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Isaiah Saldivar shares his firsthand account of attending the Charlie Kirk memorial service that transformed into what he calls an unprecedented spiritual awakening. Over 75,000 people packed the stadium with nearly 200,000 gathered outside, while more than 100 million viewers watched online. Government leaders including the President, Vice President, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered gospel messages to the massive crowd. Saldivar, who has traveled to over 500 churches preaching revival for 15 years, describes the eight-hour event as the largest gospel presentation in human history and declares that revival has arrived in America. From worship led by Brandon Lake and Chris Tomlin to powerful messages about repentance and spiritual warfare, the memorial became what speakers repeatedly called a turning point for the nation.
A Memorial Service That Became a National Revival
Isaiah Saldivar shares his emotional testimony of attending the Charlie Kirk memorial service in Arizona, an event he believes marked a historic turning point for America. After initially being uncertain about attending, Saldivar felt compelled to make the journey and describes feeling like he witnessed history unfold before his eyes. The event, which took only five days to plan but drew unprecedented crowds, became what Saldivar and numerous speakers called a full-scale spiritual revival rather than a traditional memorial service.
Saldivar, who has been preaching revival for 15 years since his conversion from atheism, expresses disbelief at what he witnessed. He contrasts the current moment with the spiritual climate of just two years ago, when he felt the nation was under what he describes as demonic oppression. The transformation he observed at this memorial service left him convinced that America has entered a period of genuine spiritual awakening.
Unprecedented Crowds and Security
The logistical scale of the event was massive. Over 75,000 people filled the main stadium, with nearly 200,000 additional people gathered outside. Two overflow arenas were filled to capacity. Saldivar describes arriving at 6:00 AM to find over 100,000 people already waiting in line, with some having camped out since midnight. The airport in Arizona was the most crowded he had seen in 15 years of extensive travel.
Security was unprecedented, with snipers positioned on buildings up to a mile away and helicopters circling overhead. The Secret Service conducted thorough vehicle checks for all VIP entries. Saldivar recounts how he and his group, including Jared and Candace, managed to gain entry by negotiating a ride in a stranger's pickup truck through the VIP checkpoint after realizing the general admission lines would prevent them from getting inside.
Once inside, Saldivar secured a position just three rows from the stage, directly behind where Elon Musk and other prominent figures were seated. The entire White House cabinet was in attendance, along with the President and Vice President, marking what was reported as the first time all these officials attended such an event together.
Eight Hours of Worship and Gospel Preaching
What Saldivar expected to be a political event with minimal religious content turned out to be the opposite. For eight hours, the stadium experienced continuous worship and gospel preaching. Worship leaders including Brandon Lake, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe, and Chris Tomlin led the crowd in extended worship sessions. The presence of God in the stadium was palpable, according to Saldivar, who has experienced multiple legitimate revivals throughout his ministry.
The service opened with Charlie Kirk's pastor presenting a clear gospel message to the massive crowd. He explained sin, the need for a savior, and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. When he gave an altar call asking those who wanted to receive Jesus to stand, people throughout the stadium rose to their feet. Believers were then instructed to pray with those around them who had stood, creating a powerful moment of corporate prayer and ministry.
One of the most emotional moments came during worship when everyone spontaneously held up signs reading "Here I Am, Send Me" from Isaiah 6:8. Saldivar describes not a dry eye in the stadium as 75,000 people lifted these signs in unison, declaring their willingness to be sent by God. The moment felt orchestrated by the Holy Spirit rather than event planners.
Government Leaders Preaching the Gospel
What stunned Saldivar most was hearing top government officials deliver messages that sounded more like revival preaching than political speeches. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke about sin separating humanity from God and explained how Jesus took on human form to die for mankind's sins. He described Jesus rising on the third day, eating with his disciples to prove his physical resurrection, and promised that Jesus would return to establish a new heaven and new earth.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared that America faces not a political or cultural war, but a spiritual war. He stated that the nation needs "less government but a lot more God." He described Charlie Kirk as having started a political movement but unleashing a spiritual revival, calling the memorial service "the turning point for the USA." Hegsept explained that Kirk "started with liberty but ended up lighting our country on fire for Christ."
Tucker Carlson delivered what Saldivar describes as a sermon on repentance, drawing parallels between Charlie Kirk's death and the crucifixion of Jesus. Carlson emphasized that Kirk's core message was calling people to repent, beginning with examining one's own heart before critiquing others. He spoke about the Lord's Prayer demanding that believers first ask forgiveness for their own sins before forgiving others. Carlson acknowledged feeling the Holy Spirit in the stadium "humming like a tuning fork."
Donald Trump Jr., not typically known for preaching, spoke about Charlie Kirk's relationship with Christ and compared Kirk to Stephen, the first Christian martyr described in the book of Acts. He theorized that just as Jesus stood to welcome Stephen into heaven, Jesus stood to welcome Charlie Kirk home. Trump Jr. described Kirk's assassination as the work of a cowardly killer but emphasized that Kirk's legacy would continue through his faith and courage.
The Spiritual Battle and Charlie Kirk's Legacy
Multiple speakers emphasized that Kirk's death was not simply a tragedy but a martyrdom that would catalyze revival. Benny Johnson told the crowd that when you cut down a martyr, his power grows, contrasting this with killing a tyrant whose power disappears. He pointed to churches across America reporting full attendance the Sunday following Kirk's death, with pastors describing unprecedented crowds. Johnson shared his personal testimony of how Kirk helped him overcome alcohol addiction and become a Christ-centered husband and father.
Frank Turek, who mentored Kirk and was present at the assassination, described being in the SUV as they rushed Kirk away. He explained that Kirk died instantly and felt no pain, and that he appeared to be looking past this world into eternity. Turek delivered a clear gospel presentation, explaining that humanity faces either justice or grace in the afterlife, and that grace only comes through trusting in Jesus Christ as an innocent substitute who took humanity's punishment.
Charlie Kirk's assistant shared that Kirk viewed politics as an "on-ramp to Jesus," using engagement with cultural issues to point people toward the ultimate source of truth and freedom. This theme was echoed throughout the day as speaker after speaker emphasized that political change without spiritual transformation would be insufficient to address America's deepest needs.
The Largest Gospel Presentation in History
Saldivar emphasizes repeatedly that over 100 million people have viewed the livestream of this event, making it objectively the largest single gospel presentation in human history. Every major speaker proclaimed the message of Jesus Christ, explained the gospel, called for repentance, and emphasized the reality of spiritual warfare. This was not subtle or coded religious language—it was explicit preaching about sin, salvation, the blood of Jesus, and the need for personal repentance.
The word "revival" was mentioned over a hundred times throughout the eight-hour event, according to Saldivar. The Vice President and President both referred to the gathering as a revival rather than a funeral. The stadium atmosphere felt more like a tent revival meeting than a political memorial service, with extended worship, altar calls, corporate prayer, and anointed preaching dominating the program.
Saldivar believes this event marks an irreversible shift in American culture. He declares that "the devil's reign of terror is over" and that the left-wing ideology that dominated just two years ago will never recover. He points to the emphasis throughout the day on getting married, having children, serving God, and going to church as evidence of a complete reversal from the cultural messages of recent years.
A Personal Turning Point
Saldivar shares his regrets about previously distancing himself from political engagement, having repeatedly declined invitations to Turning Point events and opportunities to connect with Charlie Kirk. He had maintained that he was "not political" and focused only on spiritual matters. Following Kirk's death and this memorial service, Saldivar announces he will no longer make that distinction. He recognizes that issues like marriage, gender identity, and the sanctity of life are fundamentally spiritual issues that require engagement.
He describes taking significant backlash over the past year for becoming more vocal on these issues but states he no longer cares about the criticism. He feels called by God to address these topics and believes the events of the memorial service vindicated this direction. Saldivar expresses gratitude to Ross at Turning Point for facilitating his attendance and securing his access to the floor seating area.
Saldivar concludes by calling on pastors and church leaders to prepare for an unprecedented harvest. He reports that churches across America experienced record attendance the Sunday following Kirk's death and believes this is just the beginning. He challenges pastors to order more chairs, develop discipleship programs, and get serious about prayer in preparation for the spiritual awakening he believes is now underway. He describes America as entering the "third great awakening" and declares that what he witnessed at the memorial service was a "red-hot revival" comparable to the most powerful moves of God he has experienced in 15 years of ministry.
Video Transcript
And I'm here to report to you guys that revival is already started. A historic outpouring is already happening. And we are living in the greatest moments of human history. We are living in the greatest moments in human history. So I get emotional talking about it because I've been praying for the last 15 years since I was an atheist and gave my life to the Lord. For the last 15 years, I've been crying out, contending, preaching revival in hundreds of churches, crying out for a move of the Holy Spirit, asking the Lord to wake up America. And there are so many moments in the last years where I thought it would never happen. Guys, just what a year and a half, two years ago, we lived in the most woke government, demonic government ever. I mean, literally just two years ago, men were flashing television cameras at the White House. Men that were dressed as women. I mean, we were living in such a crazy time just two years ago. So, to see what you're going to see tonight and how far we've gone in this nation, I just can't believe it. I just can't believe it, guys. I am at a loss for words at what the Lord is doing in this nation right now. I'm at a loss for words of what I saw yesterday for the for nine hours of an outpouring like I've never seen. And I did not expect this. I'm telling you guys, I was on the fence of whether I was going to go to this event or not. You know, okay, we got to find someone to watch the kids. And then I said I wasn't going to go. And then they reached out to me again on Thursday and I was like, let's do it. And I am so glad I went to this event. I am so glad. I really feel like I was just a part of history being at this event. And so I can't tell you guys enough how grateful I was. I was able to go. I have to shout out Ross at Turning Point. Thank you so much for just being so inviting and so hospitable getting me into this event. Guys, I was able to get literally just two, three rows back from the stage, just a couple rows back from the stage. I was right there at the very front. I'm so grateful that the Lord made a way and I was able to get in there. Um, for years, guys, I've said I'm not political. I'm not going to talk about politics. I'm not political. I didn't go to the events they would invite me to at Turning Point. Someone had tried to connect me and Charlie Kirk years ago and I said, "Oh, I'm just not political." And I am no longer going to say that. I am no I I have so much regret that I didn't go to some of these events before when he was alive. I have so much regret that I didn't connect with Charlie Kirk, have him on my show when he was alive. And I'm not going to live in that regret. I'm not going to do that anymore. So many of these issues are spiritual issues that we have to talk about that we have to address. Like marriage, like gender identity, like pro-life, pro-choice, all these things are so important. So I have regrets. I can't live my life in regret, but I'm no longer going to say, "Well, I'm just not political. I'm not going to run from it. I'm going to talk about these issues more." In the last year, I have. In the last year, I have talked about these issues like never before. I've taken a lot of backlash for that. I just don't care anymore. I just don't care anymore. I have to obey what the Lord's telling me to do and what direction he's having me go with some of these issues. And yeah, revival is happening. It's absolutely amazing what God is doing. I got up at 3:00 in the morning this morning, so I'm very, very tired. I felt a bit scatterbrained. So, just forgive me as I go over these clips, as I give you my thoughts on all this. I just want you guys to know, as somebody that's been a part of three or four legitimate revivals, I've traveled all over the country, over 500 churches. I've been preaching revival for 15 years. If you go back 15 years ago, I'm preaching about revival. It's happening, guys. It is happening right now. Trust me, it's happening in our nation. And I'm so excited what God is doing. You're going to be shocked at some of the stuff that you see tonight, some of the clips that you see. This is not a political war we are in. This is a spiritual war. I want you to understand that tonight. This is a spiritual battle that we are facing. When I went to this event, I was expecting a lot of politics and a little bit of Jesus. But what I left seeing was a little bit of politics and a lot of Jesus. A lot of Jesus. You are going to see tonight. Just think about this guys. Just think about this as I say this. Your vice president and your president of the United States of America saying this is not a funeral. This is a revival. If you if I could tell you how many times I heard the word revival yesterday at Charlie Kirk's memorial, I'll call it Charlie Kirk's revival. Unbelievable. At least a hundred times the word revival was mentioned over and over from the top leaders. Guys, we were sitting with the top leaders of the American government, celebrities, leaders, all this. And over and over, all you heard was revival, revival, Jesus, Jesus. So, I'm going to kind of walk you through the event. If you're on Facebook, you need to come to YouTube because Facebook is always freezing because our quality is too high. Facebook can't handle it. So, you need to come over to YouTube. But I'm just telling you guys over and over, we heard spiritual warfare, revival, awakening, Jesus, uh, repentance, repentance. Seriously, guys, I can't say this enough. Revival is here. My mind was blown. My mind was blown. So, again, if you're on Facebook, I know you guys are freezing over there. You need to come to YouTube. Facebook is constantly messed up. I I I want to stop being on Facebook, but uh we have a lot of traction right now on Facebook, so you need to come over to YouTube. But I'm just going to say this, and this is not a political statement. This is not a political statement, but I just want to say this. The leftwing demonic agenda, demonic doctrine, confusing our kids, killing our babies, stealing their innocence. The leftwing, whatever you want to call it, will never recover from this. They'll never recover from what the Lord is doing in this nation. the demonic agenda will never recover. I honestly don't see a time where we ever have what we had two years ago. I don't see a time where we ever have this confusion, perversion, all this. I don't think I don't think the left will ever recover. I'm going to tell you why. Because what you're going to hear is have babies, get married, serve God, go to church, give your life to the Lord. And so, we're having kids. Jared has six kids. He didn't chat. I'm having my fifth kid in March. We're having kids. Meanwhile, this left-wing ideology, this crazy ideology where a lot of them can't even have kids if they wanted to is no longer reigning in America. The devil's reign of terror is over. Is over. And you're going to see that clearly tonight. So, if you're on Facebook, come over to YouTube. YouTube is much better. Facebook just can't handle it. Pray for my computer because I have a lot of tabs open. I have 12 clips I want to show you. But let let me break down this whole thing and then we're going to start our first clip. Okay. So, got invited to this event, decided we're going to go. Me and my wife went, Jared and Candace went, my cousin Z, who's a minister, we all went. Um, flew out there to Arizona. The airport was so packed in Arizona, the most packed I've ever seen. I've traveled 15 years. I've traveled probably at least a million miles. And I've never seen the airport this packed. The airport was packed. We get on the plane, had to park so far away, take a shuttle, do the whole thing cuz the airport was so packed. Some lady was like, "What's everybody here at the airport for?" And I was like, "Oh, we're going to the Charlie Kirk Memorial. 350,000 people registered." And she started manifesting. She was like, "I'm not going to that." Turned her back towards me. I'm like, "We don't want you there anyways, but that's here nor there." Bunch of wokies in the airport. So, we get to the airport, we fly there, we land, all that. Okay. So, we decided, "What time are we going to get there?" And I started seeing on Tik Tok and Instagram people getting there at midnight, 1:00 in the morning. Now, we had gone to the arena the night before to go shopping at the outlets, and there was already people there in chairs. There was already Secret Service everywhere there. It was just already happening the night before. So, I said, "Okay, what time should we get there?" Let's leave at I think I said like 6:00 a.m. or 6:30 a.m. because we had VIP tickets. Praise the Lord. We had VIP parking, so we were able to park right at the stadium. We had VIP access so we can go through another way than the general public. So, then I was like, maybe not. And then my contact at Turning Point said, "Hey, you should probably get here before 8:00." Then he said, "You should probably get here before 7 a.m." So, we were only 10 minutes from the arena, the stadium, not arena, stadium. And so I said, "All right, let's get there." And so anyways, at night I was texting me, Jared, Candace, Alyssa, Z. I said, "Let's get there at let's leave at 6:45. Let's leave there at 6:30. Let's leave there at 6:15." So it was earlier and earlier and earlier. We got there early. I think we left the hotel like 6:00 a.m. 6:15. It was unbelievable. There was already over a 100,000 people gathered. The street was took us almost an hour to get just a couple miles down the road. So we're in this line of traffic. There's people walking all over the roads. It was just unbelievable. Unbelievable the amount of people that were there. Okay, so we're in line to get through the VIP parking and the line just to go a mile, it said it was going to take over an hour. So I'm like, we're not going to make this line. We got to get in there. Let's just park far away and let's just walk and try to get through the VIP somehow. So we parked far away. We walked and what happened was all the VIP cars had to get checked by the Secret Service. So they had to scan the cars, metal detectors, dogs come out, all of that. So we walked, we parked far in the normal parking. We walked all the way to the VIP entrance where the cars were getting in, but you couldn't get in through the VIP unless you drove in. So then we're like, "How are we going to get in?" We saw probably 100,000 people were already trying to get in, lined up, and we were like, "We're never going to get in if we get in the general line cuz we got there at 6:30 a.m. Those people had gotten there at 1:00 a.m. 2 a.m. So we said, "We're never going to get in." So then Jared asked this guy, he had a truck, uh, pickup truck. Jared's like, "Can we please get in the back of your pickup truck?" It was me, Alyssa, Candacey, and Jared. Can we please get in the back of your pickup truck? you could drive us through the VIP. He was like, "Yeah, that's fine." After a little negotiating, he let us get in the back of his pickup truck. So, we get in the back of this random guy's pickup truck who is going through VIP and they told us to get out of the car cuz he had to check the car, get the dog, Secret Service, all that. They scan the car, get us back in the pickup truck, and we're able to get right in. Praise the Lord. So, we get in, we get in line, show them our tickets, they give us our, you know, VIP badge for floor seating where you can go kind of wherever you want in the floor. And we are in by the grace of God. It was so cool how it all worked out. We get in there, the floor was at that point pretty much empty. We can sit wherever we want. So, I was like, I don't want to sit in the very, very front row. You know, the Bible says don't try to have the best seat or you'll have the last seat. You know, anyways, I was just like, uh, let's sit a couple rows back. I don't want to be that guy that's trying to sit in the very, very front. Anyways, we sat like three rows back from the front of where all the white badge floor seats were. And then right in front of us was like literally Elon Musk was sitting right in front of us and a bunch of celebrities and actresses and movie people and people from the White House and all of that family of his family and his wife and them. They were sitting right in front there. There was like some seats right in front of us and then there was the stage and it was just unbelievable. At 8:00 a.m. or what was it 7:30 a.m. the arena was almost the stadium was already almost full. I have never seen security like this, guys. Around the uh stadium, all the different buildings. There was snipers on every building. Literally a mile down the road, there was snipers on top of the buildings. There was helicopters. The security was unprecedented. And this was an event they said should have took two years to plan. They planned it in 5 days. So, we were in there again. I was expecting to hear some politics and then a little bit of Jesus. Guys, please. Again, I'm not saying this as a flex. I was in the very front row of this event. This was a red hot revival. That's all I could say. That's all I could think about. If you're on Facebook, you need to come over to YouTube. Once again, I'm going to keep saying that. If you're on Facebook, tell them to come to YouTube. Guys, this was a redhot revival. I have been in revival. I've led revivals. I've been a part of revivals. God used me to spark multiple national revivals. I have been in revival. I've seen it, guys. This was a red-hot revival. From the morning to when it started, the presence of God was in that stadium. Probably like I've never felt before. The presence of God was in that stadium strong as almost 200,000 people gathered outside. It packed out right away. People that were there at 4 in the morning had had uh reported that they didn't even get to get in because I guess people were jumping the line. They had to go to another arena. They filled up their arena across the street. Then another arena down the road they filled up. So this was now the stadium full which seat 75,000 then another arena that I I want to say was 10 or 20,000 then another 10 or 20,000. It was unbelievable presence of God like I've never experienced before. And guys every speaker I'm not going to be able to show you the worship. I'll show you a little bit because I'll get copyright flagged. Unbelievable. Every speaker got up there and was preaching preaching about Jesus. You made it to the overflow. Yeah. Come over to YouTube. Please come over to YouTube. They were preaching about Jesus. They were talking about revival. They were talking about the blood of Jesus. They were talking about repentance. They were talking about how we're at spiritual warfare. It was I was in absolute shock from the morning to the worship started. This was legitimate worship, guys. We are in the third great awakening right now. It was worship. It was crying out to God. So, it was like an hour of worship before they even started broadcasting. Then it was another two hours of I think it was Brandon Lake, Cody Kins, Carrie Job, um who else was there? I I'm missing people. But they they led worship for two hours. YouTube is working, guys. Go to YouTube if you're on Facebook. Go to YouTube if you're on Facebook. They led for a few hours. And then it was just anointed worship. The presence of God. People crying out to God. And I just looked around. I was like, "This is America. This is the American people hungry for revival." Charlie Kirk's death sparked ignited a national revival that will that is unstoppable. his his the martyr's blood sparked an unprecedented revival. And so I want to show you guys a clip. This I was so emotional. Probably the most emotional I was the whole day was in the clip I'm about to show you. And we were in worship. This was about I don't know an hour into worship. I want to say it was a blur cuz I was there from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It was a long day. But this was powerful, spontaneous. They gave everybody signs. So depending on where you sat, they gave you a poster sign. And you know, we were on the floor. So, we got this special sign I'm going to show you right now. And then everybody in the stands had a different color sign. Well, during worship. Oh, Chris Tomlin was there as well. During worship, everybody held up um their sign and it was just so powerful. And again, guys, I can't overstate this and this is not cliche. Yesterday was a turning point in American history. Yesterday will be marked not only because over 100 million people around the world heard the gospel. This was no doubt the largest gospel presentation in the human history. More people heard the gospel yesterday in one moment in human history than any time before. That's that's no arguing. That's objective. One over 100 million people have already viewed the live stream. This has been reported numbers here with over a 100,000 people in attendance. This was the largest gospel presentation in human history. And if you don't think it was a gospel presentation, I will prove you wrong in the next 45 minutes to an hour that this was gospel. You're going to hear the gospel over and over again in the next 35 minutes to an hour. And this is not even me playing the six hour stream or eight hour stream. I'm just going to give you my favorite moments, okay? And your mind's going to be blown here in a couple minutes when you hear what I'm about to show you. But anyways, we had this sign. So this was the sign that I'm going to frame and I'll probably hang it up in my studio. I already took down my old lights because they stopped working. But here's the sign. Let me show you guys this. Okay. So, it says, "Here I am. Send me." It's Isaiah. Isaiah 68. So, beautiful sign Isaiah 6 chapter 8 where the Lord says, "Who will go?" And Isaiah says, "Here I am, Lord, send me." And uh anyways, man, this was emotional. Everybody held up their signs during worship and cried. Everybody cried. I don't think there was a dry eye in the stadium at this moment. I'm about to show you. I don't think there was a dry eye in the stadium. So, let's watch this first clip I have prepared for us. Here we go. This was spontaneous worship. I hope I don't get flagged, but uh I'm going to play this worship and hopefully I don't get flagged. But we were singing holy, holy is the Lord. The stadium's packed out there. Towards the beginning of the day, there was not an open seat in this stadium. And listen to this. This is just you're going to get chills here. I got so emotional. I'm getting emotional thinking about it. Look at what happens in the middle of worship. Watch this. [Music] >> This is America. This is America, ladies and gentlemen. [Music] >> Are you >> okay? I don't want YouTube to flag me. I'm going to mute it really fast just to get it throw off the algorithm, but I want to I want you to see when they start holding up signs. Watch this. Watch this. >> I'm going to have to mute there for copyright. >> You are holy. Skip 5 seconds for copyright. [Music] >> I got to skip for copyright. Watch this. The wrong spot. [Music] Okay, hold on. I got to find it now. I lost it. Let me find it. I hope this time stamps didn't mess up. [Applause] >> Oh, here it is. Here it is. Here it is. I'm sorry. Okay, so watch this. I'm sorry. Here it is. Watch. If you're on Facebook, go on YouTube. Yes. Watch this. Everybody just starts holding their sign. So emotional. I feel it right now. Again, holding their signs [Music] [Applause] over here like everybody. [Applause] Thank you, Lord. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Heat [Music] up here. [Music] Nobody knew when to raise the signs of spontaneous dirt. Here I am. Guys, [Music] the presence of God is so strong in this stadium. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] It was just powerful, man. Oh, look at the whole stadium. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] So this was just powerful moment of worship. Okay. And then I want to show you how the service open. So here's now there's 75,000 people. This is going to be the opening of the event. This is the opening. And I just want you to listen tonight. Listen, if you don't you're not political, whatever. This is not political. This is spiritual. You're not going to hear much of anything political tonight. Just by the way, you're going to hear about revival, Jesus, and some of the people you would never think are going to preach the way they preach are going to preach. It's it's unbelievable. This is the opening, and I'm not playing the whole eight hours, but this is the opening of the event. This is his pastor, and I want you just to listen to this. The guest of honor, his resume is long. Listen to this. He's the king of glory. He's the prince of peace. He's the savior of the world. He's the living God. He's the God of all mercy and grace, the total embodiment of love, the total embodiment of truth. And he's here today to call his children back to him. Come on. From the thin veil of heaven, Charlie declares to all earthly powers and principalities who will gather here. Come on. They have come into the presence of the God of all creation. Charlie wanted his savior to be the guest of honor. He wanted all of you to receive this gift from him. The why and what he did. Charlie was never afraid because he knew his life was secure in the hand of God. [Music] Jesus left the glory of heaven's throne for the humiliation of an earthly cross. Guys, this is the opening of this event. This is the first person to speak as pastor and we're getting a gospel presentation. Just think about not not just 75,000 in the in the stadium. Over a hundred million people have watched this. Think about if we're not in global revival. I don't know what revival is. If we are not in global awakening, I don't know what awakening is. When this is the national stage on every news station, this is being proclaimed. He was fully tempted yet was without sin. For those of you who struggle with the word sin, it's real simple. It's an archer's term. Where the bullseye is and where the arrow lands, that's called the sin distance. How far you've fallen from perfection. And there are none righteous. No, not one. We've all missed the mark. the bullseye. And we try to get to God by our efforts, but there is no effort that will bring us back into the presence of a of a righteous God. You see, the wages of sin is death. Charlie knew this, and at an early age, he entrusted his life to the savior of the world. Jesus came to this earth, was tempted in all ways, yet was without sin, was crucified upon a cross. His blood was poured out because blood must be shed for the remission of sins. And his death upon that cross was sufficient for all the world's sins, but only efficient for those who, like Charlie, would receive him as their savior. Jesus has come to seek and save that which is lost. >> Come on. And I would say this to all of you. The Lord loves you. He wants to save you. He wants to give you a new life. He wants to cover the multitude of your sins by the blood he shed upon the cross. [Music] The Bible says if you believe in your heart and you confess with your tongue Jesus is Lord, you will be saved to the glory of the father. You see, Charlie looked at politics as an on-ramp to Jesus. He knew if he could get all of you rowing in the streams of liberty, you'd come to its source, and that's the Lord. >> I want you to listen that again. >> The streams of liberty politics is an on-ramp to Jesus. >> This is one of my favorite sayings of the day. Listen to what he just says right here. This is so good. >> He knew if he could get all of you rowing in the streams of liberty, you'd come to its source, and that's the Lord. >> That's heavy. That is heavy. [Music] [Applause] In the time I have remaining, I'm going to ask all who profess Christ as their savior to remain seated. The Bible says, "If you profess me before man, I'll profess you before my father in heaven." It requires an act of faith. You stand. That's what Charlie did every day on campus with death threats. He stood because he knew in whom he had trusted. and he wants to give you the gift of the why and what he did and that is his savior Jesus. While believers are seated, if there's any in this room and across the globe that would desire to receive Jesus as their savior, as Charlie did as a young man and now is in the presence of his savior, I'm going to ask you to put action to your faith. And I'd ask you to stand right now to receive the Lord. Don't be ashamed. Stand. >> Come on. This is the open. Amen. >> Amen. >> Amen. [Applause] >> The Bible says, look at that. Amazing. Thank you, Lord. The Bible says that when one sinner gives their heart to the Lord, the angels in heaven rejoice. And I got to tell you, there's one up there right now, Charlie Kirk. He's stoked and he's excited about your commitment to a savior. [Music] For this remaining moment, if you've given your heart to the Lord and someone is seated next to you, I want that person who's a believer to stand and pray with you and and please up on the screen, I want you to take a picture of this QR code. So, they had everybody that was, you know, stood for salvation. They had everybody around them pray for them and everybody just starts laying hands on each other, praying for each other. Guys, we are in revival. I I honestly can't believe it. I cannot believe what I saw yesterday. I'm still in shock. It's It's I just never thought I'd see the day where our government leaders and you got to think too, the whole White House cabinet is in attendance right here. The whole cabinet. This is the first time I think they said ever where the president, the vice president, and the White House cabinet was at this event. And remember, we're seating just a couple people behind Elon Musk, the richest man in the world is here and he's here at the whole event. He's hearing the gospel. He's seeing the worship. And like I said, I could have thrown gum into his hair. We were that close to him. And the Lord is just speaking to for eight hours preaching. Eight hours. Now, I want to watch the next clip here. This is uh Charlie Kirk's assistant. That who the guy you just saw, Rob McCoy. This is his son who was Charlie Kirk's assistant. We're just going to play a little bit of this here. Thank you, Charlie. Just to remind you guys, this is eight hours and I took my favorite like 10 clips. So, we're going to go through some of these some of my favorite clips from the day. When Charlie would speak on college campuses, he'd often wear t-shirts with inspiring taglines like here I am, never surrender, freedom. But as I've watched back so many clips these past 11 days, my favorite and so often warned by him was live free. 11 days ago, my friend was martyed for using his voice to engage in peaceful dialogue. Charlie's assassin thought that he could steal and silence his voice by putting a bullet in his neck. In the words of Saurin Kirgarded, "The tyrant dies and his rule is over. The martyr dies and his rule has just begun. Charlie was not silenced. His movement is only beginning. The voices of millions globally have been awakened, furthering his cause in mission far beyond anyone's comprehension. We won't cower in fear. We will never surrender. We are resolved to live free from lies and seek out what is true. We will respectfully, boldly challenge what is accepted by culture in order to seek out what is true and acceptable to God Almighty alone. >> Come on, God. Thank you, Lord. Guys, this is spiritual revival. 100% spiritual revival happening >> to everyone here today. Live free. True freedom is not found in doing whatever we want, but pursuing Christ in doing what is right. >> Come on. >> In Charlie's words, get married. Have more children than you can afford. Build a legacy. Pass down your values. Pursue the eternal. Seek true joy. Charlie led by example. It's not only seen in the incredible wife, Erica Kirk, his two beautiful children, the legacy he built, his values, his love of God, and true joy he found in his savior, Jesus Christ, but in countless people, especially young people like Elizabeth and I, whose very lives are the fruit of Charlie's example of faithfulness. Charlie, it was the honor of my life to serve you as you serve Jesus. And now we will all continue to serve you as we continue to serve Jesus. Thank you so much. I love you, Charlie. I can't wait to see you again. God bless Erica Kirk, CEO and chair of Turning Point USA, the Kirk family, and God bless America. Powerful. Powerful. Here's another clip I want to show you guys. Oh, this right here. This was one of my favorite moments of the day. This is Benny Johnson. I'm new to a lot of these guys. Like I said, I was never I never went to any political events. I would get invited all the time and I would just say I'm not political. So, I'm learning who's who and all of that. But just listen to this. Okay, this is four hours into the event. Again, all you're hearing all day long is preaching. And if you guys watch the whole event, you know it was just straight preaching about Jesus the whole time. Just listen to this. Listen to this. This is unbelievable. [Music] Fight for Charlie Kirk. Who feels the Holy Spirit in the house tonight? Who can feel that revival happening? Right. >> You're going to hear revival over and over again. in the entire day. These are just my favorite clips of the day, but you're just going to hear this revival over and over again. Now, how does it always work? What man intends for evil, God intends for good. Evil thought that there would be a funeral today, God has created a revival, >> right here in this house right now. Charlie always had that revival energy, didn't he? When Charlie first met me, I was a degenerate loser. I'm still a loser, but I was addicted to alcohol. I had no wife. I had no kids. I had nothing going for me. After 10 years of work with Charlie Kirk, after his witnessing to my life, I have become a Christ centered man. I am happily married to the woman of my dreams sitting right there with our youngest son who just turned eight today. Eight months. And he is wearing ducks for Charlie's beloved Oregon ducks today. That's baby Whitaker in honor of Charlie. All of you had a Charlie moment in your life, didn't you? Raise your hand if Charlie Kirk centered you a little closer to Christ. >> Did you hearing all day? Christ. Christ. Serving God. Christ. >> Help you achieve your American dream a little bit more. Did Charlie have that effect? Look at every single hand. Stand up. Say amen. mods. Just so you know, moderators in the chat, if people are saying crazy dumb stuff about, oh, this is all staged, just ban them, okay? If you're going to come in the chat and start saying this is staged, you are ignorant. And that's all I'm going to say. That's the nicest way I could say is you're ignorant and you'll just get banned from the chat. That's it. If Charlie Kirk had that effect on your life, look at this. 100,000 Americans, millions watching online standing up and saying that is the revival spirit of Charlie Kirk's life and that is the power of martyrdom because Charlie Kirk is a martyr in the true Christian tradition. [Music] If you take out a tyrant, his power goes away. You cut down a martyr, his power grows. And that's what we see time and time again. We're seeing it across this country. Who's seen the full churches, the full parking lots? >> Yeah. Come on. >> Who knows somebody now who's a Satanist or an agnostic who's now looking at >> I can say this confidently. Last Sunday was probably the greatest attendance in church in church history. Every pastor I know that I talked to, I asked that I asked, "Was your church full?" I know a lot of pastors, guys. I follow a lot of pastors. Everybody said their church was full. I talked to a pastor out in Wisconsin yesterday and they said that they usually have about 200 and they said they were at over 400 on Sunday. It was all over. It was all over. Churches were full. If you're a pastor in the chat, tell me, was your church not full Sunday? We just got a brand new building. Seats about 1,200 people. All three services are packed. The churches are full, guys. The churches are full life in this revival. >> Another sign of revival >> moment in our country and going maybe I got it all wrong. Maybe I do need to Christ center my life. >> Christ. Come on. >> This is what Charlie always wanted. This is how he wanted to be remembered in the mold of Steven the first martyr. Steven was killed for speaking the truth about Christ. Much like Charlie Kirk, the martyr Steven was the same age as Charlie Kirk when he was martyed. At that time, Christianity was just a few very scared Christians in Jerusalem. And after Steven's martyrdom, Christianity sped spread throughout the known world. The power of martyrdom. This is how God and Christ always advances his kingdom. and he's doing it right now with Charlie Kirk. It is a wonderful thing to see. We were all witness to a miracle. Charlie's life was a miracle. We could all see it. Those who worked up close and those who watched from far away, we got to witness a miracle in Charlie's life. Someone who was there that day when Steven was martyed was Saul. Saul was the one who was taking the garments so that Steven could be killed. And through Steven's martyrdom, the apostle Paul was reached by Christ to go out and write the majority of the New Testament. There was no one who is irredeemable. >> Come on. And that is what Charlie would have wanted us to know about his faith in Jesus Christ. The power of Christ's blood and the power of martyrdom speaks through Charlie. The Apostle Paul would go on to write the book of Romans. Okay, I want to keep going here because I got a lot more clips. But this is just the type of stuff. Wait until you start hearing hearing our politicians, our government leaders. Just wait until you start hearing in a little while the stuff that they start preaching. It's just these are politicians, guys. This is honestly I heard more gospel yesterday at this memorial than I've heard in a lot of churches, especially a lot of megaurches. But let's just keep going here. >> Erica wanted me to share. >> This was another mentor of Charlie Kirk here. I know earlier you guys were asking about Jensen Franklin. I'm going to actually be Jensen Franklin's going to be at the Breakers Conference. So me, Mike, Pagani, Jenny Weaver, all of us, October 25th, we'll be at the Now Arena in Chicago doing a a arena revival at the end of the month, October 25th. And Jensen and Franklin's going to be joining us this year. So if you're not registered for Chicago Now Arena, it's going to be historic. We're gathering 10,000 people, mass deliverance, mass healing, mass repentance. Uh it's on my website. Go check that out. But this is uh Frank Turk, one of his mentors and pastors as well. He's going to talk about why I added this clip is he's going to talk about the final moments of Charlie's life while he was there. Listen to this >> with you. What happened after that shot rang out on September 10th. I was standing 25 ft from my beloved friend just off his right. Why was I there about 5 years ago? Charlie asked me if I would mentor him in the evidence for Christianity because that's one of the things I do. Now, it's going to be difficult to mentor someone smarter than you. However, the only thing that surpassed Charlie's intellect was his humility. And so, the few things I knew that he didn't, he wanted me to share with him. When that shot rang out, I took a step toward him, but his security team was on him immediately. And so Charlie being like a son to me, I ran toward the security team and we ran to the SUV together. No father would stand back and go, "No, you just take my son. Take him. I'll meet you at the hospital." I got into the back of the SUV. And let me tell you something, his team was amazing. When this when this full investigation is done, I think you're going to see that his team did everything they were supposed to do. In the car, Justin was driving. Dan was in the front with the GPS. Rick was to my left. He had Charlie's head. And Brian was at Charlie's feet. And Charlie's so big, we couldn't even shut the door. He's so tall. and I'm per I'm perched over the back seat and while they're administering all sorts of first aid, apparently my skill, my job was to yell. I was doing a lot of yelling. And I want you to know that we did everything we could to save Charlie, but Charlie was already gone. His face was looking at mine, but he wasn't looking at me. He was looking past me right into eternity. And if it's any comfort at all, I learned later that Charlie felt no pain. He died instantly, but we had to try and bring him back. We couldn't We couldn't save him. Now, I want you to know that Charlie right now is in heaven. >> Amen. Not because he was a great husband and father. Not because he saved millions of kids out of darkness on college campuses. Not because he changed minds and chased votes to save the country. Not because he sacrificed himself for his savior. Charlie Kirk is in heaven because his savior sacrificed himself for Charlie Kirk. Come on. Now look, there's only two things you can get in the afterlife. You can get justice or you can get grace. Ladies and gentlemen, does anyone in here, does anybody out there watching around the world want justice from an infinitely just being? Nope. >> I don't want justice. I want grace. Well, the only way to get grace for an infinitely just being is for him to punish an innocent substitute in our place. >> Gospel preaching again. >> Where can he find an innocent substitute among us? He can't. We're all fallen. So, what does this infinitely just and infinitely loving God do? He adds human. I want you to remember, I told you guys earlier, these are some of the most powerful people in the world sitting all around us at this event listening to the gospel for eight hours over and over and over. And I know a lot of you were asking about like Elon Musk during worship, guys. He was nodding his head. I I was praying for him and I'm telling you, he was being touched by the Lord. Elon Musk, I saw it, was being touched by the Lord during this event. He even posted a scripture during the event. But anyway, that's here nor there. I was right behind him, just a couple people away and he was being touched by the Lord. Some of the most powerful leaders in the world were being touched by the Lord at this event. Just revival on all ends. Revival was was all over the place. >> To his deity, he comes to earth. He allows the creatures that rebelled against him to torture and kill him so he could place their punishment upon himself. And then by trusting in him, every one of us can be forgiven and then given his righteousness. >> Ladies and gentlemen, this is the greatest story ever told and it happens to be true. There's evidence for this and Charlie knew it. >> Watch his videos. Charlie knew that life wasn't just about money. It wasn't just about sex. It wasn't just about power. It wasn't just about prestige. He knew that the purpose of life is to know Jesus and to make him known, to make heaven crowded. So good. And I want to recommend everybody watch this whole live stream, but I have to move because I have about five or six more uh videos I want to show you guys. Um, listen to Tucker Carlson. Okay. So, I don't know much about Tucker Carlson. Again, I don't I don't know much about the political arena or realm. I'm figuring everything out. But I want you to listen to Tucker Carlson. Just guys, this is mindblowing what you're going to hear right now. I just can't believe this. Just listen to this. And of course, I'm skipping around to some of my favorite moments. Oh, there. So, I don't know. Can you guys see my cursor? Okay. So, I'm sitting right there. hair. Can you see my cursor? That's where I'm sitting. See on the right side? I'm sitting right right there somewhere. >> It made me emotional. >> Things are watch. >> Made me emotional to see that Susie Wilds had tears in her eyes. H which you don't you don't often see in politics, but it's real. This is the most unbelievable thing I think I've ever seen. And I don't >> Get ready. Get ready. If you have >> whatever happens next in America, I hope it's in this direction because God is here and you can feel it. And Charlie would have loved this. Not just because he loved large groups of people, but because ultimately he was a Christian evangelist. And it it actually reminds me of my favorite story ever. So, it's about 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem and Jesus shows up and he starts talking about the people in power and he starts doing the worst thing that you can do, which is telling the truth about people and they hate it and they just go bonkers. They hate it and they become obsessed with making him stop. This guy's got to stop talking. We've got to shut this guy up. And I can just sort of picture the scene in a lamp lit room with a bunch of guys sitting around eating hummus thinking about what do we do about this guy telling the truth about us? We must make him stop talking. And there's always one guy with the bright idea. And I could just hear him say, "I've got an idea. Why don't we just kill him? That'll shut him up. That'll fix the problem." It doesn't work that way. It doesn't work that way. Everything is inverted and the biatitudes tell it I think the most crisply. Everything is sort of the opposite of what you think it's going to be. Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted. That is true and you can feel it here. The thing about Charlie's message, I thought a lot about it and I'm trying not to be emotional because in addition to everything else, he was a wonderful man and a decent man and one of those rare people you meet who you just groove with in conversation and have these very intense conversations that you don't stop thinking about, which is my experience with him. But the main thing about Charlie and his message, he was bringing the gospel to the country. >> Listen to that. He was doing the thing that the people in charge hate most, which is calling for them to repent. >> Come on. >> So, how is Charlie's message different? And Charlie was a political person who was deeply interested in coalition building and in getting the right people in office because he knew that vast improvements are possible politically. But he also knew that politics is not the final answer. it can't answer the deepest questions actually that the only real solution is Jesus. And the reason it's really simple politics at its core is a process of critiquing other people and getting them to change. Christianity, the gospel message, the message of Jesus begins with repentance. When did you ever think that you're going to hear Tucker Carlson preaching to a 100 million people and a stadium of 100,000 people? What is happening in America, guys? Revival's happening. Christianity calls upon you to change. Our core prayer given to us by Jesus. The Lord's prayer demands that we forgive other people, but preceding that is a request for our forgiveness. In other words, forgive us our sins. Meditate on what we've done wrong, how we've fallen short, and then it becomes possible to forgive other people. That is a call to change our hearts from Jesus. And that is the only way forward in this country. That is the only solution to where we all know we're going. And Charlie knew where we were going without that. And that is not a call for being politically passive. Of course not. I stood on many stages with Charlie calling for various people to be elected, particularly Donald Trump, and I'm proud of that. It's only an acknowledgement that what Charlie was really saying. >> I could promise you, I'm going to play this right now, but I could promise you a majority of the largest churches in America did not preach on repentance this last Sunday. And yet Tucker Carlson is think about how backwards the church is. This is more bold than most pastors. Listen to this. is that change begins. The only change that matters when we repent of our sins. We me. A recognition that the real problem is me and how fallen I am. And that was the reason that Charlie was fearless at all times. Truly fearless to his last moment. He was unafraid. >> He was not defensive. And there was no hate in his heart. I know that because I've got a little hate compartment in my heart and I would often express that to Charlie about various people and he would always say always say that's a sad person that's a broken person that's person who needs help that's a person who needs Jesus. He said that in private cuz he meant it. So, I guess I would just say this gathering and God's presence, God's very obvious presence in this room. The presence of Jesus is a reminder of what we've known for 2,000 years, which is any attempt to extinguish the light causes it to burn brighter every single time. So, as we as we proceed into whatever comes next, and clearly something's coming next, remember this moment. Remember being in a room with the Holy Spirit humming like a tuning fork. >> Let me play that. Listen to that. >> With the Holy >> With the Holy Spirit. Listen to this. >> Remember this moment. remember being in a room with the Holy Spirit humming like a tuning fork. >> Come on. >> This is the way right here. This is the way. And that is what Charlie Kirk was saying underneath it all. Thank you and God bless. Dude, guys, what is happening in America? It gets even better. Watch this. Okay. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. I want you to listen to this now. Now we're getting into those, you know, leaders, all of that. Now we're getting into these are the people running our government. These are the people that are running our government in the White House. Just watch this. Get ready. Get ready. Get ready. I'm telling you, some of you right now are going to be like, "I haven't even heard my pastor preach like this." Some of you are going to realize the Secretary of State is going to preach stronger than most pastors in America. Watch this. Once again, these are just my favorite moments of the day. I'm skipping a lot of stuff. >> Get ready. about uh maybe 10 or 12 years ago, a person I knew very well, had been very helpful to me in my campaigns when I was in the Senate, came to me and said she had met this very impressive young man, and he was going to start this group to go on college campuses and try to convince young Americans that ours was the greatest country in the history of the world and that Marxism was bad. And I remember thinking back then I was I'm going to admit to you guys I was a little skeptical. I said, "College campuses, you're going to do that? Why don't you start somewhere easier, like for example, communist Cuba?" You know, but my skepticism was proven wrong. And place after place over the last 12, 14, 16 years, we've seen this renaissance. Understand where we were at that time in our history. understand where we are still today in many places where young Americans are actively told that everything that they were taught that all the foundations that made our society and our civilization so grand, they were all wrong, they were all evil, that marriage is oppressive, that children are a burden, that America is a source of evil, not of good in the world. And here was this voice that inspired a movement in which young Americans were told that is not true. The highest calling we are called to is to be in a successful marriage and to raise productive children and a movement that taught them that ours was not a great country but the greatest most exceptional nation that has ever existed in the history of all of mankind. And that it's worth fighting for. It's worth defending. It's worth preserving. And it's worth passing on to the next generation. Get ready. Here we go. >> This was the mission and the work of Charlie Kirk. And a couple things that stand out about him. He led this movement, but he did so with incredible knowledge. It's unbelievable how much he knew. He came to me very recently. He said some quote. He said, I said, "Who said that?" He said, "Marcus Aurelius." I said, "What district does he represent? I kind of knew who it was, but uh he said back, "No, it's a Roman, you know, philosopher, king or emperor." His incredible knowledge. Let me tell you that one of the last messages I had with him was just a few days before his passing where he wrote me from overseas. I'm in South Korea. I have many concerns I want to share with you when I get back. He was constantly expanding his horizons, but he just didn't have knowledge. He had wisdom, an uncanny amount of wisdom for a man as young as he was. Wisdom that sometimes it takes a lifetime to accumulate. He had it in just 31 years. He was also bold. It is so easy. And listen, I've been guilty of it. I think many of us have been guilty of this. You hide behind the walls and you surround yourself with people that agree with you. We do it as a society all the time. Increasingly, people are moving into neighborhoods with other people that agree with them politically and isolate themselves from people that do not agree with them. But Charlie Kirk was bold. He actively sought out to engage peacefully, respectfully those who he disagreed with. As recently as two days ago, we learned of one of the hosts on CNN who said that one of the messages he had gotten just a few days before Charlie's passing was from him inviting him to dialogue. And he did this on campuses. He did this on podcasts. He did this on radio shows. He did this on television shows. Time and again, he sought to engage those he disagreed with because he understood that we were not created to isolate ourselves from one another, but to engage. The irony in all this is that what our nation needs, one of the many things it needs is the ability to discuss our differences openly, honestly, peacefully, respectfully. And Charlie Kirk did that more than anyone alive in America today is doing. And Charlie Kirk was impactful. Impactful because of all the things I've said. But look around this place. There's a hundred something thousand people here. The president of the United States is here. His entire cabinet is here. Television a outlets and media outlets from all over the world are covering this. I just came from overseas and every country I stopped, they gave us their condolences for his passing. This event was more covered by the media than the Super Bowl. More viewers and more coverage than the Super Bowl. Listen to what he's about. >> Impactful in just 31 years of life. >> He's about to go off. He's about to go off. >> He made a difference. >> He mattered and he will matter now more than he ever has before. And let me close with this. How do you remember? This is a memorial service. It's to honor him. How do you best remember it? I'll take the liberty of saying what I think we can best do. Look, I think he had an tremendous impact on young Americans in general. I think he had a very special and direct impact on young men in this country. That's one of the greatest developments I've seen. It's been very positive. I think we remember him for that. I think we remember him for constantly saying, "You want to live a productive life? Get married. Start a family. Love your country." These are empowerful messages. But I hope many who are watching, I imagine there are people watching here tonight that didn't know much about Charlie Kirk until 11 days ago. Maybe they were disengaged from politics. Maybe they were partially engaged. I hope one of the things they take from this is that the movement Charlie Kirk led and started and gave fuel to was about politics, but not only about politics. It was deeper. It was broader. And I would say that taking the liberty, but I'm confident he would agree. One of the things he wants us to take away from this, from all of this, is the following. His deep belief that we were all created, every single one of us, before the beginning of time, by the hands of the God of the universe, an all powerful God who loved us and created us for the purpose of living with him in eternity. But then sin entered the world and separated us from our creator. And so God took on the form of a man and came down and lived among us. And he suffered like men and he died like a man. >> Preach. >> But on the third day, he rose unlike any mortal man. And then this is our Secretary of State. Come on. >> And to prove any doubters wrong, >> guys. A year and a half ago, we had a bunch of, and I hate to say it this way, trans people that were on staff in the White House. We had men flashing the cameras at the White House. We had the most bizarre, disgusting, demonic stuff happening in the White House. And I just want you to hear that. This is our Secretary of State. Just listen. He ate with his disciples so they could see and they touched his wounds. He didn't rise as a ghost or as a spirit, but as flesh and then he rose to the heaven, but he promised he would return. And he will. And when he returns, because he took on that death, because he carried that cross, we were freed from the sin that separated us from him. And when he returns, there will be a new heaven and a new earth. And we will all be together. And we are going to have a great reunion there again with Charlie and all the people we love. Thank you and God bless you. Come on. What? Guys, I'm so fired up. This is our leaders, our government leaders. Listen to this. This is Secretary of Defense. You guys aren't ready. You guys are not ready for what's happening in America. You're not ready. I could tell. I could tell you're not ready for what's happening in America. Are you ready to disciple? Are you ready for the harvest? Guys, are you ready? This is what we've been praying for. Church is full. Every church in America full. We've been praying for 15 years. I've been preaching. Revival, revival, America. God's going to save America. Revival in the White House. And I I a couple years ago, I was like, Lord, is there any hope? Seeing how demonic everything was two years ago. And look at where we're at now. Y'all aren't ready. I'm telling you, you guys are not ready. This is Secretary of Defense. This is the Secretary of Defense for the United States government. Not the church. The United States government. Get ready. Woo! I'm fired up. We got to just live stream this entire service. Just watch this. [Applause] Charlie Kirk. One of my favorite moments of the day. A patriot, a conservative, a leader, a builder, an advocate, an author, a lover of freedom, a husband, a father, >> US Secretary of War. Listen to this. >> A Christian and a warrior. You see, Charlie Kirk was a true believer for the cause of freedom, for the power of young people, belief in our republic and our founding principles in America first and make America great again. But more importantly, he was a true believer. >> Come on. >> Only Christ is king, our Lord and Savior. These are government leaders. Come on, guys. Our sins are washed away. By the way, when you look at everyone looking around, we were doing that all day cuz we could not believe what we were hearing. We were thinking these guys are going to get up there politics. We were all looking around like, "What is happening right now?" Wait till you hear Donald Trump Jr. what he says. But I I just I cannot believe this, guys. That's why everyone's looking around. >> By the blood of Jesus, fear God. >> I got to play. Fear no. Hold on. >> Listen. Listen. Look at everyone looking around. What is happening right now? >> Our sins are washed away by the blood of Jesus. Fear God and fear no man. That was Charlie Kirk. You see, Charlie Kirk started Turning Point USA to change our politics. That's when I first met him over a day. >> I apologize, too. He's the Secretary of War, not defense. I was going through a lot of clips today. I'm confused about all of it. >> Okay, to go. He was building a movement and nobody worked harder at it. Bringing people to political small truth. I still have the sticker big government sucks. Someone in the chat said I had to pinch myself. I thought I was dreaming. I I felt the same way. The only way I could describe this eight hours was are we a are we in a dream? I felt that all day. I'm like, is this a dream? What is happening here? And he pursued that truth with more vigor than anyone I've ever met. But over time, he realized, like so many of us have, that this is not a political war. >> Listen, >> it's not even a cultural war. It's a spiritual war. >> Okay, let me play that again. But over time he realized like >> what have I been preaching guys? What have we been preaching since 2011? What have we been preaching since 2011 for the last 15 years? Listen to what he's going to say. This embodies everything we've been trying to say and preach. Listen to this. >> Like so many of us have that this is not a political war. It's not even a cultural war. >> The what? >> It's a spiritual war. Faith and family first. There is a God. And as Charlie would say, it is not us. were sinners saved only by grace in need of the gospel. You see, we always did need less government, but what Charlie understood and infused into his movement is we also needed a lot more God. >> I love this guy. >> Charlie had big plans, but God had even bigger plans. >> Come on. Go 100 million people heard this. >> You know, Marco mentioned this arena and the millions watching. A couple days ago, I learned that Kirk actually in German ger in German, the German language means church. So on this Sunday morning, I'd like to think we're all in Charlie's church. There's Elon Musk clapping. Okay, next to Trump. >> Charlie started a political movement, but >> and uh you see Dana White up there. Dana White listened to this all day. You know, we know Dana White doesn't like the preaching. He doesn't like when people say, you know, I shout out to God, but Dana White, he couldn't get away from it. Dana White was getting hit with the gospel all day. >> Unleashed a spiritual revival. My pastor text, >> let me play it again. Hold on. I missed it. Listen. Listen. >> I'm so fired up, you guys. I'm going to fall out of my chair. Charlie started a political movement but unleashed a spiritual revival. My pastor texted me the day after that horrific event and said, "Pete, the devil overplayed his hand." >> Come on. >> Charlie started with liberty but ended up lighting our country on fire for Christ. He started turning point USA. >> I got to play that again. Listen to that. >> I got to play it again. >> Charlie started with Liberty but ended up lighting our country on fire for Christ. He started turning Point USA, but this moment is the turning point for the USA right now. So good. These are our leaders. Exactly. He died the way he lived, speaking the truth. Charlie waged war not with a weapon, but with a tent, a microphone, his mind, and the truth. and the gates of hell could not prevail against him. >> I like this guy. >> Let me make another correction. It used to be the Secretary of Defense, but they just changed it to the Secretary of War. So, I was made a mistake, but I didn't make a mistake. Amen. Somebody just put that in the comments. >> Into the darkest of places. Like Paul in the book of Acts. He went into college campuses where they said we couldn't go. And he was the light. He was bold. He was brave. He was a hero. You know, at the War Department, we know a little bit about heroism. I've seen it personally on the battle from field from Americans wearing camouflage, and I'm surrounded by men and women today who have the chance to witness the same. Most people don't know this, but Charlie Kirk wanted to go to West Point. Uh, it never happened. Obviously, his personal loss at that moment was our nation's great gain. >> Yes. >> Charlie Kirk was a citizen who had the biblical heart of a soldier of the faith who put on every single day the full armor of God >> with a smile. >> Let's go. as the scriptures tell all Christ followers to do. Charlie Kirk, a warrior for country, a warrior for Christ. He ran the race. He finished the fight. Now it's our turn. My charge to all of you, live worthy of Charlie Kirk's sacrifice and put Christ at the center of your life as he advocated for giving his >> Charlie has heard the words >> echoing now in heaven. Well done, good and faithful servant. Charlie will take it from here. God bless. Oh man, guys, am I the only one proud to be an American? I think I just fell in love. I mean, that's straight fire. I just I just I feel like I'm dreaming, guys. I really do. Pinch me. as a preacher, as a pastor, as a leader of the body of Christ that's been praying and crying out for so many years, and some of you have been praying for 40 years for this. This is just Let me just play that last part one more time. >> Good now in heaven. >> One more time. >> Well done, good and faithful servant. Charlie will take it from here. God bless. >> Salute. Salute, brother. All right, we got a couple more here. Okay, now this is Donald Trump Jr. I want you to hear what he says. Listen to what he says here. Again, these are these are leaders in our government. We're we're almost done. We have a couple more clips. There's too many to show. I just have a couple more. Revival. Revival all day. Like I said, guys, I felt like I was dreaming. It was unbelievable. We are in revival. Get ready. All of you pastors watching in the chat, get ready for unprecedented outpouring. Get ready for your church to be so packed. Order chairs, buy chairs, start disciplehip. Get ready. Some of you pastors have been preaching to an empty building. Not anymore. I prophesy to you. Not anymore. You're going to be preaching to a packed building. Get ready. Get serious about God. Pastors, get in prayer. We're preaching at a pastors and leaders conference in about a week in North Georgia to hundreds of pastors, thousands of pastors and leaders. It's happening. It is happening. Revival is happening, ladies and gentlemen. >> So, I want to start Donald Trump Jr., listen to this. where I know Charlie would want me to with what was most important to him and that was his relationship with Christ. >> If you ever heard this guy, this is not the way that that he preaches and talks. Listen to this. To say Charlie knew more about the Bible than me is an understatement, folks. It's like saying Donald Trump knows more about being president than Hillary Clinton. or Kamala Harris. No kidding. There I am. I made an appearance. I'm right there. Look, you guys see me? There I am. Can you see that? Can you see my mouse? I'm right there. Vlad was sitting right behind me. You can't really see Vlad, but who's sitting right behind me. Alyssa's right there. Jared was sitting right here. I'm there. I'm there. I pro I told you guys I was there. I told you I was there. Oh, there's Vlad. There's Vlad right there. There's me. >> But when Charlie was asked in an interview how he'd want to be remembered, he said, "I want to be remembered for my courage, for my faith." And let me tell you guys, those were not empty words. Last week, Charlie joined a long line of courageous men and women who were martyed for what they believe. According to the book of Acts, the first martyr in the early Christian church was Steven who was stoned to death. And as Steven was being killed, he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the son of man standing, standing at the right hand of God." Now, there are many times in the Bible where Jesus is seated at the right hand of God, but this is the only time he's seen. >> Is Donald Trump Jr. preaching right now, guys? Are we are we are we all dreaming? Is this Did this happen yesterday? Is this real life? >> Standing. And while the Bible isn't explicit about this, I like to think Jesus was standing to welcome Stephen, the courageous martyr, into heaven. And today, today that gives me great comfort because 11 days ago, as a cowardly assassin crawled on his stomach to end Charlie's life on Earth. >> Wow. I'm betting Charlie saw the son of God standing tall to welcome him home. >> I feel that, guys, man. That made me cry when I was listening to that. >> I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the greatest treasures of Charlie's heart, his beautiful wife Erica and his two precious children. To watch Charlie with his family, the joy on his face, the devotion in his eyes was to see the gospel lived out. And for me, for me it was inspiring. And now in the face of unthinkable loss, Erica has shown extraordinary courage. >> Yes. >> Not only as a mother, but in stepping forward to carry on Charlie's mission as the CEO of Turning Point USA. Charlie always brought out the best in all of us. When Charlie first said to me during the 2016 campaign, "Hey, let's start doing events on college campuses." I was like, "Whoa, seriously? Come on, man. Uh, we've given up on that. We're going to let those kids grow up and we'll get them when they start paying taxes. But he convinced me to give it a shot. And there were a couple events that showed just how brave and courageous Charlie was, ev