Sid: My guest I caught up with him in Richmond, Virginia but he lives in Israel with his family; wife and 5 children under age 10 Stan Goodenough. He was a newspaper reporter in South Africa; now he’s a news correspondent in Israel. Stan you’re in the media; I’m in the media; I have to believe that the biggest battleground for Satan is the media. Is the minds going into the homes on the television, on the radio, going into the cars but it seems to be so biased, so wrong. Give me some examples of this and why is this going on.
Stan: I think that as you know especially Christians Sid who want to know and have an understanding of the times that we’re living in. If we take our information and base our prayer time even on what we hear just over the secular news media we’re going to be starting off on a false position and often from a biased and skewed position. I believe that you know there are events taking place in this world there’s a battle for the soul of the United States going on. And it’s very evident to me that a visit to this country. And I’m here with my family for one year of traveling around and speaking about what’s happening in Israel. But what we’ve seen here is this incredible battle going on for the soul of America. There is a very, very important battle going on right now for the church. The church is being divided between those that stand with Israel and those that side against her. And what you base yourself on as a Christian when it comes to an issue like the Middle East and Israel, I believe it should not be primarily the secular media because they set the tone and they are overwhelming. They have the dollars, they have the huge networks and the way of coming across that just affects hearts and minds in millions around the world. They are responsible more than any organ or any other mechanism; the media is responsible for the anti-Semitism that is igniting in different parts of the world today and for the negativity against Israel. Christians need to know where they’re getting their information from and if they can find a Christian source to provide their information they should to there. Because at least then they’re hearing from a brother or somebody else who believes in the Lord. This is happening and I’m sure they come and listen to you Sid.
Sid: You know I have a question for you according to most of the poles that I’ve seen for president the democrats and the republican candidates are running neck and neck. It’s going to be just like the last election; you’re not going to know until the last minute. I happen to believe the deciding vote will be whether President George Bush sides with Israel of sides with land for peace. Would you agree?
Stan: I’m not sure that I would prophesy that Sid but I would certainly agree to this that by standing against Israel President George W. Bush can only be doing detriment and doing… it’s detrimental to his position and to his future politically. It must be detrimental; we’ve seen the experience of his father what he experienced when he turned against Israel. And I fully believe, I do not necessarily believe that if he doesn’t do a 180 degree turn right now on land for peace that he would lose the coming elections. But I think that his ability to affect and to be used by God in powerfully for the United States going forward will be directly affected by whether he makes that turn. And it will have to be a 180 degree turn because he has personally, in his words, personally committed himself to dividing up the land of Israel.
Sid: Okay, I have to ask you this “Do you believe his father lost the presidential election because of his stand on Israel?
Stan: I would say “Yes.” I would say that was very….
Sid: Okay, I’m going to rest my case on that Stan.
Stan: Hmm, hm.
Sid: Let’s go back to what’s going on with Islam worldwide; they are growing so rapidly I don’t know if you know this or not but they’re going to United States Universities. Going to the President and say “We would like to establish a (it sounds good) a school of Islamic Studies, we will build the building, we will get you the faculty and we will pay their salaries; would you like this asset?” And of course they say? “Yes.” I mean, could the Islamic strategy be the same in the United States of America as it is in Great Britain?
Stan: I think their strategy is the same all over the place. They go in normally showing a humanitarian phase, a phase of academics or of social services. And that’s how they establish their network; they do the networking like that. And people sign up and people support them. And in this way in terms of the United States and making this offer to the officials in the United States the Islamic will in a way puts the US in its debt because they are indebted to the Islamic movement behind this college or behind this education Institution because it’s all been given to the United States free of charge. And suddenly somebody has actually been bought and the Islamic world is very well known for calling in its debts. And I think that Saudi Arabia has quite a strong influence in the White House because of debts that it has. But it believes that Americans have to it because in terms of all kinds of things. It’s paid for scholarships for upcoming Congressman and it’s done all kinds of things, and it’s all good on the face of it. But it’s a very devious and dark motive behind it and that is to take the United States for Allah and that’s what they’re after and they believe they’re going to do it Sid.
Sid: Well I believe that unless we take God’s word seriously and unless we fast and pray for. Now by the way where it says in scripture “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.” We don’t have to understand it; we’re just commanded to do this and that’s the only place in the world that we’re told specifically to pray for the peace of. But what do you think that really mean, what are we praying for when we’re praying for the peace of Jerusalem Stan?”
Stan: The scripture goes “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.” And then it stops and it opens in various comments, or in quotation marks and it says “They shall prosper that love thee.” We should pray for Jerusalem that those who love her will prosper because they’re more and more love her and support her.” That’s how the Psalms describes it. And I fully believe that when we pray for the peace of Jerusalem we are not praying for the success of land for peace process, we’re not praying for the success of the Madrid or the Oslo agreements. We are praying for the peace that only God can bring; only the Messiah can bring. To come and come quickly to that land; we know that it’s going to happen. And I believe that’s what we should be praying for. Jesus gave us the same words, when He said pray “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” But the coming of His kingdom and the setting up of His kingdom in Jerusalem peace will come.
Sid: And I heard your teaching recently on Isaiah Chapter 62 verse 67 “On your walls Jerusalem I have appointed watchmen all day and all night; the will never keep silent; you who remind the Lord give Him no rest, give Him no rest until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise on the earth,” comment.
Stan: We all watchmen on the wall if we are tuned into what’s happening Jesus gave us that command, we are watch and pray. Watch first so that we can pray and know what we’re praying into. We are watchman on the wall, we see the enemy coming, we know what God’s plan is for Israel if you know the word, you know what His plan is for Jerusalem. What His plan is for the Jews, what His plan is for us. We’ve been grated into the olive tree. We know His plan and we see the enemy coming, we see him rising up like a cloud like a dark cloud covering the land. And as he comes and he descends and he prepares to destroy Jerusalem, to destroy Israel is what the enemies of Israel is really trying to do. We see it coming and we can pray “Lord, prevent this and remember your word.” And we can remind God of all of the promises He made. “That you’d bring them back and you’d settle them in the land and you’d root them there and you’d plant them there and you’d watch over them to do them good. Those are your words God, those are Your promises, remember them, remember them, remember them.” That’s what we do as watchman.
Sid: You know Stan, you made the comment that many Israeli’s feel that in 50 years there will be no Israel. There’s such a sense of hopelessness there, such pressure. What will this hopelessness and this pressure cause to happen in Israel in your opinion?
Stan: Right now it seems to me that they looked everywhere; they’ve looked first of all around them at Egypt and they’ve tried to lean on Egypt and to trust in Egypt and they still tend to do that because it’s fighting to watch because Egypt is so dedicated to peace, still dedicated to peace partner or not to Israel’s destruction. And then they’re looking to the west and specifically to the White House and they’re looking to America to stand with them and support them. And when America lets them down as America has done, not always but has done; then they flounder around they don’t know who to turn to. Well, God’s calling on them to turn to Him, he doesn’t want them to turn first of all to United States, He wants them to turn first of all to Him. And He’s waiting like the father of the prodigal son He just waiting to see that turn, that change and He’s going to come and embrace there. I really believe that.
Sid: Stan I can’t think of a better time to be sharing the love of God, the love of the Messiah without limitation on secular media than right now. I can’t think of a better time. See I think that Germany is going to turn horrifically anti-Semitic; it’s already but turning even worse anti-Semitic. I think all of Europe is going to do this. Obviously all of the Middle East is going to do this. And even here in the west with the Islamic stronghold that’s being the beachhead that’s coming here in the west; they’ll be no place. We must get the message out to Jewish people the doors are open for me in a supernatural fashion.
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