The World vs. Israel: Man’s Strategies- God’s Super Strategy

The World vs. Israel: Man’s Strategies- God’s Super Strategy

May 6, 2024

Host: Hon. Sam Rohrer

Guest: J.R. McGee

Note: This transcript is taken from a Stand in the Gap Today program originally aired on 5/4/24. To listen to the podcast, click HERE.

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Sam Rohrer:       Hello and welcome to this Monday edition of Stand In the Gap Today as we also begin the first full week of May, I trust that you had a blessed weekend and that you are considering or anticipating great things this week with intentionality, deciding ahead of time, looking for opportunities to encourage others in the Lord that’s important and to stand in the gap for truth and that is important. Well, today recurring guest, JR McGee, extreme Leadership Group founder and CEO Strategic Leadership and Counter-terrorism specialist for over 35 years will be with me as we pursue a current analysis of world events from a national security and geopolitical perspective, but always within the framework of biblical prophecy, Israel and the Middle East. And all of these will be fit together today. The title I’ve chosen for the focus today is this, the World versus Israel Man’s Strategies, God’s Super Strategy.

Sam Rohrer:       Now here’s the backdrop as we share so regularly, there are two ways of looking at life, not just our personal lives within our really short human lifespan, but human civilization that’s now traversed over 6,000 years since creation. One way is to look at it from a pure human perspective and to consider that nations rise and fall and civilizations come and go as they do, and we can say that just by the strategies and the whims of human leaders at any given point in time. And in part that’s true, but from a biblical worldview perspective, life and human civilization exists only within God’s greater plan of redemption, which began at creation and will ultimately be consummated in an approximately another thousand years from now with a new creation and a new heaven and a new earth. Now within this continuum of time, earthly leaders in kingdoms rise and fall with human strategies for control, driven by greed and the lust for power.

Sam Rohrer:       That’s what we know and see from history. The Bible tells us in Psalm chapter two that the leaders of the earth, all the nation’s leaders and business leaders driven by rebellion against the truth, will strategize and conspire together against who the Lord God above and his anointed. That’s Jesus Christ and his anointed being the nation of Israel and the anointed also being Christians and the true church. It’s all of those together. The analysis of what these various leaders and nations are doing in their plans to oppose God and Israel and true Christianity is what we’re witnessing today, coming together in an astounding convergence of events as all eyes increasingly focus on where the Middle East and Israel. So today in the segment, JR and I are going to consider the strategies and the plans of Israel. Segment two will be the strategies and the plans of the eastern evil axis of Russia, Iran, China, and Turkey. Segment three, we’ll talk about the strategies and plans of America and the Western powers as they increasingly align against God and Israel and God’s anointed. And then in segment four, we’ll conclude with God’s final and winning strategy about which we can be very confident if we know the Lord. And with that JR, welcome to the program.

JR McGee:           Thank you, Sam. It’s such a privilege to be with you and our listener family,

Sam Rohrer:       Jr. You’re a military strategic trainer, you’re a professional, your strategy is essential to you. Start us out by defining, if you would, strategy as we’ll be referred to it today and also identifying why it’s so essential to understanding current geopolitical events that we understand strategy

JR McGee:           Well, Sam, a lot of people talk about strategy, but they significantly underestimated or misunderstand it. Strategy is the long-term goal, the long-term objective. In World War ii, the strategy for the allies was to save Great Britain. The second phase was to use Great Britain as a staging point to gather troops and supplies and material to support the invasion of Europe. And then in phase three, they used Great Britain as a significant supply point asset to support the invasion of Europe as they drove through and conquered Germany. The German strategy was to use the U-boats in their Navy to sink as many of the ships of the allies as they could to not be able to supply Europe. Now the allied strategy turned out to be significantly more successful than the German strategy. What people think of strategy is sometimes winning battles. You can lose several battles and it not affect your long-term strategy. You only change your strategy when everything seems to be not working a good strategy. You can survive many setbacks and still accomplish that strategy, but a bad strategy doesn’t get you where you want to go in the end. And I think that if people understood that strategic thinking is much more like looking far into the future and seeing what you want to be, where you want to be to achieve something than winning today or tomorrow, then you’ll understand strategy a lot more effectively.

Sam Rohrer:       JR sounds very much like playing chess, doesn’t it? But let’s move right on. Let’s talk about Israel right now because Israel boxed in around from all sides. They have a strategy, I’m going to say it’s a strategy for survival, but tell me what is their strategy?

JR McGee:           Israel’s strategy is several fold. They’ve developed a technology that they can use to defend themselves with iron, dome iron, staying iron beam and Arrow, arrow three. But they also have a strategy that they’re willing to use their military in a way to protect themselves and they’re not shy about standing up for themselves, but Israel’s fighting a multi-front war. They’re fighting a war against Iran and Iran’s proxies which are Hamas led by Yahweh fir. They’re Hezbollah who’s headed by Hassan, nra, the Houthis out of Yemen, Syria, who’s led by Bashar Alad. They’re actually fighting against the un. The UN is actively opposing Israel at every step and now they’re fighting against the United States and the Biden Blinken administration, and that is not the least of which the student unrest is driven by some of the things that we’re doing and Hamas and Iran are supplying and supporting that unrest and they’re seeing significant success with that. Israel has got to fight this on multiple fronts, the multimedia, multiple technology, multiple effort war that’s on a lot of different fronts and a lot of different moving pieces. Just in the last few minutes, Hamas has launched additional rockets from Gaza into Israel. So if people think that the Godins and the Hamas wants peace, they do not,

Sam Rohrer:       Although we’re not going to spend a lot of time on it, this whole pressure push by the Blinken and the Bidens here for Israel and Europe too, for Israel to accept some kind of a peace treaty or truce with Hamas, you’re suggesting that that’s not going to happen because they don’t want it. And I’m going to suggest as well, as long as they keep firing missiles into it and don’t change their strategy, that they want to annihilate Israel related and gentlemen from the river to the sea and Iran who wants to eliminate Israel and the United States. I hardly think at this juncture that you’ll see any kind of significant truth at all. So anyways, Israel, all sides strategy, survival, they have a lot to be concerned about When you come back, we’re going to talk about the eastern axis, who has a strategy against Israel and frankly against us too.

Sam Rohrer:       Our theme today is the world versus Israel. Man’s strategies, God’s super strategy. My guest is familiar guest today, JR McGee, and we are discussing the broader issues, geopolitical issues of the day, the nations of the world, their strategies, Israel and the focus and the crosshairs always increasingly. And then we’re going to conclude with God’s super strategy because that’s how everything all works out and we’ll walk through that. But when it comes to the alignment of nations, we started the program, civilizations of the world, nations have come and gone. We just happen to be in this period of time, so if you’re listening to me right now, we may think that this is the way the world’s always been, but we know that’s not true. We know what we know at this point in time, but a lot has happened before us and a lot has going to happen yet after we all pass off the scene.

Sam Rohrer:       But when it comes to the alignment of nations, that’s a critical thing. The alignment of nations who conspire against God and his anointed, that anointed meaning Jesus Christ as king of Kings, Israel, as God’s anointed and chosen nation and Christians, the true church that is believers in Jesus Christ as in Yeshua, the Messiah, all of that according to Psalm chapter two, it will ultimately be comprised of all the leading military and economic nations of the world. That’s what that says in Psalm two. That’s the period of time that we appear to be in now. Now beginning in earnest, I think these are my thoughts during the Obama administration, the biblically prophesied nations of the world that the Bible tells us about began to really align and come into focus due to Obama policies. If you recall, Russia was actually invited into Syria and they are now there in a major way that had to happen biblically during the last three years, in particular as the West stokes war between Russia and Ukraine.

Sam Rohrer:       Russia has aligned in full agreement with Iran and China. That’s pretty recent, formally big time in the last couple of years and since October seven in particularly Turkey, which the Bible refers to, has all but moved from the west and NATO to the east with Russia, Iran, and China. Now, who would’ve thought, well, if you know the Bible, we would’ve thought, and we’ve been talking about it, but now it’s happening now there’s a firm Eastern Axis strategizing against who, well against God and his anointed, all the ones I mentioned. Nothing short of remarkable and I’m going to say remarkably fast. Alright, Jr, let’s start and walk down through this list. I want you to start with China and have you describe China’s strategic goals, not only for themselves but how it would and will affect the Middle East, and I’m going to say America as well,

JR McGee:           Sam. China’s ultimate objective is to become the world’s only superpower. They’ve made that very clear and that’s going to require them to be dominant both economically, technologically and politically. In order to do that, they are going to be required to take over Taiwan because of their technology, the South China Sea, they’re going to have to have complete dominance there because that transits about one fifth of all goods and services through the entire world. They need as many mineral and oil reserves as can possibly get, and China is developing a very strong emphasis in Africa right now because of the African resources, reserves, minerals and deposits that they have there. They’re using that very effectively to get everything that they need to do what they want to go do longterm.

Sam Rohrer:       Alright, that is China. Okay, let me see. I’m looking at time to make sure we get it all in here. Alright. I want you to put this in here as well. So they are aligning strategically with Russia. Just give me, what’s the advantage of China aligning with Russia? What’s the advantage of China aligning with Iran? Just build that out just a second if you don’t mind.

JR McGee:           I will. China views Russia as a partner for military objectives to achieve things that China does not want to do on their own, although they could and they view Iran very similar. Iran is a useful proxy for them to develop a very strong presence in the Middle East and they see Iran as developing all kinds of resources and proxies in multiple different places that can achieve victory over things that China does not have to go do. And if China controls Iran, which ultimately they do, then everything that Iran does is something China doesn’t have to do on their own. They view both Russia and Iran as proxies to go achieve some of their strategy that serves them well and reserves their resources and their military to do the things that they think they need to go do to fend off the United States directly.

Sam Rohrer:       Okay. Let’s go to Russia then right now because the last couple of years you and I have talked about we, the United States put sanctions on Russia. You’ve said for a long time they would not work, something would happen and it actually pushed Russia, Russia’s now much more in alignment, obviously we said with Iran and China, but what are Russia’s strategic goals again, not only for themselves but how it will affect the Middle East and America?

JR McGee:           Absolutely. Russia’s ultimate objective is reconstitution of superpower status like they had before the fall of the wall. Specifically Russia is wanting to restore the respect that they had as a nation and protection of their borders. Just today Russia announced that they were going to conduct nuclear drills in response to NATO and the United States. Anthony Blinken talking about admitting Ukraine into nato, having a NATO nation directly on their border is something they have made very clear from the very beginning they would not tolerate and we have deliberately pushed Putin at every step and basically reneged on every agreement we’ve made with him. So he feels very, very nervous about all of these things and he is adamant that he wants to reconstitute the former Warsaw Pact. Russia’s right now is only about the size of Italy. It’s very difficult for them to do all the things that they want to do unless they bring in other countries and other assets and other economies to rebuild that, to get them to that critical tipping point that they feel that they need to be.

JR McGee:           They’re very focused on regaining economic strength and frankly the sanctions that we put on them. The ruble is more strong today than it was before we did all that nonsense. I’m still looking for somebody to show me one example where sanctions have had a long-term positive effect don’t. What they do do is force people to find different ways to do what they want to go do. In Iran and China and Russia, they have all worked together with Turkey to find new ways to purchase things, to develop economic transfers. They’ve completely gone around all of these sanctions and made them virtually worthless. Russia is enabling Iran in the Middle East. Russia is viewed as a protector of Iran and Iran is depending on Russia to help them in case of a full-blown attack from Israel, which they really don’t want. They say they do, but they really don’t.

Sam Rohrer:       Okay. You mentioned Turkey. Let’s bring that up right now because Turkey has always has been a long time with NATO in the west, but it’s basically, it’s pretty much moved right into the Eastern alliance, hasn’t it? What’s their strategy?

JR McGee:           The strategy for Turkey, they desire very strongly to be taken seriously. They remember their power from the Ottoman Empire and they believe that that should be their role in the Middle East and in the world and they want to return to becoming a power player on the world stage. They don’t feel that NATO gave them that opportunity and NATO specifically kept them out of the EU and some other things that really were insulting to Turkey’s national prestige. They’ve now, as you say, they’ve completely shifted away from NATO into Russia and Iran and everything but the final paperwork, Turkey has had a complete break with NATO at this point and Turkey’s now working with Syrian and Lebanon to provide resources and support against Israel. Their strongly desired control of the oil and gas reserves in the ocean between Israel and Turkey, and they see this and this alliance as a way to get that and to gain far more control and far more prestige and power on the world front. I think Turkey sees now that in the past they were strong allies at Israel, both militarily and economically, and now they see that Iran is ascendant in that and they want to get onto that bandwagon. Everything’s changing at the speed of light over there,

Sam Rohrer:       Sam. It sure is. And their firm alignment with Hamas, which they have done some time ago. He’s become Turkey. They said they are the defender of Hamas and will do anything to keep them from being destroyed or whatever. That’s a big deal and that’s coming up. We’re at one minute, we got to throw in Iran. We’ve talked about them a lot. Give us any update on Iran’s strategy now.

JR McGee:           The strategy for Iran is very clear cut. It’s to become the dominant power in the Middle East and to spread Sharia law throughout the world and to do this, they want to leverage the terrorist proxies and discontent not only throughout the Middle East to weaken the opponents like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. They want to control the holy sites of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. They want to be the sole arbiters of Islam throughout the world and they’re achieving that in the short term. They’ve intimidated Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has actually formed an alliance with Iran because of their concerns. Jordan is trying to figure out how not to absorb the Palestinians back into Jordan, but they also see that there’s a significant threat from Iran to their north Iran is really causing, they’re the central locust of all of the turmoil that’s going on in the Middle East right now. And until we attack them and until we preclude them from doing what they’re doing, all of this chaos is going to continue.

Sam Rohrer:       Alright, Jr, that’s great roundup there. A lot said in a few moments, ladies and gentlemen, stay with us again. The theme, the world versus Israel, Israel’s in the middle of everything Now that’s because of God’s greater plan. Man’s strategies trying to lay out in a brief sense the strategies of these alliances, the Eastern alliance, and then we’re going to go to the Western alliance, which is really America and the West and when we come back, we’ll talk about what that is because our policy here in our nation towards Israel is also sadly changing. Well when it comes to the alignment of the eastern axis of antichrist, Islamic or communist nations joined by Russia against God, we just talked about that in the last segment, God and his anointed and we talked about who that is. That’s obviously Jesus Christ, the anointed of God. That is Israel, anointed nation and Christianity.

Sam Rohrer:       But according to biblical prophecy, the West led primarily by the antichrist himself. Now we’re talking about prophecy. The days just ahead at some point will turn against Israel and God’s anointed as well. So you basically have the entire world against Israel. These nations in today’s parlance, I suppose would be referred to as western globalist nations. Sadly this includes our own nation here, United States, which every president now think about it, every president since at least George Bush, the first who made the new world order, an unintentional stated goal of US foreign policy. If you are alive and you can remember when he was there, you can remember his firm firm discussions before Congress and his speeches, but the New World order, all of that. Well since that point, every president, every one of them have advanced at least some key component of the New World order, global Antichrist government system housed within the United States and World Health Organization and their other subgroups.

Sam Rohrer:       At this moment, I would suppose and say America is the largest financier we have been for a long time the enabler of global government attempting to, I’m going to say pound in the final pegs of global political, financial and economic tyranny that the world has ever seen that’s happening as we speak. Alright, now Jr, let’s go here. We talked about the Eastern alliance and I’m going to put this in the Western alliance. That’s how the world has shaped up here. From an overall perspective, how would you describe America’s strategic goals, not only for America, but how it would affect the Middle East? And again, these other nations Jr are you there? Might have yourself on mute. Just double check please.

JR McGee:           I’m sorry. I did have an on mute

Sam Rohrer:       Mistake

JR McGee:           There. Go. Okay. America’s strategy for the last several years has been instead of using military power to project what’s called soft power into multiple geographic areas around the world, what soft power means is instead of using force, they provide economic incentives to influence behaviors. That’s on the positive side. On the negative side, we create tariffs and sanctions and make threats that we usually don’t follow through with in order to change behavior. Soft power is the use of politics with non-lethal forces and it has not been that effective anywhere in the world, but certainly not in the last 10 years.

Sam Rohrer:       Alright, now let’s do this. I’m going to ask you to talk about America’s strategy towards China and we want to go towards Russia, but can I throw this in here? Right now a lot of things are happening with Israel. I want to throw this in there because our strategy towards the Middle East and then towards Israel is really taking a turn and a lot of it’s focused on right now what may be happening in Rafa. I think the latest news has just been occurring. Bring us up to speed and update on that. Please.

JR McGee:           I will. Sam. Unfortunately, the United States cut off all supplies and arm shipments to Israel late last week unilaterally, and even though Congress just passed this bill to supply the money in the arms, the Biden administration has decided that they’re not going to give Israel anything. Now, Netanyahu, they’re ready for this. And like I said earlier in the program, Israel has got the backbone to stand up. Just in the last few minutes, Netanyahu has delivered a statement and he said, quote, in the terrible Holocaust, there were great world leaders who stood by idly. Therefore, the first lesson of the Holocaust is if we do not defend ourselves, nobody will defend us. And if we need to stand alone, we will stand alone. Now Israel has seen what’s happening. They realize that the world in its entirety is turned against them and this is a matter of survival for them.

JR McGee:           They cannot allow other countries or other organizations to lob rockets and missiles at their civilians if they’re women than their children. As I said earlier, just in moments before this show opened up, more rockets were launched out of Gaza into Israel and they’re deliberately aimed at women and children. How can people not see the asymmetrical differences in this? Israel is moving heaven and earth to protect civilians. The Muslims are deliberately attacking women and children, and yet who gets condemned? Israel gets condemned. It’s the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen in my life, Sam. It makes no sense. Logically it makes no sense strategically. It makes no sense tactically.

Sam Rohrer:       No it doesn’t. And although this wasn’t part of what we were going to go over Jr, it does exist ladies and gentlemen, as we’ve talked about so many times. Genesis 12, three, those who bless Israel, God will bless those who curse Israel, God will curse. Every time a US president has taken hostile action against Israel, there has been an event, we’ve called it eye to eye. Can’t get into all of that. If you’ve been listening, you know what we’re talking about, but here it is. We pass a bill to provide support for Israel. Politically, it looks good for all of those who are wanting to help Israel, but then the administration takes and puts a stop on it because they’re telling Israel, we don’t want you to win. This is a curse on Israel and JR. I fear for our country when these kinds of things are happening because God brings the hammer of judgment down on every nation that works against God and his people. So just to throw that out there, any comment and if not, go on and tell America’s strategy to China.

JR McGee:           Well, I think it is dangerous for us. We are taking steps to spit in God’s face. We’ve removed him from the business place. We’ve removed him from our academic academies, we’ve removed him from our government. There’s consequences to that and it reigns on the just and the unjust. I think all of us are in danger of the wrath of God because he does have consequences for those who touch the apple of his eye. In terms of China, America’s strategy for China is to treat them as a peer and engage in negotiations, almost endless negotiations for China. We continue to try to treat them as an equal and our Secretary of state is embarrassed and humiliated when they land in a third or fourth level, delegate from their embassy comes and meets him on the runway. That is a significant diplomatic insult and China has no respect for the United States at this point and they’re doing whatever they want to do regardless of what the United States is trying to do using soft power.

Sam Rohrer:       Okay, I’m going to follow up. We have time, just a moment. This strategy in my opinion is not working and so you and I talked about earlier, China is out to win. Russia is out to win, their goals are clear, but for America, Jr, I don’t know what our goals are. It’s certainly not to win.

JR McGee:           We’ve used this concept of proportional response since the Korean War. We’ve tried to simply use just enough power to make the other side want to stop instead of winning. We are trying to just come to some type of mutual agreement that everybody’s okay and we all like each other. At no point in history has this strategy ever won. Not one example of success can be pointed to, and we did this in Korea. Look at the results. We did it in Vietnam. Look at the results. We did this in Iraq, look at the results. We did it in Afghanistan. Look at the results. And now ironically, we’re demanding Israel use the same strategy of proportional response against the people who are launching rockets at them. And it’s guaranteed to threaten Israel’s very survival and Israel is not going to have any part of it. Israel’s going to go out and do what they have to do to win in spite of the world

Sam Rohrer:       And that is a great thing. All a little bit left here, Russia. All right, America’s strategic goals towards Russia. Obviously for a long time, Russia’s been the bad guy. Everything’s been blamed on ’em. We know during the Trump administration and end up being not true. Boy, what’s happening there

JR McGee:           With Russia? It’s ironic we just covered that because our strategy with Russia is to engage them also with proportional responses to influence their behavior. We’re actually providing some resources and supplies to Russia that they use in Ukraine. We’ve engaged with NATO to strengthen deterrence and we’ve diminished Putin on the world stage by disrespecting him and enlarging the threat to Russian order and stability through enlarging NATO’s membership, especially with just admitting Finland and Sweden and now they’re talking about admitting Ukraine into nato and that is exactly what’s driving Putin to respond with more and more antagonism and more and more direct threat to Ukraine. He can’t afford to lose at this point. We backed him into a corner. He cannot back down. There’s no way he can back down and there’s no way we can let him go do this. So it is use of soft powers driving the world to the brink of something that we really don’t want to see, and it’s the misuse of strategy to be honest with you, Sam, and that is mostly on our

Sam Rohrer:       Part and Jr. You and I don’t want to see conflict. That is for sure anyone who loves peace does not want to see conflict, but what you’ve described is weakness on the eastern alliance invites them to war and pushing as what’s happening there with OSHA invites to that kind of a circumstance, ladies and gentlemen. So put it all together, Israel surrounded, all of these are coming against God’s attention is on Israel and when we come back, we just laid out the human strategy and what we best can describe. We come back, we’re going to conclude with talking about God’s super strategy. Well, at the beginning of today’s program I described the larger view of human history and human civilization in terms of human strategy. In the book of Daniel, the Lord delivered to Daniel a vision of human civilization and kingdoms, all of which from the Babylonian to the meads in the Persians, to the Greek, to the Roman have all come and they’ve all gone.

Sam Rohrer:       But in that view of human civilization is the underlying reality, which is why Daniel was given this information for our purposes and help today as well, is that it underlies the reality of a super strategy that belongs to God since it is God himself who foretold the rise and the fall of all nations, all of which will have played a part not just for themselves. They thought it was for themselves, but in reality it was for the advancement of the unfolding plan of God’s redemptive plan through the first coming of Jesus Christ. All of those kingdoms that Daniel talked about all played a role in moving civilization forward to prepare the world for the coming of Jesus Christ. All right, well now we are in the phase that is leading up to the soon second coming of Jesus Christ. The rule of the Gentiles or the times of the Gentiles that Bible speaks about in Luke chapter 21 of verse 24 describes the time of human government for these last 2000 years from the ascension of Christ till right soon when the second coming will occur.

Sam Rohrer:       Now, what brings the period of time to a close is this fulfillment of the time of the Gentiles that Luke talks about. It said it would be marked by the rebirth of Israel, which occurred in 1948 and control of Jerusalem by the Jews, which happened in 1967. Now according to Daniel’s prophecy and God’s super strategy, the next kingdom that will arise will be a global kingdom, a global government ruled by the antichrist. It’s the unfolding of God’s super strategy in these days and the days ahead that for all of us who know the Lord brings extraordinary confidence as we see these things that God said would happen, actually happen. So Jr it’s a remarkable thing from your perspective as we’ve talked about human strategy today of the various worlds, nations that scripture gives us indications about in his word. Identify from your perspective God’s super strategy and make application to believers today. Kind of lay that down now, on top of everything that we just talked about,

JR McGee:           Sam, as somebody who studied strategy for most of my life, it’s a joy to look at the Bible and see the strategy that God’s put in place and that strategy is fairly simple. It’s to create people who choose to love him. He created angels and angels love him. They serve him, but they to don’t have a choice. I believe God created us because he wanted somebody who chose to love him, that wanted to love him. Now, God’s provided laws and instructions through all the dispensations on we’re to serve him how we’re to love him, and he’s also provided instructions on the consequences for failure to comply. Several different dispensations, several different ways to do it in mankind has failed at every single attempt to do this on our own. God’s strategy is to allow every man, every opportunity to do it our own way, just to prove to us that we can’t that by allowing mankind to make free will choices.

JR McGee:           Now, God’s allowing all of these things that we’re seeing and that we’re talking about happen in order to establish the final chapter. God allows Satan to do things. Satan thinks that he’s the one who’s in charge, that he’s the one who’s doing this all the way from tempting Adam and Eve and the garden of Eden, tempting Christ on the mountain. He allows Satan to roam to and fro seeking who he can deceive and devour. He allows Satan to control evil kings and principalities like Nebuchadnezzar, Xerxes and frankly some of the administrations here in the United States. God allows Satan to do those things and he does those things to fulfill his plan, not Satan’s plan. Now, if we look at all of the things that we talked about from China, from Russia, from Iran, from Turkey, if you look at what’s the number one thing that’s the opposing force to all of their strategies, it’s the United States, and they need to eliminate America’s ability to interfere with their strategic plans.

JR McGee:           They’re not strong enough to do that militarily, although China is dangerously close to that right now. They still have to go at America asymmetrically. And that means that they have to attack us in non-traditional ways through our infrastructure, through our economy, through our bank accounts, our finances, that they’re very strong and capable of doing that, but they’re not strong enough to defeat the American military directly. God’s strategy is to allow all of these things to take place because America has been the protector for Israel since their founding in 1948. America has supported, defended Israel and allowed them to grow and develop and to become the nation that they are. But now even America has turned her back on Israel and God’s strategy is to allow the entire world to attack Israel. And that is so that God can show He and he alone is almighty and he is the one who will defend Israel, not the United States, not American technology, but God.

JR McGee:           God alone. He’s allowing all of these things to take place. He’s allowing all of these efforts and these issues and these activities to generate and develop, not because he’s turned his back on Israel, but because he needs all of these things to be put into place so that when the final attack happens, he and he alone gets credit for saving Israel. And I’m looking at all this and I’m seeing it through the lens of a strategy instructor and a teacher and a developer. And it’s amazing to me to see how, number one, how accurate the Bible has been in telling us all this. You and I were talking about Turkey leaving NATO years ago, and I remember a lot of people, a lot of my friends in DC laughed at me when I said that Turkey would leave nato. And the Bible says Turkey would leave nato and guess what’s happened?

JR McGee:           Turkey’s left nato. Nobody’s laughing about that today. If you look at all of these things that are occurring, God has told us in black and white, this is what will happen in the last days. This is what will occur. And we don’t sometimes see how that could possibly occur. It doesn’t matter whether we can see it or not. It occurs just the way God said it would in his time, not our time. And it is a joy for me to sit back and see the Bible come to life, to see things happen in the Bible, just the way it says it’s going to play out. And all of the doubters, all of the atheists, all of the people who say that the Bible is nothing more than a history book or a myth book or a fantasy book. They can’t deny the things that are happening. They can’t deny that is exactly the way it said it was going to happen precisely to the degree that is undeniable and it is statistically impossible for all of these things to have happened at random. God is mighty and he is in control. We can take great comfort as believers that no matter what happens in this world, our God, the God we love, the God we serve is in control. He is taking care of all this. He will protect Israel and he will protect his remnant believers no matter what. Sam,

Sam Rohrer:       Amen. And Jr. That brings me right that ladies and gentlemen, God has a personal relationship with Israel. He made a covenant with them. He will uphold the covenant. Now, if you know Jesus Christ as your personal savior, he has a covenant promise with us. If we put our trust in him, we will be with him one day and one day Soon. God made a covenant promise with the true church of which we are apart. He will fulfill all of that. No other nation though has a covenant promise from God. That’s why we’re seeing the shift as we speak to Israel. And one day soon they will recognize that Jesus is in fact Yeshua the Messiah, and that then will complete God’s covenant promise to Israel and a lot more than takes place after that. But aren’t these amazing days? Rejoice in what the Lord has given us. Be confident. Go out. Stand in the gap for truth, proclaim the truth. We’ll see you back here tomorrow. The Lord will.