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TODAY ON THE 700 CLUB I WAS
COMING.
WELCOME TO THE SEVEN HUNDRED
CLUB AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING WITH US.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW
DEFENDING SECURITY ADVISER AND
MIKE WALTZ IS TAKING
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MISTAKE
THAT CAUSED AN INTELLIGENCE
LEAK.
WELL, THE PRESIDENT A MEMBER
OF WALTZ'S TEAM ACCIDENTALLY
ADDED A REPORTER TO A SECURE
CHAT DISCUSSING MILITARY
STRIKES IN YEMEN.
THOMAS REPORTS PRESIDENT TRUMP
SAYS HE ACCEPTS HIS STAFF'S
EXPLANATION OF HOW JEFFREY
GOLDBERG, THE ATLANTIC'S EDITOR
IN CHIEF JOINED THE SIGNAL CHAT
GROUP PLANNING AIRSTRIKES
AGAINST IN YEMEN.
WHAT IT WAS WE BELIEVE IS
THAT WAS ON THE LINE WITH
PERMISSION OF SOMEBODY THAT WAS
WITH MIKE WALLACE WORKED FOR
MIKE WALLACE AT A LOWER LEVEL
THE I GUESS GOLDBERG'S NUMBER
WERE CALLED THROUGH THE APP AND
SOMEHOW GUY ENDED UP ON THE
CALL DURING A CABINET MEETING
EARLIER IN THE DAY.
THE PRESIDENT DEFENDED WALT,
HIS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
AND SAID HE DIDN'T NEED TO
APOLOGIZE FOR INADVERTENTLY
ADDING REPORTER TO THE
ENCRYPTED CHAT.
HE'S A VERY GOOD MAN AND HE
WILL CONTINUE TO DO A GOOD JOB
.
WALTZ TOOK RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE LEAK.
I BUILT THE I BUILT THE GROUP.
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF IT.
WE HAVE I TALKED TO ELON ON THE
WAY HERE.
WE'VE GOT THE BEST TECHNICAL
MINDS LOOKING AT HOW THIS
HAPPENED.
GOLDBERG REVEALED HE WAS
ADDED TO THE CHAT WHICH
INCLUDED VICE PRESIDENT J.D.
VANCE, DEFENSE SECRETARY
HEGSETH, SECRETARY OF STATE
MARCO RUBIO 15 OTHER SENIOR
OFFICIALS.
IT SEEMS COMPLETELY ABSURD
TO ME THAT THE SECURITY
LEADERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES
WOULD BE MEETING IN A MESSAGE
TO KING APP TO DISCUSS A
FORTHCOMING MILITARY ACTION.
TWO INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN
THAT CHAT CIA JOHN RATCLIFFE
AND DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD WERE
GRILLED TUESDAY AT A SENATE
INTELLIGENCE.
WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT I'M
OF THE VIEW THAT THERE OUGHT TO
BE RESIGNATIONS.
THIS DISRESPECT FOR OUR
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND THE
PERSONNEL WHO WORK FOR THEM IT
IS UNACCEPTABLE.
IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT.
THE CIA DIRECTOR PUSHED BACK
AGAINST THAT CRITICISM.
MY COMMUNICATIONS TO BE
CLEAR IN A SIGNAL MESSAGE GROUP
WERE ENTIRELY PERMISSIBLE AND
LAWFUL AND DID NOT INCLUDE
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
INADVERTENT RELEASE VERSUS
CARELESS AND SLOPPY MALICIOUS
LEAKS OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
,SAID.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION WAS SO
SENSITIVE THAT HIS OUTLET IT
SHOULD NOT BE PUBLISHED.
LET'S BE CLEAR THIS WAS
DISCUSSION ON A UNCLASSIFIED
MESSAGING APP ABOUT WEAPONS
TARGETS AND TIMING OF FUTURE
ATTACKS.
THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY
CLASSIFIED AND SHOULD HAVE
NEVER BEEN BEEN DISCUSSED ON AN
UNCLASSIFIED APP.
WHY?
BECAUSE INFORMATION CAN BE USED
BY OUR ADVERSARIES TO KILL US
MEMBERS OR MAKE THEIR MISSION
LESS EFFECTIVE.
FULL STOP BOTTOM.
THIS INCIDENT RAISES
CONCERNS AMONG NATIONAL
SECURITY EXPERTS ABOUT
PROTOCOLS AND THE PROPER
CHANNELS FOR DISCUSSING
SENSITIVE TOPICS ESPECIALLY THE
DIGITAL AGE.
GEORGE THOMAS CBN.
WELL THE REPORTER INVOLVED
JEFF GOLDBERG HAS NOW RELEASED
THE TEXT HE INITIALLY SAID WELL
I THINK THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL OR
THESE ARE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
I SHOULDN'T.
BUT AFTER THE TESTIMONY WHERE
THEY WERE SAYING WELL IT'S IT'S
NOT CLASSIFIED, HE SAYS IF
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I'LL
RELEASE THE TEXT AND IT'S TALKS
ABOUT WEAPON SYSTEMS.
IT TALKS ABOUT LAUNCH TIMES AND
SPECIFIC LAUNCH PLATFORMS AND
AND YES, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
THAT AND SAY THAT KIND OF
TACTICAL INFORMATION SHOULD BE
AND I DON'T I DON'T CARE WHAT
YOU IT IF SIGNAL HAS AN END
ENCRYPTION AND YOU WANT TO
DEFEND IT SAYING WELL IT'S GOT
THAT OR ANY OF THE ENDS COULD
BE HACKED AND IN HACK COULD
COULD THAT SENSITIVE
INFORMATION BE DISCLOSED TO
ONE OF OUR ENEMIES AND THE
ANSWER'S CLEAR YES IT CAN.
IT'S CURIOUS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PUT OUT A
WARNING ABOUT USING SIGNAL BUT
IN THAT WARNING IT DIDN'T GET
TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS
CHAT.
FROM MY VIEW THE FACT THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WITH
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT
THEIR DISPOSAL CAN'T MAKE THEIR
OWN CHAT SERVICE THAT WOULD BE
ABSOLUTELY SECURE.
THEY WOULD EVERYONE INVOLVED IN
IT VETTED.
IT JUST BOGGLES THE MIND THAT
THEY WOULD GO TO A PRIVATE
COMPANY ABOUT THIS KIND OF
CONVERSATION AND EVERYBODY
INVOLVED WOULD GO ALONG WITH IT
AND SAY OKAY, LOOK LET'S LET'S
USE SIGNAL FOR OUR SECURE
COMMUNICATION.
THIS JUST DOES NOT MAKE
SENSE TO ME.
I HOPE IT LEADS TO
FUNDAMENTAL IN HOW WE DEAL WITH
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
WELL, IN OTHER NEWS, RUSSIA
AND UKRAINE TAKE THE NEXT STEP
ON THE PATH TOWARDS PEACE.
JOHN JESSUP HAS MORE ON THAT
STORY FROM OUR CBN NEWS BUREAU
IN WASHINGTON.
JOHN, THANKS GORDON MOSCOW
KIEV HAVE AGREED TO A TRUCE IN
THE BLACK SEA ADDING TO A
PREVIOUS ON ATTACKS AGAINST
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE TWO SIDES ISSUING SEPARATE
STATEMENTS TO ENSURE QUOTE SAFE
NAVIGATION AND ELIMINATION
ELIMINATE RATHER THE USE OF
FORCE AND PREVENT THE USE
COMMERCIAL VESSELS FOR MILITARY
PURPOSES.
HOWEVER THEY, DID NOT SPECIFY
WHEN THE AGREEMENT TAKES
EFFECT.
THE DEAL WAS BROKERED THE
UNITED STATES DURING TALKS THIS
WEEK IN SAUDI ARABIA.
IF IMPLEMENTED WOULD BE THE
CLEAREST PROGRESS YET TOWARD A
WIDER CEASE FIRE AND EVENTUAL
END TO THE WAR.
WELL NOW TO THE MIDEAST WHERE
REMARKABLE HAVE BROKEN OUT IN
GAZA.
RESIDENTS OF THE TERRITORY ARE
DEMANDING HAMAS GET OUT.
ALSO TUESDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
NOMINEE FOR AMBASSADOR ISRAEL
BEGAN HIS SENATE CONFIRMATION
HEARING.
MIKE HUCKABEE FIELDED QUESTIONS
ON HAMAS, IRAN AND THE FUTURE
OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS.
JULIE STONE TELLS US MORE AS
ISRAEL CONTINUES EXPAND THE
BATTLE IN GAZA.
A RARE OCCURRENCE TOOK PLACE
WITH VIDEO SHOWING HUNDREDS OF
PALESTINIANS MARCHING AND
OPENLY REJECTING HAMAS RULE.
OUT, OUT, OUT HAMAS, A GROUP
OF YOUNG MEN CHANTED FLYING A
WHITE FLAG.
ALSO DEMANDED AN END TO THE
WAR.
ONE SPEAKER CLAIMED THERE OF
PEACE AND WANT TO LIVE IN
PEACE.
WHILE THE NUMBERS WERE SMALL
THE PROTESTS SPREAD TO
DIFFERENT AREAS OF GAZA
INCLUDING KHAN YOUNIS.
IN WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S PICK FOR AMBASSADOR
TESTIFIED THAT THE ATROCITIES
OCTOBER 7TH REQUIRE HAMAS'S
REMOVAL.
THIS WAS
BLOODED MURDER IN WHICH PEOPLE
CAME ACROSS THE BORDERS AND
SHOT INNOCENT PEOPLE.
THEY MASSACRED.
HAMAS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT.
IT'S NOT A STANDING ARMY.
IT IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
AND THEY ACTED LIKE IT.
AND THEY MUST BE TREATED AS
SUCH.
MIKE HUCKABEE, FORMER
GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS, SAYS
AMERICA ISRAEL SHARE A
SPIRITUAL LINK.
WE ULTIMATELY ARE PEOPLE OF
THE BOOK.
WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE AND
THEREFORE THAT CONNECTION IS
NOT GEOPOLITICAL.
IT IS ALSO SPIRITUAL.
HUCKABEE WHO IS ALSO A BAPTIST
MINISTER HAS VISITED ISRAEL
ABOUT 100 TIMES.
HE SUGGESTED IT'S NOT REALISTIC
IS THE ONLY PLACE THERE CAN BE
A PALESTINIAN STATE.
IS A TINY LITTLE STRIP OF
LAND YOU KNOW THAT WE ALL DO.
IT'S A SIZE OF NEW JERSEY.
BUT MUSLIM COUNTRIES CONTROL
644 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF LAND
THAT ISRAEL HAS.
THE PALESTINIANS WERE GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY IN THE YEAR 2000
WHEN EHUD BARAK FROM ISRAEL PUT
EVERYTHING TABLE VIRTUALLY SAID
100%.
HERE IT IS.
YOU GET IT ALL AND THE
PALESTINIAN LIBERATION
ORGANIZATION WALKED AWAY FROM
IT.
ON OF IRAN HUCKABEE INSISTS
AMERICA MUST FACE THE FACT THAT
THE REGIME IN TEHRAN IS AS MUCH
A DANGER TO THE U.S. IT IS TO
ISRAEL.
ISRAEL IS THE APPETIZER AND
WE'RE THE ENTREE.
THEY'VE SAID THAT THEIR
ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO FIRST TAKE
CARE OF THE LITTLE SATAN THEY
IDENTIFY AS ISRAEL AND THEN
COME AFTER THE GREAT SATAN.
SENATOR, THAT'S.
AND WHATEVER IS HAPPENING TO
ISRAEL IT IS THE CANARY IN THE
COAL MINE.
IF CONFIRMED HE VOWS TO TO
WORK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
CARRYING OUT HIS POLICIES TO
SECURE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
AND EXPAND THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS
.
JULIE STALL CBN NEWS,
JERUSALEM.
HUCKABEE SHOWING HIS KNOWLEDGE
OF THE REGION.
GORDAN BACK TO YOU AND HIS
DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY
OF THE CONFLICT AND THAT THE
PLO WALKED AWAY FROM A TWO
STATE SOLUTION AND EVERYTHING
THAT THEY SUPPOSEDLY WAS BEING
GRANTED.
BUT YASSER ARAFAT KNEW AND HE
AND HE KNEW BECAUSE HE WAS HE
WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT
CREATED THE WHOLE AGAINST
ISRAEL.
HE KNEW THAT IF HE EVER CAME
TO PEACE WITH ISRAEL HE WOULD
BE ASSASSINATED.
ANWAR SADAT CAME TO PEACE AS
PRESIDENT OF EGYPT.
HE CAME TO PEACE WITH ISRAEL.
HE SPOKE IN THE KNESSET.
HE SIGNED THE CAMP DAVID
ACCORDS.
THAT ISRAEL GAVE UP A HUGE
AMOUNT OF LAND IN ORDER TO TO
ACHIEVE THAT PEACE AND THEN THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ASSASSINATED
HIM THE KING OF JORDAN BACK IN
1948.
HE CAME TO PEACE WITH THE
MODERN STATE OF HE RECOGNIZED
ISRAEL.
HE WAS ASSASSINATED PUBLICLY ON
THE TEMPLE MOUNT BY THESE
RADICALS WHO CAN NEVER COME TO
PEACE WITH ISRAEL, NEVER ACCEPT
ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST.
THIS IS THE IDEOLOGY WE TO
STAND FOR.
I'M HEARING FROM SOURCES
HUCKABEE'S NOMINATION MIGHT BE
IN DANGER AND MIGHT GO THROUGH
WITH ALL OF THE VOTES PEOPLE
ARE TRYING TO CLAIM HE'S SOME
KIND OF AN EXTREMIST.
HE'S NOT AN EXTREMIST AT ALL.
IT'S BEEN LONGSTANDING U.S.
POLICY TO SUPPORT THE NATION OF
ISRAEL AND AGAINST THESE
ENEMIES THAT WANT TO WIPE OFF
THE MAP.
SO IF YOU LIKE ME WANT HUCKABEE
GOVERNOR HUCKABEE TO BE THE
NEXT AMBASSADOR, U.S.
AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL, PLEASE
YOUR SENATORS KNOW THE
CONFIRMATION VOTE IS TO BE
UPCOMING AND THERE'S A NUMBER
ON THE SCREEN WHERE YOU CAN
CALL THE THE CAPITOL
SWITCHBOARD.
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.
WE HAVE THIS KIND OF BIAS IN MY
VIEW.
IT'S ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS WHEN
AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN IS
ALSO OF ISRAEL BECOMES THE
AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL A
WONDERFUL THING THAT WE SHOULD
ALL CELEBRATE.
BUT THERE ARE FORCES HILL THAT
DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT.
SO LET YOUR VOICE BE.
IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE LIVE IN
THIS CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC
WHERE WE GET TO HAVE A VOTE AND
WE GET TO HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD
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SEASON FIVE OF THE BLOCKBUSTER
SERIES THE CHOSEN HITS THEATERS
FRIDAY.
THIS SEASON FOCUSES ON THE
FINAL WEEK OF JESUS'S ON EARTH.
SIMEON'S EPHREM GRAND TRAVELED
TO TEXAS, BRING US BEHIND THE
SCENES LOOK AT THE PRODUCTION
AND ITS PERSONAL IMPACT ON THE
CAST.
LISTEN CAREFULLY BECAUSE I'M
GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT IS ABOUT
TO HAPPEN.
AND WITH THAT THE TABLE SET FOR
THE CHOSEN LAST SUPPER.
SO I KNOW THAT WHEN WE'RE
LOOKING AT SEASON FIVE WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT HOLY WEEK.
YEAH.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE BY THE
HOUR.
WHAT PLAYS OUT IN THIS SEASON
FOR JESUS?
A STEAMROLLER BULLDOZER, YOU
KNOW INTENSITY.
JUST A MELEE EMOTIONS AND
CONFLICTS.
THE CLIMAX OF CONFLICTS
BETWEEN JESUS AND THE
AUTHORITIES.
CLIMACTIC FRUSTRATIONS BETWEEN
JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES YOU
KNOW THEIR INABILITY TO GET
WHAT HE'S TELLING WITHIN DAYS
OF IT HAPPENING IN JERUSALEM.
YOU CAN RUN FOR A LONG TIME.
MY HOUSE SHOULD BE CALLED
THE HOUSE OF PRAYER BUT YOU
MAKE IT THE DEN OF THIEVES.
BY WHAT AUTHORITY ARE YOU
DOING THESE THINGS?
MY WALL TO YOU SCRIBES AND
PHARISEES.
BUT THIS IS THE ONE IT'LL BE
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, MOST
COMPLEX, MOST INTENSE SEASON
WE'VE WE'VE EVER DONE THAT
BEAUTY, COMPLEXITY AND
INTENSITY.
JESUS'S BETRAYAL.
LUKE JOHN PLAYS JUDAS YOU HAVE
A CHOICE TO MAKE.
JUDAS AND I MUST.
WHO YOU BELONG TO?
LUKE HOW FAMILIAR WERE YOU WITH
JUDAS ROLE IN THE STORY COMING
TO THE CHURCH?
SO I WAS VERY FAMILIAR.
I GREW UP VERY FAMILIAR AND
HAVING READ THE BIBLE AND EVEN
AT A VERY YOUNG AGE I WAS
CURIOUS AND ALWAYS QUESTIONING
WHY THE HATE ON THIS GUY WHO
OBVIOUSLY FELT SO BAD FOR WHAT
HE DID.
THE THING THAT WE HIM FOR THAT
HE SADLY COMMITTED SUICIDE AND
THAT I NEVER JUST SAT RIGHT
WITH ME THE KIND OF BLIND
DISTASTE HAD FOR HIM BECAUSE
WHENEVER I READ THAT STORY I
JUST SAW MISSED
I HAD AN ENTIRE DOGMA THAT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT
FORGIVENESS AND REBIRTH THE
MISDEEDS THAT YOU'VE DONE TO
LOOK AT SOMEONE WHO HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE BIGGEST
REDEMPTION ARC AND TO LOSE THAT
THAT THAT'S A TRAGEDY TO ME
THAT'S NOT SOMEONE TO HATE THAT
SOMEONE TO MOURN.
I DO BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS
MOST LIKELY THE MESSIAH.
WHAT?
WHY?
WHAT?
WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
I'VE SEEN TOO MUCH.
WHY ARE ARE YOU DOING THIS?
I SUPPOSE I HAVE NOT SEEN
ENOUGH.
WE TRAVELED TO DALLAS TO SEE
CAST HARD AT WORK ON THE
PRODUCTION'S MASSIVE
SOUNDSTAGES INTRICATE SETS.
I FEEL LIKE EVERY SEASON
THIS PRODUCTION GROWS.
YEAH.
HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE WHAT'S
STRIKINGLY DIFFERENT ABOUT THE
WORK THIS SEASON AND GETTING
CLOSE TO THE END OF PRODUCTION?
WHAT'S STRIKINGLY DIFFERENT
THIS TIME AROUND?
I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT'S
FUNNY ABOUT IT THAT EVERYTHING
ON THE SURFACE IS GIGANTIC AND
BIGGER AND MORE YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING ON THE SURFACE THE
SETS ARE BIGGER.
THERE'S MORE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE IN UTAH THREE
WEEKS WITH 600 PEOPLE EVERY DAY
EVERYTHING.
GROSS YEAH.
HOWEVER I THINK THE BEAUTY IS
THAT THE ACTUAL WORK HAS NOT
CHANGED AT ALL.
IT'S STILL A MOM AND PAPA SHOP
DOING ITS OWN THING.
YOU KNOW, THREE WRITERS YOU
KNOW, THREE WRITERS A VERY
CLOSE KNIT GROUP OF OF
PERFORMERS AND CREW.
SO THAT'S THE BEAUTY.
IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING AROUND IT
GREW.
IT'S STILL THE SAME VERY FAMILY
FEEL.
EVERYBODY'S STILL FRIENDS.
WE DIDN'T LET IT GO TO OUR
HEADS.
THE FACT THAT THE SHOW IS GOING
PLACES YOU KNOW AND THAT'S THE
BEAUTY THAT IT'S THE SAME IT'S
THE SAME KIND OF THE SPIRIT AND
THE HEART IS THE SAME.
BUT YES, OF COURSE THOSE SETS
ARE HUGE AND THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE AND AND YOU KNOW, THE
SHOW HAS GROWN BUT I DON'T
KNOW.
I LOVE WE ARE STILL WHERE WE
STARTED YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT
OF THE STUDIO FUN SOMETHING
FROM THE TOP AND THEN HOPEFULLY
YOU GET LIKE A TOP DOWN AND
WE'VE JUST BEEN THE OPPOSITE.
WE'VE BEEN BOTTOM UP.
WE GREW FROM THE GRASS THAT
COULDN'T GROW TO WHERE WE ARE
NOW AND IT'S IT'S THAT'S HE
SAYS THAT THAT GRASSROOTS MOM
AND POP FEEL WHAT BEGAN SMALL
CROWDFUNDED SERIES IS NOW A
WORLDWIDE HIT WATCHED ON BIG
SCREENS STREAMED ON SMALL
SCREENS WITH TWO SEASONS YET TO
PRODUCE.
WE ARE IN SEASON FIVE YOU NOW
HAVE LESS ROAD AHEAD YOU AND
MORE BEHIND YOU.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
I I MEAN I'VE TO BE HONEST
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE JUST SO
CLOSE AND CONNECTED AND YOU
KNOW WE'RE A BIG FAMILY HERE SO
I'M NOT GONNA LIE IT'S BEEN A
BIT EMOTIONAL THIS SEASON.
IT'S REALLY MIXED FEELINGS.
I, I DON'T I REALLY EXPECTED IT
TO HAPPEN SO QUICKLY.
I THOUGHT MAYBE OVER THE COURSE
OF MANY YEARS WE'LL GET GET TO
SEASON SEVEN BUT I'VE BEEN SO
SURPRISED BY HOW IT'S GROWN AND
THAT'S THAT'S ALLOWED US TO
MAKE THE SEASONS FASTER SO IT'S
JUST AT FIRST IT WAS THIS SORT
OF SLOW GRADUAL GROWTH AND NOW
IT FEELS LIKE IT'S SPED UP AND
IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING AWAY.
IT'S SO WE'RE LIKE CHASING
IT.
YEAH WE KNOW WHAT YOU YOU
GUYS ARE BOTH NATURALLY SO
INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THIS
STORY.
HOW HAS IT CHANGED YOU
PERSONALLY OVER THE COURSE LAST
FEW YEARS?
YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE LEARNED IT'S
ACTUALLY MADE ME MORE
CONFIDENT.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF
AND I GIVE THAT FULL CREDIT TO
THE WRITERS THE SHOWRUNNER JUST
GIVING MATTHEW THIS KIND OF
PERSONALITY AND BODY AND DEPTH.
I MEAN WHEN I FIRST BOOKED
THE ROLE I WAS VERY SIMILAR TO
VERSION OF MARY.
I REALLY CONNECTED TO THAT.
I WAS GOING THROUGH A
DEPRESSION.
I WAS STRUGGLING LOT OF PAIN
AND ANXIETIES AND SO OVER THE
COURSE YEARS I FEEL LIKE I'VE
BEEN ALLOWED TO CHANGE
ALONGSIDE MARY.
SHE'S SORT OF BEEN LIKE THIS
GUIDE OF OF SHOWING ME THE PATH
TO A REALLY FULFILLING AND
JOYFUL LIFE FINDING PERSONAL
JOY IN JESUS THIS STORY IS A
RUNNING THEME ON AND OFF SCREEN
.
I ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR
DISTANCE FROM ME IN JERUSALEM
THESE NEXT FEW DAYS DAYS.
WHY?
FOR THOSE OF US WHO WATCH
INTIMATELY, WE ALL DESCRIBE
THIS PROJECT AS LIFE CHANGING
FOR US YOU BEING SO HEAVILY IN
LEADING IT.
HAS THIS CHANGED YOUR LIFE?
I HUNDRED PERCENT MEAN IT'S
IT'S CHANGED MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD IN THAT IT HAS
DEEPENED IT AND PROFOUNDLY AND
MADE ME WANT TO BE MORE LIKE
JESUS IN MY DAY TO DAY LIFE NOT
JUST TO PLAY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEEP
HITTING ME IS LIKE YOU DON'T
HAVE TO PLAY ON TV TO BE JESUS
TO THE WORLD.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
ALL CALLED TO DO AS BELIEVERS.
IT WAS COMING FROM GRAHAM'S
CBN NEWS, DALLAS, TEXAS WELL,
I'M HERE WITH THE CHOSEN NUMBER
ONE FAN ASHLEY KIDD.
SO ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD
TO THIS OR ARE YOU GOING TO GO
TO THE OPENING?
YES, I'M SO EXCITED AND I'M
TRULY BLESSED TO TO HAVE BEEN
ON SET A COUPLE OF SEASONS AGO.
I'VE SEEN THOSE AMAZING AND I
THINK THERE'S BEEN MORE THAT'S
BEEN CREATED SINCE I'VE BEEN
THERE AND I JUST AM ALWAYS IN
AWE OF JUST HOW THEY KEEP
RAISING THE BAR JUST IN
PRODUCTION BUT JUST
STORYTELLING AND ALL THE THINGS
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
CERTAIN SCENES AND STORIES THAT
WE'VE READ SO MANY TIMES IN THE
BIBLE AND SEEING THAT DEPICTED
IN AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO
WATCH.
WHAT ABOUT THE CONTROVERSIES
THAT SOMETIMES EXTRA BIBLICAL
BUT IT'S NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT
YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S SORT OF
ADDED TO THE BIBLE.
WHAT DO YOU YOU THINK?
WELL, I MEAN LISTEN, THEY'RE
VERY OPEN AND THEY'VE SAID FROM
THE BEGINNING DALLAS JENKINS
AND THE WRITERS HAVE SAID FROM
THE BEGINNING LISTEN WE WE TRY
BE BIBLICALLY ACCURATE AND WE
ARE IN CERTAIN WAYS BUT THEN WE
TAKE CREATIVE LIBERTY TO EXPAND
ON DIFFERENT THINGS AND I MEAN
THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE
SPEAKING IS NOT THE ACCURATE
LANGUAGE THAT THE DISCIPLES IN
JESUS SO OBVIOUSLY OTHER
CHRISTIAN BASED ARAMAIC IS IT.
WELL I MEAN A LOT OF CRITICS
SAY THAT BUT I THINK THE CHOSEN
KNOWS AND I'VE SPOKEN TO
DIFFERENT PRODUCERS OVER THE
YEARS AS WELL THEY ARE NOT
TRYING TO TAKE THE ROLE FROM
THE CHURCH.
THEY UNDERSTAND THEY ARE NOT
THE CHURCH THEY HOPING AND
PRAYING THAT THIS IS A TOOL AND
I BELIEVE IT IS BEING USED AS A
A TOOL TO HELP PREACH THE
GOSPEL AND ULTIMATELY JUST
BRING CLOSER PEOPLE CLOSER TO
JESUS.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S
HAPPENING.
THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT
IT'S INTRODUCING THE STORIES OF
THE BIBLE TO A WHOLE NEW
AUDIENCE IN WAYS THAT THEY FIND
VERY ACCEPTABLE AND SAYING OKAY
AND NOW HOPEFULLY THAT CREATES
A HUNGER THAT EXACTLY LET'S GO
RIGHT WELL LET'S GO TO THE
SOURCE.
LET'S READ THE BIBLE.
YES THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
SO YEAH, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE
THE CHOSEN ROLL OUT IN THREE OF
THREE THEATRICAL RELEASES IS
BEGINNING FRIDAY.
PART TWO WILL BE IN THEATERS
APRIL 4TH AND THEN PART THREE
WILL BE IN THEATERS ON APRIL
11TH ALL IN TIME FOR EASTER.
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR
STREAMING ON PRIME VIDEO IN
JUNE.
AND SO FOR MORE INFORMATION
CALL TODAY OR VISIT IDEAL
AGENT DOT COM WELL YEARS AGO
PATRICIA BOOTS AND I WAS
SUDDENLY AWAKENED BY A SEVERE
SHAKING.
A FEW MINUTES LATER IT HAPPENED
AGAIN.
EACH TIME HEARD SEPARATE
SCRIPTURES WHISPERED IN HER
HEART AND THEY BOTH TO THE
MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB.
PATRICIA BOOTS MEYER AND HER
HUSBAND JOHN PASTOR CATCH THE
FIRE KANSAS CITY AND SERVE AS
AS THE CTF USA NATIONAL
OUTREACH DIRECTORS.
LIVING IN THIS BUSY WORLD.
IT'S EASY TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S
HAPPENING AND LOSE SIGHT OF
WHAT LIES AHEAD.
IN HER LATEST BOOK WHEN
JESUS SPLITS THE SKY BOOST MY
CHALLENGES US TO PREPARE OUR
HEARTS AND FOR THE RETURN OF
CHRIST.
ALL RIGHT, WELL PLEASE
WELCOME BACK TO THE HUNDRED
CLUB PATRICIA BOOTH.
PATRICIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY.
GLAD TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
OF COURSE.
WELL, I AM SO EXCITED TO TALK
ABOUT YOUR BOOK.
IT'S CALLED WHEN JESUS SPLITS
THE SKY PREPARATION FOR HIS AND
OUR ETERNITY.
FIRST THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THOUGH IS THE NIGHT WHERE
YOU WERE AWOKEN SEVERAL TIMES
BY A SHAKING.
I MEAN DID YOU THINK IT WAS
LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE LIKE WHAT
WAS HAPPENING WHAT HAPPENED
THAT NIGHT?
WELL, WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE
EARTHQUAKES IN CANADA SO IT WAS
SURPRISING BUT IT WAS LITERALLY
YOU KNOW, IT WOKE ME OUT A
SLEEP AND I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK
THE FIRST TIME WAS TWO 222 AND
I FELT I HEARD THE WORDS
MATTHEW TWO YOU KNOW, 2242 AND
THEN WHEN I LAY DOWN AND
WONDERING WHAT WAS IN THAT
VERSE IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND
LOOKED AT THE CLOCK CLOSE TO 25
AND I HEARD MATTHEW 22 VERSE
FIVE BUT IF YOU LOOK IT UP
THOSE VERSUS OF YOU KNOW, THE
FATHER WAS PREPARING A WEDDING
FOR FOR HIS SON BUT IN VERSE
FIVE IT SAYS BUT THEY MADE
LIGHT OF IT AND THEY JUST WENT
ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND IT WAS
THIS INCREDIBLE DOWNLOAD FROM
HEAVEN GET READY FOR THE
WEDDING TO COME.
IT WAS IT WAS LIKE A WARNING.
YEAH.
IS THAT WHAT LED YOU TO REALLY
JUST JUST GO DEEPER INTO
STUDYING THE SECOND COMING OF
CHRIST?
YEAH, PART OF IT AND ALSO I
USED TO BE A NURSE AN EMERGENCY
ROOM.
I'VE BEEN AROUND A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT WERE DYING OR, YOU
KNOW, JUST IN AND WHAT I
NOTICED IS THAT NO ONE EVER WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR MONEY OR
THEIR BANK ACCOUNT OR HOW BIG
THEIR CAR WAS BUT THEY WERE YOU
KNOW, REGRETS IN TERMS OF YOU
KNOW, STRAINS RELATIONS OR NOT
KNOWING LOVE OR NOT REALLY
KNOWING GOD.
AND SO REALLY ALL OF THAT
LED TO THIS IN OTHER PROPHETIC
ENCOUNTERS LED TO THIS WHOLE
STUDY OF GOD.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO BE READY
AND I WANT TO HELP EVERYBODY
ELSE BE READY FOR WHEN HE COMES
AND LIVING OUR LIFE WITH FULL
US HERE.
YEAH, I FEEL LIKE AS CHRISTIANS
OFTENTIMES AND EVEN I MEAN I'LL
ADMIT EVEN AS A YOUNG
INDIVIDUAL I FEEL LIKE THAT
SEEMS SO FAR OFF AND I DO FEEL
THE OLDER YOU GET THE MORE YOU
UNDERSTAND OH MY LIFE IS COMING
TO AN END AS MORBID AS THAT
SOUNDS.
BUT IT'S ALL TRUE, RIGHT?
WHY DO YOU THINK SO MANY
CHRISTIANS JUST FORGET ABOUT
THE SECOND COMING OR DON'T
REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE
SECOND COMING OF CHRIST?
YOU IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
YOU WOULD PREPARE FOR A TRIP,
LET'S SAY YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO
ON A VACATION.
YOU DO A LOT OF PREPARATION OR
YOUR RETIREMENT BUT HOW MUCH
MORE SO FOR ETERNITY FOR
FOREVER, RIGHT?
YEAH.
DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE HAVE
HERE, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST FEEL
LIKE THERE IS IT'S NOT EVEN
JUST ABOUT WHEN HE SPLITS THIS
GUY.
IT IS ABOUT LIVING OUR LIVES
READY LIVING OUR LIVES TO THE
FULLEST LIKE WHAT HE DIED TO
GIVE US IS WHAT WE WANT TO
LIVE.
AND THIS IS THIS BOOK IS NOT SO
MUCH ABOUT ESCHATOLOGY.
I LOVE ESCHATOLOGY BUT YES IT
IS ABOUT THE HEART PREPARATION
LIKE HOW CAN OUR HEARTS BE
RIGHT IN LIVING AND BURNING FOR
HIM?
YEAH THAT'S POWERFUL.
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS SO THAT YOU
TALKED ABOUT IN THE BOOK WHERE
ANCIENT JEWISH WEDDING
TRADITIONS AS WE KNOW JESUS HAS
SO MANY DIFFERENT PARABLES AND
PARALLELS TO HIS SECOND COMING
TO THAT OF AN ANCIENT JEWISH
WEDDING TRADITION.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT THAT THAT HELPS US BETTER
PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE
SECOND COMING AS THE BRIDE OF
CHRIST THAT HE'S COMING BACK
FOR.
THERE'S MANY DETAILS BUT
ONE OF THEM WHEN JOHN 14 WHEN
HE SAYS YOU KNOW I'VE GO I'M
GOING TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR
YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN FOR YOU.
BUT IN ANCIENT JEWISH WEDDINGS
THE BRIDEGROOM WOULD COME WITH
HIS FATHER TO A PROSPECTIVE
BRIDE AND THEY WOULD COME NOT
EMPTY HANDED BUT WITH YOU KNOW,
THERE'S DIFFERENT TO THE
WEDDING.
SO THE PROPOSAL AS WE KNOW MARY
AND JOSEPH BETROTHED SO THAT'S
THE BETROTHAL AND IF SHE WAS
WILLING THEN THEN THEY'RE
BETROTHED AND THEN WHAT HE DOES
IS HE GOES BACK FATHER'S HOME
OR AREA AND PREPARES A PLACE A
LITERAL HOME FOR HE AND THAT
BRIDE AND SO THEN IN THE
ANCIENT JEWISH CULTURE THEN
WHEN HE WAS READY THE FATHER
WOULD INSPECT THE BRIDE GROOM
HAD MADE AND SAID OKAY, YOU'RE
READY.
YOU CAN GO AND GET YOUR BRIDE
NOW.
SO HE WOULD GO WITH HIS FRIENDS
TO GO AND GO FOR BRIDE.
SHE DIDN'T ACTUALLY EVEN KNOW
NECESSARILY THE EXACT AND HENCE
THEY WOULD SAY THE BRIDE GROOM
HERE AND SHE HAD TO BE READY
LIKE SHE WOULD BE VEILED IN
PUBLIC IN IN THAT TIME IN
BETWEEN.
BUT SHE HAD TO BE READY AT ANY
MOMENT FOR HE CAME.
AND SO THERE'S A A SIMILARITY
YOU KNOW EVEN IN MATTHEW 25 TO
HAVE OUR LAMPS BURNING HAVE
ENOUGH OIL TO BE READY FOR WHEN
THE SHOUT GOES OUT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO
INTERESTING AND SO HELPFUL TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS
TALKS IN THOSE SCRIPTURES.
YOU OBVIOUSLY THE BOOK IS ALL
ABOUT PREPARING OF CHRIST AND
YOU TALK THERE'S DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT THINGS YOU TALK ABOUT
YOU MENTIONED HUMILITY.
HOW DOES HUMILITY PLAY A PART
IN PREPARING OUR HEARTS?
WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD
RESISTS THE PROUD SO THAT'S NOT
NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
AND IN ALL OF THESE AREAS WHERE
WE'RE MAKING OUR HEARTS AND
READY FOR HIS RETURN BUT ALSO
FOR LIVING FOR HIM FULL ON IT'S
TO GET RID OF ANYTHING THAT
HOLDS US FROM THE FULLNESS OF
HIS DESTINY.
HE WANTS TO KNOW GET WHAT HE
PAID FOR ON THAT CROSS.
AND SO SOME OF IT IS WHERE WE
CAN BE INDEPENDENT AND ALSO
WENT INTO THE ORPHAN SPIRIT.
THERE'S PRIDE IN THE SENSE OF
LIKE AN ORPHAN SPIRIT HEART
WHICH SAYS I CAN DO IT, I'LL DO
IT.
YOU KNOW I DON'T GOD OR AND I
WAS LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE.
YOU KNOW I HAD LIKE AN ORPHAN
HARD I REALLY HAD A DIFFICULT
RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FATHER
GROWING UP AND I REALLY NEEDED
TO WORK THROUGH.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN BE A
DAUGHTER?
YEAH.
HAVE A SPIRIT OF SONSHIP AS THE
BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT TO A FATHER
IN HEAVEN WHO IS BECKONING ME
INTO RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND
THEN IT'S THE FATHER WHO
REVEALS SON IN THE FIRST FIVE
WORDS OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION
OR THE REVELATION OF JESUS
CHRIST.
YEAH.
SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE
UNVEILING OF HIM, YOU KNOW, TO
US INTO OUR HEARTS.
SO IT IS WHEN HE COMES BUT IT'S
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT CHANGES
OUR LIVES OF HOW WE DAILY LIFE
IF WE ARE LIVING FOR HIS
RETURN.
YEAH AND YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF FORGIVENESS
AND YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD TO
RECONCILE AND WAS IT WAS YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR FATHER?
CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT HOW
THAT IMPACTED?
YEAH, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
IT'S EASIER MAYBE FOR SOME TO
RELATE TO GOD AS FATHER IF YOU
HAVEN'T HAD A DIFFICULT
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR NATURAL
FATHER BECAUSE THERE IS MANY
TIMES PARALLELS OR WE LOOK AT
FATHER THROUGH THE OF WHEN WE
WERE RAISED.
SO MY DAD WAS ACTUALLY QUITE
ABUSIVE.
I KNOW I WANT TO SAY HE WENT
THROUGH THE WAR IN THE
NETHERLANDS HE WAS VERY ABUSED
BY HIS DAD.
SO I WANT TO SAY THAT THE THE
STORY ENDED WELL OKAY YEAH HE
DID COME TO JESUS.
HE DID YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T LIVE
A GOOD LIFE IN THE END BUT IN
MY HEART THIS WOUNDING AND THIS
UNFORGIVENESS AND THIS
BITTERNESS TOWARDS MY DAD WAS
WAS QUITE CONSUMING IN MY EARLY
YEARS SUCH THAT I COULDN'T
RELATE TO GOD AS A FATHER AND
ALSO WE LOVE BECAUSE HE FIRST
LOVED US AND SO IT'S HARD TO
RECEIVE LOVE FROM GOD A FATHER
IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT VIEW THAT
LENS THROUGH WHICH WE SEE HIM.
SO ANYWAY SO IT'S BEEN A
JOURNEY BUT I THINK IT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT JOURNEY THAT WE TAKE
TO TO DRINK OF THE FATHER'S
LOVE TO KNOW GOD AS OUR ABBA,
AS OUR FATHER IT CHANGES
EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT IT'S
ALL ABOUT LOVE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY
LOVE.
IN FACT LIFE IS ABOUT LOVE.
YOU KNOW THE JEWS BY THE WAY
THEY SAY THERE'S 613 LAWS
RIGHTLY SO.
BUT THEN JESUS REFERS TO TWO TO
LOVE HIM ALL OUR HEART, SOUL,
MIND STRENGTH AND TO LOVE AS WE
LOVE OURSELVES.
SO IT'S REALLY BOILS DOWN TO
IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE.
AMEN.
AMEN TO THAT LAST QUESTION.
THERE'S SO MUCH GOODNESS IN
THIS BUT WHAT WANT READERS TO
REALLY TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR
BOOK?
A NUMBER OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE HOPE THAT THERE'S
HOPE FOR CHANGE LIKE I DON'T
KNOW WHERE WE ALL ARE IN THIS
JOURNEY BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO
STAY THE WAY WE ARE.
I LOVE THIS PROGRAM BY THE WAY
THERE'S SO MANY STORIES OF
TRANSFORMATION GOD WANTS TO
TRANSFORM US ETERNITY REAL LIVE
FOR ETERNITY NOW THAT IT'S NOT
JUST IN THE SWEET BY AND BY BUT
WE WILL NOT REGRET THE FACT
THAT WE LIVE READY WELL AS THE
FACT THAT HE WANTS TO BRING US
INTO SUCH INCREDIBLE PEACE.
AND AGAIN IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE.
THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEYOND AND
COME BACK THE NEAR-DEATH
EXPERIENCE OR AS THEY ALWAYS
SAY DID YOU LEARN TO LOVE?
THAT'S QUESTION DID YOU
LEARN TO LOVE?
SO CAN WE WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING, GO TO BED AT NIGHT AND
SAY WANT TO LOVE MORE WANT TO
MAKE THAT MY GOAL IN LIFE
BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE.
GOD IS LOVE.
WELL, PATRICIA THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE HAVING
YOU.
I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE
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WHEN JESUS SPLITS PREPARATION
FOR HIS RETURN AND OUR ETERNITY
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WELL IF YOU CAN IMAGINE
SOMEONE STANDING SIX FEET 11
INCHES TALL THAT'S PRETTY TALL
.
HE LEADS THE NATION'S NUMBER
ONE COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM.
DYLAN CARDWELL HAS THE AUBURN
TIGERS IN THE SWEET 16 WITH A
CHANCE AT THE FINAL FOUR.
IT JUST A YEARS AGO DYLAN
WAS CRYING HIMSELF TO SLEEP AND
ASKING GOD WHY AM I GOING
THROUGH THIS?
WELL, SPORTS WILL DAWSON HAS
HIS STORY FOR 119 YEARS THE
AUBURN BASKETBALL PROGRAM HAS
PRODUCED SOME PLAYERS.
NONE HAVE MORE WINS WITH THE
TIGERS THAN CENTER CARDWELL.
HE'S KNOWN FOR HIS SMILE AND
JUBILANT PERSONALITY.
BUT FOR DYLAN, LIFE WASN'T
ALWAYS SO JOYFUL IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
HAPPINESS WAS DEPENDENT ON
BASKETBALL.
MY IDENTITY WAS IN
BASKETBALL AND MY DAYS WOULD GO
AS GOOD AS BASKETBALL WENT.
AND SO SO IF I HAD A GOOD GAME,
I HAD A GOOD PRACTICE IN MY
LIFE.
IF I HAD A BAD DAY BECAUSE I
HAD A REALLY, REALLY BAD DAY.
AFTER HIS JUNIOR SEASON,
DYLAN TRANSFERRED BACK TO HIS
HOME STATE OF GEORGIA.
HOWEVER, DUE TO A TRANSFER RULE
HE WAS AN ELIGIBLE TO PLAY AND
SPENT HIS ENTIRE SENIOR SEASON
ON THE BENCH.
HOW LOW DID YOU GET?
HOW BAD IT AT CERTAIN TIMES?
BECAUSE YOU KNOW AT THE TIME IT
PROBABLY FELT LIKE YOUR WORLD
WAS BEING RIPPED APART.
THERE'D BE DAYS WHERE I'D GO TO
SCHOOL AND AND I'D BE HAVING A
GREAT TIME AND THEN I'D GET MY
CARD AT HOME LIKE I JUST FELT
EMPTY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I WAS
STILL PRACTICING AT THE TEAM
BUS SO WASN'T ABLE TO PLAY
BASKETBALL.
YOU, YOU KNOW, ON THE COURT.
AND SO IT REALLY JUST REALLY
IT REALLY FRUSTRATED ME EVERY
DAY I JUST SLEEP EVERY DAY
OUTSIDE AND JUST TRY TO GUY
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY AM I GOING
THROUGH THIS?
AND SO THE LORD REALLY
CHALLENGED ME THROUGH TEACHER
OF MINE.
SHE SAID MAYBE THE LORD'S
TRYING TO TEACH YOU LIKE WHO
YOU ARE WHO IS DOING CARLO WITH
THAT BASKETBALL.
AND SO SHE MAY SHE MAY WRITE A
PAPER ABOUT WHO I AM WITHOUT
BASKETBALL.
IT WAS A VERY YOU KNOW, HARD TO
GO THROUGH A FEARFUL TRIAL FOR
ME.
BUT IT REALLY MADE ME DEPEND ON
GOD AND THE LORD KIND OF
ALLOWED ME TO BUILD A STRENGTH
IN THIS ROUTINE OF CONTINUING
TO GO TO PRAYER AND DEVELOP
RELATIONSHIP AND HAVE MORE
FAITH IN HIM FOR MY
DELIVERANCE.
WITH OFFERS FROM TENNESSEE AND
GEORGIA DILLON ULTIMATELY
DECIDED TO ATTEND AUBURN WHERE
HE HE COULD GROW IN HIS FAITH.
DURING HIS FRESHMAN YEAR HE
BEGAN ATTENDING A CHURCH BIBLE
STUDY CALLED THE FREEDOM GROUP
WHICH HELPED TO CHANGE HIS
PERSPECTIVE.
AND I FIRST GOT INTO THE
FREEDOM GROUP.
I WAS LIKE, MAN, I DON'T WANT
TO BE HERE LIKE JUST A BUNCH OF
YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE ME TO BE
FRANK.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT IN THERE JUST
THE VULNERABILITY OF EVERYBODY
THAT GROUP AT THE LOWEST
TOMORROW I NEED THIS.
AND SO I STARTED GOING EVERY
SINGLE WEEK AND ASKING THE
RIGHT QUESTIONS AND THIS BEING
A SPONGE AND REALLY BEING OPEN
THAT'S THE THING THAT THEY
ENCOURAGED WAS LIKE YOU KNOW
YOUR SIN GROWS IN DARKNESS AND
JUST LET IT ALL OUT.
DYLAN WAS ENCOURAGED BUT HE
WASN'T READY TO FULLY SURRENDER
HIS LIFE TO JESUS.
HE THOUGHT SURRENDERING WOULD
MEAN GIVING UP BASKETBALL.
FOR ME I WAS LIKE MAN, I DON'T
WANT TO GET MY CHRIST GET HURT
AND BECOME A MINISTER I WON'T
GET IF I DON'T DO THAT I WANT
TO BE A PASTOR.
I GOING TO BE A PREACHER.
I JUST KNOW UNTIL A FRIEND
SHARED WITH HIM SOMETHING HE'D
NEVER CONSIDERED.
HE WAS LIKE MAN LIKE YOU CAN
USE BASKETBALL YOUR MINISTRY
AND LIKE THE LORD GIVE YOU A
PLATFORM FOR A REASON LIKE TO
GLORIFY DON'T HAVE TO BE ON A
STAGE JUST TO BE A MUSICIAN.
SO THAT THAT ACTUALLY FREED YOU
UP TO KNOW GOD'S CREATED ME FOR
A PURPOSE GIVEN ME THE GIFTS
HE'S GIVEN ME SO THAT I CAN GO
OUT AND GLORIFY HIM WITH THEM.
YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY.
LIKE I COULDN'T SEE THAT BEFORE
AND I SAID I WAS JUST REALLY
FEARFUL THAT HE WAS LIKE GOING
TO LISTEN TO HE LIVES WITH WITH
THAT HE'S GOING TO TAKE AWAY
BASKETBALL FROM ME BECAUSE IT
WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM BEFORE I'M
611 FOR A REASON.
YOU KNOW I AM I WAS BUILT THE
WAY I WAS FOR A PURPOSE BIGGER
THAN JUST PUTTING THE BALL IN A
BASKET.
WHEN YOU REALIZE WHAT
CHANGED ON THE BASKETBALL COURT
YEAH, REALLY THAT'S OUR MORE
JOY THE PRESSURE OF YOU
PERFORMANCE REALLY WENT AWAY
AND ALLEVIATED ALL THE PRESSURE
FOR AND ALLOWED ME TO PLAY
FREER.
DYLAN BEGAN PLAYING WITH
WITH A NEWFOUND FREEDOM ON THE
COURT AND LIVING FOR CHRIST.
OFF OF IT AND HIS TEAMMATES
BEGAN TO NOTICE.
I EVEN TOLD DYLAN I HE'S BEEN A
MAJOR IMPACT IN MY LIFE JUST
THE WAY HE CARRIED HIMSELF SO I
TRY TO JUST MODEL MYSELF HOW
MUCH HE SPENDS HIS TIME JUST
STUDYING SO MUCH I TRY ALL OF
MYSELF.
I GET UP THIS HIS FINAL SEASON
AUBURN IS THE TOP SEED IN THE
NCAA TOURNAMENT.
WIN OR LOSE.
DYLAN'S GOALS ARE CLEAR.
YOU KNOW I'M ONE TEAM IN THE
COUNTRY FOR HONORING GOD OR
GLORIFYING GOD.
YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE INSANE IF
HE WAS IN OUR CHAMPIONSHIP AND
THESE KIDS 1011 YEARS OLD NEXT
TO THIS GUY ARE GLORIFYING GOD
AND PRAYING TO THE TEAM.
THEY SEE THIS AS NORMAL AND
THAT'S ALL I WANT I DON'T CARE
ABOUT IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP EYES
ONLY OPTION TO PLAY FOR IT SO
THE LORD CAN USE THE PLATFORM
AS CONTENT HIM HE SAVED ME FROM
MYSELF.
HE SAVED ME FROM HE SAVED ME
FROM YOU KNOW WEAPONS THAT FORM
AGAINST SAVE ME FROM SO MUCH
AND SO I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
HIM.
YOU KNOW BECAUSE I CAN'T AUTHOR
MY LIFE THE WAY HE HAS I CAN'T
PROTECT MYSELF FROM THE UNSEEN
IN THIS SCENE LIKE HE HAS.
AND SO FOR FOR ME HE MEANS
EVERYTHING.
WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY WHAT
A WONDERFUL TEST BE ENCOURAGED
BY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH WHAT
WE CALL CALL THEM GENERATION Z
RIGHT NOW ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
THERE WERE REVIVALS BREAKING
OUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND
NOT JUST THAT YOU KNOW, THE
CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITIES LIKE
ASBURY, AUBURN AND OHIO STATE
THERE'S AN AUTHENTIC OF GOD
HAPPENING WITH THIS WITH THIS
GENERATION AND AUTHENTIC IS
PART OF IT.
THEY WANT THE TRUTH.
THEY WANT TO LIVE LIVE LIVES OF
TRUTH AND LIVE BEFORE GOD AS
RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE LET'S
CONTINUE TO PRAY THIS REVIVAL
IN UNTIL WE SEE IT FULL BLOWN
ACROSS THE NATION.
IT'S SO ENCOURAGING TO ME TO
HEAR THESE OF TESTIMONIES THIS
KIND OF AUTHENTIC WITNESS FOR
JESUS.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
YEAH, ME TOO.
AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
WE ARE BUT WE GOT WE GOT TO
GET TO WE GOT YOUR EMAILS WHICH
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR BUT
YOU MARRIED HOW ABOUT THIS MARY
IS ASKING CAN YOU PLEASE TELL
ME WHY A GLASS IS IS BROKEN AND
STEPPED ON AT A JEWISH WEDDING?
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.
OKAY.
THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT
ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION THAT
IT REALLY SHOWS THE MANIFOLD
AND THE SYMBOLISM IN A JEWISH
WEDDING.
I LOVE JEWISH FAMILY.
IT'S SUCH A TESTAMENT TO GOD
AND ADHERENCE TO GOD AND THE
BROKEN GLASS SYMBOLIC OF A LOT
OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE AND THIS IS THE EARLIEST
TRADITION A RABBI BROKE, A VERY
EXPENSIVE GOBLET AT HIS SON'S
WEDDING AND DID IT TO SAY WELL,
NOT ALL OF YOUR LIFE IS GOING
TO BE BE PROSPEROUS.
YOU NEED TO REALIZE THERE ARE
THERE ARE GOING TO BE LOST
TREASURES AND YOU NEED TO HAVE
THIS SYMBOLISM AT THE VERY OF
YOUR MEETING.
SOME SAY IT SYMBOLIZES
DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE.
SOME SAY IT SYMBOLIZES THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE TABLETS AND
THE GIVING OF THE TORAH OF THE
LORD AT SINAI THAT WHEN THE
TABLETS WERE BROKEN AND THE
WHOLE NATION ENTERING INTO A
NEW COVENANT THE BROKEN GLASS
IS SYMBOLISM OF THAT COVENANT.
YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET INTO
ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT ONE OF THE EXPLANATIONS I
THINK IS VERY ANCIENT.
IT'S A SYMBOL BECAUSE THE MAN
WHO DOES IT IS THE HUSBAND THAT
BREAKS THE GLASS IT'S A SYMBOL
OF THE WIFE GOING FROM BEING A
MAIDEN TO NOW BEING A MOTHER
AND HER LIFE IS CHANGED AND
IRREVERSIBLE CHANGE AND SO THE
BROKEN GLASS IS A SYMBOL FOR
THAT AND A SYMBOL FOR THEIR
UNION IN MARRIAGE AND THE
TRANSFORMATION THAT OCCURS OF
THERE'S SO MUCH SYMBOLISM IN
THE WEDDING CEREMONY AND MOST
THINGS WITH THE JEWISH
FESTIVALS THE SONG SAYS THE
PRAYERS I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH IT BECAUSE.
IT'S A VERY, VERY RICH
HISTORY.
HERE'S A WORD FROM MICAH YOU
WILL CAST ALL OUR SINS INTO THE
DEPTHS OF THE SAME FOR ASHLEY,