What is the Sovereignty of God? And can we get our heads around this huge subject? God’s sovereignty is His right and power to do all that He decides to do. Job 42:2 states: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.” The sovereignty of God means the supremacy of God and the kingship of God. To say that God is sovereign is to declare that God is "God". So to say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the Most High, doing according to His will. To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is "The Governor among the nations" (Psalm 22:28), setting up kingdoms, overthrowing empires, and determining the course of dynasties as pleases Him best. To say that God is sovereign is to accept that even when one doesn’t understand why, God can choose a people – the Jewish people as His own, and choose to rebirth the Jewish State of Israel – simply because HE CAN!  But does this sit well with your understanding of how you see God?  Find out more in Episode 36 of The Eagle's Eye Podcast

Episode 36 The Eagle's Eye Podcast -The Sovereignty Of God

On Friday, April 30, 2021, a tragedy happened as tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish people had gathered for the annual Lag B'Omer celebrations at the Galilee tomb of Shimon Bar Yochai, a second-century Rabbi, in northern Israel.  Sadly, 45 people were killed, and over 150 injured. But why did this happen, and why were they there?

It is written, “Comfort, comfort My people, says your God... (Isaiah 40 v1), and for sure, it is the right thing to mourn with those who mourn, and we are deeply saddened by the tragic recent events that happened at Mount Meron in Israel. Our thoughts and our prayers are with the families and friends who lost their loved ones.  This podcast looks at this event and asks questions with the hope of finding answers.

Episode 38 Eagle's Eye Podcast -The Mount Meron Tragedy

The situation in Israel as I’m recording this podcast, is very serious as over 3,300 rockets have been fired from Hamas Terrorists in Gaza at Israel this past week.  The last time I experienced this was recorded in my short movie at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14KKAa_lmtI&t=555s

However, this weekend, Shavuot (Pentecost) will begin in the evening of Sunday, 16 May 2021.  As you listen to this podcast, please cry out to the LORD God that Israel would experience a mighty move of the power of the Holy Spirit throughout her Land over this period and pray that both Israel and the Church would desire a move of the Lord God in these days.

Episode 39 The Eagle's Eye Podcast - The Shavuot Wind

Do you wrestle with life? 🤔
📌Do you try to come to terms with the demands of life?
📌And are you too like Jacob in the Scriptures, as he too wrestled with the whole issues of God? And what of Israel? What of the current cancel culture? What of the spirit of lawlessness on our streets that we are witnessing? Something is happening...  A stirring… 

It says in Proverbs 20:5 - “the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.” Something is happening in our world at this time, and as Believers in the Lord, we need to have the waters of our soul stirred - because there is a staring in the deep waters - something is happening… find out in Episode 40 of this Podcast.

040 Episode 40 The Eagle's Eye Podcast - Watching Over Zion

We all remember where we were and what we were doing on 11 September 2001. The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington marked a turning point in world politics and shook NATO to its core. 
Less than two hours after being hit by the planes, the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York collapsed, one after the other - leaving massive clouds of dust and debris.  But what impact does this have on today's youth? And what of people born post 9/11? Twenty years later, these are my thoughts and this is my story of how I will never forget this day.

Episode 43 Eagle's Eye Podcast - 9/11 and Beyond

One of the Hebrew words that is translated “to refresh” or “to be refreshed” is naphash. It means to breathe or to be breathed upon. 
So… why not ‘take a breath… maybe this Shabbat, put away your projects, your worries, and cares, even your mobile phones, laptops, and breathe... enjoy!

044 Episode 44 The Eagle's Eye Podcast - Naphash

For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. I will also clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.  (Psalm 132:13-16)

On Wednesday May 4, 2022 Israel remembered her fallen soldiers and victims of terrorist attacks. On Thursday, we remember Yom Ha'atzma’ut (Independence Day) - which celebrates the Declaration of Independence of Israel which was first read on 14th May 1948 by David Ben Gurion.  Pray that the nation would have a clear vision of what God has called them to be, and that the strong resolute spirit of the Jewish people would enable them to see the Lord God at work within them.

Yom Ha'Atzmaut -Israel at 74 - Eagle's Eye Podcast Episode 46

Shavuot 2023 (Pentecost in Greek), or the Feast of Weeks, is a Jewish holiday. In 2023, Shavuot begins at sunset on Thursday May 25, and concludes at nightfall on Shabbat, May 27, 2023.  As you listen to this podcast -The Shavuot Wind Revisited, please cry out to the LORD God that Israel would experience a mighty move of the power of the Holy Spirit throughout her Land over this period and pray that both Israel and the Church would desire a move of the Lord God in these days.

Episode 47 The Eagle's Eye Podcast - The Shavuot Wind Revisited

Over the High Holy Days (September/October) Israel has been celebrating the three Biblical Feasts - Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets), Yom Kippur and Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles). All these are Torah-commanded holidays.  However, as I was reading sections of the book of Genesis, I really felt the Lord lay an issue on my heart regarding the promises of God to Israel, and how they respond to His calling.

The passages I'm concentrating on (along with others) are Genesis 28:10-17; Genesis 31:43-54; John 1:43-51, and Genesis 32:4-31.

Hope you get something from this.

Episode 48 Eagle's Eye Podcast - Sukkot-a test for Israel?

What is the Hebrew month of Cheshvan? What can we learn from this month that will help stop burnout? When we examine the horrendous state of of world, how can we gain peace?  And what has any of this got to do with Noah? 

Noah’s absolute faith in God, which resulted in uncompromising obedience, was the reason he was able to truly enter a place of blessed rest. In fact, the name Noah, or Noach in Hebrew, means rest. He was not a man who “leaned on his own understanding” of a situation but trusted wholeheartedly in the Word of the Lord and obeyed.

In today's world, it must get to a point when one has to simply “stop”… and stand still before man’s Creator… just for a moment, just to bask in the light and the depth of that connection… and in many ways, I feel we miss that. I guess that is why God ordered us a Shabbat rest.

Episode 49 The Eagle's Eye Podcast - Shabbat & the month of Cheshvan

All over the world in 2022, there are many people who do not enjoy freedom. All over the Middle East, and other areas of the world, Christians in particular, suffer great persecution because of their faith in Jesus (Yeshua). And all over the world the Jewish people too have suffered much persecution – just look at the Holocaust as one example – and today, we are living in an age when antisemitism is as high as it was in the 1930s. 

The Human Rights Watch have produced a 42-page guide regarding the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022.  But with Qatar having such bad human rights issue, should Qatar be even hosting the Fifa World Cup? With Iran's threats of nuclear war and thousands of Iranian's interrogated, unfairly prosecuted solely for peacefully exercising their human rights, and hundreds remained unjustly imprisoned, should England be playing Iran in the World Cup?  In this 50th episode of The Eagle's Eye Podcast, I invite our son Matthew to discuss these issues.

Episode 50 - The Eagle's Eye Podcast - Qatar, Iran & The Jubilee

After a few months away, I was finally inspired to recreate a podcast that really spoke to some folks recently. Climbing mountains is never easy, but the climb, no matter how tough, is worth it, when you get to the peak and see the amazing views. Life, health, and faith are often like that mountain climb. But can we really face the questions everyone wants to ask, but feel they can't? And will we find any answers?

Eagles Eye Podcast Episode 51 - 'More Questions than Answers'

Jenin and Journalism, where facts and context evaporate:
  
On July 3rd, 2023, the Israel Defence Force (IDF) launched what it described as a ‘contained and precise operation’ to foil very active terrorist activity in the Jenin area, which consisted of surprise attacks on terrorist infrastructure in what the world calls the ‘West Bank’ city of Jenin. This is an area that has been dubbed the Arab Palestinian “terror capital.” 

But what is the truth and context behind what we are witnessing in Jenin? But why now, and why has Israel appeared to go into this with more force than usual?  Find out in this episode of The Eagle's Eye Podcast.

Episode 52 The Eagle's Eye Podcast - Jenin & Journalism

These are indeed dark days, and as we watched in horror, the civilian population of Israel being targeted by Hamas terrorism, and innocent civilians on both sides are being killed and traumatised (however, one has to question as to how many Gazan civilians are being killed by their own people, as many of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad rockets have failed and exploded in Gaza).

I have been reporting on (and often from within Israel) issues relating to Israel for the past 28 years. Hamas have bombed Israel now for over 16 years. But what we witnessed on the 7th of October 2023, on Shabbat and Simchat Torah, in which more Jews were killed in a single day since the Shoah (Holocaust), left me (and any other decent civilian) sickened to the core. These evil hideous attacks are unforgivable. Hamas invaded Israel, killed, raped, and kidnapped Israeli children, women and grandmothers, and bombarded Israel with Iranian backed rockets, which even hit as far as Jerusalem.

We knew that as soon as Israel rightly responded, the western world would condemn Israel, yet even I have been shocked at the sickening sight of these hate marches and the ‘hate speech’ from the Palestine Solidarity groups. One has to wonder what it will take to get the woke world to ‘get real’ and ‘wake up to how evil Islamic terrorism is’?  So are we getting the full picture of this issue? In this podcast I look at some passages of Scripture, and compare them to todays situation.

Episode 53 Eagle's Eye Podcast - Are we getting the full picture?

Ever since the Islamic Terrorist group Hamas attacked, raped, killed and kidnapped women, children, babies, grandmothers - even Holocaust survivors, and Israel were forced to take action, the world has changed. This has indeed been a very tough seven months. Here I take a personal look at this, and pose some very serious points that need to be looked into.

Eagles Eye Podcast 54 - A Very Tough Seven Months

I was recently inspired by the Scriptures in I Kings chapters 17, 18 and 19. I’m sure we all know of the story of Moses in Exodus 33, when he climbed Mount Sinai (also known as Mount Horeb, the Mountain of God – 1 Kings 19:8). Another Scripture every Christian must know is from I Kings 19:11-12, where Elijah experiences a strong wind; an earthquake; a fire, and then a ‘still small voice’.  But what was Elijah doing in this place?”  And how can we enter into God's presence? How can we seek His face, touch His grace, in the cleft of the Rock?

Episode 55 The Eagle's Eye Podcast - 'In the cleft of the Rock'

Pentecost-Shavuot - Episode 56, Eagles Eye Podcast

David Soakell has been with a UK based and International ministry - Christian Friends of Israel (CFI) - since 1986, an Area Representative of CFI since 1995, and full-time with this ministry since 2001. Apart from his role as CFI-UK Liaison Officer, David is also part of the Media Department, writing the News Reports - Watching over Zion and is involved with the Social Media side of CFI for a worldwide audience.

In the late 1980s, David spent time with the Russian ‘Underground’ Churches in what was then the Soviet Union, and later spent over three years with Romanian Children’s Aid: helping children with AIDS in Romania.  Since 1995 he has been working with Christian Friends of Israel, with what he and his family believe is God’s calling on their lives.

As a speaker/teacher, David has spoken throughout the UK and in various international Cities such as Moscow, Bucharest and Jerusalem.  He blogs regular on his own Social Media Sites and has a YouTube channel along with a photographic website at david-soakell.com .  

David has also authored a book compilation of songs and poems originally set to music called ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ , which try to reflect something of the horror of The Holocaust and beyond.  These Podcasts are from his book, 'But Who Do You Say I Am?' It’s a journey into life itself and what that life entails for the author.  In many ways, it’s an autobiography, as David reflects on his life growing up in an industrial UK Northern town during the 1960s and 70s.  However it is much more than that as the author tries to wrestle with life; tries to come to terms with the demands of life and with the fact that like Jacob in the Scriptures, he too wrestled with the whole issues of God.

001 Podcast 1 - An Eagle's Eye - Be Still And Know - 17.12

Episode Two of my Podcast - The Eagle's Eye. In this edition we'll be entering into 'The secret place' Ohhhhhhhhhhh 🤔now where might that be? Well find out by clicking play.

002 Podcast 2 -An Eagles Eye - In The Secret Place

Thank you to all of you who have been listening to and following my personal new Podcasts, and I appreciate the very positive feedback I’ve received.

Episode 3 is here, and this is a special ‘Passover’ edition in which I will look at some areas of the Seder meal along with 'the meal covenant'. I hope you enjoy it.

You can also download these Podcasts in iTunes in the Podcast area. 

Most of these podcasts are taken from a book I’m still trying to finish called, 'But Who Do You Say I Am?' However there is a lot of ‘ad-libbing’ that goes on too, of which I hope I won’t need to apologise for 😊.  

These episodes are a journey into life itself and what that life entails for me. In many ways, it’s an autobiography, as I reflect on my life growing up in an industrial UK Northern town during the 1960's and 70s. However it is much more than that, as I try to wrestle with life; trying to come to terms with the demands of life and with the fact that like Jacob in the Scriptures, we all can wrestled with the whole issues of God.

003 Special Passover 2020 Podcast

'The Eagle & the Mezuzah'.  Well we all know what an Eagle is... but what's the connection with this bird of prey and my family name? And what's the connection with a mezuzah? And what is a mezuzah anyway? Find out in this episode of the Eagle's Eye Podcast.

004 An Eagle's Eye Podcast - 'The Eagle & The Mezuzah'

In this week's episode I ask the question "What is in a name?" and look at the area of Banias in Israel which is situated roughly 25 miles north of the Sea of Galilee and at the foot of the long climb to Mount Hermon, Caesarea Philippi (Banias as it is known by today) is the location of one of the largest springs feeding the Jordan River. Over the Hellenistic and Roman periods, many pagan temples were built at this area.  St. Peter literally stood in this place and made the declaration of the status of who Jesus was.  This area known as Panias however was corrupted in the Arabic language to its modern name of Banias.  The reason is quite simple: Formal or Classical Arabic does not have equivalent letter P, and so, the ‘P’ became a ‘’B’.  
An odd name to choose? Why? Well, find out by listening to this podcast.

005 - Eagle's Eye Podcast Episode 5 - What's In A Name

For those listening to these podcasts in the UK who have never been further north than the infamous ‘Watford Gap’, life in the North isn’t grim at all, and though cobbled streets might be found – as indeed they are on the Champs-Élysées in Paris - flat caps and ferrets are about as popular as top hats and tails from Dickens’ era are today in London.  Indeed, you may be surprised to learn that around 70 percent of the world's heather moorland is in the UK and the largest continuous expanse of moorland in England and Wales is in the North York Moors – where sheep can wander freely.  With four national parks on our doorstep (The North York Moors, The Yorkshire Dales, Northumberland, and the Lake District) the Lord has indeed blessed us with beautiful scenery.For sheer scenic splendour (at least in my opinion), few places in England (or indeed the world) can measure up to the outlandishly beautiful Cumbrian Lake District.

Here in England's largest National Park, I simply love climbing Helvellyn.  Indeed, I've climbed this more than a dozen times. The approach via Striding Edge is of course the classic approach, and I certainly feel it is the best. Whatever the conditions – and I have been up in scorching heat to thick snow - Striding Edge is impressive and I guess I do like a bit of scrambling to enliven a climb.  So join me on my journey, as I continue to look at life through the 'Eagle's Eye'...

007 Eagles Eye Podcast - Personal Journeys

The photo here is of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who died during the Holocaust. However she left her diary which tells her story. I read her diary at a very young age of 12 years old, and it changed my life... or at least, God used it to change my life.  In this podcast, I ask the question "...was God showing me something deep in my soul? Was He uncovering the dust from a dark past? Was He preparing me for a future position?"  Listen as I take you on a journey - a journey to 'Life' itself.

All music in this podcast is licensed to David P Soakell.

To watch the short video I took at Yad Vashem go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtzH-vUY0xo&t=9s 

or at: https://www.david-soakell.com/helen-s-story-the-holocaust

To find out about the work I have been involved with for the past 25 years plus, click here https://www.cfi.org.uk/

008 Eagle's Eye Podcast - A Calling from Childhood

In the 80’s, I had no idea of the Jewish connection to Gateshead, nor my past, nor what the future would entail.  And so, there I was, in a quiet street in Gateshead and suddenly a bell went!  I mean, literally… a bell started to ring.  Suddenly, I felt as if I was in labour.  Okay, I know, I’m a bloke… how can I know what being in labour is like.  But these pains within my gut were real... I felt as if something moved within me, in the way a baby might turn in a pregnant mum-to-be.  And I was so excited!  Why was I so excited?  It made no sense.  Yet all the way home I was ‘buzzing’ with excitement.  Was this a move of God within me?  But hang on, I didn’t believe in God then... find out more, in episode nine of The Eagle's Eye Podcast.

009 Episode 9 The Eagle's Eye Podcast - A Calling

Show me The Way… (Part One)

Suddenly, after opening my Bible, God laid Israel upon my heart.  Suddenly, all the stories that Dad used to say about our name being changed made sense.  Suddenly the connection with Anne Frank was real, and suddenly I knew why those Jewish kids at Gateshead had such an impact upon me.  And I knew God was laying on my heart a calling.  
And yet, deep down I knew that with this calling came a huge responsibility.  And this was too much.

But can we hear God’s calling and still walk away? And when God calls, do we have a choice? Find out more in this Eagle's Eye Podcast - session 10.

Episode 10 The Eagles Eye Podcast - 'Show me The Way' (part 1)

In Jeremiah 6:14 we read, 'They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace. (15) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed; Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time I punish them, They shall be cast down,” says the Lord. (16) Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it;
Then you will find rest for your souls.'   In these days we need to see a 'wind of change'... in these days, we need to find rest for our souls... and in these days, we need to 'Bend the knee' but only to the One Whom should be worshipped!

012 Episode 12 - The Eagle's Eye Podcast - 'Stung by a Scorpion (Wind of Change)

This is part 2 of The Russia House - podcast episode 15 of The Eagle's Eye Podcast.  

It was 1989 and Moscow held an air of mystery over it with the underground metro stations looking like palaces, with beautiful ornate ceilings, marble everywhere and chandeliers so grand they wouldn’t look out of place in the finest stately home.  The metro station was directly opposite to where we were staying, and these were used on a daily basis to get to our contacts.  The only problem was, getting used to the system.  It’s fine if one speaks Russian, but my Russian only consisted of да prounounced ‘da’ (yes), нет - pronounced nyet (no) and спасибо – pronounced ‘spasibo’ (thank you).  That’s not a lot of use when one is wanting to get from Сокольническая to Таганско-Краснопресненская.  

But we were here to smuggle Bibles to the true Church of Russia - the underground church were Believers were struggling against the backdrop of the Soviet Union Communist control.

Episode 15 - The Eagle's Eye Podcast - The Russia House Pt 2

So... we are back in lockdown in England, and this plague isn't going away anytime soon. But where are we in the days leading up to Biblically fulfilled prophecies? Are we really in the "End Days"? The Biblical Church in Paul's days thought they were in the "Last Days'. Was the Church thinking they were in the "End Days" during the Spanish Flu in 1920? What about during WW1 or WW2?  And what of the Middle East with Israel? What of the alleged "Peace Plans"? What of Hamas and Hezbollah and the Palestinian Authorities? And are we in the days of approaching Chariots of Fire?

026 Episode 26 Eagle's Eye Podcast - Chariots of Fire

This is part two of Light in the Darkness. As we prepare for Holocaust Memorial Day, of which CFI are putting on an online event on YouTube on 24th January 2021 at 7pm (click here for the link to watch this on the 24th of January and after: https://youtu.be/mUlpeLYCRr4),  I will be looking at various issues relating to this, and for the need for light to break through the darkness of today's world, especially with the Covid plague still forcing lock down.

Episode 31 Eagle's Eye Podcast - Light in the Darkness Part 2

This is part three of 'Light in the Darkness'.  After a very successful Holocaust Memorial Day event, of which CFI put an online event on YouTube on 24th January 2021 - which is available to watch here: https://youtu.be/mUlpeLYCRr4, I look back at various issues relating to this, and for the need for light to break through the darkness of today's world.

"This is what the LORD says: "Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing. There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you. But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,` declares the LORD, `because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares`" (Jeremiah 30:12, 13, 17).  Among other areas of the event, I also include part of the work of CFI`s dedicated 'Forsake Them Not team' that reaches out with love and compassion to Holocaust Survivors who have suffered so much. You too can help by clicking here: https://www.cfi.org.uk/by-supporting-projects?viewproject=23

Episode 32 Eagle's Eye Podcast - Light in the Darkness part 3

This is the final part (part 4) of 'Light in the Darkness'.  We pick up from where we left off last week, where in Ezekiel 37, God shows the prophet a valley of dry bones. Could this really be depicting the Holocaust? And if so, what about the teaching the church applies to itself? In verse 11 we read, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is gone…” In Hebrew, Hatikvah (The Israel national anthem) means “the hope”. Can any hope come from the Holocaust? 

Also, is there a connection to Holocaust Memorial Day and the festival of Tu BiShvat (New Year for Trees) which just so happened to begin in Israel on the same day - Wednesday, 27 January 2021. Tu Bi'Shvat (Hebrew: ט״ו בשבט‎) is a Jewish holiday, occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat and is mentioned in the Mishnah.
Find out more about this miracle of Israel's new life in this podcast.

Episode 33 The Eagle's Eye Podcast - Light in the Darkness part 4

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