Chris: THIS WEEK ON

"JERUSALEM DATELINE," THE

U.S. CONGRESS FACES A

FATAL DECISION, THE HEATED

DEBATE OVER PRESIDENT

OBAMA'S NUCLEAR DEAL.

> PLUS, A CHURCH BOOMS

IN EAST BERLIN, WHY

MUSLIMS THERE HAVE BEEN

TURNING TO JESUS IN

DROVES.

> AND A LITTLE CHILD

SHALL LEAD THEM.

HEAR THIS GIRL'S RESPONSE

TO THE TERRORISTS WHO

TURNED HER LIFE UPSIDE

DOWN.

HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THIS

EDITION OF "JERUSALEM

DATELINE." I'M CHRIS

MITCHELL.

WE'RE HERE IN IRBIL, DOING

STORIES ON WHAT HAPPENED

ONE YEAR AFTER ISIS TOOK

OVER IRAQ.

WE'LL HAVE MORE.

BUT IN WASHINGTON,

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NUCLEAR

DEAL IS MOVING FORWARD.

TO THE DISMAY OF

REPUBLICANS TRYING TO STOP

IT, THE DEAL SURVIVED A

KEY VOTE.

IT FELL TWO VOTES SHORT OF

THE 60 NEEDED TO GET PAST

THE DEMOCRATS' FILIBUSTER.

THAT MEANS THE NUCLEAR

DEAL WILL MOVE FORWARD

UNCHECKED BY CONGRESS.

BOTH SENATE AND

REPUBLICANAND HOUSEREPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO

FIND A WAY TO FIGHT IT.

WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT

JENNIFER WISHON REPORTS.

NOBODY, NOBODY IS GOING

TO MESS WITH US.

Reporter: IN A RARE

MOVE, TED CRUZ AND DONALD

TRUMP JOINED FORCES ON

CAPITOL HILL TO FIGHT THE

DEAL.

THIS IRANIAN NUCLEAR

DEAL IS CATASTROPHIC.

Reporter: THE DEAL

GIVES IRAN HUNDREDS OF

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND

RELIEF FROM ECONOMIC

SANCTIONS.

CRUZ SAYS LAWMAKERS WHO

SUPPORT IT WILL HAVE BLOOD

ON THEIR HANDS.

THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION WILL

BECOME, QUITE LITERALLY,

THE WORLD'S LEADING

FINANCIER OF RADICAL

ISLAMIC TERRORISM.

Reporter: IN HIS OWN

UNIQUE WAY, TRUMP KEPT HIS

REMARKS MORE GENERAL.

WE ARE LED BY VERY,

VERY STUPID PEOPLE, VERY,

VERY STUPID PEOPLE.

Reporter: HE AGREED

WITH CRUZ THAT THE NUCLEAR

DEAL SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED

FREEDOM FOR AMERICANS,

SUCH AS PASTOR SAEED

ABEDINI, JAILED IN IRAN.

IF I WIN THE

PRESIDENCY, I GUARANTEE

YOU THAT THOSE FOUR

PRISONERS ARE BACK IN OUR

COUNTRY BEFORE I EVER TAKE

OFFICE.

Reporter: IRAN IS

BEATING ITS CHEST THIS

WEEK.

AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI

PREDICTING ISRAEL WILL

CEASE TO EXIST IN 25

YEARS.

AND HE SAYS IRAN IS DONE

NEGOTIATING WITH THE GREAT

SATAN, THE UNITED STATES.

THE BIG IRANIAN NATION

OUSTED THIS GREAT SATAN,

HE SAID.

IN A MAJOR VICTORY FOR

PRESIDENT OBAMA, MORE THAN

ENOUGH SENATORS HAVE

ANNOUNCED THEY'LL SUPPORT

THE DEAL.

STILL, OPPONENTS OF THE

PLAN HAVE LAUNCHED A MAJOR

LOBBYING CAMPAIGN THIS

WEEK IN HOPES OF CHANGING

MINDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF

AMERICANS ARE CONVINCED

THE DEAL IS BAD.

A NEW POLL SHOWS JUST 21%

APPROVE OF IT.

A DEAL IS WHEN YOU GET

SOMETHING IN RETURN.

WE GOT NOTHING IN RETURN.

THEY THINK THEY HAVE TO

MAKE SOMETHING AWFUL

HAPPEN TO BRING THE 12th

IMMELMAIMAM TO SAVE THE WORLD.

A NUCLEAR DEAL WOULD BE A

GOOD WAY TO MAKE THAT

HAPPEN.

WE SHOULD ANTICIPATE

THAT IRAN WILL TEST THE

NEXT PRESIDENT.

THEY'LL WANT TO SEE HOW

FAR THEY CAN BEND THE

RULES.

THAT WON'T WORK IF I'M IN

THE WHITE HOUSE.

Reporter: THE SENATE

HAS UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY TO

TAKE ACTION ON THE DEAL.

IN AN INTERESTING TWIST,

THEY'RE OFF MONDAY AND

TUESDAY FOR ROSH HASHANAH,

THE JEWISH NEW YEAR.

THE WORLD WILL BE WAITING

TO SEE IF THAT BREAK MAKES

AN IMPACT.

JENNIFER WISHON, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

Chris: THE IRANIAN

NUCLEAR DEAL IS GOING TO

HAVE A HUGE IMPACT HERE IN

THE REGION, AS WELL AS THE

WHOLE WORLD.

A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS IN

WASHINGTON MYSELF AND MET

WITH BION RAMAN, THE

KURDISH REPRESENTATIVE TO

THE UNITED STATES, WHERE

WE DISCUSSED WHAT HAPPENED

TO KURDISTAN AND THE

REGION ONE YEAR AFTER

ISIS.

BION, GREAT TO BE WITH

YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR

COMING HERE ON CBN NEWS.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING

ME.

Chris: IT HAS BEEN A

YEAR SINCE ISIS TOOK OVER

MOST OF NORTHERN IRAQ.

HOW CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE

SITUATION ONE YEAR LATER?

I CAN SAY IT IS BETTER

THANKS TO AMERICAN

AIRSTRIKES, AND TO OUR

PESHMERGA MER FORCES FIGHTING

BACK.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RETAKE

ALMOST ALL OF THE KURDISH

TERRITORY THAT ISIS TOOK

IN AUGUST LAST YEAR.

SO ALMOST ALL HAS BEEN

LIBERATED, AND WE'RE ABLE

TO WITHSTAND ISIS'

ATTACKS.

THEY CONSTANTLY ATTACK THE

PESHMERGA POSITIONS.

AS I SAID, WITH THE

AIRSTRIKES, WITH THE

COORDINATION, WITH THE

U.S. PARTICULARLY, AND

OTHER COALITION MEMBERS,

THE PESHMERGA ON THE

GROUND WERE ABLE TO HOLD

ISIS BACK.

ON THE HUMANITARIAN

FRONTS, UNFORTUNATELY THE

CRISIS CONTINUES.

I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER THAT

AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR,

ISIS ATTACKED THE

CHRISTIANS, THE YES YAZIDIIES

AND OTHERS, AND MANY FLED.

THE NUMBERS HAVE CONTINUED

TO GROW AND GROW SO THAT

TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT

1.8 MILLION SYRIAN

REFUGEES AND IRAQI

DISPLACED PEOPLE IN

KURDISTAN.

MANY OF THOSE DISPLACED

PEOPLE REALLY ONLY HAVE

THE BARE NECESSITIES TO BE

ABLE TO SURVIVE.

Chris: HOW WOULD YOU

DESCRIBE THE SITUATION FOR

BOTH THE YAZIDIS AND THE

CHRISTIANS IN TERMS OF

ISIS AND WHAT THEY HAVE

DONE TO THOSE GROUPS?

I CAN'T CALL IT

ANYTHING BUT JE GENOCIDE.

GENOCIDE IS WHEN ONE GROUP

IS PICKED OUT FOR AN

NAILLATION.

ANNIHILATION.

THEY PICKED OUT THE

CHRISTIANS.

YOU PAY A TAX, YOU TURN

ISLAMIC, OR YOU DIE.

THE SAME WITH THE YAZIDIS,

THEY FACED MASS KILLINGS

AND RAPE OF THEIR WOMEN

AND CHILDREN.

TODAY, THERE ARE THOUSANDS

OF YAZIDI WOMEN AND

CHILDREN WHO ARE MISSING.

THEY'RE RAPED, ABUSED, AND

SOLD IN MARKETS, LIKE

CATTLE, AND IT IS JUST

SHOCKING.

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT

TODAY IN THE 21st

CENTURY THIS IS GOING ON.

Chris: ARE YOU

GETTING THE KIND OF

WEAPONS AND ARMS THAT YOU

NEED TO FIGHT ISIS?

FIRST, I SHOULD SAY

THANK YOU TO THE UNITED

STATES FOR THE WEAPONS

THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND

FOR THE AIRSTRIKES AND FOR

ALL OF THE COORDINATION

AND SHARING OF

INTELLIGENCE THAT WE HAVE.

WITHOUT THAT, THE

KURDISTAN REGION WOULD NOT

BE SAFE, AND THE

CHRISTIANS, YAZIDIS, AND

OTHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN

SHELTER WITH US WOULD NOT

BE SAFE.

HOWEVER, WE ARE ASKING FOR

MORE HEAVY WEAPONS, WHICH

WE'RE NOT GETTING.

WE'RE GETTING SOME

WEAPONS, WE'RE ABLE TO

FIGHT ISIS, AND WE'RE ABLE

TO KEEP ISIS AT BAY, BUT

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

DEFEATING ISIS OR

DESTROYING ISIS, WE'RE NOT

GETTING THE WEAPONS THAT

WE NEED.

AND SO I, AS THE

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE

KURDISTAN REGIONAL

GOVERNMENT, I'M TALKING TO

THE ADMINISTRATION HERE IN

THE UNITED STATES, TO OUR

FRIENDS IN CONGRESS AND

THE SENATE, TO EXPLAIN TO

THEM WHY IT IS THAT WE

NEED HEAVY WEAPONS.

Chris: DO YOU FEEL

LIKE THE KURDISH PEOPLE

RIGHT NOW ARE SORT OF AT

THE TIP OF THE SPHERE IN

HIS BATTLE OF

CIVILIZATION?

I THINK WE ARE.

WE, OF COURSE, HAVE A LOT

OF SUPPORT.

WE CAN'T DO IT ON OUR OWN.

WE'RE VERY OPEN AND CLEAR

ABOUT THAT.

BUT, ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS THE PESHMERGA WHO

ARE ON THE FRONT LINE.

IN THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE

LOST CLOSE TO 1,300

PESHMERGA.

THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER.

THAT'S A HUGE SACRIFICE.

ABOUT 7,000 HAVE BEEN

INJURED.

AND FRANKLY, IN KURDISTAN,

WE DON'T HAVE THE MEDICAL

FACILITIES TO DEAL WITH

THE KIND OF INJURIES THAT

THEY HAVE.

Chris: WHAT DO YOU

SEE LOOKING FORWARD NOW?

WHEN I LOOKED AT THE

REFUGEES AND THE

DISPLACED, AND

PARTICULARLY THE CHILDREN,

I HAVE TO SAY, YOU CAN'T

BUT HELP BUT BE MOVED BY

THEIR PLIGHT.

AND THIS IS WHAT DRIVES

ALL OF US TO GO FORWARD,

TO THINK OF A BETTER

FUTURE FOR THEM AND FOR

ALL OF US.

Chris: BION, THANK

YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH

US.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD OF YOU TO HAVE

ME.

Chris: COMING UP, A

SPIRITUAL REVIVAL IN A

MOST UNLIKELY PLACE.

WHY THIS CON CONGREGATION HAS

DOUBLED IN THE NEW DARK

CONTINENT.

Chris: IN GERMANY,

HUNDREDS OF MUSLIM

REFUGEES ARE TURNING TO

CHRIST IN A BERLIN CHURCH.

THE EVANGELICAL TRINITY

CHURCH HAS SWELLED FROM

150 TO 600 MEMBERS IN JUST

TWO YEARS, AND MANY ARE

MUSLIMS FLEEING IRAN AND

AFGHANISTAN.

I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE

NAME OF THE FATHER, AND

THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT.

AMEN.

I FEEL LIKE I'M BORN

AGAIN.

Chris: MANY REFUGEES

ARE SEEKING ASYLUM IN

GERMANY, AND CONVERTING TO

CHRISTIANITY INCREASES

THEIR CHANCES OF STAYING.

IF THEY'RE SENT HOME,

CONVERTS CAN BE

PERSECUTED, EVEN PUT TO

DEATH FOR LEAVING ISLAM.

THE CHURCH'S PASTOR SAYS

HE BELIEVES THE POWER OF

CHRIST IS CHANGING THEIR

LIVES.

I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE

WANT TO COME HERE BECAUSE

THEIR HOPE IS THEY'LL BE

GRANTED ASYLUM STATUS.

I INVITE PEOPLE LIKE THIS

IN BECAUSE I THINK THAT

COMING HERE DOES CHANGE

PEOPLE, DESPITE THEIR

ORIGINAL MOTIVATION FOR

DOING SO.

Chris: PASTOR MARTIN

SAYS 90% OF THOSE WHO ARE

BAPTIZED RETURN TO THE

CHURCH.

WHEN IT COMES TO FAITH,

EUROPE HAS BEEN CALLED THE

DARK CONTINENT.

CHURCH ATTENDANCE IS VERY

LOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE

OFFICIAL STATE CHURCHES.

BUT REVIVAL HAS COME TO

SOME CHURCHES IN AN

UNEXPECTED WAY.

DALE HURD REPORTS FROM

BERLIN.

Reporter: PARTS OF

GERMANY ARE AMONG THE MOST

GODLESS AREAS IN THE

WORLD.

POLLING SHOWS THAT BELIEF

IN GOD IN THE OLD EAST

GERMANY IS ONLY 13%.

BUT CHURCH ATTENDANCE IS

GROWING HERE, THANKS TO

FORMER MUSLIMS FROM IRAN.

AT THE HOUSE OF GOD'S HELP

IN EAST BERLIN, PERSIAN

CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY

HAVE DOUBLED THE SIZE OF

THE CONGREGATION.

IT CAME LIKE AN

UNEXPECTED SUMMER RAIN.

SUDDENLY NEW PEOPLE

STARTED COMING EVERY WEEK

AND ASKED TO BE BAPTIZED.

IN THE BEGINNING, ONLY

FIVE OR SIX IRANIANS CAME.

THEY WERE EASY TO SPOT AND

WE GOT TO KNOW THEM.

AND THEN OVER TIME, THEY

BROUGHT THEIR FRIENDS AND

NEIGHBORS.

Reporter: GERMANY HAS

EXPERIENCED A SURGE IN

ISLAM THIS YEAR.

MUSLIMS CONDUCTED A

NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TO

GIVE AWAY QURANS IN A

COUNTRY THAT HAS LARGELY

TURNED ITS BACK ON

BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY.

BUT IRANIAN IMMIGRANTS, OR

PERSIANS, HAVE ALREADY

EXPERIENCED THE DARKNESS

AND OPPRESSION OF ISLAM IN

THEIR NATIVE LAND, AND

THEY'RE HUNGRY FOR THE

FREEDOM AND JOY OF

CHRISTIANITY.

MICHAEL ASKED THAT WE

DISGUISE HIS FACE TO

PROTECT HIS FAMILY IN

IRAN.

I MET A FEW TIMES WITH

FRIENDS IN IRAN, IN AN

UNDERGROUND CHURCH, IN A

FLAT.

AND THERE WE SPOKE ABOUT

JESUS.

AND WE TRIED TO DO A BIBLE

STUDY SOMETIMES WITHOUT AN

ACTUAL BIBLE.

Reporter: ALL OF THE

PERSIANS WE SPOKE TO

ACCEPTED CHRIST IN IRAN

AND THEN HAD TO FLEE OR

RISK PRISON OR DEATH.

I WAS ON MY WAY TO A

HOUSE CHURCH MEETING WHEN

I SAW POLICE OUTSIDE THE

FLAT.

SO I DIDN'T GO IN.

AND LATER, I CALLED MY

MOTHER.

SHE SAID, THE POLICE WERE

HERE LOOKING FOR YOU.

SO MY FAMILY HELPED ME

FLEE THE COUNTRY.

WHEN I WAS IN IRAN, I

WANTED TO BECOME A

CHRISTIAN, BUT IT'S REALLY

DIFFICULT TO LEARN ABOUT

CHRISTIANITY IN IRAN.

IT'S FORBIDDEN FOR A

MUSLIM TO BECOME A

CHRISTIAN.

IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.

I HAD TO LEAVE MY PARENTS.

SO I LOST MY HOME AND MY

FAMILY.

Reporter: ROSEMARY

SAYS THE PERSIANS WERE

SURPRISED TO FIND SO MANY

GERMANS DISINTERESTED IN

CHRISTIANITY.

MOST OF THEM BECAME

CHRISTIANS IN IRAN AND

KNOW MORE ABOUT

CHRISTIANITY THAN YOU

WOULD EXPECT.

THEY'RE AHEAD OF US IN A

SENSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE

ALREADY BEEN PERSECUTED

FOR CHRIST.

AND THEY FIGURED OUT

PRETTY QUICKLY THAT A LOT

OF GERMANS ARE CHRISTIANS

IN NAME ONLY, AND THEY'RE

DISAPPOINTED THAT GERMANS

TAKE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR

GRANTED.

Reporter: SOME

GERMANS ARE SUSPICIOUS OF

THE CONVERSIONS BECAUSE

BEING BAPTIZED CAN HELP A

REFUGEE STAY IN GERMANY

RATHER THAN BE DEPORTED.

SO SISTER ROSEMARY TAKES

THE CONVERTS THROUGH A

RIGOROUS SERIES OF BIBLE

CLASSES.

BUT SOME OF THEM WHO HAVE

ALREADY BEEN BAPTIZED HAVE

COME BACK TO OUR FAITH AND

CLASS FOR THE FOURTH TIME.

Reporter: IT IS NOT

KNOWN HOW MANY PERSIAN

IMMIGRANTS HAVE CONVERTED

AND JOINED CHURCHES IN

GERMANY, BUT IT IS NUMBER

IN THE THOUSANDS.

AT THE HOUSE OF GOD'S

HELP, IT HAS REINVIGORATED

THE CONGREGATION.

DALE HURD, CBN NEWS,

BERLIN.

Chris: COMING UP,

FORGIVING EVIL.

WATCH THE AMAZING STORY OF

A 10-YEAR-OLD IRAQI

REFUGEE, OFFERING GOD'S

LOVE TO ISIS.

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A

YEAR SINCE ISIS TOOK OVER

MUCH OF NORTHERN IRAQ.

AND SINCE THAT TIME, CBN

NEWS HAS BROUGHT YOU MANY

OF THE HORROR STORIES FROM

ISIS, FROM PERSECUTION TO

RAPE AND MURDER.

BUT WE ALSO LEARNED OF ONE

YOUNG CHRISTIAN GIRL WHO

HAS PUT THE GOSPEL INTO

PRACTICE BY FORGIVING

THOSE WHO HAVE PERSECUTED

HER.

GARY LANE UPDATES HER

STORY FROM THE

NEIGHBORHOOD OF ONCOWA, IN

THE DISTANCE.

Reporter: FOR IRAQ,

THE SUMMER OF 2014 WAS

LIKE NO OTHER.

A MILITANT MUSLIM GROUP

KNOWN AS THE ISLAMIC

STATE, OVERRAN THE CITY OF

MOSUL AND NEIGHBOR

VILLAGES.

THOUSANDS WERE KILLED OR

KIDNAPPED, AND MORE THAN A

MILLION PEOPLE FLED INTO

IRAQI, KURDISTAN.

OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE

BROUGHT YOU MANY REPORTS

ABOUT CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE

BEEN FORCED FROM THEIR

HOMES BECAUSE OF ISIS

RIGHT HERE IN IRAQ.

BUT THERE IS ONE LITTLE

GIRL WHO'S STORY WENT

VIRAL.

WE THOUGHT WE WOULD

INTRODUCE YOU TO HER ONCE

AGAIN.

*

Reporter: LATE LAST

YEAR THE WORLD WAS AMAZED

TO HEAR A YOUNG CHRISTIANS

NAMED MIRIAM TELL A

REPORTER SHE FORGIVES

ISIS.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Reporter: TENS OF

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VIEWED

HER COMMENTS ON THE

INTERNET.

I RECENTLY CAUGHT UP WITH

THE 11-YEAR-OLD AND HER

YOUNGER SISTER, ZOMOROD.

THEIR FAMILY MOVED INTO A

SMALL, TWO BEDROOM TRAILER

IN A COMMUNITY OF

DISPLACED CHRISTIANS IN

IRBIL.

WHY DOES SHE FORGIVE THE

JIHADISTS WHO DROVE HER

FROM HER HOME.

IN THE BIBLE, JESUS

SAID TO US, DON'T BE

AFRAID.

I AM WITH YOU.

AND HE SAID, FORGIVE

OTHERS.

NO MATTER WHO IS HATING

YOU, YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE

THEM.

JESUS IS MY FATHER AND HE

IS MY CREATOR.

I HAVE NO ONE ELSE BETTER

THAN HIM.

WHEN ISIS DROVE US OUT OF

OUR HOME, HIS HAND WAS ON

US AND HE SAVED US.

Reporter: AND WHEN

MIRIAM GROWS UP, SHE WANTS

TO JOIN DOCTORS WITHOUT

BORDERS.

THERE ARE PEOPLE

EVERYWHERE WHO NEED

TREATMENT BUT THEY CANNOT

GET IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T

HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GO TO

THE DOCTOR.

AND THE DOCTORS AREN'T

USUALLY AVAILABLE.

JESUS SAID, YOU'VE BEEN

GIVEN FREELY, SO YOU

SHOULD GIVE FREELY.

THIS IS WHY WE SHOULD LOVE

THEM AND PROVIDE

TREATMENT.

Reporter: MIRIAM SAYS

SHE CHERISHES THE BIBLE

BECAUSE IT IS GOD'S LOVE

STORY TO HUMANITY.

THE ONLY STORY IN THE

BIBLE IS THE STORY OF THE

RESURRECTION, OF CHRIST

JESUS THE LORD.

BECAUSE THROUGH THAT

STORY, WE CAN HAVE HOPE.

Reporter: AND THIS

YOUNG CHRISTIAN SAYS WHEN

SHE PRAYS, IT ISN'T FOR A

BIGGER HOME OR FOR MORE

POSESSIONS.

WHEN I PRAY, I PRAY

THAT GOD MIGHT HELP US TO

GO BACK HOME.

AND ALSO THAT THE PEACE OF

GOD MIGHT COME ALL OVER

IRAQ.

AND ALSO MAY GOD FORGIVE

ISIS.

Reporter: SO WHAT IS

THE SOURCE OF MIRIAM'S

UNSHAKEABLE FAITH AND THE

WORDS OF WISDOM BEYOND HER

YEARS?

THE WORDS I'M SPEAKING

TO YOU ARE NOT COMING FROM

A RANDOM PLACE.

THEY'RE COMING FROM THE

HOLY SPIRIT.

THE HOLY SPIRIT GAVE ME

THE WORDS TO TELL YOU.

Reporter: MIRIAM'S

FATHER, WALID, IS PROUD

THIS DAUGHTER BECAME AN

INTERNET SENSATION.

I'M THINKING GOD GAVE

ME A NICE DAUGHTER, TO

SPREAD THE WORD OF JESUS

TO ALL THE WORLD, THROUGH

THE MEDIA.

NOT TO FAMOUS HER, BUT TO

GIVE THE GLORY TO GOD.

Reporter: MIRIAM AND

ZOMOROD LOVE SINGING

HYMNS.

*

Reporter: THEIR

MOTHER, ALICE, TAUGHT THEM

THE WORDS TO CHRISTIAN

SONGS.

ALICE TOLD ME, IT SEEMS

LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT PUT

IN THEIR HEARTS TO LOVE

THESE SONGS, AND TO

DEDICATE THIS PART OF

THEIR PERSONALITY TO LOVE

GOD AND PRAISE GOD.

SO THEY ADMIRE THIS WAY OF

WORSHIPPING.

AND FINALLY, MIRIAM

ADVISES CHRISTIAN CHILDREN

IN THE UNITED STATES AND

ELSEWHERE TO LOVE GOD AND

SHARE THEIR FAITH WITH

FRIENDS.

THEY DON'T NEED TO BE

FRIGHTENED.

AND, ALSO, THINGS THAT

HAPPEN IN THEIR LIVES,

THEY SHOULD LEARN FROM US

AND OUR LIVES.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE TO GET

SOMETHING OR TO GET GLORY

FOR OURSELVES.

IT IS FOR THE SAKE OF GOD

BECAUSE GOD LIVES.

AND WE WANT TO DO

EVERYTHING FOR THE GLORY

OF GOD.

AND ALSO FOR EXALTING GOD

IN OUR LIVES.

*

Reporter: GARY LANE,

CBN NEWS, IRBIL, IRAQ.

Chris: COMING UP, THE

RARE EVENT THAT COULD

SIGNAL TROUBLING TIMES

AHEAD.

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

FOR ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH

PEOPLE, THE HIGH HOLY DAYS

THIS YEAR MARKS THE END OF

A SIGNIFICANT SEVEN-YEAR

CYCLE, AND A RARE FOURTH

BLOOD MOON.

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT

COMBINATION COULD HAVE A

HUGE IMPACT ON THE WORLD.

CBN CORRESPONDENT JULIE

STAAL HAS THAT STORY.

Julia: THE BIBLE TELLS

THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO SOW

THEIR LAND AND REAP ITS

PRODUCE FOR SIX YEARS.

THE SEVENTH YEAR, THEY'RE

COMMANDED TO LET THE LAND

LIE.

SHMITA MEANS A

SABBATICAL, AND IT IS A

YEAR OF REST FOR THE LAND

OF ISRAEL AND PEOPLE ALL

OVER THE WORLD.

Reporter: ISRAEL

KEEPS THE SHMITA EVERY

SEVEN YEARS.

IT ENDS THIS YEAR ON

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th.

RABBI TULI WEISS TELLS CBN

NEWS MANY NON-JEWS ARE

ALSO PAYING CLOSE

ATTENTION THIS YEAR.

PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER

THE WORLD, WHO HAVE NEVER

HEARD OF SHMITA, ARE ALL

OF A SUDDEN LOOKING AND

TRYING TO EXPLORE WHAT IS

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SHMITA

SHMITA.

BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE

GLOBAL EVENTS THAT ARE

HAPPENING THAT SEEM A

BUILT UNUSUAL.

Reporter: AUTHOR

JONATHAN CAHN RAISED THE

IDEA OF THE SHMITA'S

CONNECTION TO THE GLOBAL

ECONOMY.

HIS BOOK, "THE MYSTERY OF

THE SHMITA, SHMITA," WARNS OF

TROUBLE AHEAD FOR AMERICA.

I BELIEVE A GREAT

SHAKING IS COMING TO

AMERICA -- THE WORLD, BUT

AMERICA.

IT WILL AFFECT THE

FINANCIAL WORLD AND THE

ECONOMIC WORLD.

Reporter: THEY

BELIEVE IT IS A

CORRELATION BETWEEN

FINANCIAL DOWNTURNS IN THE

U.S. AND THE END OF THE

SHMITA YEAR.

IN 1980, WE HAVE A

RECESSION AND THE STOCK

MARKET COLLAPSES.

'87, THE STOCK MARKET

COLLAPSES.

AND YOU HAVE BLACK MONDAY.

SHMITA OF 1994, THE BOND

MARKET COLLAPSES, CALLED

THE BOND MARKET MASSACRE.

2001, YOU HAVE THE STOCK

MARKET COLLAPSING, AND A

RECESSION, AND YOU HAVE

9/11.

Reporter: THE END OF

ALUL BRINGS THE START OF

THE JEWISH HIGH HOLY DAYS

WITH ROSH HASHANAH.

AND THE BIBLE REFERS TO

ROSH HASHANAH AS A DAY OF

JUDGMENT.

Reporter: AND 10 DAYS

LATER COMES YOM KIPPUR.

YOM KIPPUR IN THE BIBLE

IS A DAY OF ATONEMENT, A

DAY OF FORGIVENESS, A DAY

THAT IS SPENT IN PRAYER

AND REPENTANCE.

Reporter: WITHIN A

FEW DAYS, THE JOYFUL FEAST

BEGINS.

THIS YEAR, AS A RESULT OF

A LUNAR ECLIPSE, THERE IS

A RARE BLOOD MOON ON THE

FIRST NIGHT OF SUCOT.

IT IS THE FOURTH ON A

JEWISH HOLIDAY IN FOUR

YEARS.

THE LAST ONE TO OCCUR

BEFORE THIS ONE WAS IN

1967.

THE ONE BEFORE WAS 1948.

AND THE ONE BEFORE WAS ALL

THE WAY IN 1492.

AND THOSE ARE MAJOR YEARS

IN JEWISH HISTORY, AND IN

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

Reporter: THAT'S LED

MANY TO SAY GOD IS JUDGING

THE WORLD AND THE JEWISH

PEOPLE.

BUT WEISS SEES IT

DIFFERENTLY.

IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT

THE BLOOD MOONS ARE A

CAUSE OF CELEBRATION,

WHERE GOD IS GIVING SIGNS

TO THE WORLD AND SIGNS TO

THE JEWISH PEOPLE THAT HE

IS DOING SOMETHING GREAT

FOR US AND FOR THE WORLD.

Reporter: JULIE

STAAL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Chris: WELL, A LOT OF

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE

WATCHING AND WAITING TO

SEE WHAT HAPPENS LATER

THIS MONTH.

> WELL, THAT'S IT FOR

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