Transcript [00:00] So, with the war going on and everything [00:01] else going on in the world, we talk a [00:03] lot about politics. I do a lot of that [00:05] on this channel, talking about politics. [00:08] But in this video, I want to do [00:09] something a little bit different. I want [00:10] to talk about some spiritual matters, [00:13] some spiritual messages that we really [00:17] need to hear at this time with the world [00:19] in such turmoil. And I'd like to do it [00:22] using someone I admire greatly and I've [00:25] uh I've done a number of videos using [00:27] his material on this channel with a few [00:29] comments made by Glenn Beck that I think [00:32] are really worth listening to and I have [00:35] something to say about them. Before we [00:37] get to that, u please go ahead and you [00:41] know while we're on the topic of keeping [00:43] a biblical perspective, keeping a [00:44] spiritual perspective, one of the other [00:46] offerings of Israel 365, I talk about [00:49] Israel 365 a lot. I work for Israel 365. [00:51] I'm part of the leadership of that [00:53] organization. [00:54] But make sure to check out [00:56] israel365news.com. [00:58] If you're looking for a news website out [01:00] of Israel, written from a biblical faith [01:02] perspective, israel365news.com. [01:05] There are uh opinion pieces written by [01:08] both Christians and Jews. It's [01:10] specifically uh brings together [01:12] Christian and Jewish voices into the [01:14] same news website. So, this isn't a [01:16] Jewish website targeting Christians. [01:17] It's not a Christian website targeting [01:19] Jews. It's yes, it is run by Israel 365. [01:23] We are a Jewish organization, but many [01:24] of the authors are Christian and uh and [01:27] and we bring you the news and analysis [01:29] again with a biblical a strong biblical [01:32] faith perspective. So, please go check [01:34] that out uh if you're looking for a good [01:37] news website, Israel 365 News. But let's [01:40] get to Glenn Beck. So, I'm going to play [01:41] what I'm going to do is I'm going to [01:42] play you two clips of Glenn and I'm [01:43] going to make comments in between them. [01:46] Okay? Okay. So, here's the first clip by [01:48] Glenn and they're both from the same [01:50] monologue. It's two parts of the same [01:52] monologue that he gave. Very important [01:54] messages. Here we go. [01:56] >> I want you to take a look at the world [01:58] that we are standing in right now. [02:00] >> A war with Iran that has [02:03] already uh drawn in the United States [02:06] and Israel and starting to separate [02:08] people. Oil routes are threatened. [02:10] Missiles crossing borders. Regional [02:12] powers trembling. The Vatican pleading [02:14] for bombs to stop. [02:16] There is a description of these times uh [02:21] at the end of the uh Bible. It's wars [02:23] and rumors of wars. [02:27] And that's the way everything kind of [02:28] feels right now. [02:31] You know, you you might have heard your [02:33] father, your grandfather say there are [02:34] no atheist in in a foxhole. [02:38] The prospect of war, even one across the [02:41] world, makes people reach for ancient [02:43] stories and holy books. Whether you're [02:45] religious or not, it happens. [02:49] And there is something unsettling that [02:52] is going on. [02:54] And something about this war in [02:56] particular that makes us think about the [02:57] ancient world and the beginning of [02:59] everything, but also the end of [03:00] everything. You know, whether that's [03:04] nuclear war or the apocalypse, things [03:06] that we none of us want to think about. [03:08] We don't want to think about those [03:09] things. [03:11] Christians believe that upheaval, [03:13] apostasy, calamity, a moral collapse are [03:17] signs of the end. But we don't know when [03:19] that end is. This has happened over and [03:21] over again all throughout history. Some [03:24] Jews look at Israel restored in their [03:26] land, surrounded by enemies, and asking [03:28] whether, "Wow, is history moving to the [03:31] place where the Messiah as promised to [03:34] the Jews is coming?" [03:37] Muslims, especially with the the Shia uh [03:40] esquetology, [03:42] they hear this language of oppression [03:44] and chaos and deception and war and ask [03:46] whether is Trump the djal is he the is [03:51] he the antichrist? [03:53] They're actually saying that in parts of [03:55] the Middle East he might be the [03:56] antichrist. Is the mahadi coming? [04:00] And their own tradition speaks of [04:02] widespread injustice and the mahati [04:05] being revealed. Jesus comes back but not [04:08] as Jesus as you know. Anyway, the [04:10] deceiver following falling the great [04:12] Satan falling [04:14] and history rushing towards uh a [04:17] reckoning. [04:19] So let me talk to you about what's [04:21] happening here. What do you see [04:23] happening? [04:25] The world's great faiths are not [04:27] suddenly agreeing on on every doctrine. [04:29] They're do doing something more haunting [04:31] than that. They are all staring at the [04:33] same storm, each from a different tower, [04:36] each from a different text, each with a [04:38] different vocabulary, but they're all [04:41] looking at the horizon and saying in one [04:43] form or another. [04:46] This may not be ordinary. [04:51] Civilizations don't merely collapse from [04:54] bad economics or failed diplomacy. [04:57] Sometimes they do. [05:01] They collapse when they lose any sense [05:03] that eternity has a claim on them. [05:08] When nothing is sacred and everything [05:10] becomes negotiable. And we have been [05:12] here in the last 25 years. Marriage is [05:15] negotiable. Truth is negotiable. Whose [05:18] truth? What truth? Your truth. Children [05:23] become negotiable. They're not your [05:25] children. They belong to somebody else. [05:27] The school, the state. We can do [05:28] whatever they want because they're not [05:30] underage really. We can adjust their [05:33] body. How do you know what sex is? [05:37] Justice is negotiable. [05:40] Even human life is negotiable. [05:43] And once people have lost the permanent, [05:48] they become the perfect prey for the [05:50] intermediate. [05:52] And that's where we are right now. And [05:54] believe. [05:56] >> Okay. So I want to address this from a [05:59] Jewish faith perspective. [06:02] First of all, he talks about how this [06:05] war [06:06] feels different and that all the [06:09] different faiths on earth right now are [06:12] looking at it. The Jews are looking at [06:13] it certainly through a spiritual lens. [06:16] We have been since October 7th. The [06:19] Muslims certainly are. Hamas attacked [06:21] Israel on October 7th [06:24] uh for religious reasons. They say that [06:27] they named the war after the temple [06:30] mount after al axa. [06:32] The Iranian regime certainly as he [06:35] pointed out there are trying to bring [06:36] the madi and bring apocalypse to the [06:38] world to summon their messiah figure. [06:42] We feel that something different is [06:44] going on. And what's more, in our [06:45] political discourse, as I've pointed out [06:48] in other videos on this channel, u faith [06:52] issues have become part of the political [06:54] discourse. Um, you know, Christians who [06:57] are [06:59] who who are still holding fast to [07:00] replacement theology are attacking [07:02] Christian Zionists, [07:04] who are, you know, for their support of [07:06] Israel. There's all kinds of spiritual [07:09] matters that have that have come into [07:10] the politics. Let me put it a simpler [07:13] way. [07:14] The war in Vietnam, the Korean War, [07:18] World War II, [07:21] World War I. These were brutal wars, but [07:23] they weren't about religion. They [07:25] weren't faith wars. The war that we're [07:27] in now, this war with Iran, [07:30] this is a this is a religious war. [07:34] The other side certainly knows it. We [07:36] need to recognize it, too. Israelis, [07:38] many Israelis, especially younger [07:39] Israelis. Israel is a the younger you [07:42] go, the more the more spiritually [07:44] committed Israelis are. The younger [07:46] generation is very spiritually plugged [07:48] in. [07:50] And we definitely recognize that there's [07:52] something different about this war, [07:53] something big, something end times [07:55] feeling about it. I want to share with [07:57] you a text. [08:00] Um, this is a text, an ancient text. [08:02] It's from a book. I I think I I [08:04] discussed it in another video, maybe on [08:06] the Israel 365 channel. I don't [08:08] remember. It's from a book called the [08:10] Piktar Rabati. Siktar Raabati is a book [08:12] of midash, an ancient rabbitic text. [08:15] This book was compiled in the sixth or [08:18] seventh century [08:20] um around that era. But it was compiled [08:23] then. Many of the teachings in it are [08:26] acknowledged to be from a much much [08:27] earlier time that were passed down [08:30] and some of them are recorded in other [08:32] versions elsewhere. [08:34] But I want to read you one passage that [08:35] I came across many years ago. And it's a [08:38] passage about the end times. [08:42] And I'm going to read it to you in [08:43] Hebrew and translate it into English [08:45] because I know I have some Jewish [08:46] listeners, Jewish viewers who who will [08:49] appreciate the Hebrew, but it's also I [08:50] don't have it in translation. So here's [08:53] what it says. [08:55] Rabi, Rabbi Isaac, Rabbi said, [09:01] "In the year where the King Messiah is [09:05] revealed," and when you're talking about [09:07] a midashic text and it says something [09:08] specific like the year, it could mean [09:10] the era or like the the more immediate [09:14] time period, [09:16] the year that the King Messiah is [09:18] revealed. [09:23] All the kings, all the governments, all [09:26] the kings of the nations of the world [09:28] will be struggling with each other. [09:30] They'll be fighting. And we currently [09:32] have wars going, multiple major wars [09:34] going on in the world. But look at this [09:37] line. Melik Paras Midgare Melik Arabia. [09:42] The king of Persia [09:45] will attack [09:48] the king of Arabia. [09:52] When has this happened? [09:54] Since the seventh century, since this [09:56] was put down. [09:59] The king of Persia. Persia is Iran. [10:01] Arabia. Obviously, the Arab countries [10:04] are all being attacked by Persia. Could [10:07] be Saudi Arabia is the biggest of them. [10:09] That's Arabia. But all the Arabian [10:13] countries are being attacked. The [10:15] Arabian [10:16] states are being attacked by Persia. So [10:18] it says that but it goes further [10:26] and what does the king of Arabia do? He [10:28] goes to the the to Edom. Now Edom [10:34] um in rabbitic text [10:37] refers to in words the rabbis use the [10:40] name Edom. There's no even in [10:42] the time they were writing this. There [10:44] was no one who identified themselves as [10:45] Edom. They use the name Edom or Edom in [10:49] Hebrew to refer to the west to [10:52] Christendom to Rome which eventually [10:55] became the Christian world. That's the [10:57] term they use. Okay. And this is just a [10:59] kind of a a term of art in midashic text [11:03] that eddom refers to the west or [11:06] christendom. [11:08] most powerful western nation of course [11:10] is America and the Arabian, the Arab [11:14] states are all seeking help and seeking [11:18] leadership [11:20] under the umbrella of American [11:22] leadership right now in this war. It's [11:24] literally what it what it says here [11:33] often means to make an effort to [11:35] continue. The king of Persia is trying [11:38] to destroy the entire world. That's what [11:40] it says here. [11:44] And all the nations of the world are are [11:46] are raising a tumult and they're [11:49] confused. And that's what Glenn was [11:51] talking about there that there's a lot [11:52] of confusion in our society today. And [11:54] there's a lot of tumult confusion at all [11:56] levels [12:00] and they're falling on their faces. They [12:01] don't know what to do with themselves. [12:03] Everyone's in a state of confusion. Look [12:05] at the way the NATO countries are [12:06] behaving and and Trump's calling them [12:08] out for it. Total confusion in the [12:09] world. Political confusion, societal [12:11] confusion, the confusion that Glenn was [12:13] talking about. [12:17] And they'll be and they'll be seized [12:19] with with pains like the pains of a [12:21] birthing mother. [12:25] And the and and Israel is also in a [12:27] tomult and confused and they're saying [12:32] and and Israel is saying where can we go [12:34] where can we come [12:37] and God says to them [12:40] God says to Israel my children don't be [12:43] afraid [12:49] the time of your redemption has arrived [12:55] Now, I don't know. Let's put it this [12:57] way. If the pika is not talking about [12:59] this war, then it's talking about [13:02] another great war between Persia and the [13:05] Arab nations, [13:08] which then involves the West [13:12] on the side of the Arab nations. [13:16] Um, if it's not talking about this war, [13:19] is it talking about another massive war [13:22] exactly like this one? [13:26] We're living in remarkable times. [13:29] So when Glenn talks about different [13:31] faiths, looking at this war through a [13:32] faith perspective, yes, we all are. We [13:35] certainly are. And we know that [13:37] something big is happening here because [13:38] this is a war over faith. It, [13:42] you know, I talk about like the [13:44] encroachment of Sharia law and Islam in [13:46] the West a lot on this channel. It [13:49] concerns me a lot. Glenn talks about it [13:50] a lot also. That's one of the things I [13:52] like about what he's been talking about [13:54] these last few years [13:57] because we're in the midst of a [13:59] worldwide war against Islam and their [14:04] partners, the Marxist atheists. We're in [14:06] a war against them. We've been in a war [14:08] against them for a long time. And the [14:09] war plays out in all kinds of different [14:10] ways. And right now, this conflict [14:12] that's happening [14:14] is [14:16] is is the explosion of all of that. It's [14:19] the it's it's the you know it's the [14:23] bubbling to the surface of so many [14:24] things that were not at the surface yet [14:27] and we all know it. We all feel it. You [14:28] see so in other words what's going on [14:31] between Iran and the United States and [14:33] what's going on in the streets of Europe [14:34] and what's going on you know in in the [14:36] struggle against Sharia in America and [14:38] in other parts of the world. This is all [14:40] interconnected and the persecution of [14:41] Christians by Muslims in Africa. [14:44] You know, like you see you see the [14:46] Christian nations now aligning more with [14:48] Israel because they recognize where we [14:50] are. We are in a worldwide it's not just [14:54] a war. This isn't just politics. There's [14:56] something much much deeper going on. [14:59] All right, let's see the next clip from [15:00] Glenn. So this is so this next clip is [15:02] from the end of this same monologue. [15:05] Talk to you about today. [15:07] I am not going to make a prediction or [15:10] lay out a timeline or a headline. I [15:13] today want to pass [15:15] a warning I feel more than compelled to [15:20] share with you. [15:23] Time matters right now in a way that is [15:28] hard to explain with any kind of chart [15:30] or data. [15:32] The world is not falling apart randomly. [15:36] There is a direction to it and there is [15:40] awareness beyond [15:42] what we can see. [15:45] I feel compelled [15:49] to tell you [15:52] none of this is a surprise to God. None [15:54] of this is catching him offguard. None [15:57] of this is outside of his view and [16:00] neither are you. [16:03] I believe deeply that people are being [16:05] called quietly, individually across [16:08] different faiths, countries, different [16:10] lives. Not all with the same words, but [16:13] with the same pull. [16:16] You might feel it yourself. [16:19] A pull to get closer to him, to [16:22] simplify, to spit yourself out of the [16:25] system, to return to the basics of how [16:28] we are supposed to live. And I don't [16:30] mean go live in a log cabin. [16:33] I mean the way you're supposed to live [16:35] in your own home [16:38] because the times ahead are not going to [16:41] be easy. There is going to be confusion. [16:44] If you think you're confused now, you [16:45] won't. You haven't seen anything. And [16:48] there are going to be voices, loud, [16:50] convincing voices that will try to pull [16:52] you off course. And some will sound [16:54] really righteous. Some you will agree. [16:58] Listen to everything, but mainly listen [17:01] to him. Some will sound like they're [17:04] right for a while. 1% off course is [17:07] going to make a big difference. They [17:09] will sound urgent and they will sound [17:10] like they have all the answers. They [17:12] don't. I don't. I don't. [17:19] I was talking with my staff this morning [17:21] about the state of America [17:24] and we talked about how it reminds us of [17:26] the battles in the Bible where the enemy [17:29] is just consumed with a spirit of [17:31] confusion like a fog over their camp and [17:34] they just start killing their brothers [17:35] and their allies instead of who they're [17:37] supposed to be fighting. They just all [17:38] turn on each other. That fog has clearly [17:41] fallen over America and we're watching [17:44] right now the left rip itself apart for [17:48] years and it gobble other parts of the [17:51] left and now the right is joining in. [17:55] But beyond politics were ripping each [17:58] other apart in our own families, in our [18:00] marriages. The spirit of confusion has [18:03] us attacking the people we're supposed [18:05] to be fighting with and not against. And [18:09] it is a thick thick fog. [18:13] And it's easy to get lost in if you [18:15] don't have your footing. If you're not [18:17] grounded in something deeper than what's [18:20] happening right now, you can and will [18:24] get lost. [18:27] Now, let me give you some good news. We [18:29] make it. We make it. It's going to be [18:32] fascinating to see how God solves all [18:34] this, but we make it. However this [18:36] unfolds, however difficult the road [18:38] becomes, the story doesn't end in [18:40] darkness. [18:42] There is something on the other side [18:48] that is glorious and worth enduring for [18:51] something better than what anyone has [18:54] ever known. But getting there requires [18:57] preparation. [18:58] Not just in what you store or plan, but [19:01] in who you are. [19:07] One of these days I want to tell you [19:08] some things about [19:12] I always know when trouble is coming [19:14] because I come under attack and my [19:17] family is under attack now like it's [19:19] never been. I mean it's been bad in [19:21] other times but and it's it's playing on [19:24] me. [19:27] You have to get these things cleared up. [19:29] Your family matters. Your faith matters. [19:31] Your daily choices matter more than any [19:34] headline. [19:37] I told my wife yesterday, we have to [19:38] double our work on feeding the hungry. [19:42] We have to double our work on telling [19:44] the truth, leaving your sins, loving [19:47] your children fiercely, like they're the [19:50] only thing that matters. Honor your [19:53] vows. Pray like heaven is real. Read the [19:57] ancient words again. Stand down from [20:00] hatred. step [20:04] away from the lie that politics will [20:07] save only what repentance can save. [20:13] And you know what? I hope I'm wrong. And [20:15] you know, if this is not the beginning [20:18] of some grand chapter, those are still [20:21] the right things to do. [20:24] We all need to live our life as if, you [20:26] know, the life that we live as if the [20:29] Messiah is near is the life we should [20:31] live even if he's not. [20:36] Wow. [20:40] That was powerful. [20:42] So, I want to share you my thoughts on [20:44] this. I share with you my thoughts. [20:46] First of all, I love when he says there [20:47] that it's all going to end well. Let's [20:49] remember as people of biblical faith, we [20:52] know that the end of the story is good. [20:55] How bloody it is on the way to that good [20:57] end, a lot of that's up to us. But we [21:00] know the story ends well and we have to [21:02] have that faith. We have to remember [21:03] that God is in charge. What everything [21:06] looks chaotic, [21:08] but God is the God of order. God [21:10] controls this. And like he said there, [21:13] none of this is a surprise to God. None [21:15] of this is outside of his vision. And [21:17] neither are you. And then his message [21:20] focuses on you, on the individual, on on [21:24] cleaning up your life, on getting your [21:26] life together [21:28] and and recognizing the importance of [21:30] this moment. I love that line. The life [21:31] that we lead if we believe the Messiah [21:34] is coming is the life is the life we [21:36] should be leading every single day. And [21:39] as I was listening to him, a prayer, a [21:42] short prayer [21:44] that Jews say on one day a year came to [21:50] mind. We say it numerous times on that [21:52] day. On Yum Kipur, on the day of [21:55] atonement, which is the holiest day of [21:57] the year on the Jewish calendar, [21:59] Yomipur, [22:02] we numerous times during that day, we [22:04] confess our sins. We do what's called [22:06] vidi in Hebrew. And it's it's a [22:08] lurggical confession where we go through [22:10] this long list of of categories of sin. [22:15] And right after we do that, we say the [22:18] following words. I'll say it in Hebrew [22:20] first. Elohi. [22:33] What it means is this. says exact [22:36] translation. My God, we're talking to [22:39] God. My God, [22:41] until I was created, [22:45] I was not worthy. Meaning, was not [22:47] worthy of being created. [22:49] But now that I am created, [22:53] it's as though I haven't been. Meaning, [22:54] it's an admission that I'm not [22:56] fulfilling. It's part of the confession [22:59] saying that now that I look at my sins, [23:01] I'm not living up to my to what I was [23:03] created for. Think about the opening of [23:04] that. [23:06] My my God until I was created I wasn't [23:11] worthy of being created. [23:13] So what does this mean? So the great one [23:16] of the greatest rabbis of the last I [23:19] consider him the greatest rabbi of the [23:21] last uh 150 years maybe more is Rabbi [23:25] Abraham Abraham Isaac Cook. He was the [23:29] first chief rabbi of the Jewish [23:30] settlement in the land of Israel. [23:32] um [23:34] in the in the modern sense and he was [23:37] the chief rabbi of of Israel before the [23:39] state. He died in 1935 [23:42] and uh his writings are widely studied. [23:45] Um [23:48] he explains this line as follows. He [23:50] says what does this mean? [23:53] Well, if we're people of faith and we [23:55] believe that every single thing that God [23:58] created, he created for a purpose. [24:01] Everything in the world has a purpose. [24:04] Well, what does that mean? That means [24:08] that until I was created, until I [24:11] entered the world, until I was born, [24:15] there was no need for me. [24:19] There was no purpose for me. Because if [24:20] there had been a purpose for me, I would [24:22] have been created then. [24:25] But what does that mean? That means that [24:27] now that I have been created, I was [24:30] created at a particular time in a [24:33] particular place because I matter. I [24:36] have a purpose. [24:39] Because again, if you if you believe [24:40] that simple that simple [24:44] idea in a life of faith, that simple [24:46] idea that everything that God created, [24:48] he created because it needs to exist. [24:51] Because it has a purpose. If God didn't [24:54] need you to exist, he wouldn't have [24:56] created you. You have no purpose. Which [24:59] means that bec the very fact that you [25:01] are here, the very fact that you were [25:03] born into this particular monumental [25:06] wild time, the fact that you're alive at [25:10] this time. Let's extend that. The fact [25:12] that you're of whatever age you're of at [25:15] this time, and think about what that [25:16] means for different people watching [25:17] this, you're at different ages. Whatever [25:19] age you're at, you bring something to [25:21] the table. The fact that you are alive [25:23] today with whatever capabilities you [25:25] have today means that all of that has a [25:28] has a divine purpose. Otherwise, it [25:30] wouldn't exist because again, everything [25:32] that God created, he created for a [25:34] purpose. And that's what that line [25:35] really teaches us. It's a call to the [25:38] individual to recognize that every one [25:41] of us has a responsibility [25:44] at a time like this. No one's a [25:46] spectator. A lot of us feel like [25:47] spectators. Oh, there's the people [25:48] fighting the war. There's the [25:49] politicians. And I'm just watching [25:51] YouTube videos or reading the paper, [25:53] following along. No. Every single one of [25:56] us has responsibilities. [25:58] And society is made up of individuals, [26:00] of families, of communities, [26:03] and we must contribute at every level. [26:05] Every single person, every one of us has [26:09] a divine purpose. Otherwise, we wouldn't [26:11] be here. And that's what Glenn is [26:13] calling is calling everyone to is is to [26:15] recognize that this is not a normal [26:18] time. This is not a time to just read [26:19] the paper and talk politics. This is a [26:22] time to to pay close attention to what's [26:26] happening, to understand the nature of [26:28] the struggle that we're in and to seek [26:30] ways that we can make ourselves better [26:33] and rise to the moment.
