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Episode 186

The Watchman with Erick Stakelbeck

February 3, 2021

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Erick Stakelbeck is a sought after authority on terrorism and national security issues.

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♪♪
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- THIS WEEK ON THEWATCHMAN, IT'S WHERE
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BIBLICAL JERUSALEM BEGANSOME 3.000 YEARS AGO.
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SEE HOW THE CITY OF DAVIDIS REVEALING ANCIENT
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SECRETS TODAY INCLUDINGAN INCREDIBLE FIND FROM
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THE TIME OF JESUS.
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- SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THELIKES OF WHOM WHO WOULD
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HAVE STOOD UP HEREDELIVERING A MESSAGE
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2.000 YEARS AGO TOTHE MASSES ALONG THE
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PILGRIMAGE ROAD, ALONGTHE BIBLICAL SUPER
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HIGHWAY HEREIN JERUSALEM.
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- PLUS, THE U.S.
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GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT THECITY OF DAVID HAS PLAYED
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A SPECIAL ROLE NOT ONLYIN THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL
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BUT OF AMERICA AS WELL.
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FIND OUT HOW THIS WEEKONLY RIGHT HERE ON
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THE WATCHMAN.
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♪♪
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- ERICK STAKELBECK: ANDWELCOME TO THE WATCHMAN.
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DESPITE SOME OF THEREVISIONIST HISTORY YOU
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MAY BE HEARING TODAY,THE UNITED STATES HAS A
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STRONG BIBLICALFOUNDATION AND
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JUDEO-CHRISTIAN HERITAGE.
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MANY OF OUR FOUNDINGFATHERS WERE GOD FEARING
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MEN WHO WERE INSPIRED BYTHE BIBLE, AND WHEN IT
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COMES TO THE BIBLE, ALLROADS LEAD TO JERUSALEM.
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THAT'S WHY THE USGOVERNMENT UNDER THE
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TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONRECENTLY RECOGNIZED THE
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UNIQUE BOND BETWEENGOD'S CITY AND THE
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UNITED STATES.
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THE NOW FORMER USAMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL
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DAVID FRIEDMAN TOOK PARTIN A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT
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THE CITY OF DAVID,ANCIENT JERUSALEM
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CELEBRATING"ARCHEOLOGICAL
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DISCOVERIES AT THE CITYOF DAVID THAT BRING
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BIBLICAL JERUSALEM BACKTO LIFE AND REAFFIRM THE
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PROPHETIC MESSAGES OFFREEDOM, JUSTICE AND
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PEACE THAT INSPIREDAMERICA'S FOUNDERS."
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NOW, DURING THE CEREMONY,A PLAQUE WAS PRESENTED TO
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THE CITY OF DAVID BY THEUS GOVERNMENT DECLARING
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THAT THE SPIRITUALBEDROCK OF OUR VALUES AS
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A NATION COMESFROM JERUSALEM.
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IT IS UPON THESE IDEALSTHAT THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
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WAS FOUNDED, AND THEUNBREAKABLE BOND BETWEEN
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UNITED STATES AND ISRAELWAS FORMED.
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THE CITY OF DAVID SERVESAS A PROUD REMINDER OF
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THE GLORIOUS HERITAGEOF THE UNITED STATES
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OF AMERICA.
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OUR GOOD FRIEND ZE'EV ORENSTEINIS A CITY OF DAVID'S
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DIRECTOR OFINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
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HE ATTENDED THIS SPECIALCEREMONY AND JOINED US TO
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SHARE WHY THE U.S.-ISRAELRELATIONSHIP IS
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SO UNIQUE.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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ZE'EV, THANKS SO MUCH FORJOINING US AS ALWAYS HERE
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ON THE WATCHMAN SHOW.
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A MAJOR HONOR FOR THECITY OF DAVID FROM THE
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UNITED STATES.
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TELL US ABOUT IT.
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- RECENTLY THE UNITEDSTATES LED BY UNITED
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STATES AMBASSADOR TOISRAEL DAVID FRIEDMAN
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TOGETHER WITH PAULPACKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE
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COMMISSION FOR THEPRESERVATION OF AMERICAN
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HERITAGE ABROAD, THEYDEDICATED A PLAQUE IN
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HONOR OF THE CITY OFDAVID RECOGNIZING THE
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CITY OF DAVID AS ALIVING TESTAMENT TO THE
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HERITAGE, THEJUDEO-CHRISTIAN HERITAGE
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THAT AMERICA WASESTABLISHED UPON.
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THIS ADMINISTRATION,THIS PAST ADMINISTRATION
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RECOGNIZED PERHAPS MORETHAN ANY OTHER THE
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SIGNIFICANCE THATJERUSALEM HAS NOT JUST AS
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A PRO-ISRAEL ISSUE, AS APLACE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
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JEWS, TO ISRAELIS, BUTREALLY AS A PLACE THAT
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WAS FUNDAMENTAL TO THEVERY VALUES THAT THE
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICAWAS ESTABLISHED UPON, AND
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FOR THAT REASON, SOMANY OF THE FORMER
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ADMINISTRATIONS OFFICIALSRECENTLY INCLUDING
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SECRETARY OF STATE MIKEPOMPEO VISITED THE CITY
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OF DAVID TO SEE FIRSTHANDTHE VERY PLACE WHERE THE
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JUDEO-CHRISTIANHERITAGE CAME TO LIGHT.
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WALKING ALONG THEPILGRIMAGE ROAD, THE POOL
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OF SILOAM, SO MANY OF THEOTHER PLACES WITHIN THE
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CITY OF DAVID, THE PLACEWHERE JERUSALEM BEGAN
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WERE THE VERY WORDS OFTHE BIBLE COME TO LIFE.
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NOT SIMPLY AS A MATTEROF FAITH BUT AS A
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MATTER OF FACT.
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AND THEY WERE DEDICATINGTHE CITY OF DAVID AS A
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SITE OF SIGNIFICANCE TOAMERICA, AND THAT WAS SO
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SPECIAL BECAUSE THERE AREVERY FEW PLACES OUTSIDE
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OF THE BORDERS OF THEUNITED STATES THAT HAVE
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BEEN LABELED AS A SITETHAT'S A LIVING TESTAMENT
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TO THE VERY HERITAGETHAT AMERICA'S BUILT UPON.
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- DAVID FRIEDMAN, THEAMBASSADOR WHO KIND OF
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OVERSAW THIS HONOR FORTHE CITY OF DAVID, IS NOW
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THE FORMER AMBASSADOR.
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BUT COULD YOU TALK ABOUT-- HE'S A FRIEND OF BOTH OF
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OURS OBVIOUSLY AND HE'SJUST DONE INCREDIBLE WORK.
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CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHATHE MEANT FOR THE
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US-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP?
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I WOULD SAY ONE OF THEGREATEST US AMBASSADORS
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TO ISRAEL THATWE'VE EVER SEEN.
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- I'LL SHARE A STORYTHAT I WAS WITH THE
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AMBASSADOR AND HIS WIFE.
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SHE SAID, "ZE'EV, YOU'VEGOTTEN TO MEET IN THE
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WORK THAT YOU DO SO MANYDIGNITARIES, SO MANY
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CELEBRITIES, SO MANYFAMOUS PEOPLE SHARING THE
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CITY OF DAVID WITH THEM.
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WHO WOULD YOU SAY IS THEMOST SIGNIFICANT PERSON
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YOU'VE GOTTEN TO MEET?"
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AND I SAID TO MRS. FRIEDMAN,I SAID, "I HAVE AN
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ANSWER FOR YOU BUT YOU'RENOT GOING TO LIKE IT."
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SHE SAID, "WHY NOT?"
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WELL, I SAID, "MY ANSWER ISQUITE LIKELY AMBASSADOR
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DAVID FRIEDMAN."
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I SAID, "I KNOW WHATYOU'RE THINKING.
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YOU'RE THINKING THATBECAUSE WE'RE SITTING
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HERE HAVING THISCONVERSATION THAT BECAUSE
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YOU ASKED ME I'M SAYINGWHAT I THINK YOU WANT TO HEAR."
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BUT I SAID, "THE REALITYIS I HAVE A VERY CLEAR
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CRITERIA AS TO WHAT MAKESA PERSON SIGNIFICANT IN
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MY EYES, AND THAT IS WILLWE BE TALKING ABOUT THIS
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PERSON, WILL WE STILLREMEMBER THIS PERSON 20
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YEARS FROM NOW, 50 YEARSFROM NOW, 100 YEARS FROM NOW."
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AND THE TRUTH IS MOSTPEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF
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CONGRESS TODAY, SENATORSTODAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO
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REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT THEM20, 30, 40 YEARS FROM NOW.
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I SAID TO MRS. FRIEDMAN,I SAID, "WE WILL STILL BE
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TALKING ABOUT THE THINGSTHAT AMBASSADOR DAVID
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FRIEDMAN DID WHILE HEWAS STATIONED HERE IN
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JERUSALEM, WE'RE GOING TOBE TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR
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GENERATIONS ANDGENERATIONS TO COME."
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HE WAS A SINGULARHISTORIC FIGURE FOR GOOD
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THAT CHANGED AMERICA FORGOOD, THAT CHANGED ISRAEL
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FOR GOOD, THAT CHANGEDTHE REGION FOR GOD WITH
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THESE ABRAHAM ACCORDS.
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HE WAS SOMEONE IN THETIME I GOT TO SPEND WITH
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HIM NEVER STRUCK ME ASSOMEONE WHO I WAS LOOKING
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TO ADVANCE HIMSELF BUTWAS LOOKING TO ADVANCE
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THE VALUES THAT THEISRAELI APPLIANCE WAS
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BUILT UPON, AND IT WAS AVERY BIG PRIVILEGE FOR ME
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TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THECITY OF DAVID WITH HIM
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AND ALL THE PEOPLE THATHE BROUGHT AND REALLY TO
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GET TO KNOW HIMAS A PERSON.
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- LAST QUESTION, IMENTIONED WHY BOTH SIDES
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OF THE POLITICAL AISLESHOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF
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THE CITY OF DAVIDAND APPRECIATE THE
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CITY OF DAVID.
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COULD YOU JUST SPEAKBRIEFLY ONE LAST TIME
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ABOUT WHY THE CITY OFDAVID, ANCIENT JERUSALEM,
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SHOULD CLEARLY BE ABIPARTISAN ISSUE.
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- IN THE UNITED STATESTODAY OUT OF A POPULATION
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OF MORE THAN 300 MILLION,A CLEAR MAJORITY FEELS A
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DIRECT MEANINGFULCONNECTION TO JERUSALEM,
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TO ITS HERITAGE, TO ITSHISTORY, TO ITS FAITH.
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THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT ISIMPORTANT TO NOT JUST
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ISRAEL, NOT JUST THEJEWS, BUT TO AMERICANS
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BECAUSE AMERICANS BY ANDLARGE UNDERSTAND THAT WHO
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THEY ARE AS INDIVIDUALS,WHO THEY ARE AS A NATION,
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THE VALUES THAT THEYCHERISH AND HOLD DEAR,
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THEY HAVE THEIRROOTS IN JERUSALEM.
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AND THEREFORE WE EXCAVATEIN THE CITY OF DAVID,
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WHEN WE UNCOVER THEPLACES LIKE THE
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PILGRIMAGE ROAD LITERALLYWALKING ALONG THE
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FOOTSTEPS OF THE BIBLICALSUPER HIGHWAY, WHEN
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SOMEONE IN AMERICA CANLOOK TOWARDS JERUSALEM,
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SAY WAIT A MINUTE,THAT'S WHERE MY HERITAGE
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COMES FROM,
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THIS HAS WHERE MY VALUESCOME FROM, THAT'S A SITE
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OF SIGNIFICANCE TOAMERICA THAT WHETHER OR
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NOT SOMEONE IN AMERICAWILL EVER HAVE THE
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PRIVILEGE TO VISITJERUSALEM THEMSELVES OR
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THEY'LL HAVE TO BECONTENT WITH WATCHING
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EPISODES OF THE WATCHMANWHEN YOU'RE SHARING
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JERUSALEM ANDEXPERIENCING JERUSALEM
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FOR THEM, THEY KNOW THATTHEIR HERITAGE COMES FROM
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A PLACE THAT THEY CAN GETON A PLANE AND VISIT AND
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SAY THE ROOTS OF MYHERITAGE COME FROM
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HERE WITH ONE OF THE UNITEDSTATE'S CLOSEST ALLIES IN
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THE WORLD.
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AND WHAT MAKES US SOCLOSE IS NOT OUR MILITARY
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COOPERATION OR OURHIGH-TECH COOPERATION OR
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THE INNOVATIONSOF OTHER AREAS.
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AT THE HEART OF OURCONNECTION ARE OUR SHARED
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FAITH AND VALUES ANDHERITAGE WHICH AT THEIR
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ROOTS COME FROM THE CITYOF DAVID, THE PLACE WHERE
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JERUSALEM BEGAN.
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AND THEREFORE IT'S REALLYAN ISSUE THAT SHOULD NOT
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BE A PARTISAN ISSUE, ANDALSO I DON'T THINK IT
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SHOULD BE ABIPARTISAN ISSUE.
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IT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE ANON PARTISAN ISSUE WHERE
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EVERYONE IN AMERICAPOLITICALLY SPEAKING, NOT
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POLITICALLY SPEAKING CANJUST SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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JERUSALEM, THE CITY OFDAVID, THIS IS A PLACE
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THAT AS AMERICANS WE FEELA DEEP CONNECTION TO, AND
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THAT'S SOMETHING THATI HOPE THAT SPIRIT CAN
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REALLY TAKE HOLD NOT JUSTFOR ONE ADMINISTRATION
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BUT FOR ALLADMINISTRATIONS, AND
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THAT'S OUR HOPEAND PRAYER.
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IT SAYS IN ISAIAH,JERUSALEM SHOULD BE A
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HOUSE OF PRAYERFOR ALL NATIONS.
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AND FOR ALLADMINISTRATIONS.
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SO PLEASE GOD, THATWILL BE THE CASE.
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- YEAH, GOD WILLING.
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ZE'EV ORENSTEIN, THANK YOUSO MUCH, MY FRIEND.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUAND THE TEAM AT THE CITY
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OF DAVID ON THISGREAT HONOR.
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KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK,AND WE WILL HOPEFULLY,
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GOD WILLING SEE YOUIN-PERSON AT THE CITY OF
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DAVID THIS YEAR, 2021. THANKSAGAIN, ZE'EV.
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- LOOKING FORWARDTO IT, ERICK.
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- THANKS AGAIN TO ZE'EV AND THEENTIRE TEAM
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AT THE CITY OF DAVID.
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NOW, ZE'EV WILL BEWITH US THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK'S
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SHOW, AND COMING UP AFTERTHE BREAK, HE TAKES US TO
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THE CITY OF DAVID,ANCIENT JERUSALEM, FOR AN
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UP CLOSE LOOK AT ANINCREDIBLE ARCHEOLOGICAL
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FIND DATING BACKSOME 2.000 YEARS
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TO THE TIME OF JESUS.
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FOLKS, YOU WON'TWANT TO MISS THIS.
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STICK AROUND.
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[ TYPING ]
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♪♪
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- WELCOME TO JERUSALEMWHERE EVERY WEEK ON
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THE WATCHMAN SHOW, WE AREBRINGING YOU THE INSIDE
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STORY OF ISRAEL ANDHOW IT AFFECTS YOU.
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FROM SECURITY THREATSLIKE IRAN AND ISIS TO
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AMAZING BIBLICAL HISTORYTO STORIES OF ISRAEL
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FULFILLING ITS DESTINY ASA LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS,
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OUR TEAM AT CHRISTIANSUNITED FOR ISRAEL IS
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COMMITTED TO BRINGINGYOU THE TRUTH ABOUT
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GOD'S LAND.
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JOIN US EVERY FRIDAYNIGHT EXCLUSIVELY ON TBN
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AS WE SET THE RECORDSTRAIGHT ON WHAT'S REALLY
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HAPPENING RIGHT HEREIN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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FOR ZION'S SAKE, WEWILL NOT REMAIN SILENT.
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♪♪
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- CUFI'S MISSION ISTO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER
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MILLIONS OF AMERICANCHRISTIANS TO SPEAK WITH
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ONE VOICE IN DEFENSE OFISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
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THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS YOUCAN LEARN MORE ABOUT
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ISRAEL EVERY DAY THROUGHCUFI'S DYNAMIC RESOURCES.
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THE CUFI COFFEE BREAKIS A WEEKLY BITE-SIZED
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ISRAEL LESSON DELIVEREDTO YOUR E-MAIL INBOX.
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DIVE INTO TOPICS LIKE THEFORGOTTEN JEWISH REFUGEES,
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ISRAEL'S AGRICULTURALCOMMUNITIES CALLED
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KIBBUTZ AND THE HAMASROCKET THREAT WITH
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OPTIONS TO DIGDEEPER EACH WEEK.
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EVERY LESSON CAN BE READIN UNDER FIVE MINUTES
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PLUS, STAY INFORMED ONALL THE LATEST NEWS OUT
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OF ISRAEL AND HOWIT AFFECTS YOU BY
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ISRAEL-RELATED HEADLINESSO YOU'RE ALWAYS
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- AND WELCOME BACK.
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WE LOVE TO BRING YOUTHESE INCREDIBLE
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ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIESIN ISRAEL THAT ARE
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BRINGING THE BIBLE TOLIFE EVERY DAY, SO LET'S
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HEAD TO THE CITY OFDAVID, ANCIENT JERUSALEM,
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WITH OUR GOOD FRIEND ZE'EVORENSTEIN WHOSE AT A VERY VERY
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SIGNIFICANT SITE ALONGTHE ANCIENT PILGRIMAGE
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ROAD FROM THETIME OF JESUS.
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TAKE A LOOK.
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♪♪
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- I'M SITTING HERE ONA UNIQUE DISCOVERY, THE
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ONLY ONE OF ITS KINDFOUND SO FAR IN JERUSALEM
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AND IT'S FOUND RIGHT HEREALONG THE PILGRIMAGE ROAD.
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YOU CAN SEE IT IS A THREELEVEL PLATFORM OF SOME KIND.
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AN ARCHAEOLOGISTDETERMINED THAT THIS IS
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AN ANCIENT PODIUM.
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IMAGINE 2.000 YEARS AGOYOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF
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THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONSOF PEOPLE GOING DOWN
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TOWARDS THE POOL OFSILOAM TO IMMERSE AND
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PURIFY THEMSELVES,THEN COMING UP ALONG THE
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PILGRIMAGE ROAD ALL THEWAY UP THE FOOTSTEPS OF
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THE TEMPLE ONTHE TEMPLE MOUNT.
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NOW, IMAGINE THERE'SSOMEONE WHO HAS A
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RELIGIOUS MESSAGE, APOLITICAL MESSAGE, AN
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ETHICAL MESSAGE THEY WANTTO PREACH TO THE MASSES.
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WHERE ARE THEYGOING TO GO?
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THEY'RE GOING TO GO TOWHERE THE PEOPLE ARE.
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THE PEOPLE ARE HERE INTHE CITY OF DAVID ALONG
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THE PILGRIMAGE ROAD, SOYOU IMAGINE THE LIKES OF
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WHOM WOULD HAVE STOOD UPHERE DELIVERING A MESSAGE
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2000 NOW YEARS AGO TOTHE MASSES ALONG THE
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PILGRIMAGE ROAD, ALONGTHE BIBLICAL SUPER
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HIGHWAY HEREIN JERUSALEM.
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NOW, IN THE YEAR 70,THE ROMANS WOULD
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DESTROY JERUSALEM.
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THEY WOULD DESTROY THETEMPLE ATOP THE TEMPLE
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MOUNT, AND THEY WERE SOPROUD OF THEIR VICTORY
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OVER JERUSALEM THAT INTHE YEAR 71, THEY MINTED
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A SERIES OF COINS, AND ONONE SIDE OF THE COIN YOU
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HAD THE ROMAN EMPEROROF VESPASIAN.
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ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THECOIN YOU HAD A ROMAN
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LEGIONNAIRE TOWERINGABOVE A JEWISH WOMAN ON
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HER KNEES WHO WAS CRYING,AND ON THE COIN IT SAID
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"JUDEA CAPTA".
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JUDEA HAD BEENCAPTURED OR DEFEATED.
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THE NAME OF THE COUNTRYAT THAT TIME WAS JUDEA.
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ITS CAPITOLWAS JERUSALEM.
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JEWS ARE CALLED JEWSBECAUSE WE COME
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FROM JUDEA. [SPEAKING HEBREW]
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THIS WAS THE MOST WIDELYMINTED VICTORY COIN EVER
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MINTED BY THE ROMANS ASIF TO SAY THEIR VICTORY
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OVER JUDEA AND JERUSALEMMEANT MORE TO THEM THAN
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ALL THEIR OTHERVICTORIES.
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IF ONE'S IN ROME NOTFROM THE COLOSSEUM YOU
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CAN SEE THEARCH OF TITUS.
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THIS ARCH WAS BUILT INHONOR OF TITUS
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WHO WOULD LATER BECOMEEMPEROR OF ROME, BUT
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BEFORE HE BECOMES EMPEROROF ROME, HE'S THE
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COMMANDER OF THE 10THROMAN LEGION WHICH
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DESTROYS JERUSALEM.
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ON THE ARCH YOU CAN SEETHE TEMPLE TREASURES LIKE
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THE MENORAH BEING LEDOUT OF JERUSALEM
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AND INTO ROME.
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AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HOWPROUD THE ROMANS WERE
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OVER THEIR VICTORY OFJERUSALEM AND THE
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JEWISH PEOPLE.
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AND YET DURING THEPERIOD LEADING UP TO THE
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DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEMFROM 66 TO 70, THERE WAS
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A PERIOD KNOWN ASTHE GREAT REVOLT.
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THE GREAT JEWISH REVOLTFOR FREEDOM AGAINST THE
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ROMAN OCCUPATION,
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AND EACH YEAR OF THEREVOLT, THE JEWISH PEOPLE WOULD
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MINT SMALL BRONZE COINSSIMILAR TO THE ONE I HAVE
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OVER HERE, AND ON THESECOINS IN ANCIENT HEBREW
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WRITING IT HAD THE WORDS,[ SPEAKING HEBREW ] FOR
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THE FREEDOM OF ZION.
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ZION BEING ANOTHERNAME FOR JERUSALEM.
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NOW, THIS COIN DATESBACK TO THE YEAR 67.
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NOW, MANY SIMILAR COINSJUST LIKE THIS ONE HAVE
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BEEN FOUND ALONG THELENGTH OF THE ROAD DURING
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THE EXCAVATION.
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AND SCHOLARS HAVE OFTENWONDERED WHY WERE THE
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JEWS MINTING THESE COINS?
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BECAUSE THEY MUST HAVEKNOWN AT THAT TIME THAT
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THE ROMANS WOULDEVENTUALLY
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DESTROY JERUSALEM.
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AND IF THEY REALLYTHOUGHT THEY HAD A CHANCE
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TO FIGHT AND DEFEAT THEROMANS, WHY WASTE THE
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METAL ON AWORTHLESS CURRENCY.
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WHY NOT USE IT TO MAKEWEAPONS, TO MAKE SWORDS
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AND ARROWHEADSAND SPEARS?
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SO I WANT TO SHARE WITHYOU AN ANSWER THAT I
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HEARD TO THIS QUESTION.
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AND THAT ANSWER ISTHE JEWS OF JERUSALEM
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UNDERSTOOD THAT AT THATTIME YES, JERUSALEM WAS
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LIKELY GOING TO FALL, BUTTHEY BELIEVED THAT ONE
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DAY IN THE FUTURE THEYDESCENDANTS WOULD RETURN
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AND FIND THESE COINS ANDKNOW WHAT THEIR ANCESTORS
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LIVED AND DIED FOR,FOR A FREE JERUSALEM.
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THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT ITWOULD TAKE A FEW DECADES,
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MAYBE A CENTURY.
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THEY COULDN'T IMAGINE ITWOULD BE NEARLY 2.000
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YEARS BEFORE THEIRDESCENDANTS RETURNED AS
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SOVEREIGN TO JERUSALEM.
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BUT HERE WE ARE INJERUSALEM, THE CAPITAL OF
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THE JEWISH STATES OFISRAEL, AND TODAY THERE
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IS A FREE JERUSALEMWHICH IS WHY IN 1958 WHEN
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ISRAEL MINTS ITS FIRSTNATIONAL MEDALLION, THEY
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MINT SOMETHING THAT ISSEEMINGLY VERY STRANGE AT
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FIRST BECAUSE IF YOU LOOKCLOSELY WHAT THEY MINTED
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HERE WAS THE ROMANVICTORY COIN.
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NOW, WHY WOULD THEY DOTHAT WITH THE ROMAN
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LEGIONNAIRE TOWERINGABOVE THE JEWISH WOMAN
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THAT SAYS JUDEACAPTA ON IT?
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IT DOESN'T MAKES SENSEUNTIL WHEN YOU TURN IT
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OVER, YOU CAN NOW SEETHE ROMAN LEGIONNAIRE
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IS GONE.
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THE JEWISH WOMAN IS NOLONGER ON HER KNEES
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CRYING BUT STANDING TALLPROUDLY HOLDING A
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NEWBORN CHILD IN HER ARMS.
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BESIDE HER IS A MANWORKING THE LAND MAKING
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THE DESERT BLOOM AND ONTHE COIN IT SAYS ISRAEL
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LIBERATA, ISRAELHAS BEEN LIBERATED.
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WHERE IS THE GREATROMAN EMPIRE TODAY?
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GONE.
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BUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE ANDJERUSALEM ARE STILL HERE
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OPEN TO PEOPLE OF ALLFAITHS AND BACKGROUNDS
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AND GOD WILLING IN THECOMING YEARS WE WILL BE
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OPEN, ABLE TO OPEN UPTHIS WHOLE AREA FROM THE
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POOL OF SILOAM, EXCAVATETHE FULL LENGTH OF
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PILGRIMAGE ROAD, COME OUTBY THE WESTERN WALL, THE
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SOUTHERN STEPS, THEFOOTSTEPS OF THE
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TEMPLE MOUNT WHEREPEOPLE WILL LITERALLY BE
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ABLE TO WALK IN THEFOOTSTEPS OF THEIR
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ANCESTORS, IN THEFOOTSTEPS OF THE BIBLE.
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- AMAZING STUFF.
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COMING UP NEXT,MORE WITH ZE'EV ORENSTEIN.
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HE'LL TAKE US TO THESHADOW OF THE WESTERN
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WALL IN JERUSALEM TOSHARE THE LEGENDARY STORY
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OF THE TEMPLEMOUNT CAPSTONE.
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DON'T MOVE.
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- CHRISTIANS UNITED FORISRAEL IS THE LARGEST
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PRO-ISRAEL ORGANIZATIONIN THE UNITED STATES WITH
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OVER TEN MILLION MEMBERS.
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BUT WE'RE STILLMISSING ONE.
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YOU.
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AS A MEMBER OF CUFI,YOU'LL BE PART OF A
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GROWING MOVEMENT THAT'SCATCHING FIRE ACROSS
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THE NATION
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AS CHRISTIANS DISCOVERTHE BIBLICAL IMPORTANCE
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OF STANDING WITH ISRAELAND THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
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YOU CAN DEFEND ISRAELVIRTUALLY BY RESPONDING
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TO CUFI'S ACTION ALERTSAND SHARING CUFI'S
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PRO ISRAEL CONTENTON SOCIAL MEDIA.
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YOU CAN SUPPORT ISRAELLOCALLY BY HOSTING A CUFI
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EVENT AT YOUR CHURCH.
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GET INVOLVED NATIONALLYBY ATTENDING OUR
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WASHINGTON DC SUMMIT, ORVISIT THE HOLY LAND WITH
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CUFI ON A LIFE-CHANGING ISRAEL TOUR.
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VISIT OUR WEBSITE ORCALL TO HELP ENSURE THAT
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEENISRAEL AND THE UNITED
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STATES REMAINSSTRONG AND SECURE.
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IT'S A MOVEMENT FORSUCH A TIME AS THIS.
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♪♪
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- WELL, ZE'EV ORENSTEIN, WE ARERIGHT NEXT TO THE WESTERN
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WALL OF THE TEMPLEMOUNT FOR OUR
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NUMBER 7 DISCOVERY.
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WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
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- THIS IS THESOUTHWESTERN CAPSTONE OF
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THE TEMPLE MOUNT.
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THIS STONE IS MORETHAN 2.000 YEARS OLD.
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IN THE YEAR 70 WHEN THEROMANS ARE DESTROYING THE
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TEMPLE, THE SECONDTEMPLE, THEY CAST OFF
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STONES WEIGHINGMANY MANY TONS.
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ALL THROUGH THE AREAAROUND US YOU CAN SEE THE
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DESTRUCTION OFTHE SECOND TEMPLE.
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THIS STONE IS MORESPECIAL THAN THE OTHERS
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BECAUSE IF YOU LOOKCLOSELY AT THE STONE, YOU
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CAN SEE THERE'S ACTUALLYHEBREW WRITING ON
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THE STONE.
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- RIGHT THERE.
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- AND IT SAYS ON IT INHEBREW [ SPEAKING HEBREW ]
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TO THE TRUMPETER'S HOUSE.
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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WE KNOW THAT ON THESABBATH GOING BACK
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THOUSANDS OF YEARS WHEREWE'RE STANDING RIGHT
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HERE, THIS WAS ASHOPPING CENTER.
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YOU NEEDED TO GET YOURTHINGS TO GO TO THE
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TEMPLE, YOUR SACRIFICES,YOUR OFFERINGS, YOU
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WOULD COME HERE.
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- YEAH, THE TEMPLEWAS RIGHT ABOVE US.
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- RIGHT ABOVE US.
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SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, THESABBATH OF COURSE, THE
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MARKETS ARE SUPPOSED TOBE CLOSED, SO ON FRIDAY,
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SABBATH EVE, HE WOULDHAVE A PRIEST STANDING AT
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THE VERY SOUTHWESTERNCORNER OF THE TEMPLE
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MOUNT WITH A TRUMPET.
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AND SHORTLY BEFORE THESABBATH WAS SET TO BEGIN,
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THE PRIESTS WOULD BLOWTHE TRUMPET AND DECLARE
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THE SABBATH IS COMING.
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TIME TO CLOSURE SHOPS.
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LAST MINUTE PURCHASES.
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GO HOME AND GET READYTO ACCEPT THE SABBATH.
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- TIME FOR SHABBAT.
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PACK IT UP.
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- EXACTLY.
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NOW, WHAT'S INTERESTINGOR SPECIAL FOR ME, NOT
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TOO LONG AGO I BROUGHTTWO OF MY CHILDREN HERE,
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MY DAUGHTER HOSEA,ANOTHER DAUGHTER, ELIANA,
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AND I ASKED THEM, WHATDOES IT SAY ON THE STONE?
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AND THEY SAID ABBA, DAD,IT SAYS, [SPEAKING HEBREW]
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TO THETRUMPETER'S HOUSE.
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NOW, I WAS PROUD.
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THANK GOD MYDAUGHTERS CAN READ.
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BUT I WAS EVEN MOREPROUD FOR ANOTHER REASON.
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AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,THIS STONE IS MORE THAN
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2.000 YEARS OLD.
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AND YET MY CHILDREN BORNIN JERUSALEM CAN READ THE
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WRITING ON A STONE MORETHAN 2.000 YEARS OLD, HEBREW.
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THAT MY DAUGHTERS SPEAKTHE SAME LANGUAGE, READ
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THE SAME SCRIPT, WORSHIPTHE SAME GOD, HAVE THE
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SAME CUSTOMS ANDFESTIVALS AND TRADITIONS
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AS THEIR ANCESTORS DIDTHOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.
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AND I THOUGHT, HOW MANYNATIONS, HOW MANY PEOPLES
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CAN GO BACK AND SAY THEYHAVE ALL THOSE THINGS IN
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COMMON WITH THEIRANCESTORS FROM SO LONG AGO?
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IF YOU WANT A SIGN THATTHE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE
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DEEP ROOTS IN JERUSALEM,I ALWAYS THINK OF THIS
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STONE SAYING THE FACTTHAT WE COULD READ THE
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WRITING AND SPEAK THELANGUAGE, THIS SAYS THE
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REASON WHY WE'RE HEREIS NOT ANTI-SEMITISM.
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NOT THE HOLOCAUST.
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NOT PERSECUTION.
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IT'S BECAUSE OFDISCOVERIES LIKE THIS ONE.
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- IT'S A MIRACLE OF THEGOD OF ISRAEL, ZE'EV.
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AND I THINK ABOUT THESESTONES THAT WERE THROWN
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DOWN FROM THE TEMPLEMOUNT BY THE ROMANS.
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THE ROMANS PROBABLYTHOUGHT THE JEWISH PEOPLE
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WOULD PROBABLYNEVER RETURN.
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- THAT'S RIGHT.
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- NOW HERE WE ARE2.000 YEARS LATER.
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YOUR PRECIOUS DAUGHTERSCAN READ THIS WRITING AND
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SEE THIS IS WHERE THEIRANCESTORS WALKED.
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AND GUESS WHAT?
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THEY ARE BACK.
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BY THANKS TO ZE'EV ORENSTEIN ANDTHE TEAM AT THE CITY OF
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DAVID FOR THEIR GREATCONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS
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WEEK'S SHOW.
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COMING UP AVER THE BREAK,MY FINAL THOUGHTS ON WHY
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JERUSALEM MATTERS TO YOU.
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STICK AROUND.
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♪♪
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- TRAVELING TO ISRAEL,THE LAND OF THE BIBLE, IS
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A ONCE IN A LIFETIMEEXPERIENCE THAT WILL
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REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFE.
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THIS MONTH, WE'REBRINGING ISRAEL TO YOU
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WITH CUFI'S NEW PROMISEDLAND MINI BOOK.
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WHILE YOU MAY NOT HAVEHAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
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PHYSICALLY SET FOOT INTHIS SACRED LAND, WE WANT
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YOU TO DISCOVER ISRAELFOR YOURSELF IN A
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POWERFUL WAY.
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CUFI'S PROMISED LANDBOOKLET WILL BRING THE
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HOLY LAND TO LIFEAND TRANSFORM YOU.
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AND THIS MONTH, IT'SYOURS WITH YOUR GIFT OF
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ANY AMOUNT.
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ON EVERY PAGE, YOU'LLVISIT IMPORTANT BIBLICAL
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AND HISTORICAL SIGHTSWITHIN ISRAEL THAT WILL
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TRANSPORT YOU TO THELAND OF THE BIBLE.
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LEARN THE HISTORICAL ANDPRESENT DAY SIGNIFICANCE
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OF MAJOR SIGHTS OF ISRAELFROM THE SEA OF GALILEE
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TO JERUSALEM.
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SEE THE SCRIPTURES UNFOLDBEFORE YOUR VERY EYES AS
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YOU FOLLOW IN THE FOODSTEPS OF OUR REDEEMER.
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VISIT OUR WEBSITE ANDRECEIVE YOUR COPY TODAY.
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♪♪
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- AND WELCOME BACK.
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FOLKS, I LOVED HOW WE HADTHE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE
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GOD'S CITY, JERUSALEM,ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW.
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JERUSALEM IS SO IMPORTANTTO GOD ALMIGHTY THAT
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PSALM 122 SPECIFICALLYURGES US TO PRAY FOR THE
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PEACE OF JERUSALEM ANDWISHES PROSPERITY FOR ALL
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THOSE WHO LOVETHIS CITY.
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THERE IS NO PLACE LIKEJERUSALEM AND THE CITY OF
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DAVID IS REALLYWHERE IT ALL BEGAN.
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WE'VE GOT SOME GREATSHOWS THERE YOU CAN CHECK
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OUT AT OUR WATCHMANYOUTUBE CHANNEL.
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JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITEAND VISIT OUR ARCHIVES,
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AND WHILE YOU'RE THEREBE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE AND
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CLICK THE NOTIFICATIONBELL SO YOU GET ALERTS
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EVERY TIME A NEWVIDEO IS POSTED.
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WE'RE BRINGING YOU THEKIND OF CUTTING-EDGE,
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TIMELY INFORMATION, ANDEXCLUSIVE CONTENT THAT
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YOU WILL NOT SEE ANYWHEREELSE, SO BE SURE TO CHECK
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IT OUT AND SUBSCRIBE.
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THANKS FOR JOININGUS THIS WEEK ON
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THE WATCHMAN.
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UNTIL NEXT TIME,GOD BLESS YOU.
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AND REMEMBER, NEVERHOLD YOUR PEACE.
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♪♪
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