that was grafted in. The original branches were cut off, and we're the wild ones that were brought in and grafted in. So we should reject self-reliance, self-exaltation, and always be praying for the Jews would be open. So God has, he's got a sovereign plan. Somehow, I mean, he orchestrated the hardening of the hearts of the Jewish people. I don't know how to, I mean,

Doc, if he hardened their hearts and they died in their sin, they are lost. How else can you explain it? That's it. But God only confirms what was already going on in their hearts. See that to me, that's the mystery that I have trouble comprehending. Because it means people were born, they live their lives

in rebellion against Christ, died in their unbelief and are forever lost. Yes. I don't want to ever, I don't want to ever, ever, ever get the slightest proximity of being in that condition where God would seal you in your rebellion and unbelief. I'm grateful to be saved. I didn't deserve to be saved. I didn't do anything to be saved. My father came looking for me. I accepted his offer, and I'm staying with him. He stuck with me. I'm not with him. He stuck with me. I'm not leaving him

You found me father and I'm not leaving I Want to be with you forever, I don't want to I don't want to drift away from my father I Want to be by his side all the time I I want to be by His side all the time. I want to be so tenderhearted towards Him that just the slightest look from Him would bring conviction. Be tenderhearted towards the Lord. Be sensitive to Him. Know what He likes and what He doesn't like. know what pleases him. What doesn't please him. Amen. Verse 26 and so all Israel shall be saved as it is written.

There shall come out of Zion the deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. deliver and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. So now verse 26, it boldly declares all Israel shall be saved. So the definition of all Israel is can only be written by God. is can only be written by God. In the Darbyites, the Schofieldites, John Higgeites, they interpret this that there will be a day that every Jew on earth will get saved. That's what they teach.

It's what they teach. Or they will be declared saved. I guess, I think it's more that doc. Or they will be declared saved. I guess I think it's more that, Doc. They'll just be declared saved. Right. You made it to the end. You got in this little window right here. So, and they'll transpose the Jewish people in the state of Israel in that same statement there. But you notice, Rick, when they quote this particular verse of Scripture, they don't quote the whole thing. They only quote the first part.

And it's essential that we look at the entire verse here and not just the first part and go off to the races with it. What does the second part promise? A deliverer. A deliverer. Now, would they say there's some future deliverer? Would they say that's the return of Jesus? They would say that it's the return of Christ who comes back, saves Israel, sets up a worldwide Jewish kingdom. Jesus sits, you know, he's kind of like Prince Charles. He just kind of sitting on

the throne and everything, but you know, Israel, how they define it, runs everything else. You got it, Doc. And so the Christian Zionists paint this picture that Jesus comes back to save the state of Israel. Not the Jews, the state of Israel. In their mind, the state of Israel is the priority. And if you are in Israel, you automatically are included. Because it's saving the state of Israel that is the most important thing. So I guess Jews living in New York and Miami, when Christ comes back, I guess they're out. They don't get saved because they're not in Israel. And how about all the Jews that died before that period of time?

I guess they're out of touch. Between the time of Jesus Christ to the time of the tribulation, I guess they get the short end of the stick, huh? Or unless you believe that they're saved by essence of being Jewish, which some of them hold to, they don't say it out loud. But when Paul's talking about all Israel here, Rick, what is he really talking about?

All of the people that God in his sovereign wisdom chose to be the elect. Oh, I just said something so reformed. I can't believe those reformed words came out of my mouth. Lord have mercy on me. How would you define it, Doc? As far as the elect are concerned? You know, when he says all Israel shall be saved.

I believe that it's everyone who is believed by faith in what God has said. All Israel shall be saved. I believe that it's everyone who has believed by faith in what God has said, all Israel shall be saved. Yes, yes, that's what I just said. All that he had chosen and the ones he had chosen were the ones that believed in his son. So are you telling me, and this is the argument I would make to our dispensational associates, are you telling me that a Jewish person, let's just say any

Jewish person, and they've done the most atrocious crimes, they're a pedophile, whatever it is, whatever their crime is, are you telling me they shall be saved without Christ? Or that Christ is just going to save them without repentance. That goes against the rest of Scripture. That goes against the nature of God and everything else he spells out in the rest of the Word of God. It would be contrary to his nature to do that. That's right.

So how was anyone saved? They were saved by repentance and faith repentance and faith repentance and faith. That's it. And faith in Jesus Christ specifically faith in the resurrected Jesus Christ. Not faith in the state of Israel faith in the resurrected Jesus Christ. the resurrected Jesus Christ. And without faith in the deliverer from Zion, you're lost, whether you're Jew or Gentile. Yes. God has promised to save the elect, and the elect is whosoever will. Yes. There you go. and the elect is whosoever will.

Yes, there you go. That's pretty easy to understand there. Does that harmonize, reconcile the two concepts? He has promised to save the elect and the elect is whosoever will. Whosoever will what? Call upon the name of the Lord. Put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. If you will believe the gospel you will be in the elect and if you're in the elect all Israel shall be saved.

And if you're in the elect, all Israel shall be saved. Now, Doc, am I preaching Calvinism or Wesleyism? Where am I right now? No, you're preaching the word. I'm just having fun with this. Because you know what, both of them are right. Yes, they're preaching the word. I'm just having fun with this. Because you know what? Both of them were right. Yes, they were both right. But looking at it from different perspectives.

Looking at it from two different directions. Let's bring it together. Let's focus. And let's bring this into 20-20 vision. decision. What we clearly know who the deliverer is, it's outright rejection and then there's just indifference. Doesn't matter, either one will keep you out of the kingdom. Yes. The gospel is to be believed.

It's the only purpose of the gospel, to be believed. It's the only purpose of the gospel, to be believed. And when you believe the gospel, you will know that Jesus Christ is the Messiah that God promised to the Jews. As it is written, Paul's talking about God's unchanging promises, that his word is steadfast, that you can trust whatever God promised. Move on to verse 27. I gotta get, I wanna finish up this chapter today. We got a long way to go. For this is my covenant unto them

when I shall take away their sins. For this is my covenant. What's the covenant? I shall take away their sins. Well, the only way for your sins to be taken away is to believe on the name of the one who has the authority on earth to remove sins, to forgive sins. There's only one empowered by Almighty God with the authority to forgive

sins, and that is Jesus Christ. And if you can't believe in Him, if you won't believe in Him, if you don't believe in Him, your sins cannot be forgiven. Right. And Paul in this particular verse here is referring back to the prophet Jeremiah. And so Jeremiah 31-33 says, But this shall be the covenant I will make with the house of Israel. After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts and will be their God

and they shall be my people. The dispensational say that this particular verse here happens at some time, some future point in time. It's always somewhere in the future, Rick, always in the future. Always in the future. Always in the future. But the prophet Jeremiah saw a day where the Word of God would be written on our hearts. That's not for from Jeremiah's point of view, it was future. For us, it's now. Yes. God, when we confess Jesus Christ, we have that law written on our hearts, on our inward parts here.

And so, Paul is in some ways saying, you know, this is already being fulfilled in this day. And when I say in this day, I mean first century. It's already being fulfilled right now. God's already writing laws on the hearts of people those Jews and Gentiles and So so when Paul is referencing this, you know This covenant he's made that come he established that come it's the new covenant Amen I'm still here right? No, no, it perfect. I There's nothing else I can add to it. That's exactly the way that verse needs to be described. Verse 28, as concerning the gospel, they are enemies for

your sakes. But as concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes." Fathers, not father, fathers' sake. Plural fathers. And so this is a… It presents a complex status here of the Jews. He says, hey, as far as you're concerned, you Gentiles, concerning the gospel of Christ, they're your enemies. Are they still our enemies today?

Yes, they still act like enemies. You have to work overtime to forgive them, because they will come against you. Because of their rejection of Christ. Their opposition to the gospel, their refusal to believe in Jesus as the Messiah. But that opened the door for Gentiles to be brought in. Praise God. For your sakes.

As concerning the election, they are beloved. God has not stopped loving them. Right, and that there's an elect few who will respond to the gospel. That's what the election is talking about there. He hasn't totally rejected them. There's still some who will accept the gospel. Look, you can have a utterly disobedient, disrespectful teenager that you eventually kick out of the house. Right. And say, until you respect me,

you do not come back in this house. But that parent still loves that teenager, never disowns that teenager. Simply says when you have an attitude adjustment, you may come back. This is God's position towards the Jews. Are you kicked out of the house? You're kicked out. And until you get an attitude adjustment about my son, Jesus Christ, you can't come back in. But I still love you.

I'll always be your father. I'm always here waiting for you. Does this help explain his attitude towards Israel? Towards the Jews? He's never stopped loving them. But it's tough love. You've got to change your ways. You've got to change your attitude. I have declared my son Jesus Christ to be your Messiah. Accept him.

I'm not giving you a second Messiah. You are not gonna dictate to me what the Messiah shall be. I will give you my Messiah. See, isn't this what the issue is about? The Jews say, we don't like your Messiah. That's not what we want. We want a different Messiah. That's why they chose Barabbas.

Give us a killer. Yes. Hey, we want a Messiah who kills. We want to kill Roman soldiers. That Jesus guy ain't gonna kill anybody. They want a warrior. They want to wipe out the Arabs. And when they get done wiping out the Arabs, I'm talking about the Zionists, when they get done wiping out the Arabs, they're coming for everybody else. They're not gonna stop with the Arabs. The God's not gonna let them do it. He's not gonna allow them to do it.

I'm just talking about the present day Zionists. But then this phrase, for the Father's sake, not the heavenly Father's sake, but for the Father's sake. This is speaking of God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the patriarchs, the fathers of Israel for their sakes. For their sakes God will make sure a remnant of Jews are saved. It's sort of like when I go back home and if you know I introduce myself and say hey I'm Raymond Burkhart. And they say, oh, you're George's boy. I have no identity to this

person other than I'm the son of George Burkhart. The only thing they know about me is George Burkhart was my father. That's it. And anything they extend to me, any kind of courtesy, any kind of respect, good or bad, it's for George's sake on what they remembered about my father, not me. They have no history with me. That's a great way of explaining it, doc. That's exactly the way it is. When we went to Jordan and to Petra and we found out that the,

the first non-Arab to see Petra was a Johann Burkhardt? Yes, Johann Burkhardt. Was it Germany or Switzerland? I don't recall, but either way, it's still a great story. But I tell you what, the doors opened up for us. Absolutely. Isn't that amazing? It was, man.

I was, man, I was Dr. Burkhart's assistant. I mean, I was like, hey, I'm with him. I'm with Dr. Burkhart. You know, his relative discovered Petra. Hey, I'm with him. Because the doors, they showed you respect because your name was Burkhardt. Yes, they knew nothing about me. They had no history with me. I'd never been to Petra before.

I'd never done anything for Petra other than show up. And yet, doors opened because, why? Because of my name. Because of a memory of Johann Burkhardt who accidentally found a place in the desert middle of the desert that had supposedly been lost for centuries and so you could say that Johann Burkhardt got pretty lucky there. Uh, Johann Burkart got pretty lucky there. Well, for you, for Johann's sake, you were treated like royalty.

That's right. Yeah. So that's what this first means for the sake of the patriarchs. Because they, why they were faithful to God. It wasn't because of their, they, and the They were faithful to God. It wasn't because of their, and the three that I read, Abraham, Isaac, they weren't even Jews. Right. They were faithful.

Even the mistakes they made, their failures, they remained faithful, they believed God's promises. And what was the promise? Well, the promise is that he would send the messiah and the holy spirit living in you is that fulfillment of the promise to Abraham. Amen. It sure is. Do not cheapen the presence of the holy Spirit in your life. We'll move on to 29. I got to watch here.

I think we can do it. For the gifts and the callings of God are without repentance. it for the gifts and the callings of God are without repentance. God never retracts his promises. You can ignore them, reject them, not use the promise, not stand up, but he doesn't withdraw his promises. That's right. He doesn't withdraw his gifts. He doesn't withdraw his callings. There are many people that go through life miserable because they're called by God and they never act on it. The callings there through their entire life. Yes.

There are people that don't use their gifts, but the gifts haven't disappeared. They just haven't used them. Right. Which, and I will tell you, is a major reason why I made a change in this ministry, in my life and said I have clearly heard the Lord tell me he has done using me to analyze the news for the benefit of people understanding what's going on in the world because that was getting in the way of gifts of teaching and writing. I can't do all of them at one time. And the Lord said that Rick put aside this gift you've been walking in.

You still have the gift, but I don't want you to use it like you've been using it. I want you to build it like you've been using it. I want you to build up your teaching muscles, build up your writing muscles. Become strong in those things. Because Rick, it certainly wasn't your intention to become a newsman. Your intention was to say, look, the Lord has shown me something about the end of days here and I'm seeing things happening in the world around me that confirm what God said to me.

That time is running very, very short. The window of time is closing and the things that we see in the world are pointing to a final day that is coming fast. At the heart of it, that's what the ministry was about. But Doc, it was never my intention to become a radio show host, a podcaster, a minister. It was never my intention. I was not.

You're minding my own business until the Lord showed up one day. I was saved. I loved the Lord. I was a Christian, went to church. I was absolutely believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. But one day the Lord showed up in my life and clearly made it known to me He had a work for me to do. And that changed everything, but I wasn't seeking it. I submitted to it. I surrendered to it. And I obeyed by faith. And now 27 years have gone by since I first accepted that call, which was in 1998.

The radio program didn't start until 99. But I acted on the call in 98. But I wasn't seeking it. I said, hey, what could I do that would have a lot of trouble, give me a lot of enemies, make me misunderstood. What could I do? Now, nobody thinks like that. So God's gifts are irrevocable.

God's gifts are irrevocable and his calling remains in effect. Yes. And it's up to us to accept those gifts and callings by faith, walk in them by faith, and exercise them by faith. And as every step you take by faith, God increases the gifts and the calling in your life. Right. Just keep taking steps. Okay.

Doc, is there anything you want to add about that verse? No, other than it's often used out of context today. You know, when people quote it, they're usually talking about spiritual gifts or something like that. But Paul was talking specifically about what gifts? Well, he wasn't talking about spiritual gifts. What was the gift? That gift of grace that was extended in the past and that calling that still exists. And God hasn't taken those back. When it says without repentance,

it doesn't mean, oh man, I'm so sorry, you know, and all that, no, no. It means that God has changed the way he does things and yet it's still the same. It's open to the Gentiles now. And then the very next verse, Paul says, for as ye, you Gentiles, were outside and believe and came in, Jews who are now outside,

they can believe and come in too. So don't think you're in a special place there. So at the core, the calling is the call to come into the kingdom. Yes, the gift is the mercy, the grace, the spiritual empowerment, empowerment to believe the gospel and live for Christ. Right. And those calling and that those gifts will not be rescinded. Verse 11, excuse me, Romans 11.30. For as ye in times past have not believed God,

ye have now obtained mercy through their unbelief. through their unbelief. Before the gospel, Gentiles, non-Jews lived in rebellion. They were not part of God's covenant, not recipients of his promises. And yet God had a plan to bring Gentiles into Israel and to let them share in the promises. But he said the Gentiles have now obtained mercy. now obtain mercy. So this is celebrating God's gracious inclusion of Gentiles into his redemptive plan through faith in Christ. Right. So Gentiles now receive salvation as a gift of grace, and that transforms their position, their status from outsiders to heirs.

And so the mercy granted to Gentiles fulfills God's promise to bless all nations through Abraham's seed who was the Lord Jesus Christ. The phrase, through their unbelief, speaks of the Jews' rejection of the gospel. That God uses their rejection of the gospel to open the door for the gospel to the Gentiles. Yes. Again, the Darbeites would teach it that Jesus failed in his mission and God had to come up with plan B. No, he only had one plan. He knew they would reject his son and he knew that he would bring the Gentiles in Yes, it's throughout the mission throughout the covenant the old covenant the prophets talked about it It wasn't a new plan it was always the plan

Praise God, it was the plan. Praise God, it was the plan. Verse 31, even so have these also now not believed that through your mercy, they also may obtain mercy. So these also now not believed. Speaking about the Jews. Speaking about their present disobedience. A temporary rejection of the gospel. That it aligns with God's redemptive plan. That it is part of his divine strategy. The phrase, now not believed, again it speaks of the current

state of the Jewish people, this hardening of their hearts. But there will be in the future, God has opened the door for the remnant of Jews to come into the kingdom. But they're coming into the church of Christ. They're not joining a synagogue, They're joining the Church of Christ. Again, these Christian Zionists, they refuse to say that the Jews must be brought into the Church of Christ. Yes. They're going to be saved, all Israel is going to be saved, but not in the church.

What else? What else can you be in? The church is the body of Christ. Does he have a second body? He has one body. There's one head and one body. verse 31, even so have these also now believed that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. Did I just do that one? Yeah, I think we're ready for 32, but. Yeah, I think I did it twice here.

Verse 32, for God hath concluded them all in unbelief that he might have mercy upon all. God might have mercy upon all. What does this mean, doc, for God hath concluded them all in unbelief? Um, to me, that's that he's saying Jews and Gentiles, all of you are disobedient. All of you need mercy. All of you need forgiveness. Yes. God's already established. I've come to the conclusion you're all disobedient.

That's right. And Paul says that in Romans, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. So even though, really, and so Paul comes out and says this, listen, Jews have rejected God and Gentiles have rejected God. They've all rejected God. But in this rejection, God is revealing His mercy and His grace. Even in the midst of the rejection,

no matter who you are, all have sinned, Jew, Gentile, whatever. But in the midst of that, even though they've sinned, even though they've rejected God, this gives God the opportunity to show forth his power and his mercy and his grace in allowing them to repent and come into the kingdom by faith. Okay, we have four more verses to finish chapter 11 verse 33. Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God, how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out.

And as smart as Paul was, and he was so smart that Peter, at one point, said, you know, Paul says things that sometimes are a bit confusing. He says, but they're scripture. The Peter said that confirmed that about Paul. But here's an example of Paul saying, you know what? I look at this and I go, wow. Yes, that's it. That's what that's how I would translate this verse.

Wow. Wow. Paul just paused and said, wow. His heart, his mind burst with awe at God's boundless understanding, his mercy, the greatness of his redemptive plan. Right. And as confusing at times that Romans may seem to be, the book of Romans itself, and Paul absolutely understood what he was writing and what he was talking about. But even in the midst of that, if you're having difficulty understanding Romans,

imagine where Paul was. He said, I'm writing this down, and I'm blown away by this. Well, he was the first to get it. Yeah. He didn't have anything to read and study. God was blowing the doors off of his mind. So the riches, he talks about represents the inexhaustible death of God's insight, his plan for salvation of Jews and Gentiles. Paul's saying, this plan is so big, it blows my mind.

I am stunned at what the plan that God had for us. But somehow he brings us all together. He keeps his promises to Abraham. He keeps his promise to the Jews. He opens up the door to the Gentiles, somehow he gets it all done. Paul says this is almost beyond my comprehension. How unsearchable are his judgments?

Verse 34, for who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counselor? Who's qualified to give advice to God? In my morning prayer, I was praising God as the Creator, and He's my Father. My Father is the Creator. My Father can do anything. My Father can speak words and form galaxies with words. He can make planets with words. Yes. He can make stars with words. He doesn't need tools. He doesn't lift his, he just speaks words

and stuff appears. That's my father. And this morning I said, Lord, Father, I know. Nobody saw you do it because you had not even made Adam yet. But I sure wish I could have been there to watch you make the universe. Just to say, that's my father. Look at him. Look at what he's doing.

He's speaking words and stuff's appearing. Look at that big planet he just made with words. What else has he got inside of him? Anything that anything he speaks becomes real. Amen. Do you understand what I just said? Whatever he speaks is real. Whatever word he has spoken that's in the Bible, it's real. And it's real

today. And you can believe it today because it came out of his mouth. It's as fresh today as it was when he spoke it thousands of years ago. Just believe it. The power is in that word. For who has known the mind of the Lord? Who's given him advice? When Job was whining, he had reasons to whine. I mean, he was covered with boils. He was whining to God, and God said, where were you when I formed the universe? I don't remember seeing you, Job. Nobody's qualified to give him advice.

Nobody fully understands his mind. We have a tiny little glimpse of his mind, teeny weeny little glimpse of his mind. No human can advise him. Here I have my council, my committee of counselors here. I have all these humans I made. They're going to give me advice. Who hath been his counselor? He needs no human advice, no guidance.

He doesn't need it from Jews and he doesn't need it from Gentiles. He does what he desires to do. Whatever he speaks, he does it. Okay? And Paul is referring here to this plan of salvation. Yes. And so, you may not like it. You may think it should be done a different way. But God has ordained this is the way. This is the path. This is His purview, His choice, His doing, nobody else's. He didn't lean over to Gabriel and said, you know what? I'm having second thoughts about this.

No. He set a plan. It was by faith, faith in his promises. And that's the plan. Jew, Gentile, whatever. The sooner you come to a place in your life that you accept whatever God has said as settled law, whatever God has said as settled law Just that's it He said it this is the way it is the sooner you come to that place the sooner your life's going to become easier

Because so many people are trying to Alter what God said I know the bible says this, but exactly. I think, yes. No, this is what he said. You know, I get it. You know, when, you know, we get the push back about giving offerings. Oh, my people get the religious spirits get stirred up. This is what the word says. Take it or leave it I

Didn't write it It's that's what it says The system he set up for you to be blessed on this earth is for you to give if you don't like it Don't give don't be blessed. You're on your own, right? Don't argue about it either. Yeah. That's his plan. That is the plan. Right. I'm not going to argue with people about it. That's the plan.

You want to be healed? Here's the plan. This is what the Word says. The Word settles it. His law is settled forever. And this is the plan of salvation that he has. So then verse 35, Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

It will be repaid to him again, it will be repaid to him again. Who has first given something to God and then it will be repaid to him again? Just God owes nothing to any human and never will. He would never allow himself to get in a position that he owes a human something. Right. So God is not obligated to save you because of who you are. Jew or Gentile. He's not obligated. Now, his love will obligate him. His love already has obligated him to give his son. And he will uphold his word. Yes. For that purpose, he will uphold his word,

but he's not changing his word to fit somebody else's whims. Right. That's a great way to put it, Rick. He's not changing the plan of salvation. He's not customizing it. Well, I'm a good person, Rick. You know, I've gone to church all my life. I give every offering. None of those are qualifiers, friends.

Not a single one. God's not obligated to save you because of those things. So no human can give to God or earn his favor, his salvation, his forgiveness. We can't give him something that in return we get paid back. Then salvation wouldn't be a gift. He's not accepting payments from, he doesn't have a window open in heaven. You can't bribe God. Nope. Bottom line, you can't bribe him. He owns everything

Including he doesn't know and it doesn't owe you anything. He doesn't owe you anything That's why it's grace because he doesn't owe you anything. He's under no obligation to save you none Doesn't owe the United Nations doesn't own the US Treasury doesn't owe the United Nations, doesn't own the US Treasury, doesn't owe world Zionism, doesn't owe anything to the Vatican, nothing. We are in debt to him. It's through his wonderful grace that we are saved. Verse 36, this is the end of chapter 11, for of Him and through Him and to Him

are all things to whom be glory forever, amen. That says it all. For of Him, through Him, and to Him is everything. Everything. Of Him speaks of His position as creator. Yes. Through Him. Recognizes Him as the sustaining force in the universe,

orchestrating every detail of His redemptive plan. And to Him. And to Him. He deserves all worship and glory and praise because of it. Amen. Amen. Praise God. Hey, we did it. We finished. And it's a doxology. Yep. He ended with a doxology. When Paul said amen here, that's the end of that particular lecture or treatise or wherever you want to call it. I got nothing else to say, Paul.

Nothing else to say here. We're going to move to another topic here. So here's the doxology. For of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things. Amen. Praise God. Tomorrow, chapter 12. Praise God. We appreciate chapter 12. Praise God.

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final words, Rick, before we sign off? No, I'm in agreement with Dawn. She said, I've read Romans many times and have had the hardest time understanding. I listen to Morning Manna at least twice to understand. Well, I'm with you, Dawn. And Paul's in agreement with you, Don. Yes. There's some stuff in here that's hard and made even Paul sit back and go, wow, and he wrote it.

Praise God. All right. Well, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, go ahead, Rick. Well, I just see Vicki said, what? God's not impressed with my thousand dollar donation Well, not he's impressed with your the generosity of your heart Yeah, if you give it by faith, it's not the money. It's the generosity of your heart. Amen. That's what impresses him

Because if you're a millionaire a thousand dollars,000, that's not that generous, is it? But if $1,000 is 90% of what's in your bank account, that makes you extremely generous. He's looking at the attitude of the heart. How generous are you? And how much trust do you have in him? How much faith do you have? When you give like that for the work of the gospel, it's like Abraham taking Isaac to the mountaintop. Boy, I don't know how this is going to work out, but you and I are coming down off this mountain.

When you give those gifts, when it's like wipes out your bank account, that's like saying, God, I don't know how this is gonna work out, but my bills are gonna be paid because I'm being obedient to you. I'm being generous. I am. I trust my faith is in you. That's what impresses him, your faith in him. All right, I'm going to start a Faith Friday here. Let's do this. Praise God. Well, we appreciate you being here with us, and we invite you to join us again tomorrow, live at eight o'clock hour here on the east coast for the Tuesday edition of Morning Minute. God bless you. We love you very much. We'll see you then.