The John-Henry Westen Show - December 06, 2023


An open letter to PM Benjamin Netanyahu and all Jewish people on the way to peace


Episode Stats

Length

33 minutes

Words per Minute

112.417534

Word Count

3,783

Sentence Count

161

Misogynist Sentences

8

Hate Speech Sentences

31


Summary

An Open Letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and All of the Jewish People on the Road to Peace. This is an open letter to the Prime Minister of Israel, and to all the Jewish people on the way to peace. I have the key to peace for you, the sons of Abraham.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 From David himself, we see Isaiah's sentiments of the suffering servant echoed as he writes,
00:00:06.500 and I quote,
00:00:08.020 So this is an open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and all of the Jewish people
00:00:24.860 on the way to peace.
00:00:26.920 Dear Mr. Netanyahu and all of the Jewish people,
00:00:31.800 Here is the road to peace for all of you.
00:00:37.240 In the Hebrew Bible, peace is mentioned quite frequently.
00:00:42.320 When a man's ways please the Lord, we read in Proverbs 16,
00:00:46.420 he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
00:00:50.640 Peace depends on the Almighty, as the Psalms reveal.
00:00:54.320 They say,
00:00:54.940 Hey my friends, are you still looking for a Christmas gift for that someone special on your list
00:01:06.900 who seems to have everything?
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00:01:09.440 We've got these beautiful silver rounds.
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00:01:17.680 but also the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
00:01:20.300 Perfect little gift for that person on your list who has everything.
00:01:23.600 God bless you.
00:01:26.240 Before we continue, I must begin, as we always do on this show, with the sign of the cross.
00:01:33.040 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
00:01:38.120 Amen.
00:01:38.480 So, let me tell you, in all honesty, Mr. Netanyahu and all of the Jewish peoples,
00:01:46.980 I have the key to peace for you and for all the people, the sons of Abraham.
00:01:54.400 But let me begin with why I'm wanting to share this with you.
00:01:58.920 It actually relates to the immense love and gratitude that I hold in my heart for the Jewish people.
00:02:07.060 The example of your people has molded my life, it's inspired my mind and heart,
00:02:14.700 and in fact, it gives my life meaning and purpose.
00:02:19.120 Father Abraham, with his great faith in God, was ready to accept
00:02:23.180 that his 90-year-old wife could bear him a son.
00:02:26.920 He believed so strongly that even when God asked him to sacrifice his one and only son,
00:02:33.240 the son of the promise, who was to beget for him as many descendants as the stars,
00:02:39.100 Abraham did not hesitate to sacrifice Isaac.
00:02:42.720 And Isaac, too, in his turn, was ready to be sacrificed
00:02:45.860 and was ready to accept death at the hand of the God who made him
00:02:50.440 and called him to birth out of his mother's aged womb.
00:02:55.200 Jacob, after heeding the advice of Rebekah, his mother,
00:03:01.880 received the birthright and was loved by the Lord.
00:03:06.260 He wrestled even with an angel in order to receive the blessing of heaven
00:03:10.060 and suffered a limp ever after as a result of that struggle,
00:03:14.280 and surely it was a constant reminder of the promise and the presence of the Almighty.
00:03:20.420 In Jacob's son Joseph, we see the awesome work of God in bringing good from evil.
00:03:28.300 The treachery of his brothers led to a miraculous saving of the people of Israel from famine
00:03:34.240 and allowed the children of Abraham to flourish.
00:03:39.160 Even after the persecution by the Egyptians,
00:03:41.500 God raised up Moses to deliver his people out of bondage
00:03:45.400 with great and awesome signs and wonders
00:03:49.140 up to and including the striking down of the firstborn of Egypt.
00:03:54.420 But even once allowed to leave,
00:03:56.840 Pharaoh sought revenge and pursued the chosen people into the desert.
00:04:01.960 Undeterred,
00:04:03.220 Moses, by God's command,
00:04:05.560 parted the Red Sea
00:04:06.640 and led the Israelites across on dry ground.
00:04:10.800 When pursued by the Egyptian army,
00:04:13.540 God dealt the final blow upon Pharaoh's soldiers
00:04:16.700 as they were drowned in the sea,
00:04:20.160 leaving the progeny of Abraham to rejoice
00:04:22.780 at their deliverance by the hand of the Lord.
00:04:26.600 The intimacy with God
00:04:28.880 caused Moses' face to shine like the sun
00:04:32.020 so it could not be gazed upon by the people.
00:04:34.200 The Almighty wrote on tablets of stone
00:04:36.840 the great commandments
00:04:37.800 which stand today
00:04:39.300 as a rule for all mankind.
00:04:42.780 The awesome majesty of God
00:04:44.740 and the reverence due Him
00:04:46.660 were drilled home
00:04:48.980 in the care and splendor
00:04:51.660 with which the Ark of the Covenant
00:04:53.520 was constructed and revered.
00:04:56.220 When it was touched
00:04:57.240 by an unconsecrated hand,
00:04:59.780 the guilty party was slain
00:05:01.500 by the Lord of hosts.
00:05:02.720 The succession of judges and kings
00:05:06.320 culminate in David,
00:05:08.440 the tragic hero
00:05:09.600 in whom we see the mixture
00:05:12.020 of ardent love for God
00:05:13.640 mixed with a humanity weak
00:05:15.380 to the temptations of the flesh.
00:05:18.000 He teaches us
00:05:19.180 the awesome mercy of God
00:05:20.740 when His people repent of their sins.
00:05:24.320 The great prophet Elijah
00:05:26.120 evidenced so powerfully
00:05:28.520 that there is no God
00:05:30.200 other than the Lord God Almighty,
00:05:33.120 the God of Abraham,
00:05:34.500 Isaac, and Jacob.
00:05:36.260 His example of fidelity
00:05:37.900 under persecution
00:05:38.860 is for us
00:05:40.100 a shining beacon of hope
00:05:42.060 as we await
00:05:43.500 with you
00:05:44.460 Elijah's return
00:05:46.080 from his celestial place
00:05:47.540 of repose.
00:05:48.300 It is for all these reasons
00:05:51.560 and many, many more
00:05:53.140 that followers of Christ,
00:05:56.140 Catholics,
00:05:57.300 love the Jewish people.
00:05:59.980 We count your ancestry
00:06:01.840 as our own spiritual ancestry
00:06:03.900 as well.
00:06:06.480 We revere the saints
00:06:08.640 of your ancient fathers.
00:06:10.460 We honor them
00:06:11.180 and implore God
00:06:12.660 that we may follow
00:06:14.280 their example
00:06:15.380 of unyielding fidelity.
00:06:18.740 We are grateful
00:06:19.700 beyond words
00:06:20.780 for the grace
00:06:21.920 of your people
00:06:22.760 that they have bestowed
00:06:24.680 on the whole world.
00:06:28.380 And there is one more prophet
00:06:30.140 whom we share
00:06:31.840 who stirs our hearts
00:06:33.260 but also marks
00:06:35.020 a delineation
00:06:36.500 between our peoples
00:06:37.700 and that is Isaiah.
00:06:40.240 The great prophet
00:06:41.680 who tells of the Lord's sign
00:06:44.180 that a virgin
00:06:45.320 will conceive
00:06:46.200 and bear a son
00:06:47.140 who will be called
00:06:48.520 Emmanuel,
00:06:49.780 God with us,
00:06:51.620 as you can read
00:06:52.520 in Isaiah 7.14.
00:06:55.380 He writes about
00:06:56.540 the Lord's
00:06:57.140 suffering servant
00:06:58.160 in whom all
00:06:59.660 the ends of the earth
00:07:00.780 shall see
00:07:01.680 the salvation
00:07:02.320 of our God,
00:07:03.620 as he records
00:07:04.580 in Isaiah 52.10.
00:07:07.140 He who is,
00:07:08.700 as Isaiah 53 reveals,
00:07:11.140 to be despised
00:07:12.180 and the most abject
00:07:13.840 of men,
00:07:14.540 a man of sorrows,
00:07:15.600 who has borne
00:07:16.520 the infirmities
00:07:17.400 and carried
00:07:18.820 our sorrows,
00:07:20.100 one who people
00:07:21.200 would believe
00:07:21.940 to be struck
00:07:23.600 by God
00:07:24.240 and afflicted.
00:07:26.220 But he was wounded
00:07:27.600 for our iniquities,
00:07:29.300 he was bruised
00:07:30.080 for our sins,
00:07:31.400 the chastisement
00:07:32.500 of our peace
00:07:33.780 was upon him
00:07:34.600 and by his bruises
00:07:36.320 we are healed.
00:07:38.640 The Lord
00:07:39.480 has laid on him
00:07:40.380 the iniquity
00:07:40.920 of us all.
00:07:42.740 He was to be
00:07:43.760 the atoning,
00:07:45.060 sacrificial lamb
00:07:45.980 who was offered
00:07:47.120 because it was
00:07:48.300 his own will
00:07:49.680 and was led
00:07:52.000 as a sheep
00:07:53.120 to the slaughter
00:07:53.740 and shall not
00:07:55.040 open his mouth.
00:07:56.860 The suffering servant,
00:07:58.220 Isaiah tells us,
00:07:59.640 has done no iniquity,
00:08:02.660 neither was there deceit
00:08:04.080 in his mouth,
00:08:05.120 but yet the Lord
00:08:06.180 was pleased
00:08:06.880 to bruise him
00:08:07.840 in infirmity
00:08:08.880 and that he
00:08:10.660 shall lay down
00:08:11.560 his life
00:08:12.080 for sin
00:08:12.700 that would
00:08:14.380 justify many
00:08:15.540 and he
00:08:17.620 shall bear
00:08:18.200 their iniquities
00:08:19.180 that he would
00:08:21.300 even
00:08:21.820 pray
00:08:23.060 for the transgressors.
00:08:24.880 And we see this
00:08:25.580 not only in Isaiah,
00:08:26.860 we see it also
00:08:27.660 prophesied
00:08:28.380 in David's writings.
00:08:30.700 David wrote
00:08:31.300 too
00:08:31.660 of your
00:08:33.120 long-awaited
00:08:34.040 Messiah
00:08:34.440 who is
00:08:36.120 the son
00:08:36.600 of Miriam
00:08:37.220 and Joseph.
00:08:39.060 We call her
00:08:39.920 Mary,
00:08:40.840 both descendants
00:08:41.800 of David.
00:08:43.460 And from David
00:08:44.080 himself,
00:08:44.660 we see Isaiah's
00:08:45.860 sentiments
00:08:46.300 of the suffering
00:08:47.720 servant echoed
00:08:48.980 as he writes,
00:08:50.400 and I quote,
00:08:51.640 they have pierced
00:08:52.220 my hands
00:08:52.860 and my feet,
00:08:53.960 they have numbered
00:08:54.780 all my bones.
00:08:56.700 And that's
00:08:57.180 from Psalms 22.
00:08:58.240 He came
00:09:00.180 to free
00:09:00.700 first the Jews
00:09:01.740 and then
00:09:02.860 all of the Gentile
00:09:04.060 world from slavery
00:09:05.100 to sin
00:09:05.900 and the devil.
00:09:08.440 He established
00:09:09.260 the one true
00:09:10.060 Church,
00:09:10.660 revealing himself
00:09:11.540 as the Messiah,
00:09:12.800 the Holy One
00:09:13.340 of Israel.
00:09:15.160 And perhaps
00:09:15.820 these verses
00:09:16.540 from your own
00:09:17.940 revered prophet
00:09:18.960 can reverberate
00:09:20.720 in your heart
00:09:21.460 and stir you
00:09:22.440 to see
00:09:23.340 in this
00:09:24.880 calamitous
00:09:25.700 time,
00:09:26.980 perhaps to
00:09:27.960 recognize
00:09:28.560 the truth
00:09:29.680 of Jesus
00:09:30.380 the Christ,
00:09:32.100 to see
00:09:32.820 in him
00:09:33.440 the peace
00:09:34.500 that has
00:09:35.680 so eluded
00:09:36.860 the people
00:09:37.440 of Israel
00:09:37.920 since the time
00:09:38.720 of Christ.
00:09:40.600 We know
00:09:41.340 from the Proverbs
00:09:42.060 that something
00:09:43.080 is wrong,
00:09:44.420 for we are told
00:09:45.060 when a man's
00:09:45.740 ways please
00:09:46.260 the Lord,
00:09:47.320 he makes
00:09:47.680 even his enemies
00:09:48.660 to be at peace
00:09:49.940 with him.
00:09:51.160 Proverbs 16,
00:09:51.960 7.
00:09:53.320 Peace depends
00:09:54.440 on the Almighty
00:09:55.240 as the Psalms
00:09:56.020 reveal,
00:09:56.580 for you alone,
00:09:57.520 O Lord,
00:09:57.960 make me dwell
00:09:59.020 in safety,
00:09:59.960 Psalms 4.8.
00:10:02.480 Jesus is there
00:10:03.820 for you
00:10:04.440 and all
00:10:05.700 your people.
00:10:07.660 All followers
00:10:08.360 of Christ
00:10:08.860 believe
00:10:09.440 that one day
00:10:10.460 the prophecy
00:10:11.260 of Zechariah
00:10:12.180 will be fulfilled,
00:10:13.760 that a spirit
00:10:14.600 of grace
00:10:15.060 will be poured
00:10:15.680 out on the
00:10:16.480 house of David,
00:10:17.920 and the Jews
00:10:18.940 will look upon
00:10:19.920 me,
00:10:20.600 on him
00:10:21.520 who they
00:10:22.360 have pierced.
00:10:23.580 They shall
00:10:24.180 mourn for him
00:10:24.980 as one
00:10:26.060 mourns
00:10:26.640 for an
00:10:27.260 only child
00:10:27.960 and weeps
00:10:28.940 bitterly
00:10:29.560 over him
00:10:30.080 as one
00:10:30.800 weeps
00:10:31.220 over a
00:10:32.380 firstborn.
00:10:33.520 Zechariah
00:10:34.240 12.10.
00:10:35.440 In our
00:10:38.220 New Testament,
00:10:39.280 which we
00:10:39.660 include in
00:10:40.240 our Bible
00:10:40.720 alongside
00:10:41.220 your
00:10:41.920 Hebrew
00:10:42.600 Bible,
00:10:44.180 Jesus
00:10:44.460 is recorded
00:10:45.460 as lamenting
00:10:46.760 for the Jews,
00:10:48.080 his own
00:10:48.560 people.
00:10:49.500 He says,
00:10:51.340 Jerusalem,
00:10:52.080 Jerusalem,
00:10:52.780 you who
00:10:53.200 kill the
00:10:53.660 prophets
00:10:54.060 and stone
00:10:54.760 those
00:10:55.280 sent to
00:10:56.280 you,
00:10:57.180 how often
00:10:57.960 have I
00:10:58.320 longed to
00:10:59.040 gather your
00:10:59.560 children together
00:11:00.400 as a hen
00:11:01.280 gathers her
00:11:01.920 chicks under
00:11:02.820 her wings,
00:11:03.420 and you
00:11:04.420 were not
00:11:04.940 willing.
00:11:06.260 You'll find
00:11:07.020 that in
00:11:07.340 Matthew 23.37.
00:11:10.980 You know,
00:11:11.760 I'm ashamed
00:11:12.200 to admit it,
00:11:13.560 but it is
00:11:14.840 true that
00:11:15.980 there are
00:11:16.320 some followers
00:11:17.040 of Christ
00:11:17.640 who out of
00:11:18.820 a mistaken
00:11:19.380 sense of
00:11:20.140 charity or
00:11:20.860 a cowardice
00:11:21.800 for fear
00:11:22.900 of disdain
00:11:23.600 refuse to
00:11:25.540 invite our
00:11:26.280 Jewish
00:11:26.700 brothers and
00:11:27.240 sisters to
00:11:28.380 recognize in
00:11:29.360 Jesus the
00:11:30.000 Messiah.
00:11:31.760 They refused
00:11:33.200 to let
00:11:34.620 them see
00:11:35.180 him for
00:11:35.540 what he
00:11:35.920 is,
00:11:36.800 flesh of
00:11:37.520 your flesh,
00:11:38.700 bone of
00:11:39.160 your bone,
00:11:40.100 a descendant
00:11:40.800 of David.
00:11:42.380 He fulfills
00:11:43.240 the sign
00:11:43.860 prophesied by
00:11:44.640 Isaiah,
00:11:45.160 therefore the
00:11:45.820 Lord himself
00:11:46.620 shall give
00:11:47.480 you a sign,
00:11:48.080 behold a
00:11:48.460 virgin shall
00:11:49.260 conceive and
00:11:50.040 bear a
00:11:50.440 son,
00:11:51.560 and his
00:11:51.860 name shall
00:11:52.260 be called
00:11:52.700 Emmanuel.
00:11:55.000 So it's
00:11:55.720 out of love
00:11:56.240 for you,
00:11:57.060 for your
00:11:57.520 heritage,
00:11:58.560 for the
00:11:58.960 gift you
00:11:59.420 gave to
00:11:59.820 the world.
00:12:00.200 let me
00:12:02.000 a nobody
00:12:04.000 and someone
00:12:05.160 who holds
00:12:05.640 in his
00:12:05.940 heart great
00:12:06.940 love for
00:12:07.600 you and
00:12:08.160 for a debt
00:12:08.860 of gratitude
00:12:09.640 invite you
00:12:11.680 to consider
00:12:13.260 him who
00:12:14.840 your heart
00:12:15.300 desires,
00:12:16.640 him whose
00:12:17.300 hands and
00:12:17.960 feet were
00:12:18.380 pierced for
00:12:18.940 love of
00:12:19.340 you,
00:12:20.720 him who
00:12:21.420 allowed
00:12:21.780 himself to
00:12:22.400 be crucified
00:12:22.960 to save
00:12:23.800 you and
00:12:25.260 all of us
00:12:25.880 from our
00:12:26.260 sins,
00:12:27.160 who offered
00:12:27.880 himself as
00:12:28.680 the Lamb
00:12:29.080 of God
00:12:29.620 to take
00:12:30.380 away the
00:12:30.940 sins of
00:12:31.280 the world
00:12:31.660 and to
00:12:32.680 grant us
00:12:33.460 peace.
00:12:36.000 Some time
00:12:36.820 ago at
00:12:37.160 LifeSite News
00:12:37.660 we ran a
00:12:38.260 show with
00:12:39.000 Mother Miriam,
00:12:40.600 a Jew from
00:12:41.320 New York
00:12:41.760 who became
00:12:42.460 a Catholic.
00:12:43.820 She calls
00:12:44.440 herself a
00:12:44.960 completed Jew
00:12:45.860 since she
00:12:47.020 is recognized
00:12:48.120 in Jesus
00:12:48.760 the one,
00:12:50.320 the Holy
00:12:50.800 One of
00:12:51.720 Israel,
00:12:52.380 Messiah,
00:12:53.200 the Prince
00:12:53.760 of Peace.
00:12:56.300 Reacting to
00:12:57.180 the deplorable
00:12:58.080 stance of
00:12:58.840 some Catholics
00:12:59.620 and Christians
00:13:00.360 who refused
00:13:01.300 to offer
00:13:02.120 Jesus to
00:13:02.940 the Jews,
00:13:04.220 she castigated
00:13:05.220 them,
00:13:06.060 saying that
00:13:06.600 the greatest
00:13:07.340 form of
00:13:08.300 anti-Semitism
00:13:09.080 was keeping
00:13:10.220 Jesus from
00:13:10.860 the Jews.
00:13:12.360 Here,
00:13:13.340 watch her
00:13:13.960 testimony for
00:13:14.640 yourself and
00:13:15.340 know that it
00:13:16.200 comes from
00:13:16.660 that spirit
00:13:17.200 of love
00:13:17.800 and admonishment
00:13:19.580 of those
00:13:20.760 followers of
00:13:21.440 Jesus who
00:13:22.220 would dare
00:13:23.180 to suggest
00:13:24.520 that out of
00:13:25.040 some kind of
00:13:25.580 politically correct
00:13:26.400 nonsense,
00:13:27.060 we should
00:13:27.520 refuse to
00:13:28.840 give Jesus
00:13:29.300 to the Jews.
00:13:30.540 That is a
00:13:31.220 cowardice and
00:13:32.380 it in fact
00:13:32.980 shows a
00:13:33.320 hatred under
00:13:34.480 a veil of
00:13:35.980 love and
00:13:37.060 charity.
00:13:37.960 Watch what she
00:13:38.560 has to say.
00:13:39.660 That's where
00:13:40.160 she's coming
00:13:40.600 from.
00:13:40.940 And I think,
00:13:42.840 dear excellency,
00:13:44.020 that the
00:13:44.520 greatest form
00:13:46.560 of anti-Semitism
00:13:48.080 ever
00:13:48.900 is to deny
00:13:51.140 the Jewish
00:13:52.260 people the
00:13:52.880 knowledge of
00:13:53.440 Christ whom
00:13:54.240 they gave
00:13:54.840 to the
00:13:55.140 world through
00:13:55.800 God.
00:13:58.080 You are
00:13:58.840 damning them
00:13:59.520 if you deny
00:14:00.720 them and if
00:14:01.340 you say they
00:14:01.860 can come to
00:14:02.380 God in any
00:14:03.020 other way.
00:14:03.500 They cannot.
00:14:04.820 Right?
00:14:06.180 It is true.
00:14:07.420 Mother Miriam,
00:14:08.280 you spoke very
00:14:09.640 precisely.
00:14:11.120 In this,
00:14:11.620 we have to,
00:14:12.580 we will commit
00:14:13.740 a grave,
00:14:14.840 grievous
00:14:15.420 sin against
00:14:17.520 the love of
00:14:19.420 neighbor if we
00:14:21.080 do not preach
00:14:22.260 with love and
00:14:23.560 conviction to
00:14:25.120 the Jews of
00:14:26.020 today, Jesus
00:14:27.160 Christ as their
00:14:28.400 only Savior and
00:14:29.760 also to the
00:14:32.160 Muslims, to the
00:14:32.940 Hindus, to all
00:14:33.680 the people.
00:14:34.700 You know, after we
00:14:35.700 aired that, some
00:14:36.480 commented that
00:14:38.080 her remarks were
00:14:39.280 anti-Semitic.
00:14:40.900 So I wanted to
00:14:42.140 explain her
00:14:43.700 stance that it
00:14:45.760 comes from great
00:14:46.700 love, a great
00:14:48.000 love of her own
00:14:49.180 people, her
00:14:50.020 heritage, and
00:14:51.880 an ardent desire
00:14:53.160 that the people
00:14:54.560 of her ancestry
00:14:55.900 come to the
00:14:56.620 same divine
00:14:57.580 love which has
00:14:58.700 so permeated
00:14:59.900 her heart and
00:15:01.380 soul, that she
00:15:02.660 is steeped in a
00:15:04.120 joy and peace
00:15:05.360 that no earthly
00:15:06.700 power can ever
00:15:07.700 take from her.
00:15:09.700 She wants that
00:15:10.460 same joy and
00:15:11.440 peace for you
00:15:12.260 and is
00:15:14.060 righteously
00:15:15.040 angered by
00:15:16.320 those who
00:15:17.200 would dare to
00:15:18.240 deprive her
00:15:19.140 own people
00:15:20.000 of the
00:15:20.720 knowledge of
00:15:21.920 the Messiah.
00:15:24.040 So out of
00:15:24.940 love, respect,
00:15:26.900 and gratitude
00:15:27.700 for the Jewish
00:15:28.280 people, I
00:15:29.680 beg you, with
00:15:31.240 Mother Miriam,
00:15:32.500 to turn to
00:15:33.780 Emmanuel, God
00:15:34.720 with us, and
00:15:36.060 see him, the
00:15:37.660 Lord, the
00:15:38.560 answer to the
00:15:39.460 puzzle in
00:15:40.140 Genesis, which
00:15:41.120 speaks of the
00:15:42.540 one and only
00:15:44.200 God, saying,
00:15:45.820 let us make
00:15:46.520 man in our
00:15:47.520 image, the
00:15:49.320 one God, in
00:15:50.720 three persons,
00:15:51.560 Father, Son, and
00:15:52.620 Holy Spirit.
00:15:54.080 He chose
00:15:54.980 Abraham and
00:15:55.980 his descendants
00:15:56.660 as the means
00:15:57.960 to bring the
00:15:58.640 Messiah to all
00:15:59.560 mankind through
00:16:00.760 the woman whose
00:16:02.280 glory shines
00:16:03.460 brighter than
00:16:04.980 the praises of
00:16:05.780 Judith.
00:16:07.500 She is the
00:16:08.360 mother of the
00:16:09.240 Messiah, and
00:16:09.880 she, the
00:16:11.040 faithful daughter
00:16:11.900 of the house of
00:16:12.940 David, is the
00:16:14.320 crown of all
00:16:15.580 women on
00:16:16.520 earth.
00:16:17.920 What Prince
00:16:18.820 Uzziah said
00:16:19.780 of Judith
00:16:20.620 applies all
00:16:21.940 the more to
00:16:23.080 Miriam, or
00:16:24.520 Mary as we
00:16:25.220 call her.
00:16:26.500 Blessed art
00:16:27.320 thou, O
00:16:28.120 daughter, by
00:16:29.200 the Lord, the
00:16:29.820 Most High God,
00:16:30.620 of all women
00:16:31.600 upon the
00:16:32.140 earth, because
00:16:33.340 he hath so
00:16:34.180 magnified thy
00:16:35.140 name this day,
00:16:36.960 that thy
00:16:37.780 praise shall
00:16:38.560 not depart out
00:16:39.600 of the mouths
00:16:40.200 of men.
00:16:42.080 It is also
00:16:42.860 said of her,
00:16:44.480 Blessed art
00:16:45.140 thou by
00:16:45.640 God, in
00:16:46.900 every tabernacle
00:16:48.100 of Jacob, for
00:16:49.400 in every nation
00:16:50.600 which shall
00:16:51.180 hear thy
00:16:51.700 name, the
00:16:52.580 God of
00:16:53.040 Israel, shall
00:16:54.120 be magnified
00:16:55.120 on occasion
00:16:56.120 of thee.
00:16:59.160 Hear the
00:16:59.960 prayer of
00:17:01.020 this Miriam,
00:17:02.140 of Mary, the
00:17:04.340 mother of
00:17:04.760 Jesus, after
00:17:06.300 the Messiah was
00:17:07.140 conceived in her
00:17:07.920 womb by the
00:17:08.920 power of God.
00:17:10.400 Hear her
00:17:11.480 words, the
00:17:12.860 echo of the
00:17:13.860 prayers of
00:17:14.480 all the
00:17:15.000 holy women
00:17:15.560 of Israel, and
00:17:17.240 of all the
00:17:17.780 prophets and
00:17:18.660 holy ones of
00:17:19.740 Abraham's
00:17:20.300 children.
00:17:21.940 She prays
00:17:22.860 for you, her
00:17:24.460 kinsmen, and
00:17:26.000 her prayer will
00:17:27.600 be heard by
00:17:28.600 the Almighty
00:17:29.160 one day, and
00:17:31.480 one day soon.
00:17:34.680 She prayed,
00:17:36.860 My soul
00:17:37.980 magnifies the
00:17:38.940 Lord, and my
00:17:40.620 spirit, rejoiced
00:17:41.620 in God my
00:17:42.260 Savior, because
00:17:43.580 he hath regarded
00:17:45.040 the humility of
00:17:45.940 his handmaid.
00:17:47.400 For behold, from
00:17:48.220 henceforth all
00:17:49.420 generations shall
00:17:50.800 call me blessed,
00:17:52.540 because he that is
00:17:53.640 mighty has done
00:17:54.440 great things to
00:17:55.400 me, and holy
00:17:57.000 is his name, and
00:17:58.820 his mercy is from
00:17:59.780 generation unto
00:18:00.720 generations to
00:18:01.660 them that fear
00:18:02.540 him.
00:18:04.080 He has showed
00:18:05.060 might in his
00:18:05.820 arm, he has
00:18:07.180 scattered the
00:18:07.740 proud in the
00:18:08.760 conceit of their
00:18:09.580 heart, he has
00:18:10.660 put down the
00:18:11.320 mighty from
00:18:11.980 their seat, and
00:18:13.120 has exalted the
00:18:14.000 humble.
00:18:15.420 He has filled
00:18:16.220 the hungry with
00:18:17.020 good things, and
00:18:18.700 the rich he has
00:18:19.860 sent empty away.
00:18:22.180 He has received
00:18:23.320 Israel his
00:18:24.040 servant, being
00:18:25.280 mindful of his
00:18:26.080 mercy, as he
00:18:27.680 spoke to our
00:18:28.440 fathers, to
00:18:29.860 Abraham, and to
00:18:31.580 his seed forever.
00:18:32.740 for LifeSite
00:18:35.900 News, this is
00:18:36.620 John Henry
00:18:37.040 Weston, and may
00:18:38.820 God bless you.
00:19:02.740 fellow
00:19:24.560 you
00:19:24.960 here
00:19:25.500 came
00:19:25.780 to
00:19:25.920 Thank you.
00:19:55.920 Thank you.
00:20:25.920 Thank you.
00:20:55.920 Thank you.
00:21:25.920 Thank you.
00:21:55.920 And from David himself, we see Isaiah's sentiments of the suffering servant echoed as he writes,
00:22:15.420 and I quote,
00:22:16.420 They have pierced my hands and my feet, they have numbered all my bones.
00:22:22.300 And that's from Psalms 22.
00:22:24.920 He came to free first the Jews and then all of the Gentile world from slavery to sin and the devil.
00:22:32.720 And perhaps these verses from your own revered prophet can reverberate in your heart and stir you to see in this calamitous time.
00:22:51.600 Perhaps to recognize the truth of Jesus the Christ, to see in him the peace that has so eluded the people of Israel since the time of Christ.
00:23:04.680 We know from the Proverbs that something is wrong, for we are told when a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
00:23:15.800 Peace depends on the Almighty as the Psalms reveal, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
00:23:25.080 Psalms 4.
00:23:26.080 Jesus is there for you and all your people.
00:23:31.760 All followers of Christ believe that one day the prophecy of Zechariah will be fulfilled,
00:23:39.180 that his spirit of grace will be poured out on the house of David,
00:23:43.440 and the Jews will look upon me, on him who they have pierced.
00:23:49.080 They shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weeps bitterly over him as one weeps over a firstborn.
00:23:59.020 Zechariah 12.10
00:24:01.760 In our New Testament, which we include in our Bible alongside your Hebrew Bible,
00:24:09.600 Jesus is recorded as lamenting for the Jews, his own people.
00:24:14.960 He says,
00:24:16.720 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
00:24:22.600 how often have I longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,
00:24:29.120 and you were not willing.
00:24:31.760 You'll find that in Matthew 23.37.
00:24:36.460 You know, I'm ashamed to admit it,
00:24:38.400 but it is true that there are some followers of Christ
00:24:43.080 who, out of a mistaken sense of charity or a cowardice for fear of disdain,
00:24:50.100 refuse to invite our Jewish brothers and sisters to recognize in Jesus the Messiah.
00:24:55.820 They refused to let them see him for what he is, flesh of your flesh, bone of your bone, a descendant of David.
00:25:07.740 He fulfills the sign prophesied by Isaiah,
00:25:10.440 Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign.
00:25:13.500 Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.
00:25:18.580 So it's out of love for you, for your heritage, for the gift you gave to the world.
00:25:25.620 Let me, a nobody, and someone who holds in his heart great love for you and for a debt of gratitude,
00:25:35.140 invite you to consider him who your heart desires,
00:25:42.060 him whose hands and feet were pierced for love of you,
00:25:46.140 him who allowed himself to be crucified to save you and all of us from our sins,
00:25:52.000 who offered himself as the Lamb of God to take away the sins of the world
00:25:57.100 and to grant us peace.
00:26:27.100 Some time ago at LifeSite News, we ran a show with Mother Miriam,
00:26:51.240 a Jew from New York who became a Catholic.
00:26:53.580 She calls herself a completed Jew since she is recognized in Jesus,
00:26:59.720 the one, the Holy One of Israel, the Messiah, the Prince of Peace.
00:27:06.900 Reacting to the deplorable stance of some Catholics and Christians
00:27:11.000 who refuse to offer Jesus to the Jews,
00:27:14.860 she castigated them, saying that the greatest form of anti-Semitism
00:27:19.780 was keeping Jesus from the Jews.
00:27:22.040 Here, watch her testimony for yourself
00:27:25.600 and know that it comes from that spirit of love
00:27:28.420 and admonishment of those followers of Jesus
00:27:32.340 who would dare to suggest that out of some kind of politically correct nonsense
00:27:37.380 we should refuse to give Jesus to the Jews.
00:27:41.180 That is a cowardice and it in fact shows a hatred
00:27:44.260 under a veil of love and charity.
00:27:48.600 Watch what she has to say.
00:27:49.780 That's where she's coming from.
00:27:51.840 And I think, dear Excellency, that the greatest form of anti-Semitism ever
00:27:59.540 is to deny the Jewish people the knowledge of Christ
00:28:04.520 whom they gave to the world through God.
00:28:06.820 You are damning them if you deny them
00:28:11.680 and if you say they can come to God in any other way.
00:28:14.140 They cannot.
00:28:15.680 Right.
00:28:16.920 It is true.
00:28:18.060 Mother Miriam, you spoke very precisely.
00:28:21.100 And this we have to, we will commit a grave, grievous sin against the love of neighbor
00:28:30.620 if we do not preach with love and conviction to the Jews of today.
00:28:37.320 Jesus Christ is their only Savior and also to the Muslims, to the Hindus, to all the people.
00:28:44.840 You know, after we aired that, some commented that her remarks were anti-Semitic.
00:28:51.560 So I wanted to explain her stance that it comes from great love.
00:28:57.960 A great love of her own people.
00:29:00.460 Her heritage.
00:29:02.300 And an ardent desire that the people of her ancestry come to the same divine love
00:29:08.640 which has so permeated her heart and soul
00:29:12.400 that she is steeped in a joy and peace that no earthly power can ever take from her.
00:29:20.340 She wants that same joy and peace for you
00:29:22.900 and is righteously angered by those who would dare to deprive her own people
00:29:30.640 of the knowledge of the Messiah.
00:29:33.260 So out of love, respect and gratitude for the Jewish people
00:29:39.380 I beg you, with Mother Miriam, to turn to Emmanuel, God with us
00:29:45.820 and see him, the Lord
00:29:48.660 the answer to the puzzle in Genesis
00:29:51.160 which speaks of the one and only God
00:29:55.300 saying, let us make man in our image
00:29:58.700 the one God
00:30:00.660 in three Persons
00:30:02.080 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
00:30:03.900 David wrote two of your long-awaited Messiah
00:30:29.380 who is the son of Miriam
00:30:32.160 and Joseph
00:30:33.440 we call her Mary
00:30:35.220 both descendants of David
00:30:37.440 and from David himself
00:30:39.460 we see Isaiah's sentiments
00:30:41.240 of the suffering servant
00:30:43.180 echoed as he writes
00:30:44.920 and I quote
00:30:45.940 they have pierced my hands and my feet
00:30:48.400 they have numbered all my bones
00:30:50.840 and that's from Psalms 22
00:30:53.200 he came to free first the Jews
00:30:56.680 and then all of the Gentile world
00:30:59.300 from slavery to sin
00:31:00.840 and the devil
00:31:02.240 he established the one true church
00:31:05.440 revealing himself as the Messiah
00:31:07.300 the Holy One of Israel
00:31:08.740 Mother Miriam
00:31:26.120 a Jew from New York
00:31:28.260 who became a Catholic
00:31:29.440 she calls herself a completed Jew
00:31:32.360 since she is recognized in Jesus
00:31:35.260 the one
00:31:36.020 the Holy One
00:31:37.580 of Israel
00:31:38.560 the Messiah
00:31:39.340 the Prince of Peace
00:31:41.180 reacting to the deplorable stance
00:31:45.140 of some Catholics and Christians
00:31:46.860 who refused to offer Jesus to the Jews
00:31:49.960 she castigated them
00:31:52.080 saying that the greatest form
00:31:54.440 of anti-Semitism
00:31:55.500 was keeping Jesus from the Jews
00:32:07.580 the one God
00:32:10.620 in three persons
00:32:12.000 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
00:32:13.800 he chose Abraham
00:32:16.100 and his descendants
00:32:17.220 as the means
00:32:18.520 to bring the Messiah
00:32:19.580 to all mankind
00:32:20.460 through the woman
00:32:21.940 whose glory shines brighter
00:32:24.520 than the praises of Judith
00:32:26.620 she is the mother
00:32:29.160 of the Messiah
00:32:30.160 and she
00:32:30.740 the faithful daughter
00:32:32.460 of the house of David
00:32:33.740 is the crown
00:32:35.260 of all women
00:32:36.520 on earth
00:32:37.420 what Prince Uzziah said
00:33:01.940 of Judith
00:33:02.780 applies all the more
00:33:04.640 to Miriam
00:33:05.780 or Mary
00:33:07.040 as we call her
00:33:07.880 blessed art thou
00:33:09.960 O daughter
00:33:10.620 by the Lord
00:33:11.780 the Most High God
00:33:12.740 above all women
00:33:13.760 upon the earth
00:33:14.580 because he hath so magnified
00:33:17.060 thy name this day
00:33:18.120 that thy praise
00:33:20.480 shall not depart
00:33:21.440 out of the mouths
00:33:22.380 of men
00:33:22.920 it is also said of her
00:33:25.680 blessed art thou
00:33:27.580 by God
00:33:28.240 in every tabernacle
00:33:30.260 of Jacob
00:33:30.800 for in every nation
00:33:32.760 which shall hear
00:33:33.640 thy name
00:33:34.200 the God of Israel
00:33:35.620 shall be magnified
00:33:37.260 on occasion
00:33:38.280 of thee