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Jonathan, hello. Hey, good to be here. Sir, pleasure to meet you today. And you've caused a huge stir with your first book on

Harbinger. And after that, it not only became a New York bestseller,

but you know, you were named along with Billy Graham as one of the top 40 spiritual leaders

in the last 40 years who have impacted the world. You have a prophetic ministry to our nation

and to the world. And you're also a

local pastor, and you've been a pastor for over 30 years. Before we talk about your book and the

message that you have for America and for the world, could you start a little bit about how you

came to Jesus? Yeah, well, I'm Jewish and I was raised in a Jewish home and I went to Hebrew school

growing up and when I became an atheist when I was eight years old because I didn't see the

power of God that I was being told about from the Bible.

I didn't see him in the synagogue.

So that lasted for a little while and then I say, you know what, that atheism doesn't work. There's got to be something, there's got to be a reason why we exist. So I started seeking truth. I started, I started seeking, I got books on science, on religion, on the occult, on everything, you know, supernatural, everything. And one day I picked up a book that was about biblical prophecy. I thought it was a UFO book, but it wasn't. God tricked me on that. And it was all about the prophecies of the Bible that are coming true today, Israel, and all these things that are happening. And that just, that just blew me away. I had no idea. So, but I still didn't want my life to the Lord. So I had a rock band.

I had, you know, I did what teenagers do.

And I said, you know, I figure if I come to the Lord, I have to give up everything good and I have to join a monastery. You know, that's what I thought. So I made a deal with God. I said, Lord, if you give me a long life, I'll accept you when I'm on my deathbed.

And so right after that, I almost got killed twice.

The second time I was in a, I'll accept you when I'm on my deathbed. And so right after that, I almost got killed twice.

The second time I was in a, I was in a Ford Pinto. These are very, these are cars that blew up very

easily. And I'm heading to a train track at night. And I look and the lights are going on, but the

people are crossing on the other side. So maybe it's broken. So I kind of inch up to see and I see a light. It didn't look like it was moving. It was the train. I was on the track. And that's, I was head on. And so I said, you know what? Maybe just to be safe, let me try to back up a little bit. So I, but now there are headlights and back to me. So I backed up just about a foot, but I thought I was just being extra safe. You know, I was still in the path of the train.

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