Israel-Iran war: The Jews Secret Weapon, 100% Trust in God Can Create Miracles & Bring Mashiach

Obviously, right now we're in crazy times. We're in the middle of a war. Um, and this things just escalated like u Iran nuclear bombing attacking and and things are crazy. I think it's very important to to point out really something that's a lesson for every day in life and certainly a lesson for the most trying, you know, scary moments of life. And I want to start off with the question is, is there ever a time to ever really be afraid? We got a very tough man over here. No, never a time to be afraid. I'd say yes. Yes. I love it. This is going to be a This is going to be a Jewish discussion. Yes. And no. We already have two answers. Let's see how many we're going to come up with. Yes. The only thing in the fear is God himself. H. We have a biblical man over here. Praise the Lord. [Laughter] The only man, the only thing to fear is God himself. Fear is real. Fear is real and we we all experience it. And of course, there's guns, there's knives, and there's of nuclear bombs. However, let's try to go take a step back and try to kind of redefine things and understand what this verse that's telling us that the only one to fear is God. What is it? What what does it mean? And how is that true? And how can we make it a part of our lives? How many worlds did God make? How many worlds did he create? Seven. This is Let's make this an auction. 10, 20, 30. The truth is there's a puk from King Solomon who knew a lot talks about that God made infinite worlds and mispa. We can't count the worlds Hashem made. We can't count the stars. We also can't count the worlds he made. Now, when I say worlds, I mean spiritual worlds, including the physical. There's only one physical world which is our world and that includes the galaxies. Anything that could be measured is included in the physical world and beyond the physical there are spiritual worlds that don't take up actual physical space but take up whatever spiritual space is and uh they are infinite. Now what's the difference between the spiritual worlds and this physical world that God made? One essential difference which we're going to use, there are many differences but one essential difference which maybe is where most of those differences come from and that is that in in the spiritual realms above God doesn't hide. Simple talk, God doesn't hide. Meaning the divine light and energy that brings the world into being. And the idea of the presence of godliness in the upper worlds is able to be perceived, seen, felt, however, whatever terms you want to use. Angels know there's a God. Angels don't believe there's a God. Angels know that there's a God because they they can they can feel God, the godly presence. In fact, angels are so aware of God's presence that angels are spiritual robots. They don't have free choice. They cannot choose what they want to do. They just are and do exactly in accordance with the will of God. So they are absolutely nullified to the divine energy and and the godliness that's revealed in the upper worlds. And so angels on to something we don't exist really the way we do. Certainly not. So that's the difference. God hides in in this world and he doesn't hide in the worlds above. So what's the result of God hiding in this world? What what the result of God hiding in this world is we see ourselves and a world and we don't see God because we don't see God how he manifests this world. How he fills this world how he is the life force and energy of this world. How he creates this world not once upon a time on the first few days of creation. He creates the world right now. Creation is a constant process that that comes from God himself every moment and and moment is not even the right word to use. And so God is making everything right now. So obviously God is in total control of everything all the time. But since we don't see that so we we are afraid we can become afraid. In darkness you can become afraid. But if we would shine a light in that darkness, we would realize that that thing we were afraid of is not what we thought it was. And ultimately that there was no real reason to be afraid. So this discussion is based on this. We're going to we're going to elaborate on this. The rabbis actually criticized there's a different opinion but the rabbis criticized Moses Moshe and Jacob Yakov. The rabbis criticized them for being afraid. And so what I want to start off is with them because they were two of the greatest people that ever lived. Yakov was the greatest of the forefathers and Moshe was the greatest prophet. And between the two of them, there were moments in their lives that they were afraid. When were they afraid? Moshe was afraid when he found out that Pyro knew that he killed an Egyptian man. And he understood and felt that now Parro was going to want to come and get him. And he felt afraid. He was he was in danger. And he was afraid. And the rabbis criticized him for being afraid. Yakov was afraid when Asab was coming at him with 400 men and he it says he was afraid and they explained a few things. He did three things. He he he offered presence. He prayed and he prepared for to defend himself but he was afraid. Now why do the rabbis care so much and why are they troubled and criticized these two great rabbis for being afraid? Because the assumption is two people as exalted as they were on their level of spirituality and knowledge of reality. So they were supposed to be living with so to speak in God's world. They were supposed to understand and feel and see God similar to angels and therefore they shouldn't have been afraid and even they were afraid. So we have to understand on a certain level there is reason and justification to be afraid. if they were afraid. So certainly we are going have the we can be afraid but ultimately we also want to know how to balance the reality that life is scary with my ability to to to either not be afraid or to or to be afraid and how do I deal with that challenge? That's the real challenge. Life is scary. No one's going to say that it's not scary. certainly wartimes, the threat of of bombs and and loss of life and and the tragedy that we've been that we've seen in the past year and a half and and for all of creation for all of history. It's very been very tragic. Ultimately, if you want to define the story of of the five almost 6,000 years we've been in this world, it's a tragic story, but it's it's a story of life. It's real and it's a life we wouldn't trade for anything. We want to be a part of that story as fearful it is is and as tragic as it can be because life is ultimately unbelievable and it's a gift and with the good and the bad that are in it and the fear and the happy moments and the triumphant moments it's just life and life is unbelievable and we want life as it comes from God and now we have to just understand how to balance and face these fears. Let's not make the mistake. The essential mistake that people make, which really I think is what feeds our fear is the unknown. The fact that I don't know what's around the corner really can creates even the possibility the possibility for me to be afraid of what's ahead. If you're driving down a road in a dark night and you don't know what's coming, you don't know what's ahead of you, you can start to become afraid because you don't know the future. You don't know what's coming. And we know that there are scary things in the world. So that's that's really the beginning of where the fear can start. But if I can tell myself, yeah, I don't know what's coming, but Hashem knows what's coming. That might be able to kind of like counter that fear of the unknown. I don't have to know everything. When I get on a plane, okay, some people are afraid to get on a plane, but if the person that's not so afraid to go on a plane, he doesn't know exactly what's keeping him up in the air and why he's not falling to the ground and exploding, but he's but he doesn't have to know everything. He's he's comfortable because he knows that that that it that it it works. And so if I understand and believe that Hashem is is is not is only hiding, that's the point. We started off by saying that in this world God hides and in the upper world he doesn't hide. If I understand that he's only hiding, that means he's here but hiding. Then I can start to see a world where where God is with me, that's how I can begin to to kind of manage these fears, the scary moments of life. If we're going to live in a in a world where we're at war with enemies all around the world, whether it's on social media or whether it's, you know, at work, whether it's with terrorism, whether it's with war, bombs, we are dealing with a lot of things to be afraid of. Yakov was afraid of 400 men coming at him. We have uh uh billions of people coming at us right now. Billions of people in the different ways that they want to come at us. We have every reason to be afraid. How do we face this? So there's a mistake people make because I don't know few mistakes. We'll start with it because I don't know what's going to happen and I and there's no guarantee that I will survive. So I'm afraid that I won't survive. That's number one. Number two, let's say I want to convince myself, listen, I have faith God's going to take care of me. But there are there are contradictions to that faith. Why? because people don't always survive. If I want to have absolute trust and faith in God that I am going to be 100% fine, well, I have neighbors that aren't fine. Unfortunately, we know that there have been many soldiers that have died. Ter terrorists have have have have killed in Israel over the years. People are people die. People are killed. Bad people win and and good people lose sometimes. So, that con that's a contradiction. If I have to have 100% faith in God, well, what about all the people that that I Hashem didn't save? So, how do I how do I face these fears? So, the answer is this real faith and real trust is even though I don't know, it's even though the other guy didn't survive, it's it's despite that because trust and faith is not a guarantee. Trust and faith doesn't mean I know. It means I'm holding on to Hashem. I'm holding on to God and I'm putting myself totally in his hands. If I trust 100% in God. That's what I know. I know that Hashem is 100% with me, 100% for me. I and I know that Hashem is called Y and Hashem can do and does any and everything. That's 100% faith and 100% trust. Do Am I saying I know what's going to happen tomorrow? No. Am I answering why he didn't help the guy next to the left of me or to the guy to the right of me? No. Am I saying that I'm I know that there's a guarantee that that bullets can't touch me? No. But I'm saying that I'm Hashem's 100 100% with me and I'm 100% with him, which means I put my trust in him and my faith in him totally. Okay. Now, what did I accomplish with that? What I accomplished is this. There's nothing to be afraid of. Number one, now we could we could tone down this approach by saying meaning God will do what he wants with me and I accept that and therefore I'm not afraid. But in truth that is a bit of a copout when it comes to trust. If you tr trust means to trust. It doesn't mean to maybe trust. So the minute I put a maybe in my mindset when it comes to trust I've sold out a bit. It's not 100%. Call it 80%, 70%, put the bar where you want, but it's not 100%. So, how do I have a 100% trust in God even though I don't know 100% if I'm going to survive? I don't know. We don't know. So, how can I have 100 100% trust if I don't know? The answer is this. Trust doesn't mean knowing. Like I said, it means this. I trust that God will take care of me. And I trust that God will never do anything bad to me. And therefore, when it comes to trust, I trust 100% that he will save me. Because a God that loves me and that cares for me and that can save me in my mind, in my world of trust, will save me. Cuz that's what that's what God will do. Come on. If some if you're if you're stuck in a pit and there's a strong man that can lift you up and he's and he and he and and he loves you and he cares about you and he's watching you in that pit. He's not going to leave you in that pit. He's going to pick you up. And so in my mind, which we're calling this world of trust, God will save me. I'm not saying I know the future. I'm not saying that I could walk down the most dangerous street in the world and and no bullet's going to touch me. But I'm just saying that before it happens, I'm 100% trusting in Hashem. Now, there's going to be we're gonna have to moderate it a tiny bit because sometimes God ultimately in this world doesn't save everyone. And so, I have to have that balance there. But I have to know that that doesn't stop me from from from living my life and trusting and hashem. And that means in the scariest moments of life, if I have my trust 100% in Hashem, then there's no room for fear. Now, in the two greatest people that ever lived, the rabbis want to point out that they were held accountable for it. We won't be held accountable for our fears. We're supposed to be. Unfortunately, we are afraid and we're going to be afraid. But there's this place that we can at least begin to realize exists within a true person who's who's with Hashem to go beyond those fears and to face the moments we're facing right now fearless. And in fact, that's the only thing we can do. What can we do to be a part of these end of times, wars, you know, apocalypse, whatever you want to call it. What is our role in this? It's it's not all Hashem. We're still here and Hashem wants something from us. So the one thing we can do, the most powerful thing we can do, the most important thing we can do is hold on to Hashem and trust in Hashem. That itself is a merit which makes miracles happen. The the belief that we are going to be okay is the is our job and our effort to be partners with Hashem in making it okay. That's the most important lesson we have to learn. We He wants something from us. When we're squeezed in dark moments of darkness and and scary moments, it's the we that we become is what he wants to see from us. And that is the merit to be saved. That is in fact the merit to be saved. It's it's the most important lesson.