Chris: THIS WEEK ON

"JERUSALEM DATELINE," WE

TAKE AN INDEPTH LOOK AT

THE FOREIGN POLICIES OF

U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK

OBAMA.

IS THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE

AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN

OFFICE.

PLUS, WE LOOK AT WHAT

HAPPENED AFTER THE

OFFENSIVE TO LIBERATE

MOSUL.

AND AN HISTORIC

ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY

REVEALS MORE ABOUT THE

ANCIENT TIMES BETWEEN THE

JEWISH PEOPLE AND

JERUSALEM.

HELLO AND WELCOME TO THIS

EDITION OF "JERUSALEM

DATELINE."

I'M CHRIS MITCHELL.

IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, U.S.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

WILL LEAVE OFFICE.

HIS SIGNATURE DOMESTIC

ACCOMPLISHMENT, HIS HEALTH

CARE PLAN KNOWN AS

OBAMACARE, IS COLLAPSING.

BUT WHAT ABOUT HIS FOREIGN

POLICY LEGACY?

AS GARY LANE SHOWS US,

MANY CRITICS WARN THE

PRESIDENT WILL LEAVE THE@

PRESIDENT IN WORSE SHAPE

THAN WHEN HE FOUND IT.

Reporter: MOMENTS

AFTER HE WAS SWORN IN AS

THE NATION'S 44th

PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA

UNVEILED HIS FOREIGN

POLICY VISION.

President Obama: OUR

SECURITY EMANATES FROM THE

JUSTICE OF OUR CAUSE, THE

FORCE OF OUR EXAMPLE, THE

TEMPERING QUALITIES OF

HUMILITY AND RESTRAINT.

AMERICA MUST PLAY ITS ROLE

IN USHERING IN A NEW ERA

OF PEACE.

Reporter: HE RECEIVED

A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, NOT

FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS,

BUT FOR WHAT HE INTENDED

TO DO ON THE WORLD STAGE.

SOME FOREIGN EXPERTS AND

QUESTIONING HIS FOREIGN

POLICY ACTIONS.

SUPPORTERS SAY HE IS

LEAVING BEHIND A MORE

PEACEFUL WORLD, AND

EVENTUALLY THE MIDDLE EAST

WILL BE A SAFER PLACE.

BUT AS CRITICS ON CAPITOL

HILL SAY, NOTHING COULD BE

FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

HE HAS CREATED A BIG MESS

FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT.

FRED FLEITZ IS A FORMER

C.I.A. ANALYST.

HE RECEIVED A PRIZE FOR

A NAIVE WORLD VIEW THAT WE

KNOW IN 2016 HAS BACTERIA BEEN AN

UTTER FAILURE.

WE WILL LEAVE IRAQ TO

ITS PEOPLE, AND FORGE A

HARD-EARNED PEACE WITH

AFGHANISTAN.

Reporter: THE

PRESIDENT WANTED TO

WITHDRAW ALL U.S. FORCES

BY LATE 2014, BUT INSTEAD

A RESURGENT TALIBAN

WREAKED HAVOC ON THE

COUNTRY, SO OBAMA HAD TO

REVERSE COURSE.

TODAY MORE THAN 8,000

AMERICANS STILL REMAIN

THERE.

IN IRAQ, THE PRESIDENT

WITHDREW ALL AMERICAN

TROOPS BY THE END OF THE

2011, DESPITE BEING WARNED

REPEATEDLY BY TOP

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND

MILITARY ADVISORS,

INCLUDING HIS SECRETARY OF

DEFENSE, LEON PANETTA,

ABOUT THE POTENTIAL

CONSEQUENCES.

BUT TI TIM KAINE SAYS THE

PRESIDENT HAD NO CHOICE.

IRAQ DIDN'T WANT OUR

TROOPS TO STAY, AND THEY

WOULDN'T GIVE US THE

PROTECTION FOR OUR TROOPS.

Reporter: BUT PANETTA

HAS WRITTEN IN HIS BOOK,

THAT ALTHOUGH AN AGREEMENT

WAS DIFFICULT, IT COULD

HAVE BEEN DONE.

AND CRITICS, INCLUDING

MIKE PENCE, SAY OBAMA'S

PREMATURE WITHDRAWAL FROM

IRAQ HELPED LEAD TO THE

DEADLY RISE OF ISIS.

THE SACRIFICES THAT THE

AMERICAN SOLDIERS MAY WERE

SQUANDERED IN IRAQ BECAUSE

THIS ADMINISTRATION

CREATED A VACUUM IN WHICH

ISIS WAS ABLE TO GROW.

Reporter: AND ONCE

ISIS WAS ON THE SCENE, IT

CARRIED OUT A HORRIBLE

GENOCIDE AGAINST

CHRISTIANS, YAZIDIS, AND

OTHERS IN IRAQ, CAUSING A

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE

MIDDLE EAST AND EUROPE.

YOU DON'T WALK AWAY

FROM A WAR WHEN THE OTHER

TEAM IS BRINGING IT TO

YOU.

I HEARD THIS PRESIDENT SAY

HE WANTS TO GET OUT OF

THESE WARS, BUT WHEN THEY

BRING IT TO YOU, HAVE NO

CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE AND

PROTECT THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE.

Reporter: CONGRESSMAN

MIKE POMPEO IS A MEMBER OF

THE INTELLIGENCE

COMMITTEE.

HE TOLD US THAT

AL-QAEDA WAS ON THE RUN,

AND HE HAS SINCE TOLD US

ISIS IS THE J.V..

THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY

REFUSED TO TAKE SERIOUSLY

THE THREAT.

Reporter: WHEN OMAR

MATEEN MURDERED 49

AMERICANS IN ORLANDO

EARLIER THIS YEAR,

PRESIDENT OBAMA REFUSED TO

CALL IT AN ACT OF ISLAMIC

TERROR.

President Obama:

THERE IS NO MAGIC TO THE

PHRASE RADICAL IT LACK.

IT IS A POLITICAL TALKING

POINT.

IT IS NOT A STRATEGY.

WHEN WE HAVE A

PRESIDENT WHO WILL NOT

ADMIT THAT WE ARE AT WAR

WITH RADICAL ISLAM, WHO

WON'T EVEN USE THE TERM,

WHEN WE PORTRAY THIS

THREAT AS SOME THREAT FROM

AN ISOLATED TERRORIST

GROUP AND NOT A GLOBAL

IDEOLOGY AT WAR WITH

MODERN SOCIETY AND WESTERN

CIVILIZATION, WE'RE NEVER

GOING TO BEAT IT.

Reporter: IN SYRIA,

CRITICS SAY THANKLESS U.S.

SUPPORT OF REBEL GROUPS

CAUSED al-QAEDA,

AL-NUSRA, AND THE ISLAMIC

STATE TO GROW.

PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID HE

WOULD DRAW A RED LINE IN

THE SAND IF ASSAD USED

CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST

HIS OWN PEOPLE.

ASSAD TURNED OVER

1300 TONS OF THE WEAPONS,

BUT LATER USED CHLORINE

GAS AGAINST THE REBELS.

OBAMA TOOK NO ACTION.

AS A RESULT, VLADIMIR

PUTIN STEPPED UP HIS

COUNTRY'S INVOLVEMENT,

STENDING AIRCRAFT AND

TROOPS TO HELP ASSAD.

MIKE PENCE SAYS WEAK

AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE

MIDDLE EAST LED TO

RUSSIA'S RETURN TO THE

REGION.

THERE IS AN OLD PROVERB

THAT SAYS, THE RUSSIAN

BEAR NEVER DIES, IT JUST

HIBERNATES.

Reporter: THAT BEAR

CAME OUT OF HIBERNATION

SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

PROMISED A RESET OF

RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, AND

PUTIN MOVED NOT ONLY IN

SYRIA, BUT ALSO IN

GEORGIA, CRIMEA, AND THE

UKRAINE.

WE WATCHED THE RUSSIANS

TAKE ONE FIFTH OF A

SOVEREIGN NATION, AND

AMERICA'S RESPONSE WAS

ALMOST NOTHING.

THAT TELLS VLADIMIR PUTIN

HE HAS A GREEN LIGHT, AND

YOU'VE SEEN HIM USE THAT

POWER.

Reporter: IN EGYPT,

MUHAMMAD MORSI TOOK

PRESIDENT IN THE SUMMER OF

2012.

BUT HE ISSUED A DECREE

THAT GAVE HIM BASICALLY

UNLIMITED POWERS.

EYPTIANS TOOK TO THE

STREETS IN PROTEST.

PRESIDENT OBAMA DEMANDED

THAT THE EGYPTIAN ARMY

RESTORE MORSI BACK TO

POWER.

MOHAMED al-BERARI SERVED

ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL.

HE PRAISED A MUSLIM

LEADER, AND THE PRESIDENT

OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY, A

GROUP WITH SUSPECTED TIES

TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD,

ADVISED PRESIDENT OBAMA ON

IMMIGRATION AND

COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY.

President Obama: IT

IS A GOOD DEAL.

Reporter: BARACK

OBAMA WOULD LIKELY SAY HIS

GREATEST FOREIGN POLICY

ACHIEVEMENT WAS THE

NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN.

BUT MANY CRITICS SAY THE

ADMINISTRATION ONLY

ACCOMPLISHED THE DEAL BY

KEEPING KEY PARTS OF IT

SECRET.

IN THE FALL OF 2016, WE

HAVE A NUCLEAR DEAL THAT

CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS

AN ENORMOUS FRAUD.

THE ONLY WAY THIS DEAL GOT

THROUGH WAS BECAUSE THE

DETAILS OF IT WERE

CONCEALED FROM CONGRESS.

Reporter: CONGRESSMAN

POMPEO DISCLOSED SEVERAL

SIDE DEALS.

THE PRESIDENT STRUCK A

DEAL WITH THE AYATOLLAH,

NOT EVEN SIGNED BY EITHER

PARTY, AND THAT WILL

ALMOST END IN A WAY THAT

WILL NOT SERVE THE

AMERICANS.

Reporter: TIM KAINE

SAID THE IRAN DEAL

ELIMINATED EASTERN'S

NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM.

JAMES WOOLSEY DISAGREES.

I THINK IT IS WORSE

THAN WORTHLESS.

I THINK IT MAY WELL BE THE

WORST INTERNATIONAL

AGREEMENT THE UNITED

STATES HAS EVER SIGNED.

I THINK IT WILL ENHANCE

IRAN'S ABILITY TO MOVE

QUICKLY TO HAVE A NUCLEAR

WEAPON AND NOT SLOW IT

DOWN.

IRAQ CONTINUES TO ENRICH

URANIUM, AND WILL HAVE A

REACTOR THAT PRODUCES

PLUTONIUM, THAT IS BEING

REDESIGNED BY THE CHINESE,

AND WILL NOT BE MONITORED

BY A PROCESS SET UP BY

THIS TREATY.

Reporter: WOOLSEY IS

CONCERNED ABOUT THE CASH

PAYMENTS THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION DELIVERED

TO IRAN, THE SAME DAY THAT

AMERICAN PRISONERS WERE

RELEASED FROM IRAN.

WE ARE TURNING OVER

TENS OF BILLIONS OF

DOLLARS TO THEM.

SAYING THAT WE'RE GETTING

AWAY FROM SANCTIONS.

IN PART, IT SEEMS IT IS

MORE LIKELY THAT WHAT THAT

IS IS A BRIBERY,

ESSENTIALLY, TO THE

IRANIANS TO RELEASE SOME

OF OUR PEOPLE THEY HAVE

GRABBED.

Reporter: POMPEO AND

OTHERS BELIEVE THE MONEY

PROVIDED BY THE U.S. MAY

BE USED BY IRAN TO SPREAD

TERRORISM AND FURTHER

DEVELOP ITS NUCLEAR

WEAPONS PROGRAM.@A

> CONGRATULATIONS,

MR. PRESIDENT.

Reporter: SO NEARLY

EIGHT YEARS AFTER HIS

SWEARING IN, AMERICA'S

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE-WINNING

PRESIDENT HAS FALLEN SHORT

OF HIS GOAL OF USHERING IN

A NEW ERA OF PEACE.

MANY ANALYSTS WARNING THE

WORLD IS A MORE DANGEROUS

PLACE THAN WHEN HE ENTERED

THE WHITE HOUSE.

THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT

WHEN HE CAME TO THE

OFFICE, HIS MAGNIFICENCE

AND AURA WILL SOLVE ALL OF

THE PROBLEMS.

BUT THE FACT IS THE

ENEMIES OF THE UNITED

STATES HATE US, REGARDLESS

OF WHO IS IN THE WHITE

HOUSE.

THEY HATE OUR WAY OF LIFE

AND OUR COUNTRY.

Reporter: AND THEY'RE

LIKELY TO POSE GREATER

DANGER FOR THE WORLD AND

THE NEXT AMERICAN

PRESIDENT.

GARY LANE, CBN NEWS,

WASHINGTON.

Chris: UP NEXT...HEAR

WHAT ONE MIDDLE EAST

EXPERT WARNS COULD HAPPEN

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

THE CAMPAIGN TO RETAKE

MOSUL, IRAQ'S SECOND

LARGEST CITY, HAS BEGUN.

IT REPRESENTS A MILESTONE

IN THE CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT

ISIS.

JONATHAN SPIRE WARNS IT

REPRESENTS A NEW AND

PERHAPS MORE DANGEROUS

TIME IN THE MIDDLE EAST,

SOMETHING HE CALLS A WAR

OVER THE RUINS.

JONATHAN, YOU JUST CAME

BACK FROM KURDISTAN.

WHAT IS THE DANGERS THAT

YOU SEE WHEN ISIS IS

DEFEATED, PERHAPS IN A FEW

MONTHS OR A FEW YEARS?

HERE IS THE THING, ISIS

IS A MANIFESTATION OR A

SYMPTOM OF A MUCH LARGER

PROBLEM.

AND THAT PROBLEM IS THAT

IRAQ IS A DIVIDED COUNTRY,

DIVIDED ALONG ETHNIC AND

SECTARIAN LINES.

THE SUNNI ARAB PEOPLE OF

THE PROVINCE AS A WHOLE,

AND OF MOSUL CITY IN

PARTICULAR, WERE NOT

PARTICULARLY HOSTILE TO

ISIS WHEN IT CAME IN IN

2014.

ON THE CONTRARY, THEY ARE

VERY, VERY UPSET WITH THE

GOVERNMENT IN BAGHDAD,

CONTROLLED BY THE SHI'A,

OF WHICH MR. ABADI IS A

MEMBER.

THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS A

GOVERNMENT NOT COMMITTED

TO THEIR WELFARE AND NOT

ABLE TO REPRESENT SUNNIS.

SO TO SOME DEGREE THEY

WELCOMED ISIS IN.

I ASSUME THEY HAVE NOW

RECOVERED FROM THE SENSE

THAT ISIS COULD BE A

POSITIVE FOR THEM.

BUT THE ISSUE IS ONCE ISIS

IS DRIVEN OUT, THE

UNDERLYING MATTER OF THE

SUNNI-SHI'A DIVISION IN

THE COUNTRY WILL NOT GO

AWAY.

IT WILL RESURFACE.

WILL THE SUNNI ARABS OF

MOSUL WELCOME THE

SHI'A-LED SECURITY FORCES

INTO MOSUL?

THAT SORT OF BASIC

DIVISION THAT IS IN IRAQ

BETWEEN SUNNI AND SHI'A

ARABS, AND ALSO WITH

REGARD TO THE DECISION

BETWEEN THE ARABS AND THE

KURDS.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT

WILL BE MANIFEST ONCE

MOSUL IS TAKEN.

WHO IS GOING TO CONTROL

THE CITY AFTERWARDS?

WHAT ABOUT THE MINORITY

COMMITTEES?

WHAT ABOUT THE SHI'AS?

WHAT ABOUT THE KURDS?

Chris: IF THERE IS A

VACUUM CREATED AND YOU

HAVE THE KURDS, THE SHI'A

MALITIAS, THE IRANIANS AND

THE RUSSIANS, DO YOU SEE

THAT AS A POTENTIAL

EXPLOSIVE SITUATION?

I DON'T THINK THE

CONFLICT IS GOING TO END

IN IRAQ WHEN ISIS IS

DEFEATED.

THAT'S THE ISSUE.

IF AND WHEN MOSUL DOES

FALL, ANY PRETENSIONS ISIS

MIGHT HAVE HAD FOR AN

ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ WILL

EFFECTIVELY BE GONE.

THEY'LL BE REDUCED TO

HOLDING SOME REMOTE AREAS

CLOSE TO THE SYRIAN

BORDER.

BUT A BIG QUESTION MARK

WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN

SUFFICIENT REFORM AND

CHANGE WITH THE IRAQI

ARMY.

AND MY SENSE IS A GREAT

DEAL STILL NEEDS TO BE

DONE.

AND SECONDLY, THE

POLITICAL SIDE, THE KURDS

ARE SURROUNDING THE CITY

TO THE EAST, NORTH, AND

WEST.

AND EVERY KURDISH

COMMANDER I SPOKE TO WANT

TO TALK ABOUT NOTHING

OTHER THAN KURDISH

INDEPENDENCE AND THE SENSE

THEY'RE NO LONGER PART OF

IRAQ.

AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE

FIGHT FOR MOSUL COULD BE

SEEN AS A STAGING GROUND

TOWARDS THE KURDISH BID

FOR INDEPENDENCE.

AND THE IRAQI PARTY

OPPOSES THAT THAT.

AND THERE IS A PLACE

CALLED BASHIKA SUPPORTING

A SHI'A MALITIA.

SO MY SENSE IS WHEN YOU

LOOK TO THE POLITICAL

LEVEL, AS WELL AS THE

MILITARY, YOU DISCOVER A

VERY CONFUSED AND VERY

DIVIDED REALITY.

Chris: AND HOW ABOUT

THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT, WHAT

IS THEIR AGENDA?

THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS

A SHI'A-ISM GOVERNMENT.

I THINK WHAT IS BECOMING

INCREASING CLEAR IS THAT

THIS GOVERNMENT IS NOT

REALLY INTERESTED, OR

ABLE, EVEN, TO GOVERN ON

BEHALF OF ALL IRAQIS.

IT IS BUILDING THE POWER

OF THE IRAQI SHI'A

MAJORITY, AT THE EXPENSE

OF THE SUNNI ARAB AND OF

THE KURDS AS WELL.

I WOULD SAY THAT THE IRAQI

GOVERNMENT IS MORE AND

MORE OPENLY LOOKING LIKE A

SECTARIAN GOVERNMENT.

Chris: ARE THEY MORE

AND MORE ALIGNED WITH

IRAN?

I THINK IRAN IS VERY

MUCH GAINING INFLUENCE.

ISIS AND THE RISE OF ISIS

IS LARGELY BECAUSE THERE

IS A -- THERE IS ACTUALLY

A CAUSE FOR THAT BECAUSE

WHEN ISIS CAME IN AND

BAGHDAD WAS UNDER REAL

THREAT, AND AYATOLLAH

SISTANI, THE SHI'A CLERIC

IN IRAQ, ORDERED A

MOBILIZATION OF SHI'A

MALITIAS TO DEFEND

BAGHDAD.

AND THEIR MOBILIZATION IS

NOW 100,000 MEN STRONG.

AND MANY DIFFERENT

MALITIAS, BUT THE FIVE OR

SIX CENTRAL MALITIAS IN

THAT MOBILIZATION ARE ALL

LINKED TO IRAN.

THE SENSE IS THAT THE

IRANIANS ARE VERY GOOD AT

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF

COUNTRIES THAT ARE FALLING

APART.

THEY WORK VERY WELL IN

THOSE ENVIRONMENTS.

AND SYRIA IS AN EXAMPLE OF

THAT, AND IRAQ, ALSO, IS

AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

Chris: COULD THE

CONFLICT GET EVEN LARGER?

WHAT YOU HAVE IN MY

VIEW, IS ONE CONFLICT

WHICH ENCOMPASSES BOTH

IRAQ AND SYRIA.

ESSENTIALLY THOSE

COUNTRIES HAVE COLLAPSED,

HAVE FRAGMENTED.

AND YOU HAVE A WAR OVER

THE RUINS BEING FOUGHT

OUT.

THERE IS A WHOLE VARIETY

OF POLITICAL AND MILITARY

FORCES.

BETWEEN THE IRAQI-IRAN

BORDER AND THE

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, THERE

IS NOT ASINGLE FUNCTIONING

STATE, AND I INCLUDE LEB

LEBANON IN THAT MIX.

IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT TO

RESOLVE CONFLICT BETWEEN

DIFFERENT INTERESTS, EACH

TRYING TO ADVANCE THEIR

INFLUENCE OVER WHAT THEIR

COUNTRIES ONCE WERE.

Chris: JONATHAN, I

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH

US.

THANK YOU.

Chris: COMING UP, SEE

HOW ANOTHER MAJOR

DISCOVERY CONFIRMS THE

JEWISH CONNECTION TO THE

Chris: WELCOME BACK.

IT'S IRONIC THAT ON THE

SAME DAY A UNITED NATIONS

GROUP BASICALLY DENIED ANY

JEWISH CONNECTION TO THE

TEMPLE MOUNT BEHIND ME, A

NEWLY DISCOVERED PIECE OF

HISTORY REBUT THAT CLAIM.

IT IS A RARE FIND AND

CONNECTS THE JEWISH PEOPLE

TO JERUSALEM AS FAR BACK

AS 2,700 YEARS AGO.

THIS SMALL DOCUMENT

CONTAINS THE EARLIEST

MENTION OF JERUSALEM EVER

FOUND OUTSIDE OF THE

BIBLE.

PRIOR TO THIS, THERE

WERE ONLY TWO OTHER APIUS

WRITTEN IN HEBREW FOUND AT

ALL.

AND THE GREATEST

SIGNIFICANCE IS THE FIRST

TIME WE HAVE IN HEBREW THE

NAME JERUSALEM.

Chris: BOTH THE STYLE

OF THE SCRIPT AND THE

ANALYSIS DATED THE

ARTIFACT BACK TO THE FIRST

JEWISH TEMPLE PERIOD.

IT SAYS, FROM THE KING'S

MAID SERVICE, JARS OF WINE

TO JERUSALEM.

THE DOCUMENT IS A

SHIPMENT CERTIFICATE FROM

A PLACE CALLED NATA RATA.

WE MENTION THAT TWO JARS

OF WINE ARE GOING TO BE

SHIPPED FROM IRAN TO

JERUSALEM.

Chris: A UNIT FROM

THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES

AUTHORITIES SEIZED THE

FRAGMENT FROM PALESTINIAN

LOOTERS EXCAVATING WITHOUT

A LICENSE.

WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE

HAD SOMETHING VERY, VERY

IMPORTANT IN OUR HAND.

WE READ IT, AND WE

UNDERSTOOD ITS VALUE.

Chris: HE SAID THEY

HAD TAKEN IT FROM THE SAME

AREA WHERE THE DEAD SEA

SCROLLS WERE FOUND DECADES

AGO.

UNTIL TODAY, ONLY THE

DESERT HAS THE SCROLS.

SCROLLS.

BUT THE CONDITIONS IN THE

DESERT ARE THE BEST FOR

THIS ORGANIC MATERIAL.

Chris: CURATOR PANINA

SHORE SAYS THESE SURVIVED

BECAUSE OF THE DRY

CLIMATE.

THIS APIRUS IS A

MIRACLE.

Chris: THE JEWISH

CONNECTION TO JERUSALEM IS

CLEAR.

THIS IS A PERIOD THAT

WE KNOW FROM VARIOUS

HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS, BOTH

FROM THE BIBLE AND

EXTERNAL SOURCES, THAT

THERE WAS A KINGDOM OF

JUDEA.

Chris: IN ADDITION TO

THE JERUSALEM CONNECTION,

SHORE SAYS IF THE READING

IS CONNECT, THERE IS ALSO

A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE

ROLE OF WOMEN.

THAT'S THE WOMAN

OFFICER OF THE KING.

SO NOT ONLY ARE WE TALKING

ABOUT JERUSALEM, BUT WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT WOMEN WHO

ARE IN HIGH OFFICE.

Chris: AS FOR THE

UNESCO VOTE, EXPERTS

AGREED IT WASN'T BASED ON

FACTS.

IT IS A POLITICAL

DECISION.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

REALITY.

IT HAS NO MEANING

WHATSOEVER FOR

ARCHEOLOGISTS OR

HISTORIANS.

I'M AN ARCHEOLOGIST.

I JUST EXPLAINED IN LENGTH

ALL OF THE REASONS WHY

THIS IS SO VERY IMPORTANT,

AND WHY DATED TO THE FIRST

TEMPLE TIMES.

Chris: ABLEMAN SAID

IT IS NOT ONLY AN

IMPORTANT FIND FOR JEWISH

HISTORY, BUT ALSO FOR

DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD.

> UP NEXT, THE BATTLE

FOR THE MIDDLE EAST IN

WORSHIP AND PRAYER.

Chris: WELCOME BACK

TO "JERUSALEM DATELINE."

THE MIDDLE EAST IS A

REGION IN TURMOIL.

JUST A FEW HUNDRED MILES

FROM HERE, THE SYRIAN

CIVIL WAR CONTINUES TO

RAGE.

AND IN THE CAMPAIGN

AGAINST ISIS IN NORTHERN

IRAQ, IT IS GETTING MORE

INTENSE, AS IRAQI AND

KURDISH FORCES GET CLOSER

TO MOSUL.

BUT THESE MILITARY

CONFLICTS ARE NOT THE ONLY

FIGHT GOING ON.

THERE IS ALSO A SPIRITUAL

BATTLE CONTENDING FOR THE

FATE OF THE MIDDLE EAST.

OFFICIALS EXPECT IT COULD

TAKE MONTHS TO LIBERATE

THE IRAQI CITY OF MOSUL

FROM THE GRIP OF ISIS.

WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING ON

THE GROUND, A DIFFERENT

CAMPAIGN IS TAKING ANOTHER

ROUTE.

A GROWING PRAYER MOVEMENT

IS SPREADING THROUGHOUT

THE MIDDLE EAST.

THESE HOUSES OF PRAYER ARE

PRAYING FOR GOD'S PLAN TO

BE FULFILLED IN PERHAPS

THE MOST VOLATILE REGION

ON EARTH.

WE'RE JUST SEEING AN

INCREASE OF HOURS OF

PRAYER MEETINGS, BOTH FROM

BELIEVERS, LOCAL

BELIEVERS, AND ALSO PEOPLE

OUTSIDE, PRAYING FOR THE

MIDDLE EAST AND COMING

HERE TO PRAY AS WELL.

Chris: THIS IS THE

MESABATAMIA HOUSE OF

PRAYER IN NORTHERN IRAQ,

KNOWN IN THE BIBLE AT

ASSYRIAN.

AND HE SAYS THEY'RE

PRAYING FOR THE

FULFILLMENT.

IN THAT DAY, ISRAEL WILL

BE ONE OF THREE WITH EGYPT

AND SYRIA.

A BLESSING IN THE MIDST OF

LAND.

BLESSED IS EGYPT MY

PEOPLE, AND ASSYRIA, THE

WORK OF MY HANDS, AND

ISRAEL, MY INHERITANCE.

IN ORDER FOR THAT TO

HAPPEN TO ASSYRIA, TO BE A

BLESSING ON THE EARTH, WE

NEED TO BE A HABITATION OF

THE PRESENCE OF GOD.

IN ORDER TO BE A

HABITATION FOR THE

PRESENCE OF GOD, GOD IS

BUILDING THE ALTER OF

PRAYER AND WORSHIP.

Chris: WITH SO MUCH

CARNAGE IN THE REGION,

THIS FULFILLMENT MIGHT

SEEM FAR FRECHED.

FAR-FETCHED.

GRESH SAYS IN LIGHT OF ALL

OF THE BAD NEWS, IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE TO

LOOK.

WE ARE TO LOOK TO

JESUS.

LOOK TO GOD'S PROMISES IN

HIS WORDS.

SO WE WOULD BE INFLUENCED

BY HIM AND NOT WHAT

HAPPENS TO US IN THIS

WORLD.

IF WE LOOK AT JESUS AND

LOOK AT HIS WORD, WE SEE

THAT GOD WANTS TO POUR OUT

HIS SPIRIT.

HE IS COMING BACK FOR A

BRIDE, AND HE WILL HAVE IT

EVEN HERE IN THE MIDDLE

EAST.

WE SIMPLY NEED TO LOOK TO

JESUS, NOT BE INFLUENCED

BY BAD NEWS.

AND HEAR GOOD REPORTS OF

WHAT JESUS IS DOING.

IT STIRS OUR HEARTS AND

GIVES US HOPE TO BELIEVE

FOR MORE.

Chris: ONE OF THE

RECENT EFFORTS BY THE

HOUSE OF PRAYER WAS 100

HOURS OF CONTINUOUS PRAYER

AND WORSHIP, WHERE THEY

HOSTED BELIEVERS FROM 15

NATIONS.

IN LIGHT OF THE TURMOIL

GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE

EAST, PLEASE CONTINUE TO

PRAY FOR THE REGION.

AND AS THE BIBLE SAYS,

PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF

JERUSALEM.

> THAT'S IT FOR THIS

EDITION.

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