Is THIS How We Support Israel in Prophetic Times? with Joel Chernoff

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The Joseph Project International is a ministry in Israel that like Joseph in the book of Genesis

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is helping prepare Israel with supplies and things like that. And we have partnered with them

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to support the Israeli people after the terrible events that happened on October 7th last year.

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And as that anniversary is coming up, I wanted to connect with the founder of Joseph Project

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National. His name is Joel Chernoff. He's a longtime friend. He is also the CEO of the Messianic Jewish

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Alliance of America. And we have sent them a lot of money through Christian Life Missions, our

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non-profit partner, that have been raised by people like you. And I hope that you're touched

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by my conversation with Joel. You know, God has used this, even though a lot of the people in

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Israel object to Messianic Jews, God has used this. And you're going to want to hear my

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conversation with Joel Chernoff today on The Strang Report. I'm Stephen Strang.

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Welcome back and welcome Joel Chernoff. I appreciate you fitting me in on a very busy

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news day. Now we record these podcasts, but as you and I are talking, we are glancing at our

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internet feeds to see about the missiles that are raining down in Israel from Iran. Tell me

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kind of what's going on, even though this is not a news broadcast, but that ties in

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to what we're talking about today. Well, of course, you know that Israel has recently taken out

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all of the terrorists in Lebanon, leaders, Nasrallah and his cronies, and a prominent IRGC

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general, which is an Iranian general. And on top of that, they have invaded Lebanon to the south

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and are probably going to push all the way up to the Latani. They haven't encountered much

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resistance yet, and they've been wondering why, but they were probably, the terrorists are probably

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waiting on this response from Iran, which was, I think it's 100 to 200 ballistic missiles,

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which are now raining down upon Israel. You and I are both not sure what the effect of that is

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going to be. The United States is supposedly acting at the same time in helping Israel with those

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missiles. And of course, we expect Bibi Netanyahu, the prime minister, has warned

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Iran that they will strike back. So there's a likelihood that Israel will attack their

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oil refineries and or nuclear facilities, nuclear research facilities. I wouldn't be

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surprised at that at all. Israel isn't going to take that lying down. They've been expecting

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this anyway, and they probably gamed for it too. Well, you know, before they had missiles shot,

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and Israel was able to repel all them by something, I forget the name, something shield.

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The Iron Dome, and then they have the Iron Dome. Yeah. A second layer and a third layer.

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The Iron Dome, the Aero System, and David's Sling, all three of those is tiered.

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And so what is happening now, of course, our viewers will already have seen the news,

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but then I want to get into what the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America and the Joseph

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Project is actually doing in Israel. But I guess the main point is that even though we're doing

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this close to the anniversary of October 7th, there's still a real need in Israel.

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Yeah, yeah, tremendous need. I just saw an article yesterday, Stephen, that the tourist

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industry, which is the number two industry in Israel, has taken a billion dollar hit.

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And for a small country like that, that's a huge economic hit. And of course, nobody can work.

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Everybody's fighting. Most of the people are fighting. I should say most of the men, many of

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the men are fighting. And the economy, I mean, Israel's spending a lot of money in this

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war. And it can't be good, but we know, Stephen, that the scripture is clear in Isaiah 54,

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no weapon formed against Israel will succeed, will prosper. God is on Israel's side. And we

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know that, and we're going to see this play out not only in Lebanon, not only in Gaza, but also

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in Iran. Well, I want to bring people up to date, because the purpose of this podcast,

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which was set before this invasion or this attack was launched, of course, was to give

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people an update, because our nonprofit partner called Christian Life Missions has raised

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money for Israel. And your ministry is one of the beneficiaries of that. In fact, today,

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I sent you another check. We forward the money as it comes in and we continue to get donations.

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And before the podcast is over, we're going to invite people to give, because you have,

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maybe you could explain it better than I am, but the Messianic Jewish

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Alliance of America has a ministry in Israel called the Joseph Project International that's

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given or raised about $20 million in humanitarian aid. Why don't you tell us about that? Because

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our donations with Christian Life Missions was a small part of that. And of course, you have

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many, many donors, but I feel that it's important that we at Charisma do something and the people

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who follow us also are able to help. Yes, thank you so much. It's greatly appreciated, Steven,

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and all of your donors and friends who have given. Listen, the Messianic Jewish

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Alliance of America founded this 20 years ago. It is now the largest importer of humanitarian aid

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in the state of Israel. That is the Joseph Project International. And since the war broke out,

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and I was there on October the 6th last year when the war broke out, I actually woke up in it

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and was amazed. We were there for a conference, International Messianic Conference. And wow,

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what a privilege just to be there and stand with our people and to see the Joseph Project

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International, because it was only 10 minutes away from us. And we were able to see the

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from us. And we were able to see it in emergency mode. Since then, there have been over a thousand

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truck deliveries. We have several trucks that are always moving throughout the country,

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delivering aid to the poor and needy, and now to the terrorist victims and displaced families.

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And the idea, over a thousand deliveries and $20 million worth of aid delivered to those in greatest

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need inside of Israel in the past year. And I think your ministry is so unique in that you do

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things that are not necessarily happening in the supply chain of getting these materials, often

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that come in by ship from other countries. They have to come in, they have to be distributed.

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Just tell us about this, how the vision came, because no one ministry, no one organization

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can do everything. The Israeli government does a lot, but all these things have to work together,

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and you have a very unique part in the supply chain. Yes. Well, 20 years ago,

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the Lord gave me a prophetic word, which was saying basically that there was going to be a great

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humanitarian crisis in the future of Israel. He didn't say when, but that over a million people

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would come back to Israel suddenly from Eastern Europe, Russia, and that they would come suddenly

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in a time of terror, and that we were to partner with Christians around the world

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and establish a blessing on the soil of Israel for that time, even as Joseph prepared for the famine,

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as we see in scripture, that did come for seven years. We are to prepare for that time and meet

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urgencies along the way. Well, that seemed impossible because you know that they have laws

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on the books against messianic Jews. And so how is that going to happen? Well, we took a step of faith,

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and by 2000, we started shipping goods to Israel, and we were partnering. Nobody else was doing this.

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We were partnering with Christian charities around the globe, China, Europe, and the United States.

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We began to partner with them, and they would ship goods in, and we learned to clear customs,

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how that was done. We eventually got a facility and then a bigger one, and then we have trucks.

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And it's taken us 24 years to get here, but we've put over 170 million dollars worth of aid

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into the poor and needy in Israel, and seen miracles, many, many miracles, because we work

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closely with the government now. I mean, it's crazy, really, when you think of it, because the

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government has got laws on the books against us, really, but at the same time, we are doing great

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work. We are very professional. We computerize every item coming in off the ships, going out,

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and now there are 120 corporations in Israel that are giving us excess inventory and goods,

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because they can get a tax deduction through us now. And so they are giving, so this is really

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morphed into a mainstream activity, and it's a tremendous blessing and a great witness to

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our people at the same time about the Messiah. And it's been such a privilege to be able to

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partner with you. Of course, I'm familiar with your ministry. I knew this, and when the attacks

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came on October 7th, and we raised money, and 100 percent of what we raise goes to help ministry,

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and we don't have that kind of infrastructure. So we partnered with the Joseph Project International

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and a couple of other ministries, and as the money continues to come in to Christian Life

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Missions, which is a totally separate 501c3 organization that is a lot older than Charisma

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is, but we've just worked together and raised not the kind of numbers you're talking about,

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but several millions of dollars over time for various ministries. And I'm hoping that people

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who are watching, somebody will be touched. Most of our donations are small, 10, 25, 50,

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sometimes $100, but we've also had some larger donors that responded because they had confidence

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that the money was really going to go a long way. We take nothing out for overhead, and we work with

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ministries like yours that we vetted and we know. And I think what you're doing is so important, and

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every little bit helps. I know that you can't survive on the donations that come from Charisma

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or Christian Life Missions, but I think that together we can all do so much more than we can do

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separately. Yeah, this is a partnership between Messianic Jews and Christians all over the world.

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And believe me, Stephen, we are greatly appreciative for all of your partners in Christian Life

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Missions, what they have done. Every little bit helps, every big bit helps. And so we are your

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boots on the ground in Israel doing the hard work, getting it all over the country, spreading it

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spreading God's blessing all over the country. And of course, it's a great witness for the Messiah

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as we bring the compassionate heart of the Messiah, the God of Israel, to our people in real

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deeds, countless kind deeds. And we thank you for that. Well, you're welcome. And I want to know

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what the mood is there. You know, the feedback you get, you told me that you are actually going to

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be flying to Israel today and you felt a check in your spirit, not knowing precisely when this

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attack would come from Iran. And of course, as you and I talk, we don't know how Israel is going to

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retaliate. We do know that there's a lot of support for Hamas and there's a lot of anti-Semitism,

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sadly, which is very, very hard for me to even understand why that would happen because here you

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had these brutal murders that happened on October 7th. I've been told, and correct me if I'm wrong,

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but more Jewish people died in a single day on October 7th than any day since the Holocaust,

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which is mind-boggling when you think about it. And, you know, these were men, women, and children

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butchered. It was savage. But yet Israel is widely criticized. Thankfully, there are a lot of people

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that support Israel and the United States apparently is standing with Israel. So just bring me up to

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date. Bring me and my viewers up to date. Well, you know, Israel is a small country. It's nine

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million people and it is bewildering to them on the ground. How in the world did they end up being

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the bully and the terrorist when the terrorists attacked them and yet the world has gradually

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turned on them and made them the bully, made them the bad guy? Because they defended themselves.

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Because they defended themselves. It's crazy. And yet the brutality of those acts against Israel

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would send any country over the border to put that threat down. So, yes, our people are feeling

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great sense of isolation, bewilderment as to how this could be. Now the good news is, is that it

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is softening the ground spiritually because our people are turning. Even Bibi mentioned God in his

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speech to the people, I think it was yesterday, when he says, don't worry, God is with us. He's

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on our side. And that's true. We both of us know that that's biblically accurate concerning the

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last days and the gathering of our people physically and the restoration of Israel

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spiritually. God is doing that now. But I believe God is using this. He is protecting Israel and

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he's advocating for Israel and he promises that in Isaiah 54 and other passages. But at the same

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time, it is working on our people's hearts spiritually, softening us, looking, don't depend

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on the arm of flesh. Yes, the armies of Israel are good, but they're not that good when you're

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talking about 350 million hostile Muslim Arabs. And now we're looking at the nations who are

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who are looking to boycott them with arms and do different things. It's crazy. God is going to

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defend Israel. That I am a thousand percent sure and every nation and every individual and every

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leader that turns against Israel at this time, God is keeping careful score. In Isaiah 54, 17,

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God says concerning Israel in the last days after the gathering again, he says, if anyone attacks

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you fiercely, they will fall because of you. They will fall. That is a promise. That is a promise.

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And no weapon formed against you will prosper. Yes, they will be formed. They may even be

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implemented, but they will fail and they will not succeed in destroying Israel and God's purposes

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and plan. So we know a thousand percent God is in back of Israel. It's interesting to watch this

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thing happen because we're seeing God bless bless Israel's armies, reveal the plans of the enemy,

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give them almost supernatural success. I mean, Nizarallah was 14 stories down and they were able

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to get to him and all of his leadership here and this IRGC general from Iran, 14 stories under

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the ground with these bunker bumpers piling in and they still didn't get to him, but they trapped him

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and he suffocated. I mean, all these guys and that is unprecedented success and the pagers

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and the walkie talkies. That was almost a miraculous operation how that came off and just all of these

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things. Watch out. God is on the move in the Middle East and I'm confident that we're going to see not

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only a revival in Israel, but even our Arab cousins and Isaiah 17 talks about it.

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God is going to break the yoke of Islam off of their backs. They will turn to the God of Israel.

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That is going to take place and that's another show and another time to actually line up those

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prophecies, but that day is coming for them too, but their testing stone is Israel. They are being

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tested. The God of Israel is pulling them into a confrontation to reveal himself to them and to

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Israel at the same time. Hallelujah. In a minute, I want you to pray, but first tell me and my viewers

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what we can do. I guess the obvious thing is to pray. Tell us how to pray. How can we focus our

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prayers in a way and then what can people do to help? Is there a specific project that Joseph

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Project International needs help on right now that people can donate to? I'm going to come back after

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you pray with a word and tell people how they can donate. We'll put it in the notes below the

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podcast as well, but I wanted to kind of give you the last word and then hit you with the last word.

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I want to give you the last word and then have you pray for your ministry, pray for the peace of

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Jerusalem, pray that Israel will be victorious in this terrible, terrible war, especially on the

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attack that's coming from Iran. Well, they can pray specifically that God would give wisdom to the

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leadership of Israel and to the military of Israel and that God would reveal the plans of the enemy

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beforehand, give them the plans and that God would protect the soldiers and that God would use this

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time to turn our people's hearts, soften them. This is the time of the restoration of Israel

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spiritually too. Pray for all of those things and pray also lastly that God will get the right people

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into position politically here in this country to continue standing with Israel. As long as this

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country stands with Israel, as long as the United States stands with Israel, we have a chance for

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another revival and blessing coming upon the United States. If we ever turn against Israel,

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we're in big, big trouble as it says in the scripture, Genesis 12.3. So those are the things

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you can actually pray for. Now lead us in prayer if you would and after that I'll be back with the

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final word. Yes, Abba, in the name of your son Yeshua, Lord, these are tumultuous times. These

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are exciting times. It's prophetic times. We know that the storm that we see brewing and raging around

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the world is all about Israel. It's all about the physical and spiritual restoration of Israel and

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the return of your son. We know that. The scripture is clear on that. We just pray, Lord, that you will

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guide and protect Israel. We pray that you will reveal the plans of the enemy. We pray that you

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will guide the leadership there. We pray that you will give them the resolve and supernatural miracles

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will appear in the war itself. That your presence, that you would rise up off of your throne

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and stand up against the nations, speak to the nations, rebuke the nations that are piling on

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against Israel. Shame on them. Lord, we just pray that you will manifest your presence in the midst

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of the storm, Lord God, in the name of your son and for the honor and glory of your son Yeshua.

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Amen. Thank you for staying tuned. I want to encourage you to give. Now, this is something

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I've done myself, and I don't talk about it very often, but I want you to know that last year I gave

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the largest single donation that I gave to any ministry because the Lord touched my heart. Now,

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of course, you've got to do what you feel God wants you to do, and each of us knows that no matter

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how much we give, it's just a very small part of what is really needed. But I want you to give with

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confidence that if you give to Christian Life Missions, you can go to christianlifemissions.org

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and give online, and you can even read about the Joseph Project. There are several different

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ministries in Israel that we have given to, and we're going to do it again with whatever comes in,

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although this, what comes in from this podcast, as we're able to identify it, will go straight to the

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Joseph Project. So we hope that you give. Also, in the footnotes, you can give to the Joseph Project

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directly if you would rather do that, but the thing is that each, or give to another ministry,

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but each of us need to do what the Lord has led us to do. Thank you for watching the Strang Report.

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