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Aaron Lipkin
The Week in Bible Prophecy, a Prophecy Watchers podcast.
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Gary Stearman
Hello, I'm Gary Stearman of Prophecy Watchers, and we have, when I say this, I mean it, a very special guest today, and his name is Aaron Lipkin. Aaron Lipkin. And many of you may have seen his father, Avi, because Avi has been on with us. Avi, we all love Avi. He's always busy. He's always doing something. And you're telling me that he may have some ambitions politically in Israel, and I'd like to hear about that.
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Aaron Lipkin
Well, you know, my father is 77 years old.
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Gary Stearman
Wow.
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Aaron Lipkin
Just finished writing his eighth book about Turkey and the coming Armageddon. So, you know, for all our listeners, just stay tuned for the publication of that book. But I think that one of the major things that my father has done was to establish a Judeo Christian party in Israel called the Bible Block Party. And it aims to bring together Jews and Christians to work together at the Knesset, to have Christian representation at the Israeli Parliament, and to allow the Christians in Israel to actually choose or have a choice of a party, a political party that is Zionist, that it's a party that promotes serving in the Israeli army and becoming a normal member of the Israeli society. So there are many Arab Christians that are really looking forward to the next elections, voting and participating in Israeli democracy. And so my father has been running for office for the past few elections, and he's preparing for the next elections that are due this fall. So we're really looking forward for that. It's going to be the first elections after October 7th. So everybody's really interested to know how that event actually influenced the Israeli voting.
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Gary Stearman
Well, I'm glad he's still active. That's great.
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Aaron Lipkin
Yes.
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Gary Stearman
And say hi for me, by the way, when you go back. It's interesting to me about today's Israel that there is a great deal of dramatic development. We all, we're watching it in the United States, but we don't quite know what's going on. There's high drama in the Middle east right now. And for years you've been a tour guide in Israel. You know every little place and you know the people. And you say hi to this person in northern Israel, you say hi to this person in southern Israel. So you must have a feel for Israel as it has developed, things developed since October 7th. And what is that? What's going on?
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Aaron Lipkin
Well, that's a question a lot of Israelis are asking, actually, because Israelis themselves are still trying to digest the last two years. So I'll just Say a few words about myself and who I am. I'm an Israeli Jew. I live in Samaria in a town called Ophrah, the biblical heartland of Israel, near Shiloh, Bethel, and many important biblical sites. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm married. I have five children, and I do several things. I have a travel agency called Lipkin Tours. We have a prophecy watchers group coming in May, and unfortunately, the registration is over. We have enough passengers to fill up the bus. So for our listeners, if you want to, you know, try and register to the future tour, stay tuned. And so that's one. That's how I make my living from tourism to Israel. And I'm also involved in biblical archaeology. I'm part of the team of Professor Adams Urtal. I don't know if you remember, Gary, but I do. In 2000, and I believe it was 2015, you came to Israel, and Professor Adams Urtal, who was alive then, came to the hotel and gave a lecture to the group.
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Gary Stearman
And I was there with that group, very happy to be there and was very impressed, by the way.
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Aaron Lipkin
Yes, yes. So I was really privileged to be part of his team. And I'm actually their drone photographer. I'm not an archaeologist, but I am a drone pilot, and I fly the drone and take pictures of all their archaeological discoveries and then they get published in academic publications. So I actually have my name appearing on all these academic publications. So it's really an honor to be here. My wife and I just arrived in the United States a week and a half ago, and we went to Dallas, and then in Nashville, we had conferences. A very important conference we participated in was the first Judeo Christian Zionist conference, which aims to bring together Jews and Christians to fight what Israel calls the Eighth front, a front where you have Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other countries that are spilling a lot of money into the American academic world. The culture, the sports. And they're basically trying to, at the end, dismantle Judeo Christian, the Judeo Christian world and values. So this was a very important conference to be in. And now we're here in Oklahoma. Very, very happy to be here. And, you know, it's. For us, the last two years have been very dramatic.
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Gary Stearman
I'm sure that they have been. And by the way, we've been praying for Israel. But here's the thing. We watch various television channels, international channels, just trying to figure out what's going on in Israel, and we can't always figure it out. And you are very, very close to what's been happening right now. There is an armada in the Middle east, in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, other ocean areas. The forces from the west are massing there. And there is talk that this may happen or that may happen. We're watching and we are praying for Israel.
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Aaron Lipkin
Thank you.
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Gary Stearman
Because we don't want another disaster of some sort to befall Israel.
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Aaron Lipkin
Yes.
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Gary Stearman
And you can help us understand what's going on.
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Aaron Lipkin
So I want to start out first by, you know, giving my own testimony of what happened on October 7th. As I mentioned, we live in Samaria. Samaria was not affected by the events around the Gaza Strip. I'm sure our listeners know that on October 7th, Hamas attacked the Jewish communities around the Gaza Strip. There was also a music festival that was also terribly hit by this attack. We had hundreds of casualties and fatalities. People were kidnapped to Gaza, and this was really traumatic. Now, living in Ofra on October 7, I remember sitting with my son in our Sukkah, or tabernacle. This was the end of the feast of tabernacles.
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Gary Stearman
Oh, yes.
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Aaron Lipkin
And, you know, he was sitting. We were both sitting on the. On the. On the couch. And because it's outside, we could actually hear what was going on outside. And I heard two noises. The first noise was these really distant explosions. I didn't understand exactly what it was. My son actually thought that we have a quarry near our town. So we thought that this was maybe possibly some sort of querying activity. And then after about an hour, we started hearing people going into their cars and closing their doors and driving. Now, people that are listening to us, you have to understand that my town is a Jewish religious town, and you don't drive during the Sabbath and the High Holidays. And so that was another strange thing.
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Gary Stearman
Probably the attack was staged at that time to catch people who were not up and around.
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Aaron Lipkin
Off guard. Exactly. Off guard, yes. And so we started hearing people leaving. And later on, I understood that these were people that were called by the army to immediately join the reserve duty and start fighting because people understood that a war has started in Israel. But I still didn't know what was going on. You know, our phones are shut off, TVs are shut off. We just. And then when I started walking to synagogue to pray, I started meeting people on the way, and they started telling us about what was going on in the Gaza envelope. And, you know, first of all, you know, people got killed, people got kidnapped. Terrible things are happening. And so this was basically around 11am that's when I first found out what was going on. And we were just shocked. The next month was a month of horror because we understood the atrocities that were done to the Jews that were living in that area and the attacks and the terrible things that happened. But I think that the big question that all Israelis had was where was the Israeli army? You know, we have one of the strongest military forces in the Middle east, right? And for ours, people at the kibbutzim
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Gary Stearman
and the communities, well, people, Americans even, are very much aware of that. The Israeli army is highly skilled and disciplined, one of the finest armies in the world, if not the finest. And so I can imagine. And by the way, this question has crossed my mind from time to time and I've never been around someone I could ask, and I'm asking you right now, what happened?
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Aaron Lipkin
Yeah, well, I'm going to try to get to that. But I have to say how bad it is because people were at the Gaza envelope, at their towns, at their villages, at their kibbutzim, and they're texting the police, they're texting the military. You know, it's eight o', clock, we have terrorists walking around our houses, please come and help us. And time is passing. It's 9 o', clock, 10 o', clock, 11 o'. Clock. The Air Force is not shooting down the terrorists, the military or the police. Actually, the police are the only ones that really were involved in the fighting. But there was no army presence or any type of action by the Israeli army to counter the attack. And so this was definitely something that really shattered our confidence in the Israeli security forces. What exactly is happening here? You know, we're still trying to explain that. And you know, obviously when things are not clear and when you don't have an investigation committee that's really looking into it and making a very orderly investigation, that really brings up a very good background for conspiracy theories. And I don't want to go into conspiracy theories, but I do want to say the following. Before October 7, Israel experienced about a year or two of tension, a lot of tension. And the tension was between groups of the old Jewish elites in Israel that established the state of Israel. We're talking about mostly European Jews that are secular, left wing or woke. And this group, I'm going to make it very short, but during 20 or 30 years, basically drained the power from the government and passed it on to the judicial system. And so in the last two years before October 7, the Israeli government tried to bring that power back to the government, to the parliament and to the government. And there was a lot of tension. Many demonstrations that we later understood were actually funded by The Biden administration, this was really a shock to us, but these two years created a situation where I would say the chief of staff, the chief of intelligence, the chief of the Israeli FBI, and many other organizations decided not to update the Prime Minister, not to update the Minister of Defense. There was some sort of a disconnect. And the reason for that is because they did not trust Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government to make the right decisions. And they were actually. Were afraid that Israel, that Netanyahu and the Prime Minister would actually bring Israel into an unnecessary war. And so when, you know, things started happening on October 6, we already had red lights, you know, turning on things like, you know, intelligence information about Hamas, Hamas terrorists gathering in the mosques the night before, the fact that SIM cards that Hamas had and our secret service knew about were turned on in their Hundreds suddenly on October 6th. All of these things should have made our secret service and intelligence understand that something is going on. Yet they haven't updated the Prime Minister. Now, the question is, was this intentional or was this done because there was some sort of a false understanding that Hamas is afraid of attacking Israel, that Hamas doesn't want to go into war with Israel? That was basically the military understanding, and therefore the military was not ready to be attacked from Gaza.
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Gary Stearman
Sort of state of relaxation.
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Aaron Lipkin
Exactly.
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Gary Stearman
Everything is okay. We can kind of take it easy now.
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Aaron Lipkin
Exactly. And you have to understand also that Israel, in terms of the way Israel viewed the biggest threats to its national security, the biggest enemies were Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran and the Iraqi militias. And so, in a sense, our back was turned to Gaza and our faces and our intelligence was turned into Iran and the surrounding enemies. And so Israel was not, I want to say Israel was not ready for Hamas attack, although, again, there were certain intelligence information that showed that there was some sort of preparation for an attack.
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Gary Stearman
Well, at this point in time, Americans, our view was that Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu got together in a big way and had a number of conferences and did some planning, and the result was an amazing victory in the region that destroyed a lot of the enemy's very, very effective weapons. Normally they would be effective, but they were not, which is, to us, kind of a miracle.
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Aaron Lipkin
Yes. Well, we have to understand also that before Trump was elected, we had about a year or more of a Biden administration during the war, and that was a total disaster. I mean, you know, Biden came into Israel immediately after October 7th and warred Iran not to. Not to attack Israel. But at the same time, the Biden administration is you know, preventing weapons from Israel. We actually knew soldiers that went into Gaza and did not have enough ammunition because of the Biden sanctions on Israel. And for people in Israel who understand that we are in one of our most dangerous wars to think that how could the Biden administration sanction Israel in such a dangerous time? And again, you know, obviously this is, there's a lot of conspiracies right now, conspiracy theories in Israel about that. But we do know that, as I said, the old elites in Israel that wanted the downfall of Netanyahu and his government cooperated with Biden administrator administrators and politicians. And, you know, I'm sure that this is one of those things that's going to be investigated. But definitely after Trump came to power, we were all relieved. You know, Trump gave us all the weapons that we already purchased and needed. And, you know, we had an amazing attack on Iran, a 12 day war with Iran. And you know, we have to talk about the miraculous component in this war
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Gary Stearman
because we remember the rockets. Yes, all night long.
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Aaron Lipkin
And I'm telling you, in Samaria, we saw the rockets flying above us on their way to the coastal areas of Israel. So we literally saw them flying above us. But we have to understand something. Iran has spent billions of dollars to create a ring of fire around Israel. This has been going on probably for the last 30 years. And we have, you know, we have enemies in Lebanon, in Hezbollah, in Syria, in Iraq, in Yemen. Iran gave them missiles, technology and really created the conditions that at the push of a button, all of these enemies would work at the same time. And the Iranian plan was to destroy Israel. That was the plan and Israel knew about that. And, you know, to think that when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, the reality could have been very different. You know, Iran and Hezbollah could have decided to join in with Hamas as well as the other components of the ring of fire. And this could have ended badly to Israel. I don't want to even say even worse than that. And I'm not the only one that says that it is actually Israeli politicians.
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Gary Stearman
I have to say something right now. As an American Christian, we did a lot of praying for Israel and we believe that the Lord stepped in and helped out, let's put it that way. And indeed, he did bless Israel.
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Aaron Lipkin
Yes. And God, you know, we know that. We know that God affected the way that the Iranians made decisions and they decided not to join. And so Israel was actually able to start and prioritize the enemies that we need to take care of. And, you know, looking back at the past Two years. I just see one miracle after the other. You know, our jet planes have attacked the terrorists of Hezbollah, Iran, the Yemenite Houthis. And all the jets came back home safely. And we're talking about hundreds of bombings and raids. And, you know, all the jets came back. All the jets, all the jets. You know, we didn't have any casualties from the Air Force.
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Gary Stearman
Wow.
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Aaron Lipkin
At the same time, I do have to say that, you know, many Israeli soldiers fought in Gaza. They fought in southern Lebanon. We did have, you know, soldiers that got killed and wounded. But all of the soldiers and all of the pilots and everybody that was part of this war, you know, feel that they really saved Israel. They really, you know, allowed Israel to continue to survive, and even more than that, to become a local military superpower in the Middle East. So it's all thanks to their courage. It's all thanks to the prayers of Christians all over the world for the state of Israel. And it's, you know, the thanks also goes to President Trump and his support and his administration. And I think probably the most important person that we should thank is Benjamin Netanyahu. We're counting our blessings to know that we have one of the most important Israeli politicians in the history of the state of Israel. With the political abilities, the international connections, the strategic understanding of the threat of Iran and what was going on. I don't know how Israel could have made it without a leader like Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Gary Stearman
He pulled people together. That was my perception, watching what was going on at first. And it seemed to me that he was a bit on the controversial side among his own people. And then as things tightened up and became more dramatic, I think people were looking for a leader and they found one in him. Yes, he was able to pull things together.
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Aaron Lipkin
So, yes, definitely, Netanyahu, in recent polls, receives between 60 to 70% support. He's the politician that most Israelis believe should be the next prime minister. At the same time, I do have to say that we have a 30% discontent from Netanyahu. These people belong, again, to the old elites that don't want to give up their control over Israel through the judicial branch, through the media, the academic world. And this is probably the biggest struggle that I think most Americans are not aware of. Everybody knows about the outer threats to Israel from the Muslim countries, from Iran, from Egypt, and from other countries. But the people don't know that there is another front inside of Israel, and it's an internal front inside the Jewish people. The state of Israel was established by.
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Gary Stearman
And now what would be this group you're talking about, what would be their motivation?
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Aaron Lipkin
So the state of Israel was established in 1948 by I would say a certain group in the Israeli society or the Jewish population. We're talking about secular atheist, socialist elites, not elites at the time, but European Jews that because they were the ones that founded the state, they are also the ones that took hold of the power centers of Israel. And I'm talking about the parliament, the government, the judicial system, the media, the tv, the culture, the, the academic world. And they've been holding on these power centers until the first fall of the, I would say the government or the parliament. In 1978, when Menachem begin, the prime minister from the Likud Party, won and basically, you know, took away from them that power center. And the more time passed demography in Israel made its influence on the political system. And because you have more religious people that are bringing more children and traditional Jews that are Middle Eastern in origin, basically the left wing or the old elites started losing their control over Israel. And because of that they weren't willing to give up their control.
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Gary Stearman
Would you say that there is a spiritual movement in Israel? You speak of the old elite who were not particularly spiritual. And it sounds to me like there is a spiritual faction in Israel that's rising up.
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Aaron Lipkin
Definitely. First of all, we have to understand that today the old elites are mostly woke up left wing. They're very well off because of their hold on the center of power in Israel. And again, they're fighting, they're trying to do things that are even undemocratic and illegal to try and bring the downfall of Netanyahu and his government. But actually they're fighting the other group in Israel that's becoming the majority. You know, I just spoke to my son this morning and he told me about a show, an interview that Channel 12 did in Israel. And what they did was because we have elections coming up this fall, they interviewed around, I think, hundreds of young Israeli Jews that just turned 18 and can vote. And out of the hundreds that they spoke with and interviewed, only 5% said that they are left wing. All the rest belong to the center and right wing. They all spoke about how they admire Netanyahu and his abilities and his policies. But even more than that, more interestingly, they all talked about a spiritual revival in Israel. Wow, that's wonderful. I think that Americans are not aware of that. But October 7th has caused a huge shift in Israeli society. Jews noticed how Hamas is trying to kill Jews because they're Jews and that made them Understand that there is a need to strengthen their Jewish identity. This is something that just came naturally. And so you have more Jews that are starting to pray or starting to attend synagogue, go to the Western Wall, participate in religious ceremonial events, feasts, and so on. People are saying Hamas tried to kill Jews and Judaism and they will lose. And so this is something that we see, you know, across the board in Israel. And the people that were, the young men and women that were interviewed by Channel 12 have repeatedly said that they feel more Jewish today and that they are practicing more of the Jewish religion in a different extent. Everyone has their own way.
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Gary Stearman
And may I just ask a question here? We have been watching, and it's not an easy thing to watch. We've been watching the development of the priesthood and the Temple faction, the group in Israel that would like to build a temple and they would like to establish a priest. We all heard about for a While there before October 7, we heard about the red heifer and, you know, the sacrifice of the red heifer. We were hearing things like this. And it sounds like there's a movement toward temple worship.
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Aaron Lipkin
Yes.
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Gary Stearman
And how does that fit in with what you're talking about?
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Aaron Lipkin
Well, that's another process that has been going on for. For many years. I remember as a kid, during the 1980s, there was a very small group of Jews that, you know, called for Jews to go up to Temple Mount and pray there. And they were considered, forgive me for saying that, crazy. They were considered extremists. And, you know, looking back at the 1980s, and I'm looking at where we are today, where we have thousands, tens of thousands of Jews that are going up to Temple Mount to pray. You know, I personally go there once, at least once a year with my son, with my sons. And, you know, at first, like, you know, six or seven years ago, the visit to Temple Mount for Jews who wanted to pray to God there was very uncomfortable. The Muslims there would shout at you, they would try to humiliate you if you try to move your lips and pray, that the Israeli police would actually take you out of Temple Mount and even put you in prison for a day or two. So this was the situation a few years ago. Today, the Israeli government has totally changed its policy towards going up to Temple Mount for Jews. Jews are actually allowed to pray, are allowed to learn Bible on Temple Mount. And I think that the biggest change for me personally was the possibility to do what the Jewish tradition calls on to Jewish pilgrims who are going to Temple Mount, and that is to prostrate I can tell you that I visited there a few, like, a year ago, and me and my sons, it was the first time that we totally laid down on the ground with our hands, you know, in front of us and totally submitted ourselves to. To God, you know, bowing into the direction of, you know, where everybody. The golden dome that marks the place of the holy of holies. And I remember doing that for the first time and just losing it. I just started crying like a baby, you know, that is praying to his father, to God. And this was really something that was so overwhelming. Even now when I'm talking to you, my red. My eyes are becoming wet a bit because I was so, so amazed at the connection and how that affected me. So we have a lot of Israelis. There's a growing movement of Israelis that are reconnecting to Temple Mount. And at the same time, you have the Temple Institute and many other temple organizations in Israel that are trying to promote the building of the temple, the preparations for the temple rebuilding. You mentioned the red heifers. So I live in Ophrah, and Shiloh is the place where the tabernacle stood during the time of Joshua and the Judges and Samuel. The site of Shiloh hosts the four or five red heifers that are there. And there was actually a rehearsal of the burning of a red heifer. And actually the first time that the Jews are doing this for 2,000 years. And, you know, they're learning so much from the process of how to do it. For example, I'll give you an example. In order to burn the red heifer, you need a lot of wood, and you need the wood to burn for three or four days for the bones and everything to be burned down. So most of the mixture is actually made out of wood, not out of the red heifer itself. It's very interesting, but these are all things that we're starting to deal with for the first time after 2,000 years. And, you know, we're moving forward. Having said all of that, I have to say that most Jews are not there yet. You know, when you go to a Jew in Tel Aviv or in Jerusalem and you ask him, why do you think about the rebuilding of the temple? You know, you might hear, you know, it's not relevant. You know, we're not there, but you might also hear Jews say, you know, we pray for it, but that's not the time at the moment. So I think that the majority of the people, the Jewish people, are not there yet, but the direction is definitely for the rebuilding of the temple.
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Gary Stearman
This is Fascinating and encouraging and should be to all Christians. Now, I'd like to make a little detour here as we're sort of coming close to the end of our time. And this is fascinating to me what's happening around Israel right now with incredible military movements, land, sea and air. The American Navy is presenting itself in a very powerful way all around the countries of the Middle East. And how do you interpret this and what do you think is going to happen?
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Aaron Lipkin
Well, I'm very careful in trying to forecast the future.
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Gary Stearman
Oh, yeah, and you should be.
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Aaron Lipkin
Yes. But the way things are going on right now, it looks like that Israel and America, as well as other forces in the world, even Arab countries, are trying to replace the Iranian Ayatollah regime in Iran, and they're planning an attack on Iran. Now, the attack, again, is not just for trying to destroy the ballistic missiles that Iran is producing or a possible threat, a nuclear threat from Iran. I truly believe that Trump and Netanyahu want a regime change. They want Iran to become a democratic state, a state that would work with the Western world and not try to undermine it. And so what I believe is that in the next week or so, we will see a war erupting in Iran that will eventually lead to the regime change. But I think that we need to look in a broader look at the Middle east and the world. I think that America is in a war with China, with Russia. And what we're seeing is Trump and Netanyahu building a new Western world, a world that starts in India and the Far east and is going through Iran and Saudi Arabia and Iraq, continuing on to Europe. And I think that Trump and Netanyahu are trying to build a new world order, one that will allow the Western Judeo Christian civilization to continue surviving and flourishing. And I think that this is something that we need to finish on an optimistic note. I think that what we're seeing now, starting October 7th and the continuation of it, what we're going to see is the victory of God. We're going to see the victory of the Bible, the victory of Judeo Christian values. And this is what Netanyahu and Trump are planning. We will see the Western world flourishing and hopefully see the rest of the world getting rid of all these, you know, tyrants, people that are trying to undermine our mutual heritage, our mutual belief in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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Gary Stearman
And this has summarized things very, very well for people who are not messing with. Tuned in to the latest news, and I love what I'm hearing. And behind all this, I'm hearing about a movement of what we as Christians would term the power of the Holy Spirit of God acting upon his people. And it's wonderful the way you laid it out for us. You actually believe that the Lord is working in that direction that we've all prayed about for many, many years. You know, we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, just as the Bible says. And it sounds like our prayers are being answered. This is wonderful.
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Aaron Lipkin
We are thankful to God. You know, we say in Judaism that everything that happens happens for the good. We might not understand why it's happening. We might feel that what's happening is not good, it's actually bad. But God has a plan and the plan is going forward. And I have to say the last two years was maybe, you know, watching a movie while you fast forward. It was very intensive. I always like to say that we feel that we are on a roller coaster and the ride is not ending. It started on October 7th and we're still on the rollercoaster and we're waiting, you know, to get to the last.
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Gary Stearman
Well, it sounds to me like you're saying we can't predict what's going to happen. We know what we would like to see happening and it sounds as though it's beginning to happen, but we can't be certain at this point in time. And again, Christians watching this interview right now, what should they be praying for?
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Aaron Lipkin
I think that I would pray for two things. I would pray for God to give wisdom and to give advice to President Trump and Netanyahu. Give them the right, give them the wisdom to make the right decisions. Because, you know, I watch Netanyahu and I just don't know how this 77 year old man is just facing so much pressure, not just external pressure, but also internal pressure in Israel. And I think that the second thing would be to pray for God to pour his holy Spirit on the old elites in Israel. We have to convince them, we have to make them join in because they are such a powerful, they're so powerful in Israel. And if they don't participate, if they don't cooperate, then that could cause some sort of a crisis in Israel. And we need them because they're part of the nation of Israel.
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Gary Stearman
In closing, do you expect Iran to be stabilized anytime soon?
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Aaron Lipkin
I know that I believe that Trump and Netanyahu want a regime change. And the Iranian regime is not Hamas in Gaza, where, you know, you can easily. It's not a terror organization that you can easily bring the downfall of. This is a, a country, a state, an old Civilization. And you need the right plan, and you need to take the right steps to ensure that a regime will be changed. And so I believe that Netanyahu and Trump have used the past month or two to build up their forces to make the right plans to attack Iran, not just from the inside, not just from the outside, but also from the inside.
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Gary Stearman
Now, as one of the leading tour guides in Israel for many, many years, there are people who would like to visit Israel right now, and they'd like to come and shake your hand, I'm sure. What should we be thinking? Is it okay to plan a trip and obtain a tour guide?
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Aaron Lipkin
So, first of all, I want to say that in the last two years of war in Israel, we had around eight buses of American Christians visiting Israel during the war. They visited Israel? Yeah. No, I have to understand. Everybody else canceled, but Christian Zionists from America came in and they came to Israel. They toured, they enjoyed Israel, they came back. We see how tourism is becoming, again, a major interest for Christians. In 2026 and 2027. We already have busloads that are full, and we cannot register people to because we don't have enough space. And I really encourage people to, if you want to visit Israel, please, you know, go and register, because spaces are filling up quickly. People can go to visitisraeltoday.com and send us a message telling us that they would like to register. We're seeing a lot of interest in coming to Israel. And again, I believe that Messiah is coming. I believe that we are nearing the fulfillment of the prophecies in the Bible. And you really need to come to Israel and feel it. You need to be part of it.
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Gary Stearman
And by the way, when you're there, you do feel it.
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Aaron Lipkin
Yes.
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Gary Stearman
And I. Well remember my last trip and have you to think for a lot of what I experienced. And it's just been. It's been very exciting. The time in which we live, the things that are happening and how they coincide with scripture, with prophecy. And of course, we call ourselves the prophecy watchers, and for good reason. This is the time to be watching. And it sounds to me like you are.
- [43:30]
Aaron Lipkin
Yes, we are looking up.
- [43:34]
Gary Stearman
All right. Aaron Lipkin, one of the leading tour guides in Israel, maybe I should say the leading tour guide in Israel, because to me, you are. And we really have enjoyed talking to you. And it's kind of encouraging to me the way you have put things. There is hope. There is the possibility that things are moving in the right direction.
- [44:01]
Aaron Lipkin
Yes, definitely. And I think that we're going to see great things happening in the next weeks and months. So, you know, as you say, stay tuned and always look up.
- [44:12]
Gary Stearman
Always look up. You know, we appreciate your being here and we love what you have said. And may God watch over your comings and your goings.
- [44:27]
Aaron Lipkin
Amen. Amen. May God bless Israel. May God bless the United States of America.
- [44:32]
Gary Stearman
I'm Gary Stearman. This is Prophecy Watchers. Enjoyed talking with our friend, and he is a good friend, Aaron Lipkin from Israel.