The Holiest gate at JFK - The World On Fire

[Music] I'm standing here in JFK airport waiting for my flight to Hong Kong to take off. And as we walked to our gate, we passed by terminal after terminal, gate after gate, flights heading to every corner of the globe, going to Sydney and Santiago and Frankfurt and Tokyo and Vancouver, city after city, gate after gate. But out of all of them, out of all the gates we passed, there was only one gate that had extra security around it. There's only one gate with canine units or sniffing for explo explosives or one gate with armed guards holding AK-4. There's only one gate that literally makes you go through a security a second time and that was the gate to Israel. Why is that? Why is the gate to Israel different from every other gate? Why does a plane to Tel Aviv need a level of protection that no other destination does? The answer is because that plane isn't heading to just any other country. It's flying towards the spiritual center of the universe to a land where heaven meets earth where Torah and truth flow outward to all of humanity. That gate leads to a place that holds the world accountable, that demands we live with with morality and with meaning, with good with with godliness. A place that says to the nations, there is a standard. There is a creator. There is a purpose. And not everyone is ready for that message. For some, it's too much holiness to handle. Their souls aren't prepared or they've convinced themselves they don't want to be. The next time they make you go through extra security at the airport or you need to have a full body pat down to get into a shaw while the church down the block stands wide open. Don't feel afraid. Don't feel ashamed. Feel honored. Feel empowered. You're part of the most transformative, influential people on earth. A people that carry the banner of Hashem, that speaks his truth, that represent his light in a world full of shadows. A people that hold the flag of God high in the world. And no amount of pressure, no amount of fear, no amount of intimidation will ever make us put that flag down. [Music]