COMING UP...

IT WAS A DESOLATE LAND.

...THE RADICAL PLAN TO

TURN A DESERT INTO THE

PROMISED LAND.

WE BUY.

WE DEVELOP.

AND A PERMANENT HOME

FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY

HAD THEIR FIRST SUCCESS.

THE HOMECOMING

THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN THE

MAKING.

A STATE DOES NOT JUST

BE CREATED IN ONE DAY.

IT NEEDS MUCH PREPARATION

BEFOREHAND.

"THE HOPE" CONTINUES ON

TODAY'S "700 CLUB."

*

Terry: HELLO,

EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO "THE 700 CLUB."

BLISTERING, SEARING,

EXTREME -- THOSE ARE JUST

SOME OF THE WORDS BEING

USED TO DESCRIBE THE HOT

WEATHER THAT IS STRIKING

MUCH OF THE COUNTRY TODAY.

WITH THE HEAT INDEX

HITTING 100 AND HIGHER,

DOCTORS AND GOVERNMENT

OFFICIALS ARE GIVING

ADVICE ON HOW TO STAY COOL

AND AVOID THE BRUTAL HEAT.

GEORGE THOMAS HAS THE

STORY.

George: IT'S HOT,

IT'S STICKY, IT'S

UNCOMFORTABLE.

ANY KNOW IT IS REALLY

HOT, BUT THIS IS

EXCRUCIATINGLY HOT.

I CANNOT STAND THE HEAT.

George: FROM OKLAHOMA

TO NEW YORK CITY...

IT FEELS LIKE I AM WET

RIGHT NOW, AND I'M NOT

EVEN MOVING AROUND.

George: YESTERDAY'S

SCORCHER IS BAKING MUCH OF

THE U.S.

I'M DRINKING WATER.

George: MORE THAN

70 MILLION PEOPLE ARE

UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY.

ONCE IN A WHILE WE TAKE

BREAKS IN THE SHADE.

AND THEN WE COME BACK AND

KEEP GOING.

George: THE HIGH

TEMPS ARE CAUSING POWER

LINES TO OVERHEAT, USING

SOME HOSPITALS TO RUN ON

GENERATORS.

THIS KIND OF HEAT CAN

BE DANGEROUS.

PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE SMART

DECISIONS.

George: WITH HEAT

INDEX VALUES EXPECTED AS

HIGH AT 100 DO 100° TO 110,

DOCTORS SAY KEEP AN EYE ON

THE VERY YOUNG, THE

ELDERLY, AND THOSE WITH

CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS,

AND WATCH FOR ANY SIGNS OF

OVERHEATING.

THINGS LIKE CONFUSION,

SWEATING, YOUR HEART RATE

BECOMING FASTER, BREATHING

FASTER, ANYTHING THAT IS

OUT OF THE USUAL.

George: OUT WEST,

IT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT

STORY.

THE STREET IS FLOODING.

George: A BONE-DRY

CALIFORNIA GOT SO MUCH

RAIN THIS WEEK IT WASHED

AWAY THIS BRIDGE

CONNECTING L.A. AND

PHOENIX.

IN PARTS OF THIS

DROUGHT-STRICKEN STATE,

STREETS TURNED INTO RIVERS

AS MANY NEIGHBORHOODS WERE

FLOODED AND DAMAGED.

IT WAS JUST A HUGE

AMOUNT OF RAIN, IN

PROBABLY FIVE, 10 MINUTES.

George: DESPITE THE

DAMAGE, ALL OF THIS RAIN

IS WELCOME IN A STATE

STILL EXPERIENCING FOUR

YEARS OF EPIC DROUGHT.

MEANWHILE, FOR THE FOLKS

IN THE NORTHEAST, GOOD

NEWS: RELIEF IS ON THE WAY

AS THE HIGH HEAT AND

HUMIDITY GIVE WAY TO

COOLER TEMPERATURES LATER

IN THE WEEK.

BUT FOR NOW, THE HEAT

THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE

COUNTRY IS SEARING.

FORCING FOLKS INDOORS AND

AWAY FROM THE BRUTAL SUN.

GEORGE THOMAS, CBN NEWS.

Terry: IT HAS BEEN AN

UNBELIEVABLY HOT SUMMER,

HASN'T IT?

REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE

COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW COLD

THE WINTER WAS?

WELL, I GUESS WE HAVE TO

STAY COOL AS MUCH AS WE

CAN, STAY HYDRATED AND

ENJOY THE SUMMER.

> IN OTHER NEWS, THE

UNITED NATIONS SECURITY

COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE

NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN,

BUT ISRAEL IS ONCE AGAIN

WARNING IT IS A BAD DEAL.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY

FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU

IN WASHINGTON.

HERE IS JOHN.

John: THANKS, TERRY.

THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL

VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT

THE DEAL.

IT WILL LIFT U.N.

SANCTIONS OFF OF IRAN IN

EXCHANGE FOR CURBING ITS

NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

RON PROSTER SPOKE OUT

FORCIBLY AGAINST THE VOTE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

TODAY YOU HAVE AWARDED A

GREAT PRIZE TO THE MOST

DANGEROUS COUNTRY IN THE

WORLD.

FOR THE FIRST TIME ANYONE

CAN REMEMBER, ISRAEL AND

THE ARAB WORLD SEE EYE TO

EYE.

THIS DEAL IS DANGEROUS FOR

THE REGION, FOR THE PEOPLE

OF THE REGION, JEWS,

MUSLIMS, AND CHRISTIANS

ALIKE, AND FOR THE ENTIRE

WORLD.

THE DEAL GIVES IRAN UP

TO $150 BILLION IN

SANCTIONS RELIEF.

THAT NEW BUSINESS COULD

ADD $500 BILLION TO

$700 BILLION IN THE

IRANIAN ECONOMY OVER THE

NEXT DECADE.

CRITICS SAY IRAN COULD USE

SOME OF THAT MONEY TO

SUPPORT TERRORISM.

BOTH REPUBLICANS AND

DEMOCRATICS HAVE

CRITICIZED THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION FOR GOING

TO THE U.N. BEFORE TAK TAKING

IT TO CONGRESS.

> THE RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN PRESIDENT OBAMA

AND ISRAELIS PRIME

MINISTER BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU HAS

DETERIORATED, AND ALL THE

WHILE MICHAEL ORIN, THE

FORMER AMBASSADOR TO

ISRAEL, HAS HAD A

FRONT-ROW SEAT.

JENNIFER WISHON SPOKE TO

HIM ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE

TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE.

Reporter: HOW WOULD

YOU CHARACTERIZE RIGHT NOW

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

THE U.S. AND ISRAEL?

ON ONE HAND, THE

RELATIONSHIPS HAVE NOT

BEEN BETTER.

SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN THIS

COUNTRY IS PRETTY MUCH AT

AN ALL-TIME HIGH.

WE HAVE A DIFFICULT AND

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP WITH

THIS ADMINISTRATION

BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT HAD

A WORLD VIEW, WHICH

INCLUDED VERY OPEN SUPPORT

FOR THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE,

AND AN OPEN ATTEMPT TO

RECONCILE WITH IRAN, AND

IRAN WANTS TO DESTROY US.

SO THERE IS ALREADY A

PROBLEM.

THE DEAL ON THE TABLE NOW,

WHICH ENABLES IRAN TO KEEP

ALL OF ITS CENTRIFUGES,

ITS FACILITIES, THAT

DOESN'T INCLUDE RESEARCH

AND DEVELOPMENT -- THEY

COULD MAKE MORE ADVANCED

MACHINERY THAT COULD

ENRICH URANIUM FASTER, AND

IT IS NOT LINKED TO IRAN'S

BEHAVIOR.

IRAN IS THE WORLD'S

LARGEST SPONSOR OF STATE

TERRORISM.

IF THE AGREEMENT IS NOT

LINKED TO A CHANGE IN

IRAN'S BEHAVIOR, THEN IT

IS A BAD DEAL.

AND IT ENDANGERS MY

COUNTRY.

BUT BEYOND THAT, IT WILL

DANGER AMERICA.

AND PEOPLE HAVE TO

INTERNALIZE THAT.

UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE

MISSILES, AND THOSE

MISSILES WILL BE ABLE TO

REACH THIS STUDIO IN A

MATTER OF YEARS.

AND THOSE MISSILES HAVE

ONE PURPOSE, AND ONE

PURPOSE ONLY, THUNDER IS

TAND THAT ISTO CARRY A NUCLEAR

WARHEAD.

Reporter: CAN THE

DAMAGE THAT YOU SAY

PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS

BROUGHT ON U.S.-ISRAELI

RELATIONS BE REPAIRED?

WE NEED TO RESTORE

THESE TWO PRINCIPLES,

CALLED NO DAYLIGHT AND NO

SURPRISES.

NO DAYLIGHT MEANS WE CAN

DISAGREE ON ALL SORTS OF

THINGS, BUT IT IS VERY

IMPORTANT WE DON'T HAVE

OUR DISAGREEMENTS OUT IN

FRONT OF THE WORLD BECAUSE

OUR COMMON ENEMIES WILL

INTERPRET THAT AS

WEAKNESS, AND THEY'LL USE

IT AGAINST US.

Reporter: YOU'RE A

MEMBER OF THE KNESSET NOW?

YES, I AM.

IN THE KNESSET YOU YELL

AND SCREAM, BUT YOU DON'T

THINK OF DOING THAT IN THE

CONGRESS.

I THINK IF THE SEATS

WEREN'T SCREWED DOWN,

PEOPLE WOULD BE THROWING

THEM.

ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING A

TWO-HOUR DRIVE FROM ISIS.

IT IS THE DISTANCE OF

WHERE WE'RE SITTING AND

PHILADELPHIA.

Reporter: YOU SAY

THAT YOUR GREATEST

ACCOMPLISHMENT, YOUR

GREATEST JOY, IS HAVING

ISRAELI GRANDCHILDREN.

I THINK I'M THE

LUCKIEST MAN GOING TO BE

ALIVE IN HISTORY AT THIS

MOMENT.

TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY,

ISRAEL, AND TO START WITH

NOTHING -- I CAME WITH A

BACKPACK.

IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO, AND

IT WAS LIKE THE WILDWEST,

AND TO BUILD A FAMILY AND

LOOK AT THESE TWO ISRAELI

GRANDCHILDREN IS MY

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN

LIFE.

Reporter: JENNIFER

WISHON, CBN NEWS.

John: JOHN KASICH IS

SET TO BECOME THE LATEST

TREPUBLICAN RUNNING FOR THE

WHITE HOUSE.

THE SECOND-TERM GOVERNOR

AND FORMER CONGRESSMAN IS

KNOWN FOR IS UNFILTERED

STYLE AND POLICIES THAT

ARE NOT ALWAYS IN LINE

WITH THIS PARTY.

BUT HE HAS ALSO PRIVATIZED

PART OF OHIO'S GOVERNMENT,

HELPED GET RID OF THE

DEFICIT, AND JOBS HAVE

REBOUNDED BACK TO WHERE

THEY WERE BEFORE THE

RECESSION.

> AMERICAN ZACH JOHNSON

WAS THE SURPRISE WINNER AT

THE TOURNAMENT ON SUNDAY.

JOHNSON IS A STRONG

CHRISTIAN.

HE TALKED ABOUT HIS

VICTORY AND HIS FAITH

AFTER WINNING THE TROPHY.

I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST,

I FEEL GREAT.

I FELT GREAT.

I HAD SOME SCRIPTURE GOING

IN MY HEAD, AND I THANK

THE LORD.

I THANK MY FRIENDS.

I THANK MY FAMILY.

I'M JUST IN AWE RIGHT NOW.

John: JOHNSON BECAME

A CHRISTIAN AFTER MEETING

THE WOMAN HE EVENTUALLY

MARRIED, KIM BARKLEY.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE

ABOUT HIS TESTIMONY BY

GOING TO cbnnews.com.

AND, PAT, WE ALL WISH HIM

WELL.

Pat: WE DO.

WHAT A MARVELOUS CHAMPION.

Terry: DID YOU WATCH

SOME OF THAT?

THE WEATHER WAS

UNBELIEVABLE.

Pat: THEY CALL IT THE

OLD COURSE IN ST. ANDREWS.

Terry: IF YOU CAN

SURVIVE THAT, YOU'RE A

GOOD GOLFER.

Pat: YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHAT MY DREAM TICKET IS

FOR THE PRESIDENCY?

Terry: I WOULD, AND

THEN I'LL TELL YOU MINE.

Pat: IF JEB BUSH

SEEMS TO BE LEADING, AND

IF HE PAIRS UP WITH JOHN

KASICH, WHO IS GOING TO

ANNOUNCE MOMENTARILY,

YOU'VE GOT FLORIDA AND

OHIO AND TEXAS COMING IN

ANYHOW, AND IT SEEMS LIKE

TO ME THAT WOULD BE AN

UNBEATABLE COMBINATION IN

THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

Terry: I WAS GOING TO

SAY KASICH AND WALKER.

WE MIGHT ACTUALLY DO

SOMETHING WITH THE FISCAL

NEED IN THE COUNTRY.

Pat: THAT WOULD BE A

GREAT TEAM.

WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY

SUBSTANTIAL CANDIDATES, IF

THESE PEOPLE DON'T CUT

THEMSELVES TO PIECES.

AND WE HOPE THAT THE

DONALD WILL KIND OF TONE

IT DOWN JUST A TAD.

BUT HE IS STILL LEADING IN

THE POLLS.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT BIG STATES

LIKE FLORIDA AND OHIO,

AND, OF COURSE, WISCONSIN,

WHICH ISN'T A GREAT BIG

STATE, BUT IT IS AN

IMPORTANT STATE AND

FORMERLY A DEMOCRATIC

STRONGHOLD, AND IT WILL

GUARANTEE THE PRESIDENCY.

I WAS READING TODAY ABOUT

HOW MANY ELECTORAL FIERNLS

OFFICIALS ARE NOW

REPUBLICAN.

THE REPUBLICANS HAVE GOT A

GROUND GAME GOING AND

THEY'VE BEEN

EXTRAORDINARY.

AND THEY HAVE WON OVER AND

OVER AGAIN.

THEY HAVE WON STATE

ASSEMBLY SEATS AND

GOVERNORSHIPS AND THEY'VE

WON ATTORNEY-GENERALS.

THEIR BENCH IS VERY, VERY

STRONG.

Terry: WELL, THAT'S

GOOD NEWS.

Pat: INTERESTING.

Terry: WELL, UP NEXT,

PART TWO OF OUR SPECIAL

SERIES "THE HOPE, THE

REBIRTH OF ISRAEL."

FIND OUT HOW THE HOLY LAND

WAS PURCHASED AND

PIONEERED.

PLUS, SEE WHAT SACRIFICES

WERE MADE TO CREATE THE

FIRST JEWISH SETTLEMENT,

AND DISCOVER THE DEED THAT

SECURED OWNERSHIP FOR THE

JEWS.

Pat: TODAY THEODORE

HERZL IS KNOWN AS THE

FATHER OF ZIONISM.

BUT LONG BEFORE HE

PRESENTED HIS PLAN FOR A

JEWISH STATE, THE STATE

WAS ALREADY BEING BUILT.

BY THE END OF THE 19th

CENTURY, THOUSANDS OF

JEWISH PIONEERS HAD

RETURNED TO THE PALESTINE

FROM EUROPE AND RUSSIA TO

CARRY OUT WHAT THEY

CALLED, QUOTE,"THE

REDEMPTION OF LAND."

Gordon: AT THE FIFTH

ZIONIST CONGRESS IN 1901,

THEODORE HERZL DIRECTED

THE CREATION OF A JEWISH

NATIONAL FUND, OR J.N.F.,

DEDICATED TO BUYING LAND

IN PALESTINE.

THE JEWISH PEOPLE, HE

SAID, WILL BE NOT ONLY THE

DONORS BUT ALSO THE

OWNERS.

THE PURPOSE OF THE

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND WAS

TO PURCHASE LAND IN

ISRAEL.

AND TO TRANSFER THE LANDS

INTO THE HANDS OF THE

JEWISH PEOPLE.

THIS MEANS THAT THE J.N.F.

WILL BE THE SOLE OWNER OF

THE LANDS FOREVER.

Gordon: THE FIRST

STEP WAS RAISING MONEY.

THE J.N.F. LAUNCHED A

WORLDWIDE FUNDRAISING

CAMPAIGN.

DONATION CAMPS, KNOWN AS

BLUE BOXES WERE PLACED IN

JEWISH SCHOOLS,

SYNAGOGUES, BUSINESSES,

AND HOMES.

JEWS ALL OVER THE WORLD

WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.

THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT

THE IDEA THAT THE JEWISH

PEOPLE WOULD HAVE PROPERTY

WHICH BELONGS TO THEM IN

THE LAND OF ISRAEL.

Gordon: THE JEWS

OFTEN PAID AS MUCH AS 10

TIMES THE NORMAL RATE FOR

LAND THE ARABS CONSIDERED

UNUSABLE.

AS MUCH AS THEY ASKED,

WE PAID BECAUSE WE NEEDED

IT.

IT IS GIVEN IN THE FUTURE,

THE MAP OF THE FUTURE

STATE OF ISRAEL.

AND EVERY PIECE OF LAND

THAT WE BUY, WE DEVELOPED.

THEY DRIED THE SWAMPS,

AND EXPLODED THE ROCKS AND

STONES.

LATER ON THEY BUILT

DRAINAGE BASINS, IN ORDER

TO DRAIN THE WATER, MAKING

POSSIBLE FOR AGRICULTURAL

SETTLEMENTS TO BEGIN.

Gordon: BY 1914,

THERE WERE NEARLY 100,000

JEWS LIVING IN PALESTINE.

THEY HAD STARTED 50

AGRICULTURAL VILLAGES AND

FARMED ROUGHLY 100,000

ACRES OF LAND.

AS THE POPULATION GREW,

THE J.N.F. BEGAN TO DRAW A

MAP FOR THE FUTURE STATE

OF ISRAEL.

IN THE BEGINNING, THE

PURCHASES OF LANDS WERE

DONE ACCORDING TO WHAT WAS

AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

BUT LATER ON, IN THE

1930s, IT BECAME CLEAR

THAT SOONER OR LATER THERE

WOULD BE A PARTITION OF

THE AREA INTO A JEWISH

STATE AND AN ARAB STATE.

AND THE J.N.F.

CONCENTRATED THE PURCHASES

OF LAND ON THE EDGES OF

PALESTINE, IN ORDER TO

BROADER THE BORDERS OF THE

FUTURE JEWISH STATE.

I CAN SAY WITHOUT

J.N.F., WE HAVE NO STATE

OF ISRAEL.

Gordon: ALMOST 50

YEARS BEFORE THE J.N.F.

STARTED BUYING LAND,

WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN FROM

EUROPE WERE PRIVATELY

FUNDING SETTLEMENTS IN

PALESTINE.

ONE OF THE FIRST WAS HERE

IN JERUSALEM.

IN THE MID-19th CENTURY,

JERUSALEM WAS A CITY

MARKED BY DISEASE,

POVERTY, AND DISPAIR.

THE ENTIRE CITY WAS

CONFINED WITHIN THESE

WALLS.

WITH MORE THAN 25,000

PEOPLE CROWDED INTO ONE

SQUARE KILOMETRE.

IN 1857, AMERICAN AUTHOR

HERMAN MELVILLE TOURED THE

CITY, WHICH HE DESCRIBE AS

A PILE OF ARID ROCKS,

WHERE THE IMMIGRANT JEWS

WERE LIKE FLIES.

IT WAS A DESOLATE LAND,

AND THE JEWS, AS WELL AS

THE ARABS, WHETHER THEY

WERE CHRISTIANS OR

MUSLIMS, WERE LIVING IN

ABSOLUTE POVERTY.

Gordon: THE OLD CITY

WAS FILLED WITH RELIGIOUS

JEWS WHO LIVED ON CHARITY.

SIR MOSES MON MONTEFIORE WAS

APPALLED BY THEIR LIVING

CONDITIONS AND DECIDED TO

HELP.

IN 1855, HE HAD MADE THE

FIRST JEWISH LAND PURCHASE

IN PALESTINE.

25 ACRES OF ORANGE GROVES

IN JAFFA, WHERE JEWISH

SETTLERS COULD BE TRAINED

AS FARMERS.

NOW FIVE YEARS LATER, HE

TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO

JERUSALEM.

FROM THE CITY'S GOVERNOR,

HE BOUGHT A PIECE OF LAND

OUTSIDE THE WALLS.

HERMAN MELVILLE DESCRIBED

THE

TRANSACTION SAYING

THEY FLEECED HIM

SADLY,

CHARGING ENORMOUS PRICES

FOR EVERYTHING

HE

BOUGHT.

IT WAS NOT THAT IT WAS

ALL BUILT UP.

THERE WAS A LOT OF EMPTY

LAND.

BUT THEY WEREN'T SELLING

TO JEWS.

EVEN THEN THEY WEREN'T

SELLING TO JEWS.

SO MONTEFIORE CAME IN, AND

HE BOUGHT LAND OUTSIDE THE

WALL AND HE STARTED

BUILDING OUTSIDE THE WALL.

AND HE CONVINCED THE JEWS

TO GO AND LIVE THERE.

Gordon: THERE HE

BUILT A COMMUNITY, WHICH

MEANS PEACEFUL DWELLINGS

IN HEBREW.

HE TOOK THE NAME FROM THE

WORDS OF THE PROPHET

ISAIAH: "MY PEOPLE WILL

DWELL IN A PEACEFUL

HABITATION."

INSECURE DWELLINGS AND IN

QUIET RESTING PLACES.

IT WAS THE FIRST JEWISH

SETTLEMENT IN

PALESTINE.

JEWISH RELUCTANTLY MOVED

IN, BUT SNEAKED BACK

INSIDE THE WALLS TO SLEEP

EVERY NIGHT.

MONTEFIORE DONATED LARGE

SUMS OF MONEY TO PROMOTE

EDUCATION AMONG THE

RELIGIOUS JEWS, AND TO

CREATE JOBS SO THEY COULD

SUPPORT THEMSELVES.

AND HE ALSO BUILT A

WINDMILL TO INCREASE THEIR

FOOD SUPPLY.

THERE WASN'T ONE BAKERY

IN ALL OF JERUSALEM.

IF YOU WANTED BREAD, YOU

HAD TO MAKE IT AT HOME.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET

THE FLOUR FROM?

THERE WERE NO STORES THAT

SOLD FLOUR.

AND THERE WAS NO MILL TO

MAKE FLOUR.

SO HE BUILT A MILL.

Gordon: TODAY MONT

MONTEFIORE'S WINDMILL

STILL STANDS, AND THE

VILLAGE HE BUILT IS NOW

ONE OF JERUSALEM'S MOST

DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.

ROSHON, WHICH MEANS THE

RIGHT HAND OF MOSES.

ABOUT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS

WORK IN JERUSALEM, ANOTHER

EUROPEAN BANKER HELPED

BUILD A COMMUNITY OF

JEWISH FARMERS, THIS TIME

ON THE SHORES OF THE

MEDITERRANEAN.

IN 1882, 17 FAMILIES FROM

EASTERN EUROPE FOUNDED A

VILLAGE ON THE WESTERN

COAST OF PALESTINE.

THEY CALLED IT ROSHON

LETSION, WHICH MEANS THE

FIRST IN ZION.

THE NAME CAME FROM A VERSE

IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH.

I WAS THE FIRST TO TELL

ZION, LOOK, HELP IS ON THE

WAY.

AND ROSHON WAS A CITY OF

FIRSTS.

IN 1883, A YOUNG WRITER

WROTE A POEM CALLED "THE

HOPE."

65 YEARS LATER, IT WOULD

BECOME THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

OF THE NEW STATE OF

ISRAEL.

THE DESIGN FOR THE FIRST

ISRAELI FLAG WAS CREATED

THERE IN 1885.

AND IN 1889, THE FIRST ALL

HEBREW SCHOOL IN PALESTINE

WAS BUILT.

BUT WHILE CULTURE THRIVED,

AGRICULTURE WAS A

CHALLENGE.

THE SETTLERS LOOKED TO

EUROPE FOR HELP.

AND THEY FOUND IT IN THE

FRENCH BARON, EDMUND

ROTHSCHILD.

THIERK THEY DISCOVERED THEY

CAN'T GROW ANYTHING

BECAUSE IT WAS SAND DUNES.

YOU CAN'T GROW APPLE TREES

AND YOU CAN'T GROW WHEAT

IN SAND.

IF YOU PLANTED SOMETHING,

EVEN IF IT TOOK A LITTLE

ROOT, THE FIRST SANDSTORM

WOULD KILL THE NEW PLANTS.

SO EVENTUALLY ROTHSCHILD

SAID, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO

SUCCEED LIKE THAT.

Gordon: BARON

ROTHSCHILD HELP THE

SETTLERS START A THRIVING

CITRUS GROVE, WHERE JEWS

AND ARABS WORKED SIDE BY

SIDE.

THEN HE GAVE THEM GRAPE

VINES FROM HIS VINEYARD IN

FRANCE.

HE ALSO SENT HIS OWN

EXPERTS TO SUPERVISE THE

GROWTH OF THE NEW CARMEL

WINERY.

GRAPE

VINES

DO VERY,

VERY WELL IN SAND.

AND SO THEY STARTED

GROWING GRAPE VINES, AND

THEY STARTED MAKING WINE.

AND THE AMAZING THING WAS

THAT THE WINE WAS

ROTHSCHILD WINE.

FROM ROTHSCHILD VINES.

AND IT BECAME VERY, VERY

GOOD WINE.

SO ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY

HAD THEIR FIRST SUCCESS.

Gordon: JUST 18 YEARS

AFTER THE FIRST VINE TOOK

ROOT, CARMEL WINE WON A

GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS

WORLD'S FAIR.

TODAY ROSHON IS THE FOURTH

LARGEST CITY IN ISRAEL,

AND CARMEL WINE IS SOLD IN

MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES

AROUND THE WORLD.

BARON ROTHSCHILD ONCE SAID

OF THE PROJECT: "WITHOUT

ME, THE ZIONISTS COULD

HAVE DONE NOTHING, BUT

WITHOUT THE ZIONISTS, MY

WORK WOULD HAVE BEEN

DEAD."

JUST NORTH OF ROSHON OTHER

CITY WAS RISING ON THE

DUNES OF THE

MEDITERRANEAN.

IT WOULD LATER BECOME THE

CENTER FOR ISRAELI

INNOVATION AND THE FIRST

MODERN CITY OF THE NEW

JEWISH STATE.

IN 1906, JEWISH SETTLERS

PURCHASED 60 PLOTS OF LAND

ON THE MEDITERRANEAN

COAST, JUST NORTH OF THE

ARAB CITY OF JAFFA.

THREE YEARS LATER, IN

1909, 66 JEWISH FAMILIES

GATHERED ON A SAND DUNE TO

DIVIDE THE LAND, USING A

LOTTERY OF SEA SHELLS.

FAMILY NAMES AND PLOT

NUMBERS WERE WRITTEN ON

THE SHELLS AND DRAWN

RANDOMLY FROM A BOX.

THIS GATHERING WAS THE

OFFICIAL BIRTH OF THE CITY

OF TEL AVIV.

THE CITY TOOK ITS NAME

FROM THE HEBREW TITLE OF

THEODORE HERZL'S BOOK,

"OLD NEW LAND."

THE SPOT WHERE THE

SETTLERS STOOD WOULD LATER

BE THE SITE OF THE TEL

AVIV MUSEUM, WHERE ALMOST

50 YEARS LATER THE JEWISH

PEOPLE WOULD DECLARE THEIR

INDEPENDENCE.

THE J.N.F. GAVE THE

LARGEST LOAN TO THE

FOUNDERS OF TEL AVIV.

AFTER THAT, THE TEL AVIV

FOUNDERS WERE ABLE TO

PURCHASE LAND AND BUILD

HOUSES.

THE J.N.F. WAS ONE OF THE

MOST IMPORTANT

INSTITUTIONS IN BUILDING

AND PREPARING THE NATION

FOR THE FOUNDING OF THE

STATE.

A STATE DOES NOT JUST RISE

IN ONE DAY.

IT NEEDS MUCH PREPARATION

BEFOREHAND.

Gordon: WHETHER THE

LAND OF ISRAEL WAS

PURCHASED BY WEALTHY

PATRONS OR BOUGHT WITH

SMALL DONATIONS FROM

AROUND THE WORLD, MANY

JEWISH PEOPLE BELIEVE

THEIR OWNERSHIP OF THE

LAND IS SECURED BY A DEED

WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS

AGO.

OUR BIBLE IS OUR DEED.

OUR OWNERSHIP OF THIS

LAND.

THE IDEA CAME FROM THE

BIBLE.

THE LAND OF ISRAEL BELONGS

TO GOD.

ZIONISM WAS THE JEWISH

NATIONAL MOVEMENT.

A JEWISH NATIONAL MOVEMENT

WITHOUT STRONG ROOTS TO

THE BIBLE CAN'T EXIST.

Gordon: BY THE TIME

WORLD WAR I BROKE OUT,

THAT JEWISH NATIONAL

MOVEMENT WAS THRIVING, AND

SOON THE JEWS WERE

PROMISED A HOME IN

PALESTINE.

ON TOMORROW'S "700 CLUB,"

SEE HOW A SCIENTIST GOT

THAT PROMISE IN WRITING

FROM ONE OF THE MOST

POWERFUL NATIONS ON EARTH.

Pat: WHAT AN AMAZING

STORY.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE

ACTUAL HISTORY, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, OF WHAT REALLY

HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE ARE

SO MANY LIES BEING TOLD

ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF

PALESTINE, HOW THE JEWISH

STATE CAME INTO BEING,

WHERE THE ARABS WHERE, YES

MUHAMMAD WAS, WHERE ALWHERE MUHAMMAD WAS.

AND NOW YOU'RE SEEING IT

DEFINITELY.

THIS IS GOSPEL HISTORY.

Terry: REMARKABLE

STORY.

THAT WAS THE SECOND

SEGMENT ON THE MODERN

STATE OF ISRAEL.

BE SURE TO WATCH "THE 700

CLUB" BECAUSE OVER THE

NEXT TWO WEEKS, YOU'RE

GOING TO SEE THE ENTIRE

DOCUMENTARY: "THE HOPE,

THE REBIRTH OF ISRAEL."

YOU CAN ALSO OWN A COPY OF

"THE HOPE" FOR JUST $10.

JUST CALL THE NUMBER ON

YOUR SCREEN.

IT'S 1-800-759-0700.

OR YOU CAN LOG ON TO

cbn.com/ISRAELTHEHOPE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS

YOU REALLY WANT TO OWN.

IT IS ALL RIGHT HERE AND

IT IS BEAUTIFULLY,

BEAUTIFULLY DONE.

Pat: I WOULD

RECOMMEND THIS FOR

SYNAGOGUES AND CHURCHES

AND STUDY GROUPS BECAUSE

YOU NEED TO KNOW THE

HONEST TRUTH, AND THIS IS

IT.

> WHEN WE COME BACK,

WE'RE GOING TO "BRING IT

ON."

TRACY SAYS, "WHAT IS THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR

CONSCIOUS VERSUS THE HOLY

SPIRIT?"

STAY TUNED FOR THE ANSWERS

AND MORE AFTER THIS.

Terry: WELL, YOU KNOW

WE LOVE HEARING FROM YOU,

WHEN YOU SEND IN QUESTIONS

FOR OUR BRON "BRING IT ON."

TRACY SITUATION, "WHAT IS

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

YOUR CONSCIENCE VERSUS THE

HOLY SPIRIT.

WHEN I HEAR MY INNER

DIALOGUE, HOW DO I KNOW IT

IS NOT JUST ME VERSES

HEARING FROM THE HOLY

SPIRIT?"

Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS

THOSE WITH REASON OF USE

ARE ABLE TO DISCERN

BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.

YOUR CONSCIENCE,

ESSENTIALLY, IS SOMETHING

THAT IS TRAINED.

IT IS YOUR EXPERIENCES.

YOU CAN HAVE AN OVERLY

STRICT PARENT WHO WILL

TELL YOU EATING A PIECE OF

BREAD IS A SIN, AND THE

NEXT THING YOU KNOW IS

YOUR CONSCIENCE WILL SAY

THAT'S EVIL.

I SHOULDN'T EAT BREAD.

THAT'S NONSENSE.

WHEREAS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS

GOD'S SPIRIT SPEAKING TO

YOUR SPIRIT.

THOSE WHO, THROUGH REASON

OF USE, ARE ABLE TO

DISCERN GOOD FROM EVACUEE.

YOEVIL.

YOU JUST HAVE TO PRACTICE

THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT.

YOU SAY, LET YOUR

CONSCIENCE BE YOUR

GUIDE -- WELL, IF YOU WERE

WELL-TRAINED AND YOU WERE

TAUGHT IN THE SCRIPTURES

AND YOU HAD A GOOD MOTHER

AND FATHER AND A GOOD

BACKGROUND, THEN YOUR

CONSCIENCE WOULD BE A GOOD

GUIDE.

THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW,

SO DON'T DO IT.

BUT IF, ON THE OTHER HAND,

YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS

OVERLY PERMISSIVE AND

LET'S YOU DO ANYTHING --

IT'S OKAY, IT'S JUST SEX

AND WHATNOT -- OR IF, YOU

KNOW, SAY ONE WORD WRONG

YOU'RE GOING TO HELL,

THAT'S NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT

SPEAKING.

Terry: DO YOU

REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS A

MOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN

THE '70s, THERE WAS A

BOOK CALLED "PRACTICING

THE PRESENCE OF GOD," AND

IT REALLY IMPACTED A LOT

OF LIVES.

Pat: THAT WAS BROTHER

LAWRENCE, I THINK IT WAS,

WHO WAS A MONK.

AND HE PRACTICED THE

PRESENCE OF GOD.

YOU CAN PRACTICE THE

PRESENCE, BUT, AGAIN --

THE BELIEVE BIBLE SAYS

THOSE WHO SENSES ARE

EXERCISED CAN DISCERN GOOD

FROM EVIL.

Terry: CARLA SAYS,

"MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED

AWAY A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND

SHE WENT TO BE WITH THE

LORD.

SHE WAS A CHRIST FOLLOWER

AND DIED IN PEACE.

MY QUESTION IS: CAN SHE

SEE ME IN HEAVEN.

CAN SHE PRAY TO GOD FOR

US.

IS IT TRUE THAT LOVED ONES

HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF US

HERE STILL ALIVE IN THE

WORLD.

WHEN MY FAMILY TELLS ME

GRANDMA IS WATCHING OVER

US AND TAKING CARE OF US,

I FEEL CONFUSED AND SAD

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK SHE

CAN DO THAT.

ONLY THE ANGELS AND JESUS

CAN, RIGHT?"

Pat: I THINK YOU'RE

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK GOD HAS

GIVEN THE DEAD THE ABILITY

TO WATCH US AND DO

SOMETHING.

THE BIBLE IS NOT TERRIBLY

PRECISE ON THIS AREA, SO I

HATE TO BE PRECISE ON

SOMETHING THAT THE BIBLE

DOESN'T MAKE PRECISE.

BUT TO THE BEST OF MY

KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS THE

PROVINCE OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT OF JESUS, OF THE

ANGELS, AND WE'RE

SURROUNDED BY SUCH A GREAT

CLOUD OF WITNESSES, BUT

THE WITNESSES ARE THOSE

WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US.

IN A SENSE, THEY'RE

TESTIMONY, THEIR LIVES,

THEIR EXAMPLES FOR US.

Terry: THOMAS SAYS,

"THE PRO-ABORTION

COMMUNITY SAYS THE FETUS

ISN'T A HUMAN UNTIL BORN.

BUT THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY

HUMAN ENOUGH TO HARVEST

THEIR VERY HUMAN BODY

PARTS.

BUT THERE ARE LEGAL PEOPLE

WHO SAY IT MAY FALL WITHIN

LEGAL PARAMETERS.

HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE

LEGAL?"

Pat: THE WHOLE THING

WAS SCREWED UP WHEN YOU

HAD ROE VS. WADE.

HE MADE IT UP ON FAULTY

SOCIALOGICAL GROUNDS, AND

WE HAVE THIS CONFUSION.

THE SUPREME COURT HAS

RULED ON SO MANY THINGS,

AND THEY'VE MESSED THINGS

UP BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T

ALLOWED THE REASON OR OUR

COLLECTIVE CO CONSCIOUSNESS

TO RULE.

IS IT HYPOCRISY?

YES.

YOU WATCH WHAT IS GOING TO

HAPPEN NOW.

THEY SAID ABORTION IS A

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

HAY HAVE SAID

HOMOSEXUALITY IS A

CONSTITUTION RIGHT.

AND THEY HAVE SAID NOW

HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE IS A

CONSTITUTION RIGHT.

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS, LOVE

AFFAIRS BETWEEN MEN AND

ANIMALS WILL BE PERMITTED.

POLYGAMY, WITHOUT

QUESTION, IS GOING TO BE

PERMITTED.

AND THEY'LL BREAK DOWN THE

BARRIERS MORE AND MORE AND

MORE.

Terry: THERE HAVE

BEEN GROUPS WHO WERE

TRYING TO PUSH THAT FOR A

LONG TIME.

Pat: THEY'RE GOING TO

SUCCEED NOW.

BECAUSE INTELLECTUALLY YOU

CAN'T GET AROUND THE

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.

THE PROBLEM IS THE PEOPLE

CAN'T MOVE ANY LONGER.

THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS

CAN'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS.

AND CONSEQUENTLY.

WE'RE STUCK WITH A

DOCTRINE OF FIVE OLD MEN

ON THE COURT.

Terry: CHELSEA SAYS,

"I'M A NEW CHRISTIAN, AND

IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A YEAR

SINCE I'VE BEEN BAPTIZED,

BUT EVER SINCE I STARTED

GOING TO CHURCH AND

READING THE BIBLE, I KEEP

HAVING BAD THOUGHTS ABOUT

GOD AND JESUS.

I KEEP TRYING TO PUSH THEM

AWAY AND PRAYER FOR THES

TTHEMTO STOP.

BUT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

IT GETS ME SCARED I MIGHT

BE MAKING GOD MAD BY

HAVING THEM.

WHAT DO I DO?"

Pat: YOU'RE NOT

MAKING GOD MAD.

GOD LOVES YOU.

HERE IS THE DEAL, YOU

SERVED, IN YOUR YOUNG

LIFE -- SHE DOESN'T SAY

HOW OLD SHE IS.

LET'S JUST SAY 19.

FOR 19 YEARS YOU HAVE

BELONGED TO SATAN.

HE HAS PUT A LOT OF

THOUGHTS IN YOUR MIND OVER

THE YEARS.

MAYBE YOU HAVE DONE THINGS

OR THOUGHT THINGS.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU

COME TO JESUS AND YOU'RE A

NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN SOME

OF THE OLD STUFF HAS LEFT.

YOU JUST HAVE TO TURN YOUR

BACK ON THE OLD.

PUT OFF THE OLD AND PUT ON

THE NEW MAN CREATED IN

RIGHTEOUSNESS.

IT WILL TAKE A WHILE, SO

DON'T WORRY.

JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK TO

THE LORD.

THE BIBLE SAYS WE, IN AN

OPEN FACE, BEHOLDING THE

GLORY OF THE LORD WE

CHANGED BY THE IMAGE OF

THE LORD.

SO AS WE LOOK AT HIM,

WE'RE GOING TO BECOME MORE

AND MORE LIKE HIM.

IT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN

OVERNIGHT.

IT IS A PROCESS THAT TAKES

A LONG TIME.

YOU START WITH BEING BORN

AGAIN.

AND YOU GO INTO THE

PROCESS OF SANCTIFICATION,

AND ONE DAY WE'LL BE

GLORIFIED WHEN WE'RE GIVEN

A NEW BODY, AND WE'RE

GOING TO BE COMPLETELY

LIKE HIM BECAUSE WE'LL SEE

HIM LIKE HE IS.

Terry: SEAN SAYS,

"PAT, DO YOU THINK IT IS

POSSIBLE TO HAVE A HEALTHY

MARRIAGE WITH AN

UNBELIEVER.

HE WAS RAISED CATHOLIC,

BUT HE IS INTO WORLDLY

THINGS, LIKE SMOKING POT.

I'M STILL VERY MUCH

WORKING ON MYSELF.

WE BOTH LOVE EACH OTHER

VERY MUCH, AND WE HAVE A

DAUGHTER TOGETHER AND ONE

ON THE WAY, AND HE IS A

GREAT PROVIDER.

I JUST WORRY THAT OUR

DIFFERENT VIEWS WILL

HINDER OUR RELATIONSHIP.

CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME

ADVICE?"

Pat: THE BIBLE SAYS

DON'T BE UNEQUALLY YOLKED

WITH UNBELIEVERS, BECAUSE

IT LEADS TO CLASHES.

YOU HAVE A HAPPY MARRIAGE.

YOU LOVE YOUR HUSBAND.

THE BIBLE SAYS IF THE

UNBELIEVER IS PLEASED TO

REMAIN, LET HIM REMAIN.

HOW DO YOU WIN HIM?

YOU WIN HIM BY YOUR GODLY

CONDUCT.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO

HAPPEN.

JUST CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR

HIM.

JOINT TO LOVE YOUR

HUSBAND.

BUT IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT.

AND PEOPLE NEED TO

UNDERSTAND.

IF YOU GET MARRIED TO AN

UNBELIEVER, AS BILLY

GRAHAM SAID, YOU TAKE THE

DEVIL FOR YOUR

FATHER-IN-LAW.

THE OTHER PERSON HAS AN

ALLEGIANCE BEYOND WHAT

YOURS IS, AND IT IS VERY

DIFFICULT.

BUT YOU'VE GOTTEN ALONG SO

FAR.

I THINK YOU SHOULD

CONTINUE TO LOVE YOUR

HUSBAND AND CONTINUE TO

GROW IN THE LORD, AND HE

WILL COME ALONG WITH YOU

AS YOU PRAY AND BY YOUR

EXAMPLE.

HE WILL SEE A STABILITY IN

YOU THAT HE WILL WANT.

AND THAT'S HOW YOU WIN

HIM, BY YOUR GODLY

CONDUCT.

Terry: WELL, THAT'S

ALL OF THE TIME WE HAVE

FOR TODAY'S QUESTIONS.

WE THANK YOU FOR

SUBMITTING THEM.

Pat: WELL, A SOUTH

AFRICAN WOMAN, NAMED

PHILCO, SPENT HALF HER DAY

JUST TRYING TO GET WATER.

AND THAT TOOK AWAY FROM

HER BUSINESS AND FROM --

WELL, TAKING CARE OF HER

GRANDSON.

AND HERE IS ONE SOLUTION

THAT TOOK CARE OF BOTH OF

HER PROBLEMS.

LOOK AT THIS.

Reporter: PHILCO

LIVES WITH HER GRANDSON IN

THE DRY, RURAL AREA IN

SOUTH AFRICA.

LIFE WAS HARD BECAUSE I

COULDN'T GET WATER NEARBY.

I WALKED A GREAT DISTANCE

TO THE RIVER TO WASH

CLOTHES AND FETCH DRINKING

WATER.

ANIMALS DRANK FROM THE

RIVER, TOO.

Reporter: LONG TRIPS

TO THE RIVER TOOK TIME

AWAY FROM HER BUSINESS.

I MADE MONEY SEWING,

BUT I SPENT HALF MY DAY

GETTING WATER.

Reporter: PHILCO

BARELY GOT BY AND

STRUGGLED JUST TO FEED HER

GRANDSON.

MY GRANDSON DID NOT

UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS

HUNGRY SOMETIMES, AND THAT

MADE ME SAD.

Reporter: WHEN CBN

HEARD ABOUT HER PROBLEMS,

WE DUG A WELL RIGHT NEXT

TO HER HOUSE.

SHE DANCED WITH JOY.

SO DID HER NEIGHBORS,

BECAUSE THEY STARTED

GETTING FRESH WATER THERE,

TOO.

I WAS SO HAPPY.

I KNEW THAT I WOULD NOT

HAVE TO SPEND LONG HOURS

GETTING THIS WATER FROM

THE RIVER.

I HAVE CLEAN WATER.

Reporter: NOW PHILCO

HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE

AND SELL MORE THINGS.

I'M ABLE TO RUN MY

BUSINESS PROPERLY, AND MY

GRANDSON DOESN'T GO TO BED

ON AN EMPTY STOMACH

ANYMORE.

THANK YOU, CBN, FOR

HELPING ME SO MUCH.

Pat: FOLKS, DO YOU

WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND

THANK GOD THAT YOU HAVE

GOT CLEAN WATER?

DO YOU REALIZE WHAT IT IS?

YOU TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

I DO.

I THINK WE ALL DO.

YOU GO INTO THE BATHROOM,

TURN ON THE SPIGOT, AND

OUT COMES FRESH, CLEAN

WATER.

Terry: WHAT IS SO

AMAZING IS THIS LADY'S

STORY, LIKE HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS LIKE HER, AND

HALF OF HER DAY WAS TAKEN

JUST GETTING WATER.

Pat: NOT ONLY THAT,

THE WATER THEY GET IS

POLLUTED AND FILLED WITH

PARASITES AND ALL KINDS OF

THINGS.

Terry: AWFUL.

Pat: TO HAVE FRESH,

CLEAN WATER IS

LIFE-GIVING, AND WE'RE

ABLE TO DO THAT.

WE CAN'T DO IT FOR

EVERYBODY, BUT WE DO IT

FOR SOME AS WE'RE ABLE.

YOU CAN HELP US HELP

OTHERS.

THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT

TO GIVE YOU.

IT IS CALLED "THE

TRANSFORMING WORD" WORD, "THE

TRANSFORMING WORD," AND

IT'S VERSES ON HEALTH AND

HEALING.

YOU'LL FIND IT WILL

REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFE.

Terry: CAROL IN

GILBERT, ARIZONA, SAYS,

"THANK YOU FOR "THE

TRANSFORMING WORD" D.V.D.

AND C.D. PACKAGE.

IT IS WONDERFUL.

I WASN'T FEELING VERY

WELL, WHEN I SAT DOWN TO

WATCH THE D.V.D.

BY THE TIME IT WAS OVER, I

FELT MUCH BETTER.

I FELT THE PRESENCE OF

GOD."

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT

IS INTENDED TO DO,

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.

Pat: THE ENTRANCE OF

THE WORD BRINGS LIGHT.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN

SOMETHING HAPPENS IN YOUR

LIFE.

SO IT IS THERE FOR YOU.

WE WANT YOU TO JOIN "THE

700 CLUB."

IT'S SO SIMPLE.

AND YOU CAN REALLY REACH

OUT TO PEOPLE ALL AROUND

THE WORLD.

IT IS JUST 65 CENTS.

YOU CAN'T GET A BOTTLE OF

SODA POP IN A VENDING

MACHINE FOR THAT.

Terry: NOT ANYMORE.

Pat: YOU CAN'T EVEN

GET A CANDY BAR.

IT USED TO BE 65 CENTS

WOULD GET YOU ONE CANDY

BAR.

IT'S NOTHING.

BUT IT'S A LOT WHEN ALL OF

US GET TOGETHER.

WHY DON'T YOU CALL?

IT'S 1-800-759-0700.

AND SAY, LOOK, YOU CAN

COUNT ON ME.

I'LL BE WITH YOU ON THIS

ONE.

TERRY?

Terry: STILL AHEAD,

"NEW YORK TIMES"

BEST-SELLING AUTHOR

CHARLES MARTIN IS GOING TO

BE WITH US LIVE.

HEAR HOW THIS REGENT

GRADUATE TURNED DOWN A SIX

FIGURE SALARY, WITH A SIX

FIGURE BONUS, TO CHASE HIS

DREAM OF BECOMING A

WRITER.

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

A COUNTY CLERK

IN KENTUCKY

SAYS SHE PRAYED AN FASTED

FOR MONTHS BEFORE DECIDING

TO STOP ISSUING ALL

MARRIAGE LICENSES ONCE THE

SUPREME COURT LEGALIZED

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

NATIONWIDE.

KIM DAVIS TESTIFIED MONDAY

IN A FEDERAL HEARING IN A

LAWSUIT AGAINST HER BY TWO

GAY COUPLES AND TWO

STRAIGHT COUPLES.

SHE SAYS THE FIRST

AMENDMENT GIVES HER THE

RIGHT TO NOT ISSUE

MARRIAGE LICENSES TO

SAME-SEX COUPLES BECAUSE

IT VIOLATES HER RELIGIOUS

BELIEFS.

ATTORNEYS FOR THE AMERICAN

CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION SAYS

THAT TYPE OF THINKING

WOULD MEAN LOCAL OFFICIALS

COULD DENY LICENSES TO

PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN

DIVORCED.

THE JUDGE SAYS HE WILL

DECIDE THE CASE BY

MID-AUGUST.

> THE LONG LEGAL BATTLE

ON THE MT. SOLEDAD CROSS

SHOULD FINALLY BE OVER.

A PRIVATE GROUP THAT

MAINTAINS THE VETERANS'

MEMORIAL IN SAN DIEGO

BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FROM

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR

$1.4 MILLION.

SUPPORTERS OF THE MONUMENT

HOPE THE SALE WILL END

YEARS OF LEGAL CHALLENGES

OVER DISPLAYING THE CROSS

ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

THE MEMORIAL WAS CREATED

IN 1954 TO HONOR AMERICANS

WHO SERVED IN THE KOREAN

WAR.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS

GET THE LATEST FROM CBN

NEWS BY GOING TO OUR

WEBSITE AT cbnnews.com.

PAT AND TERRY ARE BACK

WITH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB."

IT'S COMING UP RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

Terry: TODAY THE

NOVELS OF CHARLES MARTIN

ARE AVAILABLE IN 20

COUNTRIES, AND PRINTED IN

17 LANGUAGES.

BUT SUCCESS DIDN'T COME

OVERNIGHT FOR CHARLES.

ALL TOLD, HE RECEIVED 86

REJECTIONS BEFORE HE GOT A

CONTRACT FOR HIS FIRST

BOOK.

TAKE A LOOK.

Reporter: CHARLES

MARTIN HAS BEEN WRITING

STORIES SINCE HE WAS 15.

THE LORD GAVE ME THE

PEN TO SORT OF EXPRESS

WEAVER WAS BUBBLINWHATEVER WAS BUBBLING UP

INSIDE OF ME.

Reporter: HE PUT HIS

DREAM OF BEING A WRITER ON

HOLD UNTIL AFTER

GRADUATING FROM REGENT'S

MASTER'S AND DO DOCTORATE

PROGRAM.

SINCE THEN, CHARLES HAS

WRITTEN 11 BEST-SELLING

NOVELS, INCLUDING HIS

LATEST "WATER FROM MY

HEART," A SUSPENCEFUL

STORY OF LOVE AND

REDEMPTION.

Terry: WELCOME BACK

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

A FORMER ALUMNI OF REGENT

UNIVERSITY, CHARLES

MARTIN.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

Terry: YOU TURNED

DOWN A SIX FIGURE SALARY

WITH A SIX FIGURE BONUS TO

BECOME A WRITER.

I DON'T THINK MY

FATHER-IN-LAW WAS TOO

PLEASED WITH THAT, BUT HE

HAS SINCE BEEN A BIG FAN.

I LOOK BACK AND WONDER IF

I WOULD HAVE THE FAITH

TODAY.

Terry: TALK A LITTLE

ABOUT THE REJECTIONS.

YOU READ IN MOVIES HOW

MANY TIMES THAT

REJECTION --

EARLY IN MY CAREER I

READ THAT F.SCOTS FITS

FITZGERALD WAS REJECTED

160 TIMES.

SO I THOUGHT, THAT IS MY

MONITOR.

AND THE REJECTIONS CAME

IN, AND I THOUGHT, IF WE

GET THERE, I'LL QUIT.

AND 86 WAS GETTING REALLY

CLOSE.

Terry: AT WHAT POINT

DID YOU QUICK WHAT YOU

WERE DOING AND TOOK A JOB

TO RAISE MONEY?

I WAS SELLING

INSURANCE, AND THE LORD

DID SOME NEAT STUFF WITH

ME IN MY CAREER.

I HAD A CHANCE TO CHOOSE

BUSINESS OR NOT.

CHRISTY AND I WRESTLED FOR

A LONG WEEKEND.

I DIDN'T WANT TO SELL

INSURANCE.

I HAD THIS MANUSCRIPT IN A

DRAWER.

AND I THOUGHT, MAYBE I

COULD BE A WRITER, BUT

THERE IS NO PATH TO GET

THERE.

IT IS NOT LIKE IF YOU DO

THIS AND THIS, YOU CAN END

UP HERE.

WE SPENT A LONG WEEKEND

FIGHTING.

NOT, LIKE, ANGRY AT EACH

OTHER, BUT WHO ARE YOU AND

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE

WHEN YOU GROW UP?

AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON

CHRISTY CAME TO ME AND

GAVE ME PERMISSION, AND

SHE DID, BECAUSE I DIDN'T

WANT TO DO IT ALONE.

SHE GAVE ME PERMISSION --

Terry: WHEN YOU'RE

MARRIED, YOU'RE A TEAM.

AND SHE SAID, YOU'RE A

WRITER.

I DON'T WANT TO GET TO AGE

40 AND YOU TURN AROUND AND

TELL ME YOU'RE SOMEBODY

ELSE.

AND INTERESTING, WHEN I

TURNED 40, MY FIRST BOOK

HIT THE BES BEST-SELLER'S

LIST.

Terry: SOMEBODY

DESCRIBED YOU AS AN

AUTHOR?

IT TOOK ME OFF-GUARD,

BUT IT KIND OF TOOK ME

HOME.

I WRITE IT BECAUSE I NEED

IT.

TO SOME EXTENT, I'M

WRITING THE STORIES I WISH

I COULD READ.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE -- IF

I'M NOT WRITING SOMETHING

THAT IS HOPEFUL -- IF YOU

DON'T CLOSE IT AND FEEL

SOMETHING HOPEFUL, I

MISSED IT.

Terry: YOU'RE LATEST,

"WATER FROM MY HEART" IS

YOUR 11th.

THIS TAKES PLACE IN

NICARAGUA.

I'VE READ YOUR BOOKS IN

THE PAST --

THANK YOU.

Terry: -- AND I'M

GETTING INTO THEM, AND I'M

THINKING, HOW DOES HE HAVE

ALL THIS DETAIL?

THIS IS IN NICARAGUA, WHY?

IN '99, HURRICANE NICK

HOVERED OVER NICARAGUA AND

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DIED.

I WAS BROUGHT IN AS A

GREEN WRITER TO TELL A

PORTION OF THIS STORY.

I MET A FARMER AND HIS

FAMILY AND I STAYED THERE,

DIRT FLOOR, AND I SPENT

THE NIGHT WITH A PIG IN MY

ROOM BECAUSE THEY WERE

AFRAID SOMEONE WOULD STEAL

IT.

THEY HAVE BECOME FAMILY.

WE'VE STAYED IN TOUCH 15

YEARS, AND I'M GOING BACK

THIS NOVEMBER.

IT IS THE PLACE ON PLANET

EARTH WHERE THE LORD

PIERCED ME WITH FOR THE

FIRST TIME REALLY BEING

ABLE TO SEE THE POOR.

AND I CONFRONTED -- I TALK

ABOUT THIS IN THE BACK OF

THE BOOK, I CONFRONTED MY

OWN INDIFFERENCE, MY SORT

OF "I DON'T CARENESS."

Terry: THIS HAS DRUG

RUNNING, AND HOW DID YOU

RESEARCH THAT?

THE INTERNET IS A

WONDERFUL TOOL.

I SAW SOME DOCUMENTARIES,

AND I TALKED TO SOME

FRIENDS WHO HAVE FRIENDS

IN MIAMI WHO RAN DRUGS.

I SPENT SOME TIME IN

MIAMI.

I DIDN'T MEET ANY DRUG

DEALERS, BUT I HAVE A

PRETTY ACTIVE IMAGINATION.

Terry: YEAH, I GUESS.

WELL-DONE.

TALK A LITTLE ABOUT

NICARAGUA AND WHAT YOU'VE

BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT SINCE

MEETING THE FAMILY

YOU

TALKED ABOUT.

INDIFFERENCE IS REALLY THE

SIN OF THOSE WHO HAVE

BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE

ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND

WALK AWAY.

THERE IS A FAMILY

THERE -- HE CALLS ME MI

AMANO, "MY BROTHER."

AND THEY'RE TRULY LIKE

FAMILY.

THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE

MY MINISTRY THERE IS A

MINISTRY OF PRESENCE.

YES, WE PUT ROOFS ON

HOUSES AND CHURCHES AND

WE'VE DUG WELLS, AND WE

BOUGHT COWS, AND WE NOW

HAVE 14 COWS, AND WE HAVE

LAND AND WE'RE PLANTING.

SO WE'VE DONE A LOT,

BUT -- OR THE LORD HAS

DONE THAT THROUGH US, BUT,

REALLY, THEY'VE DONE FAR

MORE IN ME.

AND I JUST LOVE THEM.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

GOING BACK THERE.

Terry: IT'S A

PRIVILEGE OF RELATIONSHIP

WITH THEM, ISN'T IT?

YEAH.

Terry: THAT'S

AWESOME.

THIS IS NUMBER 11.

WHAT'S NEXT?

MY NEXT STORY IS ABOUT

A GIFTED MUSICIAN WHO

REACHES A PINNACLE AND

CAUSES HIS OWN DOWNFALL

AND LOSES HIS SONG.

WE MEET HIM A DECADE LATER

WHEN HE IS DYING AND

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO

TO GIVE HIS SONG TO.

Terry: WOW!

WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO

THAT.

THANK YOU.

Terry: ANOTHER

WONDERFUL BOOK FROM

CHARLES MARTIN, CALLED

"WATER FROM MY HEART."

BLESS YOU AS YOU WORK ON

THE NEW ONE.

STAY TUNED FOR SOME

MIRACULOUS ANSWERS TO

PRAYER WHEN WE COME BACK.

Terry: WELL, WE'VE

HAD SOME AMAZING ANSWERS

TO PRAYER COME IN.

AND WE WANT TO READ THEM

TO ENCOURAGE YOU BEFORE WE

PRAY.

CAMILLE LIVES IN NORTH

CAROLINA, AND HAD A LUMP

IN HER LEFT BREAST THE

SIZE OF AN EGG AND ANOTHER

UNDER HER ARM.

BOTH RESTRICTED THE USE OF

HER ARM.

ON APRIL 29th OF THIS

YEAR, HER HUSBAND CALLED

"THE 700 CLUB" FOR PRAYER.

WITHIN THREE DAYS, BOTH

LUMPS WERE COMPLETELY

GONE, AND THEY ARE

PRAISING GOD.

Pat: THESE ARE THE

PRAYER COUNSELLORS THAT

ARE HERE.

THEY'RE IN OUR PRAYER

COUNSELLING AREA, AND

THEY'RE ON THE TELEPHONES,

TALKING TO PEOPLE AND

PRAYING WITH PEOPLE.

THEY'RE IN TOUCH WITH THE

LORD, AND THE LORD ANSWERS

THEIR PRAYERS.

MARY, WHO LIVES IN BRYANT,

OHIO, HAD STOMACH AND RIB

CAGE PAIN FOR SEVERAL

YEARS.

HER DOCTOR PERFORMED A

C.T. SCAN AND DIAGNOSED A

HIATAL HERNIA AND HE SAID

YOU NEED SURGERY.

MARY SAID, I DON'T WANT TO

HAVE AN OPERATION, SO SHE

CALLED "THE 700 CLUB" FOR

PRAYER.

THE PAIN WENT AWAY.

SHE HASN'T THAT ANY PAIN

SINCE.

I ASSUME THE HERNIA HAS

BEEN HEALED.

WE'VE GOT JUST A MOMENT OR

TWO.

WHY DON'T YOU PRAY WITH US

RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL JOIN HANDS AND WE'LL

BELIEVE GOD.

FATHER, I JOIN WITH TERRY.

WE ASK, LORD, IN THE NAME

OF JESUS, THAT YOU MIGHT

TOUCH PEOPLE'S LIVES.

ALL OVER THIS AUDIENCE,

HEAR THEIR PRAYERS, ANSWER

THEIR PRAYER.

TOUCH THEM, HEAL THEM,

LIFT THEM UP IN JESUS'

NAME.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

WELL, THAT'S ALL OF THE

TIME WE'VE GOT FOR TODAY'S

PROGRAM.

REMEMBER, TODAY'S POWER

MINUTE IS GOING TO BE FROM

PSALM 41: "OH, THE JOYS OF

THOSE WHO ARE KIND TO THE

POOR.

THE LORD NURSES THEM WHEN

THEY ARE SICK AND RESTORES

THEM TO HEALTH."

WELL, TOMORROW, PART THREE

OF OUR SERIES "THE HOPE,

THE REBIRTH OF ISRAEL,"

PLUS AN INTERVIEW WITH A

FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE

PITCHER, ALEX BENNETT.

THAT WILL ALL BE ON "THE

700 CLUB" TOMORROW.

REMEMBER, OUR TELEPHONES

ARE OPEN I, IF YOU NEED

PRAYER, ALL DAY LONG.