The Message That’s Shaking the Church

George Whitten, founder of Worthy Ministries and CEO of Worthy News, has delivered a powerful and prophetic message that challenges Christians worldwide to understand a profound truth: the story of Israel is not over—it is the living story of God’s covenant faithfulness, the visible proof that nothing can separate us from the love of God.

Speaking from his home in Arad, Israel, near the Dead Sea, Whitten calls believers to embrace their role as “Notream”—the ancient Hebrew word for watchmen, which is also the modern Hebrew word for Christian. His message is clear: Christians are called to be spiritually vigilant, equipped with prayer points and deep kingdom insights about what God is doing in the world today.

Beyond Headlines: Truth in a World of Narratives

Whitten shares his journey of calling out fake news before it became a mainstream concern. “Something changed,” he explains. “The news no longer became fact-based. It became narrative-based. And all of a sudden, they were feeding us a narrative. I was calling out fake news before a guy in the White House was calling out fake news.”

With journalists stationed in Jerusalem, Budapest, Rome, throughout the United States, and pastors connected worldwide, Worthy News operates differently. When major events occur—like the recent earthquake in the Philippines—Whitten doesn’t just check seismic data; he calls pastors on the ground to understand what’s actually happening so believers can pray effectively for the body of Messiah.

The Great Convergence

Whitten emphasizes Jesus’s instruction in Matthew 24: “Learn the parable of the fig tree.” The fig tree, he explains, is the biblical symbol of Israel found throughout Scripture in Joel, Jeremiah, and Hosea. It’s one of the few trees that produces fruit twice a year—a spring harvest and a fall harvest.

“Israel was not on a map 78 years ago. It is now on a map,” Whitten declares. “When you see all of these things, without the fig tree, you don’t have all of these things. It’s the great convergence.”

Romans Reveals the Mystery

Drawing extensively from Romans 9-11, Whitten unpacks Paul’s teaching that nothing can separate us from God’s love—and the proof is Israel. Despite centuries of dispersion and persecution, God has not rejected His people. The Jewish people’s temporary hardening was part of God’s plan to bring salvation to the Gentiles.

“Paul uses the olive tree analogy because Gentile believers are grafted into Israel’s olive tree,” Whitten explains. “We share in the blessings, but we must not become prideful. We don’t support the root—the root supports us.”

Radical Love: The Greatest Provocation

Living in Israel for 20 years, Whitten has experienced persecution firsthand—Bibles torn up in his yard, his dog poisoned, people spitting on him. Yet his response is radical love.

“Romans 11:11 asks: Did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles so as to make Israel jealous,” Whitten teaches. “How do we provoke them to jealousy? With radical love.”

The Church’s Revival Is Connected to Israel

Whitten’s central thesis challenges comfortable Christianity: “Your own revival is connected to how you start fervently praying for the salvation of Israel.”

He reminds believers that Jesus will not return until Jerusalem says, “Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord” (Matthew 23:39). The Church’s mission includes reaching Jewish people with the gospel—boldly, without fear of offense.

“The gospel is offensive because Jesus said, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life,'” Whitten states. “There are no other ways. Why? Because through this Jewish Messiah, he provided the blood atonement that was provided from the foundation of the world.”

An Open Book Test

Whitten frames our current moment as “an open book test.” The world is turbulent, but the answers are in Scripture. “If we’re bombing the test, open the book. The answers are in it.”

He closes with a powerful prayer that God would seal this word, give fresh revelation, and pour out His Spirit. That believers would be consumed by agape love that surpasses understanding and radically changes the world around them.