Erick: AND WELCOME TO
THTHE WATCHMAN.
2016 STARTED OFF THE WAY
2015 LEFT OFF, NOT VERY
GOOD.
WE'VE SEEN JIHADISTS CARRY
OUT ATTACKS FROM INDONESIA
TO TURKEY TO BURKINA FASO,
CLOSER TO HOME.
WE'VE SEEN AN ISIS
SUPPORTER SHOOT A POLICE
OFFICER PARKED ON THE
STREET AT POINT-BLANK
RANGE.
NASTY STUFF.
BUT AMID THIS RELENTLESS
BARAGE OF GRIM NEWS COMES
A GLIMMER OF HOPE.
FINALLY SAEED ABEDINI, AN
AMERICAN PASTOR, WHO SPENT
THE PAST THREE YEARS PLUS
LANGUISHING IN AN IRANIAN
PRISON IS A FREE MAN.
HE WAS IN PRISON BECAUSE
HE IS A CHRISTIAN AND HE
REFUSED TO RENOUNCE JESUS
CHRIST.
WE'VE COVERED THE STORY
VERY CLOSELY HERE AT CBN
NEWS, AND WE KNOW THAT
BELIEVERS AROUND THE WORLD
HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR
PASTOR SAEED.
WELL, PRAYER WORKS.
AND GOOD MOVED.
HERE IS MORE ON SAEED'S
RELEASE FROM MY CBN
COLLEAGUE, GEORGE THOMAS.
George: IT IS THE
NEWS CHRISTIANS AROUND THE
WORLD HAVE BEEN PRAYING
AND HOPING TO HEAR: PASTOR
SAEED ABEDINI IS FREE
AFTER NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN
AN IRANIAN PRISON.
I THINK THIS WAS A GOD
MOMENT, BECAUSE AS MUCH AS
OUR LAWYERS WORKED REALLY
HARD AND OUR TEAMS AROUND
THE GLOBE WORKED REALLY
HARD, AND THERE WERE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
PRAYING, FROM AS MANY
LANGUAGESS THERE ARE
PEOPLE GROUPS.
George: IN AN
EXCLUSIVE WITH CBN NEWS,
HIS WIFE, NAGHMEH, TOLD ME
HOW SHE TOLD HER CHILDREN
THEIR FATHER IS COMING
HOME.
IT WAS 7:30 ON A
WEEKDAY, AND THEY WERE
JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND IT
WAS VERY LOUD AND JOYFUL.
I COULD SEE A HEAVY WEIGHT
LIFTED OFF THEIR LITTLE
SHOULDERS.
George: AND SHE ALSO
SPOKE ABOUT THE E-MAILS
LEAKED IN NOVEMBER, CITING
HER DECISION TO END PUBLIC
ADVOCACY FOR THE PASTOR
BECAUSE OF MARITAL ISSUES.
I WAS WORKING WITH THE
DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS
TRYING TO GET HIM OUT.
SO I LOVE HIM, BUT THERE
ARE SERIOUS ISSUES WE NEED
TO DEAL WITH ONCE HE IS
HOME.
George: IRANIAN STATE
TV CONFIRMED THE NEWS ON
SATURDAY.
THE GENERAL PROSECUTOR
SAID THAT BASED ON
DECISIONS OF THE COUNTRY'S
SUPREME SECURITY COUNCIL,
FOUR IRANIAN PRISONERS
WITH DUAL NATIONALITIES
HAVE BEEN FREED WITHIN THE
FRAMEWORK OF PRISONER
SWAPPING.
George: IT COMES ON
THE OUTSET OF A NUCLEAR
DEAL.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAD
DENIED THERE WAS ANY
TIE-IN BETWEEN THE
SANCTIONING AND THE
DISCUSSIONS AND THE
AMERICANS BEING RELEASED.
George: AND ALSO
RELEASED WAS AMIR MIRZA
HEKMATI, JASON RAZAIAN,
ALONG WITH AT LEAST TWO
OTHER PRISONERS.
THE WHITE HOUSE SOURCE
TELLS CBN NEWS IN RETURN
FOR THE RELEASE, THE U.S.
WILL EITHER PARDON OR DROP
CHARGES AGAINST AT LEAST
SIX IRANIANS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE
DETAILS ON WHO THEY ARE.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN
RELEASED, AND I DON'T
EXPECT IT WILL BE TODAY.
WHAT I SURMISED FROM THE
CONVERSATIONS I HAD OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS,
ACTUALLY, WERE THESE WERE
GOING TO BE INDIVIDUALS
THAT WERE NOT DESIGNATED
TERRORISTS.
George: AND IRAN HAS
COMMITTED TO CONTINUE
COOPERATING WITH THE
UNITED STATES TO DETERMINE
THE WHEREABOUTS OF ROBERT
LEVINSON, WHO HAS BEEN
HELD IN IRAN SINCE 2007.
HIS FAMILY POSTED THIS
STATEMENT ON LINE: "WE ARE
HAPPY FOR THE OTHER
FAMILIES, BUT ONCE AGAIN
BOB LEVINSON HAS BEEN LEFT
BEHIND."
#WHAT ABOUT BOB?
Erick: WE ARE ALL
HAPPY ABOUT PASTOR SAEED'S
LONG OVERDUE RELEASE.
WE THANK GOD HE IS HOME
SAFE AND SOUND.
BUT A BIG WORD OF CAUTION
HERE TO ANYONE WHO THINKS
THE IRANIAN REGIME HAS
SUDDENLY CHANGED ITS SPOTS
AND BECOME MODERATE.
YES, THE IRANIANS RELEASED
PASTOR SAEED AND THREE
OTHER AMERICANS AS PART OF
THE SWAP, WHO HAD BEEN
HELD IN CAPTIVITY.
BUT THIS WAS A PRISONER
SWAP, NOT A GIFT FROM THE
IRANIANS.
REMEMBER, THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION ALSO GAVE
UP SEVEN IRANIANS WHO HAD
BEEN IN AMERICAN CUSTODY
IN ORDER TO SECURE THE
RELEASE OF PASTOR SAEED
AND THE OTHERS.
ALSO, AND MUCH MORE
IMPORTANTLY, THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IS
RELEASING UP TO
$150 BILLION IN SANCTIONS
RELIEF TO THE IRANIAN
REGIME.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THE SAME DAY THE PRISONERS
WERE RELEASED, THE
DISASTEROUS IRAN NUCLEAR
DEAL WENT INTO AFFECT.
FOLKS, THAT MEANS THE
WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STATE
SPONSOR OF TERRORISM WILL
NOW BE FLUSH WITH CASH TO
CONTINUE TO SPREAD CHAOS
ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST AND
THE WORLD.
AT THE SAME TIME, IRAN
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILES, ICBMs, THAT
COULD ONE DAY REACH THE
UNITED STATES.
YOU ONLY BUILD ICBMs FOR
ONE REASON, FOLKS: TO
MOUNT THEM WITH A NUCLEAR
WARHEAD.
BUT I'M SURE THIS IS ALL
JUST A COINCIDENCE, JUST
AS I'M SURE CHANTING
"DEATH TO AMERICA" CALLING
THE UNITED STATES "THE
GREAT SATAN" AND WISHING
OFOR OUR DESTRUCTION IS
JUST BLUSTER FOR IRANIAN
CONSUMPTION.
FOLKS, IF HISTORY TEACHES
US ANYTHING, IT'S THIS:
WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS YOU
THEY WANT TO KILL YOU, YOU
SHOULD LISTEN TO THEM AND
TAKE THEM AT THEIR WORD.
IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP.
> WELL, IRAN IS NOT ONLY
THREATENING ISRAEL AND THE
WEST.
IT IS ALSO LOCKED IN A
REGIONAL COLD WAR WITH ITS
RIVAL, SAUDI ARABIA, THAT
IS QUICKLY HEATING UP.
HERE IS CBN'S MIDDLE EAST
BUREAU CHIEF, CHRIS
MITCHELL, WITH MORE.
Chris: THE ANIMATED
VIDEO SIMULATES AN IRANIAN
ATTACK USING MISSILES
FIRED FROM YEMEN.
THE ATTACK IS DESIGNED TO
CRIPPLE SAUDI ARABIA ON
MULTIPLE FRONTS.
IT STATES THAT IT IS A
RESPONSE TO THE
HALLUCINATIONS AND EMPTY
THREATS OF THE SAUDI CLAN.
AND THEY WILL EMERGE FROM
THE SLEEVE OF THE YEMENIS.
THE VIDEO REVEALS THE
COORDINATES OF SAUDI
ARABIA'S MAIN OIL
FACILITY, AND THEN SHOWS
THE MISSILES DESTROYING
THE FACILITY AND SETTING
THE AREA ON FIRE.
IT ALSO SIMULATES ATTACKS
ON SAUDI ARABIA'S CAPITAL,
RIYADH.
AND THEN IT SHOWS MISSILES
STRIKING THE SAUDI'S MAIN
AIR BASE AND CRIPPLING ITS
ANTIMISSILE SYSTEM.
AN IRANIAN EXPERT TOLD CBN
NEWS THAT THE GROUP BEHIND
THE FILM DOESN'T GET
FUNDING FROM THE
GOVERNMENT, BUT IT IS
AFFILIATED WITH THE
IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY
GUARD CORPS AND GETS ITS
INSPIRATION FROM THEM.
THE RIVALRY BETWEEN SU SUNNI
SAUDI ARABIA AND SHI'ITE
IRAN STARTED.
THEY ALLOWED THEM TO
RANSACK THE SAUDI ARABIA
EMBASSY IN TEHRAN,
PROMPTING SAUDI ARABIA TO
CUT DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
THE PAKISTAN WEIGHED IN ON
THE SIDE OF THE SAUDIS,
SAYING THEY WOULD WIPE
IRAN OFF THE MAP IF THEY
THREATENED THE TERRITORIAL
INTEGRITY OF SAUDI ARABIA.
THE CONCERN FOR MANY IN
THE REGION IS THAT THE
RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO
MIDDLE EAST TITANS WILL
ESCALATE FROM AWOO A VIDEO TO A
DIRECT CONFRONTATION ON
THE BATTLEFIELD.
CHRIS MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
Erick: UP NEXT, WHO
IS THE MAHDI, AND WHAT
DOES THE RISE OF RADICAL
ISLAM MEAN FOR THE WORLD?
AND WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY ABOUT IT?
FIND OUT AFTER THE BREAK.
Erick: AND WELCOME
BACK.
PASTOR MICHAEL YOU'V UESEF IN
PASTOR AND AUTHOR OF MANY
GROUPS, INCLUDING MISBOOK
"END TIMES," AND THE
"SECRET MAHDI."
AND I ASKED HIM WHAT THE
BOOK OF REVELATION SAYS
ABOUT THE TIMES WE'RE
LIVING IN AND THE
ANTI-CHRIST.
TAKE A LOOK.
DOCTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US HERE ON
"THE WATCHMAN."
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW
BOOK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
ERICK, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
DR. YOUCEF, WHAT A
TIMELY SUBJECT.
THE THING I LOVE ABOUT
YOUR BOOK IS YOU BREAK
DOWN COMPLEX SUBJECTS IN
SUCH AN EASY TO UNDERSTAND
WAY.
YEAH.
Erick: LET'S START
WITH A MAJOR TOPIC, THE
BOOK OF REVELATION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK --
EVEN NOT BELIEVERS
THINK -- SOMETHING IS IN
THE AIR.
TIME MAY BE SHORT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
Erick: TALK WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR BELIEVERS
AND NON-BELIEVERS A-LIKE
TO KNOW THE BOOK OF
REVELATION SAYS.
ABSOLUTELY.
ERICK, IT GRIEVES ME IN MY
SPIRIT WHEN I SEE
SO-CALLED EVANGELICAL
PASTORS WHO SAY WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT, IT IS FULL
OF SYMBOLISM, AND WE
SHOULD LEAVE IT ALONE.
AND THERE ARE OTHERS WHO
SEE IT ONLY AS A MAP FOR
THE FUTURE.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO SAY
LEAVE IT ALONE, THE BOOK
IS BRACKETED, AT THE FRONT
AND AT THE END, WITH A
BLESSING FOR THOSE WHO
READ IT AND UNDERSTAND IT
AND COMPREHEND IT.
THE ONLY BOOK IN THE
BIBLE, WITH TWO BLESSINGS,
ONE IN THE BEGINNING AND
ONE AT THE END, FOR THOSE
WHO READ IT.
THIS IS A BOOK FOR TODAY.
IT IS A BOOK FOR TODAY.
IT TELLS US EXACTLY HOW TO
LIVE WITH THE EXPECTATION
OF THE COMING OF CHRIST.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
HEADING UP TO THE
MOUNTAIN, PUTTING ON WHITE
ROBES.
NO.
IN FACT, REVELATION
COMPELS US TO SHARE CHRIST
WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER
HEARD, OR THOSE WHO DON'T
BELIEVE, AND THAT WE
PERSUADE EVERY MAN, AS
PAUL SAID.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE HEART
OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
FURTHERMORE, IT IS THE
REVELATION OF JESUS, THE
GLORIFIED JESUS.
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT
DRAGONS AND THE SEA AND
THINGS.
IT IS ABOUT JESUS, ALL
ABOUT THE REVELATION OF
JESUS.
Erick: IN THE BOOK,
YOU HAVE A CHAPTER CALLED
"A VISION OF HEAVEN."
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
SECOND.
THE BOOK OF REVELATION HAS
A GREAT ENDING IF YOU'RE A
BELIEVER. AND WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THAT GLORIOUS
ENDING.
> TODAY, WHEN YOU LOOK
AT ISIS AND IRAN -- THESE
ARE TWO APOCALYPTIC
MOVEMENTS -- YOU TALK
ABOUT THEIR IDEOLOGY
BECAUSE TERRORISM IS ONLY
A TACTIC THAT IS DRIVEN BY
THIS IDEOLOGY.
TALK ABOUT THE MAHDI, THE
ISLAMIC VERSION OF THE
MESSIAH, AND HIS
SIMILARITIES TO THE
ANTI-CHRIST.
RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I AM VERY
CAREFUL TO BE ACCURATE SO
AS NOT TO OFFEND ANYBODY.
CERTAINLY I DON'T WANT TO
OFFEND THE MUSLIM PEOPLE.
I LOVE THEM.
I SHARE CHRIST WITH THEM.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE A
DISTINCTION THAT THE MAHDI
IS A CONCEPT THAT
MOSTLY -- NOT EXCLUSIVELY,
BUT MOSTLY A SHI'ITE
CONCEPT.
THE SUNNIS HAVE THEIR OWN
CONCEPT OF ESCOTOLOGY.
NAMELY -- AND I'LL SAY IT
VERY BRIEFLY -- THAT JESUS
HIMSELF IS GOING TO COME
BACK TO THE EARTH, AND HE
IS GOING TO DECLARE
HIMSELF A MUSLIM, AND THEN
HE IS GOING TO TURN ON THE
JEWS AND THE CHRISTIANS
AND DESTROY THEM.
IF YOU GO TO THE SHI'ITE,
IN THE 800s, WHERE THERE
IS THE SUCCESSOR OF THE
PROPHET, THEY BELIEVE THAT
THEIR SUCCESSOR, WHICH IS
THE COUSIN OF THE PROPHET,
IS DIFFERENT FROM THE
SUCCESSORS OF THE SUNNIS,
WHO WERE THE FRIENDS OF
THE PROPHET.
ALI AND HIS SON, HUSSEIN,
AND SO ON.
AND THEY GET GOING UNTIL
THE MIDDLE OF 800s.
AND THEN THE 12th
SUCCESSOR -- THE 12th
IMAM, OR WHAT YOU CALL THE
SUCCESSOR OF THE PROPHET,
DISAPPEARED AT THE AGE OF
FIVE.
AND SO AROSE A THEORY,
WHICH IS REJECTED BY THE
SUNNIS -- AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS
SAID -- THAT HE IS
DISAPPEARING, BUT HE DID
NOT DIE.
HE IS WAITING AND HIDING
UNTIL SUCH A TIME WHEN THE
WORLD BECOMES SO CHAOTIC,
AND THEN HE WILL COME AND
BRING PEACE.
NOW HERE IS THE THING:
THEY WANT TO CREATE THE
CHAOS.
THEY WANT TO CREATE THE
TROUBLES SO THAT THE FORCE
CAN COME OUT OF HIDING.
SO THAT IS THE THEORY THAT
THE SHI'ITE PEOPLE ESPOUSE
REGARDING THE COMING OF
THEIR MAHDI.
Erick: AND YOU SEE
SHI'ITE DRIVING FOR A
NUCLEAR WEAPON -- TALK
ABOUT CHAOS.
YOU'RE A NATIVE OF EGYPT,
SO YOU SPEAK FROM A PLACE
OF REAL AUTHORITY WHEN IT
COMES TO RADICAL ISLAMIC
IDEOLOGY, AND JIHADIST
IDEOLOGY.
DRDR. YOUCEF, WE'LL HAVE
MORE WITH YOU AFTER THE
BREAK.
MORE ON THE ANTI-CHRIST
AND WHAT IS COMING, WITH
DR. YOUCEF, AFTER THE
BREAK.
Erick: AND WELCOME
BACK.
WE'RE TALKING TO
DR. MICHAEL YOUCEF, AUTHOR
OF THE GREAT NEW BOOK "END
TIMES," AND "THE SECRET OF
THE MAHDI."
DR. YOUCEF, A LOT OF
PEOPLE TODAY ARE WONDERING
WHO IS THE ANTI-CHRIST.
YOU HAVE A CHAPTER THAT
SAYS THE ANTI-CHRIST IS
NOT WHO YOU THINK HE IS.
TALK ABOUT THAT A BIT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, EVEN
THE APOSTLE JOHN -- HE
SAID THERE ARE MANY
ANTI-CHRISTS.
AND ANYONE WHO SETS
HIMSELF AGAINST CHRIST IS
AN ANTI-CHRIST WITH A
SMALL "A."
BUT THE BOOK OF DANIEL IS
THE FIRST ONE TO TELL US
ABOUT THIS CHARACTER, THE
MAN OF LAWLESSNESS THAT
PAUL DESCRIBED AGAIN IN
THE THESSALONIAN APOSTLES.
THIS PERSON IS GOING TO
RISE IN A TIME WHEN THE
WORLD IS DESPERATE FOR
PEACE.
AND HE IS GOING TO BRING
ABOUT ONE WORLD RELIGION,
ONE WORLD PEACE, UNITE THE
WORLD TOGETHER, BECAUSE HE
IS GOING TO GIVE THEM THE
PROMISE THAT HE IS GOING
TO BRING PEACE.
AND HE WILL MAKE A
COVENANT WITH ISRAEL.
BUT THEN THREE AND A HALF
YEARS LATER, HE WILL
RENEGE AND HE WILL TURN ON
ISRAEL.
BUT IN A PERIOD OF SEVEN
YEARS, THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST IS GOING TO COME
FROM HEAVEN, AND HE IS
GOING TO SMITE HIM AND
DESTROY HIM.
AND HE IS GOING TO REIGN
AND RULE FOREVER AND
FOREVER AND EVER.
THAT'S THE GREAT NEWS OF
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
CHRIST.
IT IS NOT WHO IS DOING
WHAT AND WHO IS GOING
WHERE, ALTHOUGH THESE ARE
IMPORTANT.
ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE END
CHAPTER BECAUSE WE READ IT
AND WE KNOW WE WIN.
THAT GIVES US CONFIDENCE.
THAT TAKES AWAY FEAR.
THAT LIFTS US UP EVERY
TIME WE SEE THE WORLD IN
TROUBLE.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE GOOD
NEWS.
THE REASON I WROTE THIS
BOOK -- THERE ARE A LOT OF
PASTORS AND THEOLOGIANS
WHO HAVE WRITTEN BOOKS ON
REVELATION.
I TAUGHT THROUGH THE BOOK
OF REVELATION, AND THEN I
WROTE A BOOK ON
REVELATION.
BUT AS I BEGAN TO STUDY --
AND I HAVE A Ph.D. WHERE
I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE
MIDDLE EAST IN THE EARLY
'80s, AND I MET WITH
SOME OF THESE JIHADIS, I
MET WITH THEM, TALKED WITH
THEM, INTERVIEWED THEM,
AND I GOT UNDER THEIR
SKIN, AND I TRIED TO
FIGURE OUT SOME OF THEIR
MOTIVATION AND WHO THEY'RE
WAITING FOR AND THE
CALIPHATE AND SO FORTH.
THROUGH THE YEARS, I BEGAN
TO DEVELOP A PICTURE THAT
WHAT THEY ARE THINKING OF
AS THE CALIPHATE IS A VERY
SIMILAR PERSON TO WHAT THE
BIBLE CALLS THE
ANTI-CHRIST.
THAT'S WHY I DECIDED THAT
REVELATION, WITHOUT THAT
EXPLANATION, DOES NOT GIVE
PEOPLE A FULLER PICTURE OF
THE PRESENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SOUGHT
TO DO.
Erick: AND IN THE
PRESENT, WE HAVE ISIS, OF
COURSE, WHO HAS DECLARED A
CALIPHATE IN THE HEART OF
THE MIDDLE EAST.
DO YOU THINK THAT ISIS IS
A SIGN OF THE TIMES?
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT
MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE
SPECIFICALLY, BUT IS THIS
A SIGN OF PERHAPS THE
ANTI-CHRIST SPIRIT YOU
TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK?
IT HAS BEEN A SERIES OF
SUCCESS SESSION.
SUCCESSION.
IT STARTED WITH THE RAHADI
MOVEMENT, AND THEN IT CAME
IN THE 1920S TO EGYPT, BY
A MAN WHO FOUNDED THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
MOVEMENT.
THEN WHEN NASA TRIED TO
DESTROY THEM, THERE CAME
ANOTHER MOVEMENT, AND THEN
WHEN THAT WAS DESTROYED,
CAME JIHAD, AND FROM JIHAD
CAME al-QAEDA, AND FROM
al-QAEDA CAME ISIS.
REGARDLESS OF THE NAME,
YOU SEE THE DIRECTION.
IT IS HEADING IN THE SAME
DIRECTION.
AND EACH SUCCESSIVE
MOVEMENT BECOMES MORE
VIOLENT.
AND THEY WANT TO DESTROY
THE HADITH, AND ROME.
YOU RECALL WHEN THE 21
CHRISTIANS WERE BEHEADED
ON THE BEACHES OF LIBYAN,
THEY SAID THEY WANTED THE
BLOOD TO FLOW ON THE
MEDITERRANEAN TO ROME, AND
THEY SAID THEY WERE COMING
TO OCCUPY ROME, WITH AN
AMIR.
SO THE WHOLE DIRECTION
THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON
SINCE THE END OF THE
1800s, OF THIS
FUNDAMENTAL ISLAMIC
MOVEMENT, ALL MOVING IN
ONE DIRECTION.
NOW, WHETHER IT IS ISIS OR
THE SUCCESSOR OF ISIS --
REGARDLESS OF THE NAME,
THAT'S THEIR IDEOLOGY.
I WANT PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON
THE IDEOLOGY, NOT
NECESSARILY WHAT NAME THEY
ESPOUSE.
Erick: THAT IS A
FRIGHTENING THOUGHT, THERE
MAY BE SOMETHING EVEN
WORSE THAN ISIS COMING
DOWN THE ROAD.
I BELIEVE THAT.
Erick: I AGREE.
AND YOU LAID OUT THE
TRAJECTORY IN COMPELLING
FASHION HOW IT HAS GOTTEN
WORSE AND WORSE OVER THE
PAST FEW CENTURIES.
THANK YOU FOR THE BOOK.
YOU UNPACK EVERYTHING IN
THE BOOK OF REVELATION,
BUT IT ENDS WITH A
GLORIOUS VISION OF HEAVEN.
THAT'S THE END GAME HERE.
AS YOU SAID, THE BOOK HAS
A GREAT ENDING, AND WE
WIN.
BELIEVERS IN JESUS WIN.
AMEN.
Erick: AMEN.
THE BOOK IS "END TIMES AND
THE SECRET OF THE MAHDI."
I THINK THERE IS A WEBSITE
WE CAN GO TO.
www.endtimesecrets OR
LTW.ORG, AND YOU
PRE-ORDER IT.
YOU CAN PRE-ORDER IT NOW
SO WE MAIL IT TO YOU AS
SOON AS IT ARRIVES.
Erick: DOCTOR, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD LUCK WITH THE BOOK.
> COMING UP, "THE
WATCHMAN" IS MOVING ON
FROM CBN NEWS.
IT IS BITTERSWEET TO SAY
THE LEAST.
SO WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOURS
TRULY?
FIND OUT AFTER THE BREAK.
Erick: WELCOME BACK.
FOLKS, I HAVE SPENT AN
INCREDIBLE 10 1/2 YEARS AT
CBN NEWS.
I STARTED WAY BACK IN MAY
OF 2005, AND, MAN, I HAVE
JUST HAD AN AMAZING
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH
THE TOP TEAM IN ALL OF
CHRISTIAN NEWS.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN
CHRIST HERE AT CBN.
THEY'RE LIKE FAMILY TO ME.
AND I'M GOING TO MISS THEM
TERRIBLY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
I AM MOVING ON FROM CBN
NEWS INTO AN EXCITING NEW
VENTURE.
NOW, I CAN'T SHARE ANY
DETAILS ABOUT WHERE I'M
HEADING JUST YET, BUT I
CAN SAY I WILL STILL BE ON
CHRISTIAN TELEVISION, AND
I WILL BE TAKING A LARGER
ROLE IN THE PRO-ISRAEL
MOVEMENT.
IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD.
AND YOU WILL STILL BE
SEEING ME HERE ON CBN NEWS
PROGRAMS AS I POP UP ON
"THE 700 CLUB" AND
ELSEWHERE, PROVIDING
COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS ON
THE MIDDLE EAST,
TERRORISM, AND RADICAL
ISLAM, EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
COME TO EXPECT FROM "THE
WATCHMAN."
IN THE MEANTIME, I EXPECT
TO BE MAKING SOME EXCITING
ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS ON Facebook
AND TWITTER, AND ALSO ON
ERICK STAKELBECK.COM,
SHARING DETAILS ABOUT MY
NEXT MOVE.
BUT ON THIS FINAL EPISODE
OF "THE WATCHMAN" ON CBN
NEWS, I JUST WANTED TO
THANK YOU, THE VIEWERS,
FOR YOUR STEADFAST SUPPORT
AND PRAYERS.
I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT
WITHOUT YOU.
BELIEVE ME, WHEN WE
STARTED THIS SHOW BACK IN
JUNE 2010, IT WAS ACTUALLY
CALLED "STACSTAKELBECK ON
TERROR."
AND I HAVE HAD AN ABSOLUTE
BLAST COMING TO YOU EACH
WEEK.
I THANK GOD FOR ALL OF
YOU, AND FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS
PROGRAM.
AGAIN, YOU WILL STILL BE
SEEING ME HERE ON CBN
NEWS, AND IN A NEW VENUE,
BUT WITH THE SAME MESSAGE,
VERY SOON.
UNTIL THEN, FROM "THE
WATCHMAN," GOD BLESS,
THANK YOU.
AND REMEMBER, NEVER HOLD
YOUR PEACE.
