Prophecy Without a Person: When Headlines Replace the Gospel

The sermon is a pretextual and topical commentary on geopolitical events, using Jeremiah 49 as a proof-text. The hermeneutic is fundamentally flawed, engaging in 'newspaper exegesis' that detaches the prophecy from its fulfillment in Christ. The amount of Scripture read is negligible compared to the political commentary. Soteriologically, the sermon is empty, offering no gospel hope. Furthermore, the message is marred by highly inflammatory and dangerous partisan rhetoric from the pulpit, which constitutes a severe ethical and pastoral failure.

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Theological Status: Theological Weakness Biblical Parallel(Archetype): Sardis
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🔍 Biblical Discernment: The 7 Church Parallels
The Faithful Parallels Smyrna • Philadelphia
Teaching that parallels the churches that endure suffering with true spiritual riches (Rev 2:9) and keep the Word of Christ without denial despite having "little strength" (Rev 3:8).
The Cold Orthodox Parallel Ephesus
Teaching that upholds doctrinal precision yet parallels the loss of the "first love"—the vital, motivating power of the Gospel (Rev 2:4).
The Formalist Parallels Sardis • Laodicea
Teaching that parallels churches relying on a reputation of being alive while being spiritually dead (Rev 3:1), or resting in lukewarm self-sufficiency, claiming to be "rich" while spiritually bankrupt (Rev 3:17).
The Compromised Parallels Pergamum • Thyatira
Teaching that parallels churches tolerating the "doctrine of Balaam" through cultural accommodation (Rev 2:14), or allowing seductive teachings that lead the flock into false gospels and immorality (Rev 2:20).
Why strictly "Mark & Avoid"?
We do not issue this rating to attack the speaker, but to protect the listener. This church's overall teaching trend consistently deviates from sound doctrine. As per Romans 16:17, we identify these patterns so believers can guard their hearts.
Date: 2026-02-28 | Church: Calvary Chapel | Speaker: Jack Hibbs

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🧐 Overview

Sermon Summary: This sermon attempts to connect Old Testament prophecy from Jeremiah 49 directly to modern headlines about Iran, offering a detailed geopolitical analysis. However, by focusing exclusively on current events, it overlooks the Bible's central message: that all prophecies find their ultimate meaning and fulfillment in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Big Idea: The recent events in Iran signal a significant shift in the geopolitical landscape, reflecting a broader ideological conflict between religious tyranny and freedom. [00:00:00 ▶️ 📄]

Pastoral Analysis: The sermon is a pretextual and topical commentary on geopolitical events, using Jeremiah 49 as a proof-text. The hermeneutic is fundamentally flawed, engaging in 'newspaper exegesis' that detaches the prophecy from its fulfillment in Christ. The amount of Scripture read is negligible compared to the political commentary. Soteriologically, the sermon is empty, offering no gospel hope. Furthermore, the message is marred by highly inflammatory and dangerous partisan rhetoric from the pulpit, which constitutes a severe ethical and pastoral failure.

Biblical Parallel(Archetype): Sardis — The sermon has a reputation for life and relevance by engaging current events, but is spiritually dead due to the complete absence of the gospel and a Christ-centered interpretation of Scripture.

🧭 Biblical Alignment Dashboard

Overall Verdict: Theologically Weak

CategoryStatusReasoning
Soteriology ⚠️ WEAK The sermon is devoid of any gospel presentation. Salvation is not mentioned, and the focus is on geopolitical events and physical self-preservation, not eternal redemption through Christ.
Bibliology ⚠️ WEAK While affirming the Bible's prophetic nature, the sermon uses it pretextually as a commentary on current events, rather than allowing the text to preach its own message of redemption.
Hermeneutic ❌ FAIL The hermeneutic is characterized by 'newspaper exegesis,' interpreting Old Testament prophecy through modern geopolitics rather than its fulfillment in Christ and the Church. This misses the redemptive-historical substance of the text.
Theology Proper ✅ PASS The pastor correctly affirms God's absolute sovereignty over the affairs and leaders of nations.
Sacramentology ⚪ N/A No sacraments were observed in the provided transcript.

📖 How they Handle Scripture & Jesus

Primary Text: Jeremiah 49 (Pretextual)

Scripture Saturation: Verses Read: 7 | Referenced: 2 | Alluded: 4

Passages Read Aloud:

  • Daniel 10:13 [00:09:53 ▶️ 📄]
    "I've been at war in the atmosphere with the prince of Persia and Michael came and helped me."
  • Jeremiah 49:34-39 [00:35:46 ▶️ 📄]
    "For the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam. Thus says the Lord of Hosts, behold, I will break the bow of Elam. I will render Elam unable to what do you do with the bow you launch things from a bow bow is referred to and believed to be the strength of power the strength of your bow to launch your weaponry i will break the bow of elam the foremost of their might"
  • Jeremiah 49:36 [00:38:12 ▶️ 📄]
    "I will bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, or the four corners of the earth, and scatter them among the nations."
  • Jeremiah 49:37 [00:38:20 ▶️ 📄]
    "I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies and before those who seek their life; I will bring disaster upon them."
  • Jeremiah 49:38 [00:38:52 ▶️ 📄]
    "My fierce anger, that is, my judgment, says the Lord, and I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them."
  • Jeremiah 49:39 [00:40:07 ▶️ 📄]
    "I will bring back the captives of Elam."

Key References: Daniel 9:20-23, Jeremiah 49:34-39

Christological Connection: None: The sermon fails to connect the prophecy of Jeremiah 49 to its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ, instead applying it directly and exclusively to modern geopolitical events.

🧱 Sermon Outline

  • Introduction & News Update [00:00:00 ▶️ 📄] : The pastor introduces the topic as a historic weekend, showing news clips of purported attacks by Iran on various Middle Eastern countries and U.S. assets.
  • Point 1: The Geopolitical & Religious Context [00:08:05 ▶️ 📄] : He explains the internal dynamics of Iran, the unpopularity of the religious regime, and the celebrations of the Iranian diaspora following the death of the Supreme Leader.
  • Point 2: Prophetic Interpretation of Jeremiah 49 [00:34:04 ▶️ 📄] : The pastor turns to Jeremiah 49, interpreting its prophecies about Elam as a direct prediction of the current events, including the scattering of the Iranian people in 1979 and the destruction of its leadership.
  • Conclusion & Call to Action [00:42:54 ▶️ 📄] : The sermon concludes with a call to pray for the nation, to be vigilant against domestic threats, and an assertion of the right to self-defense.

🗝️ Key Topics & Themes

  • Recent geopolitical events involving Iran [00:00:00 ▶️ 📄] : The pastor discusses recent attacks by Iran on various locations including Dubai, Bahrain, and Kuwait, emphasizing the significance of these events.
  • Iranian leadership and attacks on other Muslim nations [00:08:05 ▶️ 📄] : The pastor explains that a small faction of Iranian leadership is responsible for launching rockets, not the general populace.
  • Persian people and religious control [00:08:26 ▶️ 📄] : The pastor asserts that the majority of Persian people are under the control of a few religious leaders since 1979.
  • Biblical references to Persia [00:09:24 ▶️ 📄] : The pastor references Daniel's vision and the spiritual warfare mentioned in Daniel chapter nine.
  • Religious ideology in Iran [00:11:21 ▶️ 📄] : The pastor emphasizes that the actions of Iran are based on a religious ideology and a cult system.

✅ Commendations

Theology Proper | Affirmation of Divine Sovereignty

The pastor rightly grounds his analysis in the biblical truth that 'God governs in the affairs of men' [22:11], reminding the congregation that no leader rises or falls apart from God's sovereign plan.

⚠️ Theological Concerns

🔴 Hermeneutical Fragmentation (Missed Typology)

Root Cause: Hermeneutical Fragmentation (Missed Typology): This is a method of interpretation that fails to see how the Old Testament's persons, places, and promises point forward to and are fulfilled by Jesus Christ and His Church. It keeps the 'shadow' (the OT type) separate from the 'substance' (Christ), often resulting in speculative applications to current events.

"but it shall come to pass in the latter days... I will bring back the captives of Elam... Folks, that is a tremendous statement. Is that what we're watching? Is that what we're seeing? We'll see." [00:39:53 ▶️ 📄]

Correction: The New Testament teaches that Old Testament promises are ultimately fulfilled in Jesus. The Apostle Paul states in 2 Corinthians 1:20, 'For all the promises of God find their Yes in him.' Therefore, a prophecy about restoring the captives of Elam finds its greatest fulfillment not in political change, but in the spiritual restoration offered by the gospel, which gathered people from Elam on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:9).

🔴 Gospel-less Proclamation

Root Cause: Moralistic Drift (Sardis): This occurs when preaching shifts from the indicative of the gospel (what God has done in Christ) to the imperative of human action (what we must do), without grounding that action in the power and motivation of the gospel. The result is a message that appears alive but is spiritually dead, lacking the life-giving power of Christ.

"I hope you have a way as Americans of defending yourselves. Because if things go off, our police officers and our military can only handle so much. This is the United States of America. We've been given the God-given right to defend ourselves against enemies, foreign and domestic. Remember that." [00:44:27 ▶️ 📄]

Correction: The primary mission of the Church and its ministers is the proclamation of the gospel. Paul declared, 'For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified' (1 Corinthians 2:2). A message that substitutes political commentary or calls to self-preservation for the gospel fails the core mandate of preaching.

🟠 Inflammatory Partisan Rhetoric

Root Cause: Politicized Pulpit: This is not a formal heresy but a severe pastoral malpractice where the authority of the pulpit is used to advance a temporal political agenda rather than the eternal kingdom of God. It binds the consciences of congregants to a political party and replaces the call to holiness with a call to partisanship.

"You want to have Democrats removed from the face of the earth? Bring over some Iranians right now and they would take care of the Democrats." [00:17:35 ▶️ 📄]

Correction: Scripture commands believers to live peaceably with all, to pray for their leaders, and to love even their enemies (Romans 12:18, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Matthew 5:44). Using the pulpit to suggest or joke about violence against a political group is a direct contradiction of these commands and a poor witness to the gospel of peace.

📝 Other Corrections & Notes

  • All but one Democrat in the US Congress Senate have condemned these actions by Israel in the United States. [00:16:56 ▶️ 📄] → Correction: This is a sweeping generalization and political hyperbole, not a verifiable fact. Such statements should be avoided as they are almost certainly inaccurate and unnecessarily inflammatory. (N/A)
  • Donald Trump... turned out to be the most loved American president in the Middle East that this nation has ever had. [00:23:12 ▶️ 📄] → Correction: This is a subjective opinion stated as an objective fact. While he may have had significant support in some circles, this is an unsubstantiated and hyperbolic claim. (N/A)
  • The French celebrated by... baking the crescent moon that sits upon a mosque and making it into a pastry and eating it... I bet you you'll never eat a croissant the same. [00:27:10 ▶️ 📄] → Correction: This story about the origin of the croissant is a popular legend, but it is historically unproven and widely disputed by food historians. It should be presented as a story or legend, not as established fact. (N/A)
📜 Full Sermon Transcript (Audit)

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[00:00:00] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[00:00:00] But we're going to dive into some things that that we need to talk about regarding what has transpired. I don't have all that many headlines. We do have some videos. But what we want to do is cue this thing up. And before I show you some things, I want all of you to realize, please, don't let this moment pass. No matter what happens, no matter how
[00:00:30] it goes one thing is certain this weekend was an extremely historic weekend in the history of man and that is not an exaggeration in fact maybe that might even be conservative many of you are not aware of the fact many of you have been born after 1979 but what happened
[00:00:57] yesterday and friday i should say is something that people didn't expect to see in their lifetime i hope you caught it i hope you wrote it down i hope you pulled out your bible for example
[00:01:14] and maybe turned to jeremiah 49 and and wrote down the date the date is significant we'll see this in a moment but there's a lot of people in the world today that are now in a state of shock and panic why ask yourself this question why why would there be people
[00:01:36] around the world in a state of shock and panic. Think about this. Be thinking about as to why people have been dancing in the streets of nations. Nations. Why? Nations around the world.
[00:01:56] Why? Why would there be people dancing in the streets of Los Angeles and Irvine and the other states why london why are there people dancing in south america and in southern south africa why are there people why why do they care about what just happened in iran it's very important that you
[00:02:26] you answer this question because you're going to need to talk to your friends and family about what's going on and so I want to accuse cute this up and I have to tell you I I
[00:02:41] pray for God's leading we are going to have a conversation today I mean it's pretty much a monologue but I want to feel like it's a conversation gonna ask

[00:02:53] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_08]
[00:02:53] you to put your eyes to the screen if you would and and I'll be interrupting these to make a comment okay pause this you guys recognize this it's the only

[00:03:15] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[00:03:15] seven-star hotel that I know of anyway in the world don't worry I've never stayed there I think I think a junk room there I think the little tiny little overnight room is ten thousand dollars a night I think that's in Dubai that is in
[00:03:32] Dubai and what does Dubai have have to do with Iran other than it's in the region why would Iran attack Dubai you know Iran attacked Dubai did you know that so we wouldn't pressure Jack you mean Iran attacked the United States and
[00:03:56] or Israel yes and Dubai interesting next let's keep going it was an Iranian drone by the way that did this flew into the building there's some other footage that's pretty graphic keep going that's an Iranian drone and that is hitting Bahrain can you pause the video
[00:04:33] Bahrain why would Iran attack Bahrain a fellow Muslim nation think of it think this through. Dubai, Bahrain, what's going on? Roll the tape. Over Tel Aviv. Of course, this makes sense. Iron Dome failed at that moment. You can't get them all, but some Israelis have been killed.
[00:05:06] You know that. But you know, that is the target, by the way, is the United States and Israel in that order, mind you. If you know anything about Islam, the first target, though you may not think
[00:05:20] so is the United States it's always been that way and Israel so Tel Aviv is still as as we are in this room here this morning Tel Aviv is still under tremendous amounts of rocket and missile threat next video so this is Kuwait
[00:05:41] Kuwait Kuwait Airport who attacked Kuwait Airport the Iranians why would iran attack kuwait they're attacking their their muslim brothers are they nuts why would they be doing this why would they be coming against and launching from israel to
[00:06:08] attempting to hit u.s uh navy and all which they uh did succeed uh so far a little bit were they uh we'll see a moment soon i don't know what order these are in i forget but
[00:06:24] Did you guys know that the Iranians, they did strike the fifth fleet, the U.S. Naval Fifth Fleet headquarters, and we're still waiting to hear accurate reports if anyone was killed or not.
[00:06:37] We know that as of this hour, I think this number is going to go up, but we know right now officially from CENTCOM that there have been three U.S. military personnel that have been killed so far.
[00:06:50] Roll the tape.
[00:06:54] This is...
[00:06:55] so this is the this is the Palm Hotel in Dubai and again striking and hitting Muslim countries next let's see what we got okay this was the that's the you that's the United States getting hit that's the US Fifth Fleet headquarters
[00:07:21] getting struck and it was a direct hit from what we've been told we'll see a lot of fog still with regarding information but they did strike the Fifth Fleet headquarters there keep going okay pause pause I don't know who
[00:07:38] this guy is so I don't maybe he's a very bad guy maybe he's a good guy I don't know who he is but this guy I had to watch this guy he's got a he's got a
[00:07:48] a bazillion subscribers that doesn't mean anything except I love I love his attitude about what you're about to see because this is what you're seeing if you if you talk to people that have Persian background Persian blood this is
[00:08:05] by far heavily by far the attitude you guys all know this did you know that when I was telling you a moment ago why would Iran attack these other Muslim nations. I set you up to tell you this. A wee little faction of Iranian leadership was punching
[00:08:26] the buttons to launch these rockets. Don't think that the Iranian people are behind all of these other attacks. Iran, the Persian people are controlled by a vast, the vast majority of the Persian people are under the heel of a handful of religious leaders. Ever since 1979, Islam has ruled
[00:08:54] in Iran. That was not always the case. You've just grown up knowing this because that's what you've grown up under or hearing about as Americans. Iranians, you got to remember when you read your Bible, they're Bible people. I mean, they're in the Bible. Persia, that's what Iran is. Persia,
[00:09:24] when you read your Bible, Persia. By the way, Daniel tells us that in his great vision that he saw and that as he was praying and seeking God in Daniel chapter nine, Daniel tells us that the
[00:09:36] angel comes and delivers an answer to him. And the angel says, I've been at war in the atmosphere with the prince of Persia and Michael came and helped me. These are archangels.
[00:09:53] So that I might bring to you your answer. By the way, this is freaky, you guys. The angels tells Daniel, the moment you began to pray, God's answer went forth. I was sent to bring you the
[00:10:07] answer, but it took me 21 days to get here. Are you hearing me? In the spiritual realm, there is warfare in battles that in that particular case the angel was withheld from getting the answer to daniel because of spiritual warfare that's an insight into the spirit realm
[00:10:30] that you may or may not want to know so what kind of powers principalities are over these realms right now they're ancient folks they're ancient one of my goals this week uh at least uh we'll
[00:10:51] see what happens but I've got traveling to do and I've got you to do and a lot of media to do but one of the things I I want to make sure that I do is to get
[00:11:02] people off the geopolitical narrative of these nations at war and talk about how Iran all of this that's transpiring is based upon a religious ideology it's the belief in a cult system that says this is what they must do more on that in a
[00:11:21] moment let's uh let's go back to this young man hello ladies and gentlemen welcome to tucy tv

[00:11:26] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[00:11:26] this is your global news channel admire tucy and there we have some breaking news ali khamenei the supreme leader of the islamic republic of iran or ali the mouse mush ali has been eliminated by
[00:11:40] the u.s and the state of israel listen there are celebrations as we speak across iran but also across the whole world and by the iranian diaspora and of course all those who are life and freedom

[00:11:55] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[00:11:55] you know i don't care about the light just stop did you hear did anybody hear a word that he just used say it again he used the word diaspora diaspora means those that were uh living in
[00:12:09] iran but were driven out of iran where he said we're going to take a look take a listen about and from the diaspora of Iran.
[00:12:21] I don't know anything about this man, but he knows that since 1979, millions of Iranians have left that country fleeing for their own lives to live in other countries like America.
[00:12:33] By the way, California in the United States, California has the largest Iranian population in the United States.
[00:12:40] That's why Bel Air, Hollywood, that's why they're all dancing yesterday.
[00:12:46] He used the word, don't know if he even realizes it is the word that is described in the action of the word is described in Jeremiah 49 are we looking at Bible prophecy we shall

[00:13:02] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[00:13:02] see but roll the tape and of course on this channel to see TV we give a special

[00:13:08] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[00:13:08] thank you to uncle Donald you guys are you guys stop hang on you guys rewind that you guys what did he say you didn't even hear what he said listen listen try to try to

[00:13:21] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_07]
[00:13:21] contain yourself iranian diaspora of course all those who are pro-life and freedom and of course on this channel 2ctv we give a special thank you to uncle donald president trump thank you sir and thank you to the u.s military who by the way carried out this swift and decisive action with
[00:13:44] zero casualties for the Americans God bless America and God bless the president now on a more personal level of course my 37 years on this in this world every single minute was to fight for freedom and of course the battle
[00:14:05] started in Iran Ali Khamenei has fallen and Iranians abroad are also out celebrating and this is I believe in London. London. Here we go. Here we go.
[00:14:33] Now absolute scenes across the world. Also there is a... I think we can get the updates now from Tel Aviv.
[00:14:47] We have we still have our live feeds by the way, the live cameras that we have from there across the region. Qataris have now joined the defense against the IRGC the former friends of the Islamic Republic the state of Qatar are now
[00:15:01] intercepting missiles coming from Iran and Iranian kids in schools there were also celebrating throughout the day and let's go to see this he's saying we were in the middle of the exams and they were in the middle of a
[00:15:24] test and then they heard the missiles they're all excited so that obviously

[00:15:37] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[00:15:37] that's just a very very small clip but those are the people that were in country other than London as you as you can imagine but those kids are dancing in the streets president Trump had made the announcement we have now giving you
[00:15:51] Iranian people the opportunity to take back your country you have to you have to remember something even though CNN is screaming that Trump promised to never be involved in regime change this is not regime change this is removing the
[00:16:07] obstacles so that the people can pick their leadership. That's not regime change. They have to pick. Maybe they won't do anything about it. I doubt that. 90% of the Iranian population did not want to be under religious rule in the tyranny of Islam, okay? So we'll see what happens,
[00:16:31] but it's quite remarkable I would be very careful right now to watch who says what about what just happened who says what about what just happened for example did you know that all but one all but one Democrats in the United
[00:16:56] States Congress Senate all Democrats have condemned these actions by Israel in the United States and they have been ordered by Chuck Schumer to return back to Washington DC to find out to figure out how they can bring charges against
[00:17:21] Donald Trump or somehow overrule his actions regarding what just took place in Iran. Let me tell you something right now. You want to have Democrats removed from the face of the earth?
[00:17:35] Bring over some Iranians right now and they would take care of the Democrats. They don't care.
[00:17:43] Listen, and by the way, don't think I'm being partial or political. A bunch of Republicans have lost their minds also okay the whole group makes me sick the thing is this when a country's liberated and they're rejoicing from tyranny who this the man who was the supreme leader
[00:18:04] is on video and tape you can read it and listen to him say we should thank allah for creating animals for our use animals for our consumption animals for our pleasure and the chief among the animals
[00:18:20] for all those things for us is allah having created women for us he said women are god's creation of animals for us to enjoy oh yeah come on everybody come on america come on uh white
[00:18:41] middle-class american women in the united states who are embracing islam you understand what you're embracing islam an ideology a teaching that says women are animals and you have been created by the god of islam only for our sexual appetites and you are an animal wake up wake up absolutely sick and
[00:19:07] insane all these young kids walking around campuses embracing islam as though it's some sort of vogue cool thing they have no idea what they're talking about they're at listen they're viewed as animals can you imagine and the sick demonic thing is that there's feminists who are
[00:19:27] cheering on islam in america while the people who are under islam in the middle east are trying to to get out of it you got to remember islam is relatively new folks it came around late 600s
[00:19:42] early 700s got to remember that let's roll this well iranians around the world have been taken

[00:19:51] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]
[00:19:51] to the streets uh to celebrate in some instances following u.s and israeli strikes on iran iranians in london were heard chanting long live the king while waving flags from the pre-1979 islamic revolution similarly in los angeles thousands of iranian americans danced and waved flags calling

[00:20:17] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_06]
[00:20:17] these strikes a liberation my reaction with this attack is excitement and hope for the iranian people for freedom and democracy in iran as you can see the atmosphere is almost like a party

[00:20:31] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_05]
[00:20:31] i think that it was the only option left because i believe people inside of iran had no other choice they were literally begging for help they wrote it on walls they put it all over they needed this

[00:20:41] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_09]
[00:20:41] to happen in order for them to be a secular free iran meanwhile locally in melbourne's federation

[00:20:58] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_04]
[00:20:58] square a few dozen members of the local iranian community have gathered to celebrate the death

[00:21:02] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_03]
[00:21:02] of the supreme leader this is basically a moment that we are hoping it's our berlin wall moment we are hoping that irgc will end we are hoping that this is the end of them not just end of Khamenei, end of Islamic Republic that occupies Iran.
[00:21:18] I just feel like crying out of happiness. And I'm so happy.

[00:21:23] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_02]
[00:21:23] I know that the Islamic Republic already had decided who would be the successor to him. Reportedly, it is going to be Lari Jani. And they already have decided successors to other heads of the government and heads of judiciary and everything. So the fight is not over. The
[00:21:37] regime has not fallen yet. But this is a very, very big step on the right direction.

[00:21:42] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[00:21:42] yeah she's exactly right she is exactly right i think i think that's it um so put your eyes to the screens on this one i'm going to show you um i'm going to show you why and i got to tell you
[00:21:55] guys honestly i do not know i've i i've got to find out maybe i'll never be able to find out so benjamin franklin said that god governs in the affairs of men by the way he lifted that
[00:22:11] that doctrine right out of the bible the bible says that there is no kings or judges that rise up or come down without god doing it did you know that listen no matter what your political
[00:22:21] persuasion is that god gave us for whatever reasons uh presidents like uh george washington presidents like lincoln presidents like barack obama presidents like joe biden all for a reason presidents like donald trump all for a reason it's not for you it's not for you to argue with god
[00:22:40] we are to do our part but god does his business it doesn't mean we sit things out we always do the right thing that said there's not a person on the planet certainly not in any one of the
[00:22:51] political parties in america that have had the the influence and the guts and the resolve that donald trump has had there's no there's no doubt about it no one could have done this this. I'm a Ronald Reagan guy. Reagan could not have done this. How is it? You've got to admit
[00:23:12] that from going down the golden elevator, which we all thought was a stunt, he turned out to be the most loved American president in the Middle East that this nation has ever had.
[00:23:27] Did you hear what I just said? If you want to get beat up, go to Israel and say something bad about donald trump and apparently if you go to iran now say something bad about donald trump
[00:23:39] and you might get beat up and it was u.s forces that were protecting qatar kuwait saudi arabia this last weekend against iranian attack and missiles as well as doing the best we could with Israel. Why this weekend? We know this, that the strike, the war was supposed to begin
[00:24:13] later. Some people assumed that the war was going to begin. I had texts from personnel saying, we look like, it looks like we're going to be going in on Tuesday. Tuesday, Tuesday to come.
[00:24:29] Why is it? Tuesday's just another Tuesday, unless it's the end of Purim. In Israel, they're celebrating this weekend, and it will end on Tuesday, the feast of Purim. Anybody know what Purim's all about? Have you ever heard of a woman by the name of Esther? Do you remember a guy by
[00:24:50] the name of Haman? Do you remember that she had an uncle or cousin called Mordecai? Do you remember that she was a queen to the leader, and did you remember, do you remember that Haman had
[00:25:05] devised a plot to exterminate all the Jews? And on the day that it was supposed to happen, that plot fell upon Haman, and he was hung from the gallows that the Jews were supposed to hang
[00:25:20] from? That's in the Bible, folks, and the Jews have celebrated that ever since, and it's called Purim. In fact, they make little, what we call tricorn hats in America. They're, they're like this. They make pastries this weekend. You're now, as you sit here, remember it's, it's almost
[00:25:38] Monday, almost Monday that in Israel, uh, everyone's, oh, the smell I've been, I've been in Israel in Purim. Have you ever, you ever smell a, have you ever driven by a bakery? The country smells like a bakery. All the homes are baking little pastries because it symbolizes Haman's
[00:26:05] hat. They wore these tricorn hats and they eat the pastry. Think about the symbolism of this.
[00:26:12] They're eating Haman's hat because that's all that's left that they can remember of him.
[00:26:17] He's the guy that plotted our demise and we celebrate by eating his hat. That's fun. That's cool. By the way, did you know why the French have the croissant? What did I just say? Croissant.
[00:26:32] What's with the croissant? Who said that? Say it again. Islam. What in the world does the French have to do with the croissant and Islam? At the Battle of Tours and also the victories led by
[00:26:51] Charles Martel, when they defeated the Muslims in the invasion of France, question, what were Muslims doing invading France they defeated the Islamic forces and the French celebrated by taking the lead from the Jews of Purim and baking the
[00:27:10] crescent moon that sits upon a mosque and making it into a pastry and eating it just like the Jews eat the tricorn hat I bet you you'll never eat a croissant the same. Remarkable, right? This is the, this, so listen, Israel deeply embedded within the
[00:27:34] Iranian leadership. Did you hear what I just said? There was a meeting called by the grand supreme leader, Khomeini. They went into the meeting, 40 of them. The meeting, the meeting was announced to Israeli leadership. Hey, just FYI, they're all in the same room. Israel
[00:28:00] decided uh we're not gonna wait we go now i think about the military prowess and ingenuity to change your plans to be able to be flexible enough to change your plans on such a massive scale
[00:28:13] okay hey you guys you know where we're gonna go a few days from now we're going now 30 bombs were dropped in that meeting and i'm not talking f-bombs i'm talking about i'm talking about
[00:28:26] I'm talking about big bombs and there's 40 guys and 30 bombs so they Israel left the tip a little bit extra and they're all vaporized and this the head of the snake was cut off and that is that's world history that's world history why
[00:28:50] why why why why God had a different plan folks what was so this is of the month of February well not now but the other day it was this is March so February last this just the beginning of this weekend um so did you know Islam goes
[00:29:14] from a different calendar did you know that so by the way so did the Jews we use the pagan calendar it's pagan it's but it doesn't matter um who if the meeting was called by the Iranians and it had to move up the strike of Iran of
[00:29:36] Israel and Israel calls the u.s. and says by the way we're going in Wow remember God governs in the affairs of men so it just so happens in fact let me go ahead and put the calendar up on the screen you guys the the leader was
[00:29:58] killed on Saturday all right Saturday was the year 1407 for Islam okay you can look at the Gregorian calendar it's 2026 February 28th do you see this it was it was the ninth month it was the ninth month of Islam he was the Iranian
[00:30:30] leadership was killed on the 11th day 9-11 not 9-11 on our calendar not 9-11 on the Jewish calendar but 9-11 on the Islamic calendar who planned this I think God planned it I mean you know let that sink in for a moment because you're
[00:30:57] talking about a people who are really big on symbolism and dates and then I got to wrap this up because we have to get into the book of Romans but listen Here's the thing, we'll be keeping you updated,
[00:31:08] but I wanna say a few things before we end this.
[00:31:14] 9-11 is significant because we were attacked on September 11th, 9-11.
[00:31:19] September 11th, 2001.
[00:31:22] For those of you who do not know, that day in history had to be a day that Islam attacked its enemies.
[00:31:32] Whatever enemies, it's irrelevant, and I'll tell you the reason why.
[00:31:36] Did you know that we know for a fact by the devotions and instructions that were discovered after the 9-11 attackers in 2001 that Osama bin Laden had ordered the attacks upon the United States for September 11th, 2001.
[00:32:03] In Islam, when they have a day that they are defeated, they have to reclaim the day for glory.
[00:32:15] The march attacks in London when Islam attacked England.
[00:32:19] Those were significant ancient dates to Islam.
[00:32:21] Are you hearing me?
[00:32:22] You say, I don't believe it.
[00:32:23] Who cares what you believe?
[00:32:25] Seriously, nobody cares what you believe.
[00:32:27] It's what they believe.
[00:32:30] They didn't ask you, can I believe this?
[00:32:32] This is what they believe.
[00:32:37] And Osama bin Laden gave them keen instructions.
[00:32:42] If you cannot pull it off on 9-11, then it's off.
[00:32:47] It cannot be on September 10th, it cannot be on September 12th.
[00:32:53] It had to be on September 11th, 2001, because in 1683, at the gates of Vienna, Austria, the Muslims were invading Austria.
[00:33:07] Question, what were Muslims doing invading Austria?
[00:33:13] They attacked, and under the leadership the king of poland they defeated the islamic forces at the gates of vienna on september 11th 1683. osama bin laden said we got to get that day back i don't know anything about this but this is
[00:33:37] not only a bizarre coincidence but the 9 11 date is not on a pagan calendar that's not recognized exactly by many people in the world but it's on their day coincidence funny strange thing odd God I don't know but here's the reason why it's important
[00:34:04] Jeremiah 49 you were you here Wednesday night Wednesday nights I've become a rock star since Wednesday night and I didn't play the guitar that I that message after after what happened that message has gone around the world crazy
[00:34:22] there's been people that have been broadcasters and podcasters have cited the message real quick Jeremiah 49 watch carefully everybody you listening in Bible prophecy there is what's known as the near and far fulfillment of Bible prophecy this is the way God has engineered it
[00:34:46] near and far. Context, everybody. Context means everything. Context defines the meaning of a verse.
[00:34:55] You with me? If you don't study the Bible in context, you will become a cult member.
[00:35:02] I'm not kidding. That's how you create a cult using Bible. You pull one verse out of context and you create a cult and they knock on your door or they ride away on 10-speed bicycles.
[00:35:16] Building things out of context.
[00:35:18] By the way, there's a lot of Christian cults too.
[00:35:21] Bizarre Christian cults that believe that Jesus died on the cross for their sins and rose again from the dead, but boy, are they off on everything else.
[00:35:29] Why?
[00:35:29] Because they've yanked scripture out of context.
[00:35:32] Keep it in the context.
[00:35:35] Everybody looking at your Bible?
[00:35:37] I'm going to ask you to help me out if I can't see this.
[00:35:39] For the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam.
[00:35:46] Elam was a region of, Elam is a region, on the screens, Elam is a region of what is the Persian Empire or today, Iran.
[00:35:58] Elam, Iran, Persia, same, same, capiche?
[00:36:05] In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, timestamp, that's important, saying thus says the Lord of Hosts, behold, I will break the bow of Elam.
[00:36:18] i will render elam unable to what do you do with the bow you launch things from a bow bow is referred to and believed to be the strength of power the strength of your bow to launch
[00:36:37] your weaponry i will break the bow of elam the foremost of their might interesting I don't want to push this too far, but did Iran have an air force that's feared?
[00:36:53] Nope.
[00:36:53] Do they have a navy that's feared?
[00:36:55] Nope.
[00:36:56] Do they have an infantry that's feared?
[00:36:58] Nope.
[00:37:00] The only thing and the only reason why the rest of the world, including Israel, feared them was because they had capabilities to use their bow to launch their missiles.
[00:37:11] Interestingly enough, the reason why they were disarmed the other day is because they had, oh, this is so great.
[00:37:19] They were telling at the talks in Geneva, we will never, listen, listen, go research this.
[00:37:26] Don't believe a word I'm about to tell you.
[00:37:28] Go find it out.
[00:37:29] They're telling the negotiators in Geneva, we will never build an atomic bomb.
[00:37:34] We agree with you.
[00:37:35] It's all good and fine.
[00:37:36] then the Khomeini the same within two days of that statement maybe less spoke to the nation in Farsi and he said we're telling them that but we will not stop until we have a nuclear bomb he said that this week Wow so watch this the
[00:38:06] foremost of their might against Elam that's it that's that's called that a a nation or a nation state.
[00:38:12] I will bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven or the four corners of the earth, same speech, and scatter them, who?
[00:38:20] The people of Elam.
[00:38:22] Scatter the people toward all those winds.
[00:38:25] There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go.
[00:38:32] Something's going to happen in the land of Elam that is going to cause the people to go to the ends of the earth.
[00:38:38] They're going to flee.
[00:38:40] Folks, history shows us they never fled.
[00:38:44] They never went to the four corners of the earth in human history.
[00:38:48] They never went to the ends of the earth.
[00:38:50] But watch what happens.
[00:38:52] It says that, for I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies and before those who seek their life.
[00:39:01] I will bring disaster upon them.
[00:39:05] That's specifically Elam, not the people who fled.
[00:39:09] Elam.
[00:39:11] My fierce anger, that's judgment says the lord and i will send the sword after them until i have consumed them i will set my throne in elam my authority this is god speaking i'm going to set my authority
[00:39:25] in elam i will destroy from there the king and the princes are you sitting down we now israel has confirmed that the heirs to the throne of komeni they were all killed his sons were all
[00:39:46] taken out. The princes, the princes are gone, says the Lord, but it shall come to pass in the latter days. That's a timestamp. Whatever we're talking about, it's going to be something we must deal with in the latter days. We're talking about something in the last days. I will bring back the
[00:40:07] captives of Elam. Where did they go, church? Respond, please. To the corners. Lee says Los Angeles true but Australia England Johannesburg they went everywhere when listen watch when did they go when and all of their history when did the people
[00:40:27] of Elam when the when did the Persians pack up and leave in the millions when did they flee when was that February 11th 1979 when the Shah was captured or taken down, I should say, and the Islamic Republic was established, the rule of Islam over the
[00:40:46] Iranian people, they fled to the four corners of the earth. It's never been recorded before until 1979. I will bring back the captives of Elam, says the Lord. Folks, that is a tremendous statement. Is that what we're watching? Is that what we're seeing? We'll see. We shall see.
[00:41:13] But that prophecy has never been fulfilled Not in total And then, of course We need to hear from Just a sweet word from our good friend Charlie Kirk

[00:41:27] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]
[00:41:27] Do you actually know about Iran?
[00:41:31] Persia was a great power And then Iran took a turn for the worst Interestingly enough, there was the Shah of Iran And then the Shah was displaced By Moshe Gde Moshe Gde was democratically elected
[00:41:44] Now, to be very fair, the United States and Britain got rid of Mossadegh and then we reinstalled the Shah, bad decision, which then led to the Iranian revolution where radical Islam took over Iran.
[00:41:56] Look at some of these pictures of what Iran used to be. It was wealthy, it was proud, it was strong.
[00:42:01] The Persians are wonderful people. Some of my closest friends are Persians and I love the Persian people.
[00:42:06] And we should have a heart for the Persian people to try and have a better future.
[00:42:11] regime change is very difficult to talk about i actually don't like talking about regime change it's very complicated but understand that there can be brighter days ahead for the iranian people and just look at some of these pictures of how beautiful iran used to be how beautiful tehran
[00:42:25] used to be and it's it's very easy to kind of sit in your western armchair and be like oh israel's terrible well you were able to enjoy free speech rights and a lot of rights here in the west
[00:42:39] that Iran used to have.
[00:42:41] And if you are serious about actually protecting human rights, you should want to make Iran Western again.

[00:42:48] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_01]
[00:42:48] That's great.
[00:42:54] So be in prayer.
[00:42:58] Our Navy's got to get out of those two choke points unscathed.
[00:43:02] Russia is underwater there in submarines.
[00:43:06] So is China.
[00:43:08] It's important that we keep praying.
[00:43:10] We need to pray.
[00:43:11] Get your families together every night and pray for the Lord to watch over.
[00:43:18] this nation and to bring salvation to all involved but i have to tell you and i i want to i don't want to alarm you but i want to exhort you in the events of what happened just this weekend
[00:43:34] and what is still transpiring now the danger is at home if you see something say something report something if you see something that causes you to think that's not exactly right call 911 or contact authorities there's a lot of anticipation by law enforcement that
[00:44:14] things could go very very south on US soil and other Western countries in a post removal of this leader are you guys hearing me I hope you have a way as Americans of defending yourselves. Because if things go off, our police officers and our
[00:44:37] military can only handle so much. This is the United States of America. We've been given the God-given right to defend ourselves against enemies, foreign and domestic. Remember that.
[00:44:51] It's not a happy thought, but right now the Persian people are going to have to do that exact thing. They don't have a second amendment, but they're going to be having to act like they have
[00:45:04] one as we sit here in our creature comforts. May God have mercy on us. Amen.