Wendy: COMING UP...

THE GUARDIAN OF ISRAEL

SHALL NEITHER SLUMBER OR

SLEEP.

Wendy: ...THE VOICE

OF A NATION HEARD AROUND

THE WORLD.

THEY HAD TO HEAR THE

TRUTH.

Wendy: PLUS...HE

LIVED A NIGHTMARE AND WOKE

UP UNDER A BRIDGE.

LIFE HAD BECOME

MISERABLE.

Wendy: HIS

TRANSFORMATION...

THE FREEDOM THAT CAME

FROM SIMPLY LOVING.

Wendy: ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

*

Gordon: WELL, WELCOME

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS,

HE TOLD PRESIDENT TRUMP A

MONSTROUS LIE.

HE SAID PALESTINIANS TEACH

THEIR CHILDREN PEACE.

WELL, THE PALESTINIAN

CULTURE AND ITS MEDIA TELL

A VERY DIFFERENT STORY.

Wendy: THEY SURE DO.

PALESTINIANS OFTEN OPENLY

HONOR TERRORISTS WHO HAVE

KILLED ISRAELIS.

CHRIS MITCHELL BRINGS US

THAT STORY FROM JERUSALEM.

Chris: THIS IS WHAT

MAHMOUD ABBAS TOLD

PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE

WHITE HOUSE ON MAY 3rd.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

Chris: BUT THIS IS

WHAT YOU CAN HEAR THEIR

CHILDREN SAY ON

PALESTINIAN TELEVISION.

[SPEAKING A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE]

THERE IS NO GREATER LIE

THAN MAHMOUD ABBAS SAYING

THAT THEY'RE TEACHING

THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE

PEACE.

THEY DEMONIZE ISRAELIS AND

JEWS IN EVERY WHICH WAY

POSSIBLE.

Chris: THIS MA MAN OF

PALESTINIAN MEDIA-WATCH

SAYS NOT ONLY ARE THEIR

CHILDREN TAUGHT TO HATE

JEWS, BUT THE THEME OF

CELEBRATING DEADLY

VIOLENCE AGAINST ISRAEL

EXTENDS TO PALESTINIAN

CULTURE.

THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

NAMED SCHOOLS, TOWN

SQUARES, AND EVEN THE

SPORTING EVENTS AFTER

PALESTINIANS WHO KILL

ISRAELIS.

ONE STREET IN RAMALLAH IS

NAMED AT AKMED YASIN, THE

FOUNDER OF HAMAS.

ANOTHER STREET IS NAMED

AFTER THE ENGINEER WHO

DEVELOPED PALESTINIAN

SUICIDE BOMBS.

AND ONE STREET IS NAMED

AFTER ABU SUKAR.

HE TOOK A REFRIGERATOR

AND BROUGHT IT TO THE

CENTER OF JERUSALEM,

FILLED IT WITH EXPLOSIVES,

AND DETONATED IT, KILLING

15 ISRAELIS.

THAT MAKES HIM A

PALESTINIAN HERO.

BASICALLY ANYONE WHO HAS

KILLED A LARGE NUMBER OF

ISRAELIS IS PRESENTED BY

THE PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP

AS A HERO TO THEIR PEOPLE.

Chris: AS PRESIDENT

TRUMP PLANS TO MEET AGAIN

WITH ABBAS DURING HIS

MIDDLE TVISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST,

HE DOESN'T THINK TRUMP

UNDERSTANDS.

IT IS URGENT THEY GET

THE PROPER MESSAGE.

WE MUST HAVE A PEACE

PROCESS, BUT YOU MUST HAVE

EDUCATIONAL PEACE PROCESS

BEFORE WE CAN EVEN BEGIN

TALKING ABOUT A POLITICAL

PEACE PROCESS.

Chris: CHRIS

MITCHELL, CBN NEWS,

JERUSALEM.

Gordon: THAT'S A

STORY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

HEAR ON OTHER NEWS

OUTLETS, BUT WE WANT TO

TELL YOU THE REAL STORY OF

WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE

THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY,

WHAT THEY'RE TEACHING

THEIR CHILDREN, WHAT THEY

HAVE IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

HERE IS A CULTURE THAT

STORES ROCKETS IN THEIR

SCHOOLS.

THAT IS JUST UNIMAGINABLE.

THEY CREATE THEIR TARGETS

AND USE THEIR CHILDREN AS

SHIELDS.

IT'S TRULY UNBELIEVABLE.

HERE IS ANOTHER FACT: THEY

PAY THE TERRORISTS AND

THEIR FAMILIES A MONTHLY

SALARY.

IT'S CALLED THE NIGH "PAY FOR

SLAVE" PROGRAMME.

MAHMOUD ABBAS IS THE

FOUNDER OF THAT PROGRAM.

30% OF THE AID GOES TO PAY

TERRORISTS.

AND THE MONTHLY AMOUNT

INCREASES BASED ON THE

SEVERITY OF THE CRIMES

AGAINST ISRAELIS.

IF YOU'RE AN AMERICAN

CITIZEN, LIKE ME, IT IS

YOUR TAX DOLLARS FUNDING

THAT.

AND TO HAVE HIM SIT IN THE

WHITE HOUSE AND SAY, WE

TEACH PEACE AND WE'RE A

CULTURE OF PEACE -- NO.

IT'S A MONSTROUS LIE, AND

WE NEED TO WAKE UP TO IT.

WE'RE FUNDING THIS, AND IT

NEEDS TO STOP.

> IN OTHER NEWS, SOME

DEMOCRATS ARE STILL

PUSHING FOR AN INDEPENDENT

COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE THE

RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN LAST

YEAR'S ELECTION.

BUT SO FAR REPUBLICANS

AREN'T GOING ALONG WITH

IT.

JOHN JESSUP HAS THAT STORY

FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU

IN WASHINGTON.

JOHN?

John: THANKS, GORDON.

WELL, THAT CALL FOR AN

INDEPENDENT COUNSEL WAS

JUST ONE OF THE

DEVELOPMENTS AT A SENATE

INTELLIGENCE HEARING.

THE COMMITTEE'S LEADING

DEMOCRAT ALSO TOLD THE

ACTING F.B.I. DIRECTOR

THAT IF HE EXPERIENCES ANY

POLITICAL INFLUENCE FROM

THE "BETWHITE HOUSE IN AN ATTEMPT

TO QUASH THE INVESTIGATION

INTO RUSSIAN MEDDLING, HE

SHOULD LET THE COMMITTEE

KNOW.

Reporter: SPEAKING AT

A HEARING ON WORLDWIDE

THREATS, ANDREW McCABE

SAT IN THE HOT SEAT AS

ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE

F.B.I.

HE IS OCCUPYING THE SEAT

THAT EARLIER THIS WEEK

BELONGED TO JAMES COMEY.

HAS THE DISMISSAL OF

MR. COMEY IN ANY WAY

IMPEDED ANY OF THE WORK AT

THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF

INVESTIGATION?

THERE HAS BEEN NO

EFFORT TO IMPEDE OUR

INVESTIGATION TODAY.

QUITE SIMPLY PUT, SIR, YOU

CANNOT STOP THE MEN AND

WOMEN OF THE F.B.I. FROM

DOING THE RIGHT THING,

PROTECTING THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE AND UPHOLDING THE

CONSTITUTION.

Reporter: UNDER OATH,

McCABE WAS ASKED IF THE

RANK AND FILE HAD LOST

CONFIDENCE WITH JAMES

COMEY AS F.B.I. DIRECTOR.

HE SAID THAT ASSERTION

FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IS

NOT ACCURATE.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT I

HOLD DIRECTOR COMEY IN THE

ABSOLUTE HIGHEST REGARD.

I HAVE THE HIGHEST RESPECT

FOR HIS CONSIDERABLE

ABILITIES AND HIS

INTEGRITY.

AND IT HAS BEEN THE

GREATEST PRIVILEGE AND

HONOR OF MY PROFESSIONAL

LIFE TO WORK WITH HIM.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ACTIONS

THIS WEEK COST US AN

OPPORTUNITY TO GET AT THE

TRUTH, AT LEAST FOR TODAY.

Reporter: VIRGINIA

SENATOR MARK WARNER USED

THE HEARING TO LASH OUT AT

THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

HE AND OTHERS THEN

QUESTIONED McCABE ABOUT

WHAT HE KNOWS AND WHAT HE

HEARD, SPECIFICALLY

BETWEEN THE FORMER F.B.I.

DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT

TRUMP.

DID YOU EVER HERE

DIRECTOR COMEY TELL THE

PRESIDENT HE WAS NOT THE

SUBJECT OF AN

INVESTIGATION?

SIR, I CAN'T COMMENT ON

ANY CONVERSATIONS THE

DIRECTOR MAY HAVE HAD WITH

THE PRESIDENT.

WHEN DID YOU LAST MEET

WITH THE PRESIDENT,

DIRECTOR McCABE?

I DON'T THINK I -- I

DON'T THINK I'M IN A

POSITION TO COMMENT ON

THAT.

WAS IT EARLIER THIS

WEEK?

I HAVE MET WITH THE

PRESIDENT THIS WEEK, BUT I

DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE

DETAILS OF THAT.

BUT RUSSIA DID NOT COME

UP?

THAT'S CORRECT, IT DID

NOT.

Reporter: THEY WANT

TO APPOINT A SPECIAL

COUNSEL TO GET TO THE

BOTTOM OF WHAT OCCURRED

DURING THE 2016

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRED BACK

ON THURSDAY, SAYING HE

PLANNED TO FIRE JAMES

COMEY REGARDLESS OF THE

RECOMMENDATIONS OF HIS

DEPUTY ATTORNEY-GENERAL

AND OTHERS IN THE JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT.

IT IS UNCLEAR HOW LONG

McCABE WILL SERVE AS

ACTING DIRECTOR.

HE JOINED IN 1994, AND

BECAME DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN

2014.

NOW DOUBT THIS LATEST

ASSIGNMENT IS THE BIGGEST

IN HIS CAREER.

ERIC GONZALES, CBN NEWS.

John: NO PEOPLE OF

FAITH FACE GREATER

HOSTILITY ANYWHERE IN THE

WORLD TODAY THAN

CHRISTIANS.

THAT WAS THE MESSAGE BY

MIKE PENCE THIS WEEK RIGHT

HERE IN WASHINGTON.

MORE THAN 600 BELIEVERS

FROM 130 NATIONS CAME TO

THE EVENT.

PAUL STRAND BRINGS US THAT

STORY.

Reporter: MORE THAN

200 MILLION CHRISTIANS IN

SOME 50 NATIONS ARE FACING

HIGH, VERY HIGH, OR EVEN

EXTREME PERSECUTION.

JUST ABOUT EVERY MONTH

MORE THAN 300 ARE KILLED

FOR THEIR FAITH.

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS

OFTEN FEEL ISOLATED AND

ALONE.

FRANKLIN GRAHAM CALLED

THIS SUMMIT TO LET THEM

KNOW THE CHURCH STANDS IN

SOLIDARITY WITH THEM.

THE VICE PRESIDENT SHOWED

THAT THE ATTACKS ARE

GETTING THE ATTENTION OF

THE HIGHEST LEVELS.

HIGH DEEPLY HUMBLING IT

IS FOR ME TO STAND TODAY

BEFORE THE COURAGEOUS MEN

AND WOMEN WHO ARE WITH US,

WHO HAVE STOOD WITHOUT

APOLOGY FOR THEIR FAITH IN

CHRIST AND SUFFERED

PERSECUTION ACROSS THE

WIDER WORLD.

Reporter: BECAUSE

BEING CAPTURED ON CAMERA

ON SUCH A SUMMIT COULD

CAUSE THEM FURTHER TROUBLE

BACK HOME, THOSE FACING

PERSECUTION PREFERRED

TELLING THEIR STORIES

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

BUT GRAHAM WARNED PEOPLE

HERE IN THE U.S. ARE

STARTING TO FACE

DISCRIMINATION.

WE'VE SEEN BUSINESSES

PUT OUT OF BUSINESSES,

ATTACKED, TARGETED, AND

THEN THE GAY ACTIVISTS

COME IN AND LIBERAL JUDGES

IN THOSE STATES SUPPORT

THESE DECISIONS, AND WE

SEE BUSINESSES NOW

AFRAID -- CHRISTIANS ARE

AFRAID THAT THEY'LL BE

ATTACKED.

Reporter: PENCE

ASSURED THOSE FACING

PERSECUTION AND

DISCRIMINATION, THIS

NATION WON'T FORGET THEM.

YOU HAVE THE PRAYERS OF

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,

PRAYERS OF MY FAMILY.

AND YOU HAVE THE PRAYERS

OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES.

AND APPRECIATE THAT

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS KEPT

HIS WORD.

AND HE IS GOING TO DO

THAT, NOT JUST ON

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, BUT I

THINK HE WILL DO THIS IN

FIGHTING ISIS AND

DEFEATING THE ENEMIES OF

THE CROSS.

Reporter: FRANKLIN

GRAHAM HOPES THE CHURCH

LEADERS RETURN TO THEIR

HOME ENCOURAGED AND READY

TO STAND FAITHFUL TO THE

GOSPEL NO MATTER WHAT THEY

FACE.

John: THANKS, PAUL.

GORDON, SO MUCH TO LEARN

FROM OUR PERSECUTED

BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN

CHRIST.

Gordon: ONE OF THE

THINGS TO LEARN IS TO

UPHOLD THEM IN PRAYER.

I WAS AT THAT CONFERENCE

IN WASHINGTON, AND THE CRY

CONTINUALLY FROM THOSE WHO

ARE BEING PERSECUTED IN

THE MIDDLE EAST IS, WHEN

WILL THE UNITED STATES

WAKE UP?

IT IS ALMOST LIKE WE WANT

TO HAVE WILLFUL BLINDNESS.

IN OUR LAST

ADMINISTRATION, THE MUSLIM

BROTHERHOOD WAS CALLED A

SOCIAL WELFARE

ORGANIZATION.

WHEN 21 COPTIC CHRISTIANS

WERE MURDERED ON A BEACH

IN LIBYA, THEY WERE CALLED

CONTRACT WORKERS.

IT WASN'T IDENTIFIED AS TO

WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON,

THAT THEY WERE BEING

KILLED FOR THEIR CHRISTIAN

FAITH.

AND AT THE END OF THAT

SLAUGHTER, THE LEADER OF

THAT GROUP POINTED A KNIFE

ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN

AND SAID, BY ALLAH'S WILL,

WE WILL DO THIS IN ROME.

WE NEED TO WAKE UP TO THE

THREAT THAT IS FACING

CHRISTIANITY WORLDWIDE.

THERE IS A GENOCIDE GOING

ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY

TARGETED AT CHRISTIANS.

WENDY?

Wendy: COMING UP, HE

WAS A MILITARY CHAMPION

WHO PROVIDED A CALM VOICE

IN THE FACE OF

ANNIHILATION.

>[INAUDIBLE]

Wendy: THE SONS OF

ISRAELI GENERAL CHAIM

HERZOG REMEMBER THEIR

FATHER'S LEGACY, NEXT.

Gordon: IN THE SPRING

OF 1967, ISRAEL WAS FACING

THREATS OF INVASION FROM

EVERY DIRECTION.

AND WESTERN ALLIES TURNED

THEIR BACKS ON THE JEWISH

STATE.

IN ISRAEL'S DARKEST HOUR,

A VOICE OF CALM WAS HEARD

OVER THE AIRWAVES.

JOHN WAGGI BRINGS US THAT

STORY FROM JERUSALEM.

Reporter: BY THE END

OF MAY 1967, THE DYE WAS

CAST, ISRAEL WOULD SOON BE

AT WAR ON ALL BORDERS.

THE PRIME MINISTER TRIED

TO REASSURE THE NATION,

BUT HE WAS ILL AND

FALTERED DURING HIS

ADDRESS.

CHAIM HERZOG STEPPED IN TO

FILL IN THE GAPS IN HEBREW

AND ENGLISH.

NEW PAGES HAVE BEEN

OPENED IN OUR PEOPLE'S

BATTLES AND IN THE COURAGE

OF ISRAEL.

AND DEEP IN THE HEART OF

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US

AT THIS MOMENT, WHEN WE

THINK OF THOSE ENGAGED IN

THE STRUGGLE, THERE IS

IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER WE

NORMALLY PRAY OR NOT, A

PRAYER THAT THE GUARDIAN

OF ISRAEL SHALL NEITHER

SLUM NESLUMBER NOR SLEEP.

Reporter: CHAIM

HERZOG BECAME THE FIRST

RULING OVER JUDEA AND

SAMARIA IN MORE THAN 2,000

YEARS.

HEN WAS A POWERFUL

PRESENCE AS U.N.

AMBASSADOR AND LATER AS

AMBASSADOR OF ISRAEL.

HE DIED IN 1997, BUT HIS

LEGACY LIVES ON.

HIS SON, ISAAC, IS NOW THE

LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

PARTY.

HE WAS ONLY SEVEN WHEN THE

WAR BROKE OUT, BUT, STILL,

HE REMEMBERS THE

PREVAILING FEAR.

WHAT WE KNOW IS THERE

WAS A PERIOD OF WAITING,

ABOUT THREE WEEKS BEFORE

THE WAR, WHERE THE

NATIONAL MOOD WAS

AUSCHWITZ.

ISRAEL IS GOING TO HAVE A

SECOND HOLOCAUST.

TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND

LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

THAT WAS THE MOOD.

Reporter: ISAAC'S

OLDER BROTHER, MICHAEL,

NOW A RETIRED

MAJOR-GENERAL, WAS 15 AT

THE TIME.

HE SAYS THERE IS NO DOUBT

THAT ISRAELIS WERE

CONCERNED ABOUT THE

NATION'S SURVIVAL.

I STILL REMEMBER

OURSELVES, LIKE MANY OTHER

PEOPLE IN ISRAEL, DIGGING

A TRENCH IN OUR BACKYARD

BECAUSE WE EXPECTED TO BE

SHELLED.

AND WE WERE SHELLED.

YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE

ABANDONED THE CAFES AND

THE DISCOTHEQUES.

THE FARM BOYS, THE MEMBERS

OF THE YOUTH MOVEMENTS,

THE BOYS OF THE TOWNSHIPS,

ALL ARE AT THIS MOMENT

SHOULDER TO SHOULDER

FIGHTING IN THE AIR AND ON

THE LAND AND THE SEA FOR

OUR RIGHTS SIMPLY TO LIVE.

WHAT IS INTERESTING IS

WE HEAR A LOT TODAY ABOUT

THE TERM "FAKE NEWS."

'67 WAS A BANNER YEAR FOR

FAKE NEWS, ESPECIALLY IN

EGYPT AND SYRIA.

AND YOUR FATHER WAS KIND

OF COUNTER-ACTING THAT TO

PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

WE WOULD HEAR WHAT WAS

CALLED THE VOICE OF CAIRO.

AND THEY WOULD SPEAK IN

HEBREW, AND THEY WOULD SAY

THE WORST THINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO THROW YOU

INTO THE SEA.

YEAH.

THEY SAY TERRIBLE THINGS

AND THERE WAS AN ANXIETY.

BUT HE PROVIDED VERY

PROFESSIONAL ANALYSIS.

FIRST OF ALL, HE KNEW THE

SITUATION.

I AM BROUGHT BACK TO

JERUSALEM TO THE SOUND OF

HEAVY SHELLING, AND A

STRANGE FORM OF QUIET

ANTICIPATION HAS FORMED

ALONG THE FRONT LINE, A

QUIET THAT MAY FORETELL

GREAT TIED TOGETHERS.

>TIDINGS.

THREE TIMES A DAY YOU

WOULD WALK IN THE STREETS

OF TEL AVIV, AND YOU WOULD

HEAR HIS VOICE THROUGHOUT

THE CITY, PEOPLE JUST

LISTENING -- STOPPING AND

LISTENING, AND IT WAS

AWESOME.

I HEARD HIS VOICE IN THE

TRENCH.

I HEARD MY DAD -- MY MOM

BROUGHT A LITTLE RADIO,

AND WE WOULD HEAR HIM IN

THE TRENCH.

HE CALMED US DOWN.

I WAS TOLD BY SOLDIERS

ON THE FRONT LINES -- THEY

WOULD LISTEN TO HIM, AND I

WAS TOLD BY QUITE A FEW OF

THEM THAT THIS REALLY

BOOSTED THEIR MORALE,

BEFORE GOING INTO BATTLE.

Reporter: JUST ONE

DAY INTO THE WAR, ISRAEL'S

AIR FORCE VIRTUALLY

DESTROYED THE CAPACITY OF

EGYPT, SYRIA, AND JORDAN

TO STRIKE FROM THE AIR.

ON THE GROUND, ISRAEL'S

ARMY PENETRATED DEEP INTO

THE SINAI AND PUSHED

TOWARDS JORDAN ON THE WEST

BANK.

BY DAY THREE, CHAIM HERZOG

COULD TELL THE NATION THE

UNTHINKABLE: AFTER TWO

MILLENNIA, JERUSALEM WAS

BACK IN OUR HANDS.

THE LIKE OF WHICH THERE

IS NO RECORD OF IN THE

HISTORY OF ISRAEL, AND

PERHAPS IN THE HISTORY OF

THE NATIONS, AND WHICH HAS

ACHIEVED TODAY WHAT

MILLIONS OF JEWS

THROUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS

HAVE PRAYED FOR.

WE LIVE IN A VERY

DIFFERENT ERA THAN 1967,

BUT IN MY MIND, WITH OUR

FATHER, THE IMPACT IS

BROADCAST AND HEARD ON THE

NATIONAL MORALE, IT IS THE

IMPACT ON CHURCHES AND

DURING WORLD WAR II, AND

IT WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT.

Reporter: INDEED THE

SAYING GOES, YURG JERUSALEM IS

A GIFT OF THE WHOLE LAND

OF ISRAEL.

ON MOUNT MARIAH, THE

PEOPLE OFFERED PRICELESS

SACRIFICES WHICH SWELL THE

TOLL OF SACRIFICE BY

EARLIER GENERATIONS.

OUR VICTORY WAS NOT LIKELY

ACHIEVED, AND AT THIS

MOMENT IT IS WELL THAT WE

REMEMBER THOSE WHO OFFERED

UP THEIR LIVES FOR THE

GLORY OF THE ALMIGHTY AND

THE NATION.

Reporter: TODAY BOTH

HERZOGS ARE STRONG

SUPPORTERS OF A TWO-STATE

SOLUTION, DESPITE GROWING

SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE PEACE

PROCESS AMONG MANY

ISRAELIS.

THE HOPE IS 2017 CAN BE A

YEAR OF BREAKTHROUGH.

THERE IS A GOLDEN

OPPORTUNITY IN THE REGION,

WHEREBY YOU JUST NEED TO

STRETCH YOUR HAND.

AND UNDER AMERICAN

SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY, I

BELIEVE, FROM THE WHITE

HOUSE, THERE COULD BE A

SEA CHANGE IN THE REGION.

ISRAEL BEING RECOGNIZED BY

ALL ITS NEIGHBORS.

AND WE NEED TO SIT DOWN

AND GET TO THE DIFFICULT

MOMENT OF TRYING TO MAKE

PEACE.

THIS IS WHAT WE OWE TO THE

CASUALTIES OF THE WAR, WHO

WERE SO BRAVE IN VERY

DIFFICULT BATTLES, AND TO

THE FACT THAT WE WANT THE

JEWISH NATION TO LIVE IN

PEACE AND STRENGTH IN THE

REGION, WHILE CELEBRATING

THAT GREAT VICTORY.

Reporter: JOHN WAGGI,

CBN NEWS, JERUSALEM.

Gordon: WELL, CBN IS

PUTTING OUT A MOVIE

MARKING THE 50th

ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIX-DAY

WAR, AND ITS CALLED "IN

OUR HANDS: THE BATTLE FOR

JERUSALEM."

THE TITLE COMES FROM THE

REMARKABLE RADIO BROADCAST

FROM THE LEADER OF THE

55th PARATROOPER

BRIGADE: "THE TEMPLE MOUNT

IS IN OUR HANDS."

IT IS ONE NIGHT ONLY, MAY

23rd, AND IF YOU WANT TO

SEE IT AND GET INFORMED OF

THE REAL HISTORY FOR THE

BATTLE OF JERUSALEM IN

1967, JUST GO TO

inourhands1967.com.

MAY 23rd IS JERUSALEM

REUNIFICATION DAY ON THE

JEWISH CALENDAR.

ON OUR CALENDAR, THE

GREGGORIAN CALENDAR, IT

WILL BE CELEBRATED

JUNE 7th, BUT ON THE

JEWISH CALENDAR, IT IS MAY

23rd.

IF YOU WANT TICKETS, ALL

YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO

THAT WEBSITE, AND TYPE IN

YOUR ZIP CODE, AND YOU'LL

FIND A THEATER NEAR YOU.

AND IF YOU WANT TO BRING A

GROUP -- AND I ENCOURAGE

YOU TO BRING A GROUP

BECAUSE IT WILL START A

CONVERSATION BOTH ABOUT

THE ROLE OF ISRAEL AND THE

WORLD TODAY, AND THE

THREATS IT CONTINUES TO

FACE TODAY, AS WELL AS THE

ROLE OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY,

AND HOW PROPHECY WAS

FULFILLED, THE SPECIFIC

PROPHECY OF JESUS, THAT

JERUSALEM WILL BE TRODDEN

UNDER THE FOOT OF THE

GENTILES, UNTIL THE TIMES

OF THE GENTILES ARE

FULFILLED.

AND THAT HAPPENED IN MY

LIFETIME IN 1967.

AND WE NEED TO TEACH A

WHOLE NEW GENERATION THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT WAR,

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A

UNIFIED JERUSALEM, ONE

THAT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN

UP AGAIN.

SO GO TO THE MOVIE, AND GO

TO THE WEBSITE:

inourhands1967.com.

Wendy: WHAT IS SO

FASCINATING IS THOSE RADIO

BROADCASTS SOUND LIKE THEY

COULD HAVE JUST HAPPENED

YESTERDAY, AND THAT WAS 50

YEARS AGO.

AND THAT'S THE REAL

FOOTAGE FROM 1967.

AND SO WE'RE VERY

FORTUNATE THAT WE'RE ABLE

TO DRAW ON SUCH ARCHIVES

OF 50 YEARS.

Gordon: WE HAVE THE

ARCHIVES, AND THE MOVIE IS

BASED ON THE DIARIES OF

THE SOLDIERS WHO

PARTICIPATED, AND ACTUAL

INTERVIEWS WITH THE

SURVIVORS OF THE 55th

PARATROOPER BRIGADE.

AND IF YOU WANT TO HEAR

MORE OF THOSE RADIO

BROADCASTS, WE WILL HAVE

IT ONLINE FOR YOU.

WE HAVE THE ENTIRE SET.

THE SONS HAVE GIVEN US THE

ABILITY TO GET THOSE

DIGITALLY, AND SO WE HAVE

THE ENTIRE SET.

SO IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN

TO HISTORY AS IT WAS BEING

TOLD AT THE TIME, IT IS

GOING TO BE ON THE

WEBSITE.

AND IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE

AT cbnnews.com.

Wendy: UP NEXT, A

SIXTH GRADER WHO WAS SENT

TO JUVI, AND FOR HIM IT

WAS A LOT BETTER THAN

BEING AT HOME.

I COULD TAKE CARE OF

MYSELF, BEING LOCKED UP.

AND IT WASN'T LIKE THAT AT

HOME.

Wendy: HEAR WHY HE

SAYS HE NOW HAS A REAL

FAMILY, WHEN WE COME BACK.

Gordon: VA CALVIN WOODEN

WAS SYSTEMATICALLY ABUSED

THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD.

THIS TRAUMATIC HAUNTED HIM

WELL INTO HIS ADULT YEARS.

HE SPENT HIS DAYS IN AND

OUT OF PRISON, RUNNING

FROM HIS PAIN.

UNTIL THE DAY HE WOKE UP

UNDER A BRIDGE AND

REALIZED HE COULDN'T RUN

ANY LONGER.

I HEARD A GUY SAY ONE

TIME THAT ANGER IS FEAR

UNDER PRESSURE.

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,

FEAR WAS PREVALENT IN MY

LIFE, GROWING UP WITH THE

SEXUAL ABUSE AND ALL OF

THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

YOU GET USED TO IT, AND

THEN IT STARTS DRIVING

YOUR LIFE WITHOUT YOU

REALLY KNOWING IT.

YOU START STRUCTURING YOUR

LIFE AROUND THAT FEAR.

COR Reporter: CALVIN'S

CHILDHOOD NIGHTMARES OFTEN

CAME AT THE HANDS OF HIS

OWN FAMILY MEMBERS.

I REMEMBER IT WAS

OVERWHELMING, TO THE POINT

I WOULD TRY TO STAY

OUTSIDE MOST OF THE TIME.

UNTIL I ABSOLUTELY HAD TO

COME INTO THE HOUSE.

YOU JUST DON'T FIGHT WHEN

YOUR SIX.

Reporter: WHEN A

SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

THREATENED TO PADDLE HIM

IN SIX GRADE, SOMETHING

INSIDE CALVIN SNAPPED.

I WAS BEATEN SHORTLY

AFTER THAT, AND I WENT TO

SCHOOL LIKE EVERYTHING WAS

NORMAL.

I WENT INTO WHAT I BELIEVE

WAS ANGER BLACKOUT.

I GRABBED THE RAILS AND

KICKED HIM TO THE BOTTOM

OF THE STEPS.

AND I FOLLOWED HIM DOWN

AND I KIND OF STARTED

STOMPING ON HIM.

I LEFT THE SCHOOL THAT

DAY, AND SAID IN MY HEAD,

YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT, YOU

KNOW, MAN, I'M GOING TO

FIGHT BACK.

Reporter: CALVIN WAS

SENT TO JUVENILE DETENTION

FOR A YEAR, BUT HE SAYS IT

WAS STILL BETTER THAN

BEING AT HOME.

I COULD TAKE CARE OF

MYSELF, WITH KIDS BEING

LOCKED UP MY AGE, BUT AT

HOME IT WASN'T LIKE THAT.

SO I FELT SAFE BEING

LOCKED UP.

Reporter: ONCE

RELEASED, HE TURNED TO

DRUGS TO FURTHER ESCAPE

HIS HOME LIFE.

AND HE ALSO BROKE INTO

HOUSES TO SUPPORT HIS

HABIT.

THE FIRST TIME I SMOKED

MARIJUANA, IT WAS LIKE

POOSH, MY PROBLEMS WENT

AWAY.

I WAS ABLE TO FUNCTION

WITHOUT THE ANXIETY AND

THE FEAR THAT WAS SO

PREVALENT.

Reporter: WHILE THE

DRUGS RELAXED HIM, ALCOHOL

FUELED HIS ANGER.

ANY TIME I WANTED TO DO

SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY IN A

VIOLENT WAY, I ALWAYS

DRANK.

ALWAYS.

I KNEW IF I DRANK, THEN

IT'S GAME ON.

Reporter: HIS

ADDICTION ESCALATED TO

COCAINE AND METH.

FOR YEARS HE WAS IN AND

OUT OF JAIL AND LEFT TWO

BROKEN FAMILIES IN HIS

WAKE.

REALLY, IT WASN'T JUST

TWO FAILED MARRIAGES.

EVERY RELATIONSHIP I EVER

HAD HAS FAILED.

I WAS A VIOLENT PERSON TO

EVERY WOMAN I WAS WITH.

AND I WAS THAT WAY WITH MY

KIDS.

THE ANGER I CARRIED DIDN'T

DISCRIMINATE.

Reporter: CALVIN

CONTINUED, STEALING OVER

$10,000 WORTH OF

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND

SELLING IT FOR DRUG MONEY.

WHEN HE WOKE UP FROM HIS

BINGE, HE WAS UNDER AN

INTERSTATE BRIDGE.

I WAS DONE.

LIFE HAD BECOME MISERABLE.

IN THE END, IT WASN'T WHAT

WAS DONE TO ME, BUT WHAT I

HAD DONE TO PEOPLE.

I COULDN'T ESCAPE THE

GUILT AND SHAME OF WHAT I

HAD DONE.

Reporter: HER LEARNED

THAT "THE HEALING PLACE,"

A FAITH BASED HEALING

FACILITY, WOULD GIVE HIM A

PLACE TO SLEEP.

THE ONLY WORDS I COULD

UTTER WERE, "GOD, PLEASE

HELP ME."

AND HE DID.

GOD SHOWED UP IN MY LIFE

THAT DAY IN THE FORM OF A

WHISPER.

AND WHAT HE SAID TO ME IS,

CALVIN, I LOVE YOU.

AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT

WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

I CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE

GOING TO DO.

AND THAT WAS IT FOR ME.

UP TO HADPOINT IN M TO POINT IN MY LIFE, I

DON'T THINK I RECOGNIZED

LOVE.

Reporter: CALVIN

SURRENDERED HIS LIFE TO

CHRIST AND WOKE UP THAT

MORNING A FREE MAN.

I SLEPT BETTER THAT

NIGHT THAN I HAD IN YEARS.

I KNEW WHEN I WOKE UP THAT

NEXT DAY THAT GOD HAD

TAKEN IT, BUT I ALSO KNEW

THERE WAS WORK TO BE DONE.

Reporter: CALVIN

CONTINUED TO GROW IN HIS

FAITH.

HE COMPLETED REHAB AND WAS

ABLE TO FORGET THE FAMILY

MEMBERS WHO ABUSED HIM.

I FINALLY GOT TO A SPOT

WHERE I KNEW IN MY HEART,

WHERE I COULD SAY I LOVED

THE MAN WHO MOLESTED ME.

AND SO MUCH CHANGED IN ME

AT THAT MOMENT.

AS A KID, I ALWAYS

IMAGINED I WAS SOMEBODY

ELSE.

BUT THE DAY I REALIZED I

LOVED THE MAN WHO MOLESTED

ME, I NEVER WANTED TO BE

ANYBODY ABOUT CALVIN THAT

DAY.

IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR

FORGIVENESS AND IT STAYS

OPEN.

SO LEARNED TO LOVE AND

INTUITIVELY FORGAVE THEM,

AND THAT WAS BIG FOR ME.

Reporter: TODAY HE

RUNS "THE LOVE

TRANSFORMATION PROJECT,"

IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

I FEEL LIKE THE GUYS

UNDER THE BRIDGES ARE

FAMILY.

THE KIDS WE ADMINISTER TO

NOW ARE FAMILY.

I NEVER FELT LIKE I HAD A

FATHER OR BROTHERS AND

SISTERS.

I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT, AND

I GOT ON MY KNEES AND I

SAID, GOD, PLEASE ADOPT

ME.

AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS

CRAZY FOR A GROWN MAN.

I DON'T THINK THERE HAS

BEEN A TIME IN MY LIFE

SINCE THAT DAY THAT I HAVE

NOT FELT THAT SENSE OF

FAMILY.

Gordon: YOU HAVE THAT

SAME SENSE, THAT SAME

SENSE THAT YOU BELONG,

THAT YOU'RE PROTECTED,

THAT YOU'RE SAFE.

MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN ABUSED.

MAYBE THINGS CAN DONE TO

YOU THAT WERE UNSPEAKABLE.

AND MAYBE YOU ACTED OUT,

JUST LIKE CALVIN ACTEDED

OUT.

BUT KNOW THIS: IF YOU

RESPOND WITH ANGER, IF YOU

RESPOND WITH REVENGE, ALL

YOU'RE DOING IS FUELING

IT.

THE VERY THING YOU THINK

YOU'RE FIGHTING AGAINST,

YOU'RE JUST FUELING IT.

AND IF YOU HOLD ON TO THAT

RESENTMENT, YOU HOLD ON TO

THAT ANGER, YOU PLOT OUT

THAT REVENGE -- IF YOU

HOLD ON TO THESE THINGS,

IT'S DESTRUCTIVE TO YOUR

OWN PHYSICAL BEING.

IT NEVER WORKS.

BUT CALVIN FOUND WORKED.

HE FOUND LOVE.

HE FOUND ACCEPTANCE.

I LOVE WHAT GOD TOLD HIM.

GOD SHOWS UP WITH THAT

STILL, SMALL VOICE.

AND HE'LL SHOW UP WITH

THAT WHISPER FOR YOU.

AND HE'LL SAY TO YOU, I

LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU

ARE.

WHO YOU ARE, RIGHT NOW.

BUT THEN HE'LL ADD TO IT,

AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I

DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU

HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU

IN THIS.

I WANT TO CHANGE YOU.

AND CHANGE YOU FROM YOUR

INNERMOST BEING.

FOR CALVIN, IT STARTED

WITH HE NO LONGER HAD A

COMPULSION FOR DRUGS, FOR

ALCOHOL.

AND THEN IT GREW, AND OVER

TIME LOVE TOOK OVER.

AND HE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE

TO FORGIVE THE PEOPLE WHO

ABUSED HIM.

FORGIVENESS DOESN'T MEAN

THAT YOU LET THEM KEEP

DOING IT TO YOU.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT.

BUT WHAT IT DOES MEAN IS

YOU ARE NOW SET FREE FROM

GUILT, FROM SHAME, FROM

REVENGE, FROM THAT ANGER

THAT EATS AWAY AT YOU.

AND YOU'RE SET FREE TO

LIVE AND TO LOVE.

IF YOU WANT THIS, IT'S

REAL EASY.

DO THE SAME THING THAT

CALVIN DID.

BOW YOUR HEAD AND SAY,

GOD, WOULD YOU ADOPT ME?

WOULD YOU TAKE ME INTO

YOUR FAMILY?

IF YOU PRAY THAT WITH ALL

OF YOUR HEART, HE'LL HEAR

AND HE'LL ANSWER.

THE BIBLE SAYS, WHEN YOU

SEEK ME WITH ALL OF YOUR

HEART, THEN YOU'LL FIND

ME.

SO IF YOU WANT THIS, BOW

YOUR HEAD WITH ME.

LET'S PRAY A VERY SIMPLE

PRAYER AND LET JESUS DO

ALL THE REST.

WHAT HE DID FOR CALVIN,

HE'LL DO FOR YOU.

PRAY WITH ME.

JESUS -- THAT'S RIGHT,

JUST SAY HIS NAME.

SAY IT OUT LOUD.

JESUS, I COME TO YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED

TO ME.

YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE DONE.

AND, JESUS, RIGHT NOW I

ASK THAT YOU ADOPT ME,

THAT YOU TAKE ME INTO YOUR

FAMILY.

THAT YOU CLEANSE ME AND

FORGIVE ME. THING OF THE THINGS

THAT I'VE DONE WRONG.

THAT YOU TAKE THIS HATE

OUT OF MY HEART AND MAKE

ME NEW AGAIN.

AND, JESUS, I WANT TO

FOLLOW YOU ALL THE DAYS OF

MY LIFE.

HEAR MY PRAYER, FOR I PRAY

IT IN YOUR NAME.

FATHER, FOR THOSE WHO JUST

PRAYED, I ASK FOR A

BAPTISM IN YOUR LOVE.

FILL THEM TO OVERFLOWING

WITH YOUR LOVE, YOUR

FORGIVENESS, AND YOUR

ACCEPTANCE.

LET THEM KNOW TODAY THAT

THEIR PRAYER HAS BEEN

HEARD AND HAS BEEN

ANSWERED.

DO IT, LORD, FOR WE ASK IT

IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

AND AMEN.

IF YOU PRAYED WITH ME,

I'VE GOT SOMETHING FREE

FOR YOU.

IT IS A FREE PACKET.

THERE IS NO FINANCIAL

OBLIGATION AT ALL.

THE NUMBER IS TOLL-FREE.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK

UP THE PHONE AND CALL:

1-800-700-7000.

THE PACKET IS CALLED "A

NEW DAY."

IN THERE THERE IS A C.D.

TEACHING.

WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?

HOW DO YOU LIVE A

CHRISTIAN LIFE?

WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO

TAKE?

AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING

THAT IS REALLY BURDENING

YOUR SOUL, WE'RE HERE FOR

YOU.

WE'RE NOT HERE TO JUDGE

YOU OR CONDEMN YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE

YOUR NAME.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY,

I'VE GOT THIS, AND CAN GOD

FORGIVE ME OF THIS?

AND THE ANSWER IS, YES, HE

CAN.

THERE IS NO SIN THAT CAN'T

BE FORGIVEN.

CALL US NOW,

1-800-700-7000.

> WENDY, OVER TO YOU.

Wendy: THANKS,

GORDON.

> STILL AHEAD, A BOY WHO

WAS THOUGHT TO BE CURSED

AND LATER BULLIED INTO

DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL.

HEAR HOW HE GOT A NEW

LIFE.

THAT'S NEXT.

Efrem: AND WELCOME

BACK TO "THE 700 CLUB."

FRESNO CITY COUNCIL HAS

APPROVED ADDING THE

NATIONAL MOTTO "IN GOD WE

TRUST" TO THE WALL INSIDE

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.

THE COUNSEL MAN SAID HE

WAS INSPIRED BY A NATIONAL

MOVEMENT THAT STARTED IN

2002 AND DECIDED TO ADD

THE PHRASE.

HE SAID THAT FOR TOO LONG

THE SILENT MAJORITY HAS

ALLOWED A VOCAL MINORITY

TO SILENCE THEM.

AND OVERFLOW CROWD OF

SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE

PACKED THE CHAMBER, WITH

PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT ON

BOTH SIDES.

THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS THE

VAST MAJORITY, THOUGH,

FAVOR THE MOTTO.

THE RESOLUTION SAYS NO

TAXPAYER MONEY WILL BE

USED TO ADD THE WORDS TO

THE WALL.

> "OPERATION BLESSING"

IS SPREADING SOME

MUCH-NEEDED MEDICAL CARE

TO REMOTE COMMUNITIES IN

LIBERIA.

FAMILIES THERE ARE AT HIGH

RISK OF ILLNESS AND

DISEASE.

CHILDREN IN THE FAMILIES

ARE GROWING SICK FROM POOR

HYGIENE AND MOSQUITOS

CARRYING DISEASE.

THANKS TO "OPERATION

BLESSING," COMMUNITY

WORKERS ARE BEING TRAINED

TO TREAT THE ILLNESSES

EARLY.

AND THEY'RE WRITING

REFERRALS FOR COMMUNITY

MEMBERS TO GO TO THE

HOSPITAL SOONER.

AND THEORYOU CAN ALWAYS LEARN MORE

ABOUT "OPERATION BLESSING"

BY GOING TO ITS WEBSITE,

AND THAT'S ob.org.

GORDON AND WENDY ARE BACK

WITH MUCH MORE OF "THE 700

CLUB."

IT IS COMING UP RIGHT

AFTER THIS.

Wendy: HE WAS TEASED

BY HIS CLASSMATES AND

ABANDONED BY HIS PARENTS.

HE OFTEN WONDERED IF HE

WAS TREATED POORLY BECAUSE

OF A SIN HE COMMITTED.

THE TRUTH WAS HE HADN'T

DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

HE WAS JUST BORN WITH A

CLEFT LIP.

Reporter: HIS PARENTS

TOLD HIM HE HAD TO STAY

WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS

WHILE THEY LOOKED FOR A

WITH TWAY TO PAY FOR HIS CLEFT

LIP SURGERY, BUT THEY

NEVER RETURNED.

HE ALWAYS ASKED ME,

WHAT SIN DID I COMMIT?

Reporter: HIS

GRANDFATHER COULDN'T

AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE

SURGERY, BUT WHAT HURT HIM

THE MOST WAS WHEN SINOD

DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL

BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT

TEASING.

WHEN I WOULD GO TO

SCHOOL, THEY WOULD CALL ME

A MONSTER.

Reporter: THEN, A

NEIGHBOR WHO'S SON WAS

GIVEN A FREE CLEFT LIP

SURGERY BY CBN TOLD US

ABOUT SINOD.

AND WE GAVE HIM THE GOOD

NEWS HE WOULD ALSO GET A

FREE OPERATION.

NOT LONG AFTER THE

SURGERY, WE VISITED HIM

AND FOUND OUT HE HAD

RETURNED TO SCHOOL.

NOW I'M VERY HAPPY.

I LOOK NORMAL, LIKE ALL OF

THE OTHER KIDS.

IT FEELS GOOD KNOWING

THAT HE IS DOING WELL IN

GOOD.

Reporter: CBN ALSO

WANTED TO HELP HIS

GRANDPARENTS MAKE A BETTER

INCOME, SO WE GAVE THEM

SOME GOATS.

WE WILL BREED THE

GOATS.

I WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE

FOR MY FAMILY AND BUY MY

GRANDSON NEW BOOKS FOR

SCHOOL.

YOU GAVE ME A FREE

SURGERY FOR MY LIP, AND MY

GRANDPARENTS, THE GOATS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Wendy: TODAY YOU CAN

BE THE ANSWER TO SOMEONE'S

PRAYER.

YOU CAN CHANGE A LIFE,

LIKE YOU DID FOR LITTLE

SINOD.

HE WAS NOT A HAPPY LITTLE

GUY, AND LOOK NOW.

HE IS GOING TO ENJOY LIFE.

HE HAS A HOPE AND A

FUTURE.

AND YOU CAN DO THAT.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

YOU JUST JOIN "THE 700

CLUB."

JUST 65 CENTS A DAY, $20 A

MONTH, IS ALL IT TAKES TO

BECOME A CBN PARTNER.

WE WANT TO GIVE YOU

SOMETHING WHEN YOU JOIN.

IT IS PAT ROBERTSON'S NEW

D.V.D. CALLED "MIRACLES."

THE STORIES ON HERE AND

INCREDIBLE.

YOUR FAITH WILL SOAR WHEN

YOU SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE

FOR OTHERS, AND THAT HE

CAN DO FOR YOU.

THIS IS OUR GIFT TO YOU

WHEN YOU GIF JOIN "THE 700

CLUB."

> WELL, STILL AHEAD, A

JEWISH BUSINESSMAN TAKES A

JOURNEY INSIDE THE BOOK OF

PSALMS AND REVEALS HOW ITS

WORDS CAN HELP US

COMMUNICATE WITH GOD.

Gordon: REUBEN SAYS

MOST OF THE HOLY

SCRIPTURES CONTAIN GOD'S

WORDS TO MAN.

THE PSALMS, ON THE OTHER

HAND, ARE MAN'S WORDS TO

GOD.

AND IT CONTAINS MORE THAN

2,000 VERSES OF MAN'S

DEEPEST PAIN AND PRAISE.

AND RUBI REUBEN SAYS EVERY ONE

OF THEM HOLDS AN ETERNAL

MESSAGE.

Reporter: WHEN THIS

BUSINESSMAN BEGAN SPEAKING

IN HIS SYNAGOGUE ABOUT

BIBLICAL PROPHETS, HE

LEARNED FEW PEOPLE KNEW

ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.

HE WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH

100 SYNAGOGUES AROUND THE

WORLD.

IN HIS BOOK, "FROM YOUR

LIPS TO GOD'S EARS,"

REUBEN OFFERS A 10-STEP

GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE

PSALMS, FOR JEWISH AND

NON-JEWISH HOMES.

Gordon: REUBEN IS

WITH US HERE NOW, AND

WELCOME TO "700 CLUB."

WHEN YOU WERE FIRST

INTRODUCED TO ME -- I'VE

NEVER HAD AN DUCTIO INTRODUCTION

LIKE THIS: HERE IS THE

WORLD'S FOREMOST EXPERT ON

THE PSALMS.

WHY HAVE THE PSALMS

BECOME -- I MEAN, IT IS

LIKE YOUR LIFE'S WORK.

WHY?

THERE IS NO BOOK THAT I

FEEL IS MORE PERVASIVE

THAN THE BOOK OF PSALMS.

ON A DAILY BASIS JEWISH

AND CHRISTIAN PEOPLE ARE

READING THE BOOK OF

PSALMS.

THEY USE IT TO FEEL

CONNECTED TO GOD.

AND WHEN PEOPLE HIT

BOTTOM, THEY USE IT TO

RAISE THEMSELVES UP, TO

CONNECT TO GOD.

I FOUND IN STUDYING THE

BOOK, THAT WE CAN USE KING

DAVID AS A SPIRITUAL ROLE

MODEL FOR US.

AND THAT IS WHY I TOOK

SUCH GREAT INTEREST IN

UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK.

MANY PEOPLE READ THE BOOK,

BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND

THESE 10 DIFFERENT THINGS

ABOUT EACH CHAPTER THAT

WILL TAKE YOU FROM READING

IT TO UNDERSTANDING IT.

AND THE MORE YOU

UNDERSTAND, THE BETTER YOU

FEEL ABOUT IT.

Gordon: AND I WOULD

ADD TO THAT, NOT JUST TO

UNDERSTAND IT, BUT TO

BEGIN TO PRAY IT.

YOU WILL FIND A PSALM FOR

LITERALLY EVERY HUMAN

NEED.

AND JUST START PRAYING

THAT PSALM.

YOU KNOW IT IS THE PROPER

WAY TO PRAY.

ACTUALLY, ABOUT A

THOUSAND YEARS AGO, THERE

WAS A GREAT MAN NAMED

HIGAON.

AND HE IDENTIFIED 150 OUT

COMES OF SAYING A

PARTICULAR PSALM.

AND THAT HE SOUGHT OUT

EACH SENTENCE IN EACH ONE

OF THE PSALMS -- FOR

EXAMPLE, WHERE KING DAVID

PRAYED FOR SUCCESS IN A

THREATENING SITUATION,

THAT WE, TOO, CAN REACH

OUT TO GOD, PRAYING FOR

THAT SUCCESS IN OUR OWN

LIVES.

AND THE BOOK OUTLINES ALL

150 CHAPTERS' REASONS TO

SAY THEM.

Gordon: YOU SAY THAT

WE HAVE LOST THE SOUL OF

THE PSALMS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS

THAT WE LOOK AT PSALMS

POSSIBLY WITHIN JUDAISM,

AND THE PRAYER BOOK ARE A

STENOGRAPHER'S NOTES AS TO

WHAT WENT ON IN THE TEMPLE

TIME.

THE LEVITES WERE PART OF

THE ORCHESTRA, AND THAT

ORCHESTRA PLAYED MUSIC

THAT WOULD PASS THE

CEREBRAL CORTEX AND GO

RIGHT INTO THE EMOTION.

AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY

I TRIED TO EXPLAIN WITHIN

THE BOOK OF PSALMS THAT IT

WAS ORIGINALLY SUNG AND

MUSIC PLAYED IN THE TYPES

OTIMESOF WORSHIP.

I HOPE THAT WILL TRICKLE

DOWN TO PEOPLE TODAY, TO

FEEL THAT ENERGY OF JOY

AND HAPPINESS AND

CONNECTIVITY.

Gordon: IS THAT WHY

THERE ARE PARTICULAR

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO

PLAY THE PARTICULAR

INSTRUMENTS ON EACH ONE.

EVEN SOME HAVE A MUSICAL

NOTATION AND THEY'LL GIVE

YOU WHAT SHOULD BE THE

MELODY FOR IT.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO

RECREATE ANY OF THAT?

OR IS THAT JUST LOST?

IT USED TO BE SORT OF

LOST.

IN MY RESEARCH, I STUMBLED

ACROSS AN EXTRAORDINARY

MAN NAMED DENNIS MCCORKLE.

AND DENNIS IS ALSO

PASSIONATE ABOUT THE BOOK

OF PSALMS.

AND WHAT HE SET OUT TO DO

IS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE

MUSIC OF THE TEMPLE

SOUNDED LIKE.

AND HE CAME UP WITH WHAT

HE CALLED THE DEVITIC

CIPHER.

HE, NUMBER ONE, LEARNED

HEBREW.

THEN HE LEARNED THE

MUSICAL CANTELATIONS, AND

HE APPLIED THE THEORY THAT

THE VOCALIZATION -- THE

NOTES WAS ALSO THE

INSTRUMENTATION.

AND TODAY YOU CAN LISTEN

TO WHAT DENNIS' HYPOTHESIS

IS ABOUT WHAT DID THE

MUSIC IN THE SIM O TEMPLE SOUND

LIKE.

Gordon: WHAT IS YOUR

FAVORITE ONE?

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO

SHARE WITH YOU IS

HALLELUJAH.

AND NORMALLY WE SAY,

PRAISE GOD.

BUT IT WAS ALSO AN

INVITATION.

AND I WOULD SAY, GORDON,

HALLELUJAH, PRAISE THE

LORD.

AND YOU WOULD RESPOND, YOU

KNOW SOMETHING, I'M GLAD

YOU ASKED ME BECAUSE I DO

HAVE SOMETHING TO BE VERY

GRATEFUL FOR.

WHATEVER THE PERSON'S

STORY MAY BE.

I HAD A CHILD THIS WEEK.

MY CHILD IS HEALTHY.

I WAS SUCCESSFUL.

SO WHENEVER I SEE

HALLELUJAH, THE LAST WORD

IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS, I

REMEMBER IT IS THE

OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE

GOD AS BEING THE SOURCE OF

ALL BLESSING.

Gordon: AND IT IS

CURIOUS THAT TODAY

PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE FINDING

THAT AN ATTITUDE WHERE

YOU'RE GRATEFUL AND YOU'RE

EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO

GOD ACTUALLY LEADS TO

GREATER HAPPINESS.

THE MORE YOU REMEMBER THE

BLESSINGS, THE HAPPIER YOU

GET.

SO MUCH OF WHAT WE

PROCEED IS SELF-FULFILLING

PROPHECY.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN

WE'RE STRESSED OUT, WE'RE

WORRIED, WE'RE DEPRESSED,

OUR FOCUS SNOWBALLS IN

THAT DIRECTION.

THEN IT IS TIME TO PAUSE

AND IT IS TIME TO ASK

OURSELVES, WHAT DO I HAVE

TO BE GRATEFUL FOR?

AND USING THE BOOK OF

PSALMS, IT WILL MAKE US

COGNIZANT OF THOSE THINGS,

THAT GOD IS THE SOURCE OF

THE BLESSING, AND THAT

WE'RE ACTUALLY BLESSED IN

ABUNDANCE.

AND WHATEVER WE'RE WORRIED

ABOUT USUALLY IS A SMALL

PERCENTAGE.

FEAR BEHAVES IRRATIONALLY

IN THE BRAIN.

IF WE PUT IT

PROPORTIONATELY, WE COULD

MANAGE OUR WAY THROUGH

THINGS.

Gordon: I COULD TALK

TO REUBEN FOR A LONG TIME.

THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTELY

INCREDIBLE.

IT IS CALLED "FROM YOUR

LIPS TO GOD'S EARS."

MY STUDY OF PSALMS BEGAN

WITH SPE SPUR JON, AND THEN I

WENT TO THE VOLUME SET OF

PSALMS, AND I RECOMMEND

BOTH OF THOSE.

BUT THIS ONE GIVES YOU NOT

JUST THE INTERPRETATION OF

THEM AND THE BACKGROUND OF

THEM, BUT IT GIVES YOU ALL

OF THESE WONDERFUL MUSICAL

NOTATIONS, WHAT KINDS OF

INSTRUMENTS WERE

AVAILABLE, AND HOW IT

WOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF

THE SERVICE AT THE TEMPLE,

AND HOW IT IS PART OF THE

SEASON BECAUSE THE

ISRAELITES WOULD READ

THROUGH THE PSALMS EVERY

YEAR.

THAT WAS PART OF THE

WEEKLY TORAH PORTION, THE

WEEKLY READING, AND THEY

WOULD DO IT DAILY.

I ENCOURAGE YOU,

UNDERSTAND HOW THE PSALMS

CAN INFORM YOUR PRAYERS.

AND YOU CAN GET IT WITH

THIS BOOK, "FROM YOUR LIPS

TO GOD'S EARS," AND IT IS

AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US,

REUBEN, AND THANKS FOR

THIS WONDERFUL BOOK.

YOU'RE WELCOME, GORDON.

THANK YOU.

Gordon: STILL AHEAD,

WE'LL BE ANSWERING

QUESTIONS FROM YOU, OUR

VIEWERS, SO CIGARETTE.

DON'T GO AWAY.

Wendy: WELCOME BACK

Wendy: WELCOME BACK

TO "THE 700 CLUB."

IT IS TIME TO "BRING IT

ON" WITH YOUR E-MAIL

QUESTIONS.

JOHN WRITES IN, "WE OFTEN

HEAR THAT GOD WILL OPEN

DOORS NO MAN CAN SHUT.

BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THE

DOOR IS BEING OPENED OR

CLOSED BECAUSE OF GOD AND

NOT JUST YOUR OWN

PERSISTENCE OR FEAR?"

Gordon: DOORS

GENERALLY DON'T OPEN

BECAUSE OF FEAR.

WHEN YOU HAVE THAT

SUPERNATURAL EVIDENCE IT

IS NOT BASED ON YOUR

EFFORT, THAT IT IS BASED

SOLELY ON HIM, YAY.

LET ME ADD TO THAT, WHO

GAVE YOU THE INTELLIGENCE

OR THE ABILITY TO DO

ANYTHING?

REALIZE ALL OF THAT COMES

FROM GOD.

HERE ARE THE WORDS FROM

JOHN THE BAPTIST: "A MAN

CAN RECEIVE NOTHING UNLESS

GOD GIVES IT TO HIM FROM

HEAVEN."

AND WHEN YOU LIVE YOUR

LIFE UNDER THE RECOGNITION

THAT ALL OF WHAT YOU HAVE

COMES FROM HIM, HE IS THE

AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING,

YOU'LL LIVE A LIFE OF

GRATITUDE AND YOU'LL START

TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE

WONDERFUL THINGS THAT GOD

IS DOING FOR YOU.

Wendy: A GOOD

REMINDER THERE.

THIS VIEWER WRITES IN,

"WHY DO CATHOLICS CALL

MARY THE MOTHER OF GOD,

NOT THE MOTHER OF JESUS?"

Gordon: THERE IS A

LONG HISTORY ON THIS ONE.

THEOTOKU IS THE GREEK

WORD, AND SAYING BECAUSE

JESUS IS EQUAL WITH GOD,

PART OF THE TRINITY, AND

SHE IS THE MOTHER OF

JESUS, SHE IS THE MOTHER

OF GOD.

THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES

FROM.

THAT'S THE MEANING.

IT IS NOT SAYING THAT MARY

IS THE MOTHER OF GOD THE

FATHER.

HE HAD NO BEGINNING.

AND HE IS AN UNCREATED

BEING.

AND THAT'S THE HISTORY OF

THAT DOCTRINE.

Wendy: HERE IS

ANOTHER ONE.

JAN SAYS, "I HAVE PICTURES

OF CHRIST JESUS WITH HIS

SHINING HOLY SACRED HEART

AND HALO IN MY HOME.

ONE FRAMED ON THE WALL,

AND ONE ON A DESK.

ARE THESE CONSIDERED

IDOLATRY.

WHAT DO PEOPLE OF JEWISH

FAITH BELIEVE?"

Gordon: IF YOU'RE

JEWISH, YES, IT'S

IDOLATRY.

IT IS A SPECIFIC

COMMANDMENT TO HAVE NO IM

IMAGES OF GOD.

WHEN GOD APPEARED TO MOSES

IN A BURNING BUSH, THERE

WAS NO IMAGE.

AND GOD SPECIFICALLY

REMINDS MOSES OF THAT.

WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN

COURAGE, THE DEBATE OVER

ICONS HAS BEEN THERE FOR

CENTURIES.

AT VARIOUS POINTS IN TIME,

PEOPLE WHO WERE VIEWING

ICONS AND STATUES AND EVEN

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AS

IDOLI TROUS HAS RISEN UP.

BUT THE COUNTER HAS ALWAYS

BEEN, WELL, THESE THINGS

ARE TEACHING TOOLS.

PEOPLE AREN'T READING THE

BIBLE, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT

THESE IMAGES AND FIND THE

TRUTH OF THE STORY, IT

REMINDS US OF THE STORY.

THAT'S, AGAIN, THE HISTORY

OF IT.

LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE THE

GUIDE AS TO WHICH WAY YOU

WISH TO GO.

> WE LEAVE YOU WITH THIS

SCRIPTURE FROM JOHN: "THIS

IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE LOVE

GOD, BUT THAT HE LOVED US

AND SENT HIS SON AS AN

ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR

SIN."

FOR WENDY, FOR ME, FOR ALL

OF US HERE, GOD BLESS YOU.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.