NEW AGE OCCULT RAGE IN THESE LAST DAYS

SATAN BOOTED OUT OF HEAVEN

ISAIAH 14:12-23
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, (SATAN) son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.

REVELATION 12:3-4
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,(SATAN) having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,( 1/3 OF ANGELS FELL WITH SATAN AT THE FALL) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman (MARY JESUS MOTHER) which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(JESUS WAS JEWISH,THIS IS PERSECUSSION AGAINST ISRAEL).

REVELATION 20:2
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

REVELATION 9:14-16
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARY) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

GENESIS 6:1-7
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God (DEMONIC FALLIN ANGELS) came in unto the daughters of men,(INTERCOURSE WITH HUMAN WOMEN) and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

JUDE 6-16
6 And the (DEMONIC FALLIN) angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation,(HAD SEX WITH HUMANS) he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.(THATS OUR DAY NOW)(THESE GET LOOSED AT THE EUPHRATES TO KILL A THIRD PART OF MEN IN WW3).US - IRAQ WAR IS THE UNLOOSING OF THESE DEMONIC DEMONS I BELIEVE.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.(JESUS)
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

JESUS'(GODS)WORD ARE TRUTH
JOHN 17:17
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

HERE IS A STUDY ON THE GODLESS OCCULT NEW AGE MOVEMENT SO YOU TRUE CHRISTIANS CAN AVOID IT AND NOT BE DAMNED TO HELL WITH SATAN AND HIS ANGELS.

THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE SPIRIT OF ERROR.

1 JOHN 4:6
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH IS?

Thats the Holy Spirit.

JOHN 16:12-13
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

NOW THE SPIRIT OF ERROR.

Thats the New Age Movement.

1 TIMOTHY 4:1
1 Now the (HOLY)Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;(Demons)

The Holy Spirit Glorifies JESUS, the spirit of error and doctrines of Demons is to put down JESUS. To ridicule, mock him, tear him to shreads.

2 PETER 2:1-2
1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord (JESUS) that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

1 JOHN 4:1-3
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

WHY ARE CHURCH MEMBERS GOING TO NEW AGE OCCULTS.

The seducing spirts are blinding these cultists and now even the members of the Mega churches because their not hereing DOCTRINE preached to who JESUS IS. Thats hes GOD from all eternity.

ROMANS 9:5
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

1 TIMOTHY 3:16
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

JESUS IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD.
1 JOHN 4:14
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

JESUS IS THE JUDGE OF THE WHOLE WORLD IN THE FUTURE.
1 TIMOTHY 3:16
16 believed on in the world, received up into glory.

REVELATION 19:13-21
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

HEBREWS 1:8
8 But unto the Son (JESUS) he saith, (GOD THE FATHER) Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Its too bad these Evangelicals don't know who JESUS really is. GOD from all Eternity, the second member of the Trinity. If the Father calls him (JESUS)(GOD), all you cultists and others better realise who he is. And if use wanna get SAVED, come to JESUS.

WHOS BEHIND THIS? SATAN.
ISAIAH 14:13
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

GOD BOOTED HIM (SATAN)FROM HEAVEN FOR REBELLION AND PRIDE.
LUKE 10:18
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

SATAN NEVER FELL TO THE EARTH, GOD BOOTED HIM FROM THE 3RD HEAVEN ONLY SO SATAN IS IN CONTROL OF HEAVENS 1 AND 2 FROM THE EARTH TO THE HEAVENLIES (PLANETS ETC).

2 CORINTHIANS 12:2
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.(3 HEAVENS)

EPHESIANS 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,(SATAN) the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

REVELATION 12:3-4
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,(SATAN) having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,( 1/3 OF ANGELS FELL WITH SATAN AT THE FALL) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman (MARY JESUS MOTHER) which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(JESUS WAS JEWISH,THIS IS PERSECUSSION AGAINST ISRAEL).

MATTHEW 25:41
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:(THE FALLIN ANGELS, THE SEDUCING SPIRITS)

GOD SHOWED JACK VAN IMPE WHAT THESE SEDUCING SPIRITS WILL BE DOING IN THESE LAST DAYS.

We don't wrestle against flesh and blood but against Demons. Seducing Spirits in the heavenlies that want to destroy everything and anyone who has anything to do with the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

THESE DEMONIC SPIRITS CONTROL NATIONS AS WELL.
EPHESIANS 6:11-12
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

DANIEL 10:11-14
11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.(IRAN,IRAQ)
14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

PERSIA CHANGED ITS NAME TO IRAQ IN 1932 AND TO IRAN IN 1935. THOSE ARE THE COUNTRIES THE SEDUCING SPIRITS WERE CONTROLLING CENTURIES AGO.NOW WE COME TO THE LATTER DAYS AND THE RETURN OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. AND WE FIND THERES GOING TO BE A HORRIBLE WAR INVOLVING IRAQ AND IRAN AND MANY OTHER NATIONS. IRAN AND IRAQ ARE THE ONES WHO BEGIN IT.

REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(IRAQ-IRAN) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

IRAN AND IRAQ, THATS WERE ITS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. WE ARE AFRAID WHAT IRAN IS GOING TO DO.

WORLD WAR 3 OCCURS WHEN THE SEDUCING SPIRITS ARE RELEASED AT THE EUPHRATES RIVER.

REVELATION 9:14-18
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels (DEMONIC SEDUCING SPIRITS) which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-IRAN)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(2 BILLION PEOPLE DIE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.(200 MILLION MAN ARMY MARCHES TO MIDEAST)
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

IRAN AND AHMADINEJAD TODAY ARE CONTROLLED BY THESE DEMONIC COUNTRY DEMONS AS WELL AS IRAQ AND ITS LEADER.NOW WE CAN SEE THAT HITLER, STALIN, MUSSELINI, AND RUSSIAS CURRENT LEADERS ARE ALL CONTROLLED BY THESE SEDUCING DEMONIC SPIRTS AS WELL. AND SINCE GOD TOLD US THIS IS WERE IT WILL BEGIN WE KNOW WW3 IS CLOSE AT HAND AS IRAN AND IRAQ ARE IN THE THICK OF THREATS OF WW3 RIGHT NOW. THESE THREATS FROM IRAN ARE NOT JUST THREATS AS THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN THEY GET THEIR NUKES MADE THEY WILL USE THEM AS WE READ IN VERSE 18 THAT 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKES.

THANK GOODNESS THE TRUE CHRISTIANS GO TO HEAVEN IN THE RAPTURE BEFORE THIS WAR DESTROYS THE EARTH AND 1/3RD OF ITS PEOPLE.(2 BILLION)

REVELATION 3:10
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation,(WW3)which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

BUT TO THE LUKEWARM CHRISTIANS AND THE UNREPENTANT SINNERS THEY GO THROUGH WW3.

REVELATION 3:15-19
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

WILL JESUS FIND FAITH ON EARTH WHEN HE RETURNS
LUKE 18:8
8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

THE REASON JESUS SAYS THIS IS BECAUSE THESE SEDUCING SPIRITS OF 1 TIM 4:1 ARE ACTUALLY CREATING AND PROPIGATING DOCTRINES OF DEMONS. AND IT GETS SO BAD THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY WORSHIPPING THESE DEMON BEINGS IN THE FUTURE.

REVELATION 9:20-21
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries,(DRUGS) nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE BETWEEN SINGLES) nor of their thefts.

REMEMBER JESUS SAID THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL GLORIFY ME.
JOHN 16:12-13
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

BUT THE SEDUCING DEMONIC SPIRITS WILL TRY TO TEAR ME (JESUS)TO THREADS. AND WE HAVE CLERGYMEN AS WELL WHO ARE THE APOSTATES OF FAITH.

2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (TRIBULATION 7 YR TREATY)(WW3) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;(SATANS PUPPET)
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

HERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DESTROYING JESUS' HOLY NAME AND WORD.

BISHOP OXNAM - SAID THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IS A BULLY. MY BIBLE SAYS GOD IS LOVE.

1 JOHN 4:8
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

BISHOP PIKE - WAS WRITTING A BOOK AGAINST CHRIST IN ISRAEL AND DROPPED DEAD RIGHT THERE.

BISHOP SPONG - THIS MAN IS SO BLASPHEMOUS AGAINST JESUS HE SAID THE CROSS WAS A BARBARIC ACT.

ARCH-BISHOP ROWAN WILLIAMS - QUESTIONS THE NATIVITY STORY,THE VIRGIN BIRTH,NO WONDER HE WANTS CHRISTIANS TO CALL GOD ALLAH THE DEFECTOR.

JESUS SEMINARIANS - ARE GODLESS TO THE CORE. THEY DENY THE RESURRECTION, MOCK THE VIRGIN BIRTH, DENY HIS RETURN TO EARTH BODILY.

PAUL VERHOEVEN - HES MAKING A FILM ABOUT A ROMAN SOLDIER, RAPING THE PRECIOUS VIRGIN MARY AND CHRIST BEING THE RESULT. ABSOULUTELY REDICULAS THIS GUY IS.

THESE ARE ALL THESE DEMONIC SEDUCING SPIRITS WORKING THROUGH ALL THESE BISHOPS OF THE CHURCH AND ALL THESE CLERGYMEN WITH THE JESUS SEMINAR. AND THE SECULAR PEOPLE WE WILL DO NOW. SEDUCING SPIRITS PREACHING DAMNABLE DOCTRINES.

ECKHART TOLLE - DESTROYS THE WORD OF GOD BUT EVEN SATAN QUOTES SCRIPTURE LIKE TOLLE DOES TO DECIEVE CHRISTIANS.

MATTHEW 4:1-11
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

HELEN SCHUCMAN - WROTE OCCULT NEW AGE BOOK A COARSE IN MIRACLES.

MARIANNE WILLIAMSON - TEACHES A COARSE IN MIRACLES ON OPRAHS SHOW.

OPRAH WINFREY - ALLOWS THIS GODLESS TRASH BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES IT.

THIS SHUCMAN SAID JESUS CAME TO HER AND HELPED HER WRITE THIS BOOK. BUT ITS SURE NOT THE JESUS OF THE BIBLE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DEMONIC SEDUCING SPIRITS DISQUISED AS JESUS AND SAYING WHAT JESUS DONE ON THE CROSS WAS MEANINGLESS, IT WAS A JOURNEY THAT DID NOT HAVE TO BE DONE BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SIN.

THESE REMARKS ARE NONSCENSE AND SHE WILL PAY UNLESS SHE REPENTS.

WHY AM I TAKING THIS STAND? AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL (JACK VAN IMPE)

2 TIMOTHY 4:2-42 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

EXACTLY WHATS HAPPENING TODAY TURNING TO FABLES INSTEAD OF GODS WORD.

JUDE 3-4
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

AND THE JUDGEMENT WILL COME TO THESE GODLESS BACKSLIDERS AND MOCKERS.

JUDE 14-16
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.(JESUS AND THE BIBLE)
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

JOHN 3:18
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.(JESUS)

THE NEW AGERS BELIEVE IN A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT.

A NEW WORLD ORDER THE NEW AGERS BELIEVE
http://www.evolve.org/images/evolve/pdf/earthcharter.pdf

WORLD GOVERNMENT

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

DANIEL 12:4,1
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

REVELATION 13:1-3,7,8,12,16-18
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

HERES THE OCCULT NEW AGE SIGNS TO LOOK OUT FOR IF ANY TEACHES TELLS YOU TO BELIEVE THIS HOGWASH, LEAVE QUICK, CHURCH OR PERSON.

NEW AGE SPIRITUALITY
a.k.a. Self-spirituality, New spirituality, Mind-body-spirit

Introduction:

The New Age Movement is in a class by itself. Unlike most formal religions, it has no holy text, central organization, membership, formal clergy, geographic center, dogma, creed, etc. They often use mutually exclusive definitions for some of their terms. The New Age is in fact a free-flowing spiritual movement; a network of believers and practitioners who share somewhat similar beliefs and practices, which they add on to whichever formal religion that they follow. Their book publishers take the place of a central organization; seminars, conventions, books and informal groups replace of sermons and religious services.

Quoting John Naisbitt:

In turbulent times, in times of great change, people head for the two extremes: fundamentalism and personal, spiritual experience...With no membership lists or even a coherent philosophy or dogma, it is difficult to define or measure the unorganized New Age movement. But in every major U.S. and European city, thousands who seek insight and personal growth cluster around a metaphysical bookstore, a spiritual teacher, or an education center.

The New Age is definitely a heterogeneous movement of individuals; most graft some new age beliefs onto their regular religious affiliation. Recent surveys of US adults indicate that many Americans hold at least some new age beliefs:

8% believe in astrology as a method of foretelling the future
7% believe that crystals are a source of healing or energizing power
9% believe that Tarot Cards are a reliable base for life decisions about 1 in 4 believe in a non-traditional concept of the nature of God which are often associated with New Age thinking:
11% believe that God is a state of higher consciousness that a person may reach.
8% define God as the total realization of personal, human potential.
3% believe that each person is God.

The group of surveys cited above classify religious beliefs into 7 faith groups. 2 Starting with the largest, they are: Cultural (Christmas & Easter) Christianity, Conventional Christianity, New Age Practitioner, Biblical (Fundamentalist, Evangelical) Christianity, Atheist/Agnostic, Other, and Jewish, A longitudinal study from 1991 to 1995 shows that New Agers represent a steady 20% of the population, and are consistently the third largest religious group.

History of the New Age movement:

New Age teachings became popular during the 1970's as a reaction against what some perceived as the failure of Christianity and the failure of Secular Humanism to provide spiritual and ethical guidance for the future. Its roots are traceable to many sources: Astrology, Channeling, Hinduism, Gnostic traditions, , Spiritualism, Taoism, Theosophy, Wicca and other Neo-pagan traditions, etc. The movement started in England in the 1960's where many of these elements were well established. Small groups, such as the Findhorn Community in Inverness and the Wrekin Trust formed. The movement quickly became international. Early New Age mileposts in North America were a New Age Seminar run by the Association for Research and Enlightenment, and the establishment of the East-West Journal in 1971. Actress Shirley MacLaine is perhaps their most famous current figure. During the 1980's and 90's, the movement came under criticism from a variety of groups. Channeling was ridiculed; seminar and group leaders were criticized for the fortunes that they made from New Agers. Their uncritical belief in the scientific properties of crystals was exposed as groundless. But the movement has become established and become a stable, major force in North American religion during the past generation. As the millennium comes to a close, the New Age is expected to expand, promoted by the social backlash against logic and science.

The one version of the New Age that does not exist:
Major confusion about the New Age has been generated by academics, counter-cult groups, Fundamentalist and other Evangelical Christians and traditional Muslim groups, etc. Some examples are: Many of the above groups have dismissed Tasawwuf (Sufiism) as a New Age cult. In reality, Sufiism has historically been an established mystical movement within Islam, which has always existing in a state of tension with the more legalistic divisions within Islam. It has no connection with the New Age.

Some conservative Christians believe that a massive, underground, highly coordinated New Age organization exists that is infiltrating government, media, schools and churches. No such entity exists. Some conservative Christians do not differentiate among the Occult, Satanism, Wicca, other Neopagan religions. Many seem to regard all as forms of Satanism who perform horrendous criminal acts on children. Others view The New Age, Neopagan religions, Tarot card reading, rune readings, channeling, work with crystal energy, etc. as merely recruiting programs for Satanism. In fact, the Occult, Satanism, Neo-pagan religions are very different phenomena, and essentially unrelated. Dr. Carl Raschke, professor of Religious Studies at the University of Denver describes New Age practices as the spiritual version of AIDS; it destroys the ability of people to cope and function. He describes it as essentially, the marketing end of the political packaging of occultism...a breeding ground for a new American form of fascism.

New Age beliefs:

A number of fundamental beliefs are held by many New Age followers; individuals are encouraged to shop for the beliefs and practices that they feel most comfortable with:

Monism: All that exists is derived from a single source of divine energy.

Pantheism: All that exists is God; God is all that exists. This leads naturally to the concept of the divinity of the individual, that we are all Gods. They do not seek God as revealed in a sacred text or as exists in a remote heaven; they seek God within the self and throughout the entire universe.

Panentheism: God is all that exists. God is at once the entire universe, and transcends the universe as well.

BIBLE TRUTH
GENESIS 1:1
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

JOHN 1:1-3,14
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
14 And the Word was made flesh,(JESUS)and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Reincarnation: After death, we are reborn and live another life as a human. This cycle repeats itself many times. This belief is similar to the concept of transmigration of the soul in Hinduism.

BIBLE TRUTH

2 CORINTHIANS 5:8,10
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.(THIS IS CHRISTIAN INVESTIGATION OR JUDGEMENT)

AND THE JUDGEMENT FOR SINNERS AND GOD HATERS.

REVELATION 20:11-15
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

- TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD. NO RECYCLE JOB, ONCE YOU DIE YOUR SOUL GOES STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN (PEACE,LOVE) OR STRAIGHT TO HELL (TORMENT,HATE)TILL JUDGEMENT DAY.

Karma: The good and bad deeds that we do adds and subtracts from our accumulated record, our karma. At the end of our life, we are rewarded or punished according to our karma by being reincarnated into either a painful or good new life. This belief is linked to that of reincarnation and is also derived from Hinduism .An Aura is believed to be an energy field radiated by the body. Invisible to most people, it can be detected by some as a shimmering, multi-colored field surrounding the body. Those skilled in detecting and interpreting auras can diagnose an individual's state of mind, and their spiritual and physical health.

Personal Transformation A profoundly intense mystical experience will lead to the acceptance and use of New Age beliefs and practices. Guided imagery, hypnosis, meditation, and (sometimes) the use of hallucinogenic drugs are useful to bring about and enhance this transformation. Believers hope to develop new potentials within themselves: the ability to heal oneself and others, psychic powers, a new understanding of the workings of the universe, etc. Later, when sufficient numbers of people have achieved these powers, a major spiritual, physical, psychological and cultural planet-wide transformation is expected.

BIBLE TRUTH

LEVITICUS 19:31
31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

LEVITICUS 20:27
27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit,(FORTUNE TELLER) or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

DEUTORONOMY 18:10-14
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination,(CRYSTALS OR OBJECTS) or an observer of times,(ASTROLOGER) or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

Ecological Responsibility: A belief in the importance of uniting to preserve the health of the earth, which is often looked upon as Gaia, (Mother Earth) a living entity.

Universal Religion: Since all is God, then only one reality exists, and all religions are simply different paths to that ultimate reality. The universal religion can be visualized as a mountain, with many sadhanas (spiritual paths) to the summit. Some are hard; others easy. There is no one correct path. All paths eventually reach the top. They anticipate that a new universal religion which contains elements of all current faiths will evolve and become generally accepted worldwide.

BIBLE TRUTH

A FALSE PROPHET OF A ONE WORLD RELIGION COMES FROM THE VATICAN ALSO AT THIS TIME.

REVELATION 13:11-18
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

REVELATION 17:1-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

New World Order As the Age of Aquarius unfolds, a New Age will develop. This will be a utopia in which there is world government, and end to wars, disease, hunger, pollution, and poverty. Gender, racial, religious and other forms of discrimination will cease. People's allegiance to their tribe or nation will be replaced by a concern for the entire world and its people.

The Age of Aquarius is a reference to the precession of the zodiac. The earth passes into a new sign of the zodiac approximately every 2,000 years. Some believe that the earth entered the constellation Aquarius in the 19th Century, so that the present era is the dawning of the age of Aquarius. Others believe that it will occur at the end of the 20th century. It is interesting to note that the previous constellation changes were:from Aries to Pisces the fish circa 1st century CE. This happened at a time when Christianity was an emerging religion, and many individuals changed from animal sacrifice in the Jewish temple to embracing the teachings of Christianity. The church's prime symbol at the time was the fish. from Taurus to Aries the ram circa 2,000 BCE. This happened at a time when the Jews engaged in widespread ritual sacrifice of sheep and other animals in the Temple. from Gemini to Taurus the bull circa 4,000 BCE. During that sign, worshiping of the golden calf was common in the Middle East.

BIBLE TRUTH - EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

BIBLE TRUTH - WORLD GOVERNMENT

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

DANIEL 12:4,1
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

REVELATION 13:1-3,7,8,12,16-18
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

New Age practices:
Many practices are found among New Agers. A typical practitioner is active in only a few areas:

Channeling A method similar to that used by Spiritists in which a spirit of a long dead individual is conjured up. However, while Spiritists generally believe that one's soul remains relatively unchanged after death, most channelers believe that the soul evolves to higher planes of existence. Chanelers usually try to make contact with a single, spiritually evolved being. That being's consciousness is channeled through the medium and relays guidance and information to the group, through the use of the medium's voice. Channeling has existed since the 1850's and many groups consider themselves independent of the New Age movement. Perhaps the most famous channeling event is the popular A Course in Miracles. It was channeled through a Columbia University psychologist, Dr. Helen Schucman, (1909-1981), over an 8 year period. She was an Atheist, and in no way regarded herself as a New Age believer. However, she took great care in recording accurately the words that she received.

Crystals Crystals are materials which have their molecules arranged in a specific, highly ordered internal pattern. This pattern is reflected in the crystal's external structure which typically has symmetrical planar surfaces. Many common substances, from salt to sugar, from diamonds to quartz form crystals. They can be shaped so that they will vibrate at a specific frequency and are widely used in radio communications and computing devices. New Agers believe that crystals possess healing energy.

Meditating A process of blanking out the mind and releasing oneself from conscious thinking. This is often aided by repetitive chanting of a mantra, or focusing on an object.

New Age Music A gentle, melodic, inspirational music form involving the human voice, harp, lute, flute, etc. It is used as an aid in healing, massage therapy and general relaxation.

Divination The use of various techniques to foretell the future, including I Ching, Pendulum movements, Runes, Scrying, Tarot Cards.

Astrology The belief that the orientation of the planets at the time of one's birth, and the location of that birth predicts the individual's future and personality. Belief in astrology is common amongst New Agers, but definitely not limited to them.

Holistic Health This is a collection of healing techniques which have diverged from the traditional medical model. It attempts to cure disorders in mind, body and spirit and to promote wholeness and balance in the individual. Examples are acupuncture, crystal healing, homeopathy, iridology, massage, various meditation methods, polarity therapy, psychic healing, therapeutic touch, reflexology, etc.

Human Potential Movement (a.k.a. Emotional Growth Movement) This is a collection of therapeutic methods involving both individualized and group working, using both mental and physical techniques. The goal is to help individuals to advance spiritually. Examples are Esalen Growth Center programs, EST, Gestalt Therapy, Primal Scream Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Transcendental Meditation and Yoga.

The Canadian Census (1991) recorded only 1,200 people (0.005% of the total Canadian population) who identify their religion as being New Age. However, this in no way indicates the influence of new age ideas in the country. Many people identify with Christianity and other religions, but incorporate many new age concepts into their faith.

INTERESTING EVERYTHING THE BIBLE SAYS TO STAY AWAY FROM THE NEW AGE OCCULTIST DO.

BIBLE TRUTH

DEUTORONOMY 18:10-14
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination,(CRYSTALS OR OBJECTS) or an observer of times,(ASTROLOGER) or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits,(FORTUNE TELLER) or a wizard, or a necromancer.(TALKING TO THE DEAD)
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

Indigo Children
Some within the New Age movement believe that children with special powers and indigo colored auras have been born in recent years. According to Nancy Ann Tappe, this is a global phenomenon affecting over 95% of newborns since 1995. She writes:

As small children, Indigo’s are easy to recognize by their unusually large, clear eyes. Extremely bright, precocious children with an amazing memory and a strong desire to live instinctively, these children of the next millennium are sensitive, gifted souls with an evolved consciousness who have come here to help change the vibrations of our lives and create one land, one globe and one species. They are our bridge to the future.Some New Agers feel that the special personality factors among Indigo Children result in them being diagnosed with ADD or ADHD by therapists who do not understand their special qualities and needs. 6,7,8.

TORAH PORTION FROM SEPT 07 - 13, 2008

SINCE WHAT ISRAEL READS WILL BE FULFILLED IN THAT WEEK I WILL BE PUTTING THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTION ON FOR ALL OF US TO KEEP TRACK OF ISRAEL HAPPENINGS.

TORAH PORTION FROM SEPT 07, 2008 6PM TO SEPT 13,2008

Devarim
Book 5: Deuteronomy KI SEITZEI

DEUTORONOMY 21:10 - 25:19
Chapter 21
Verse 10: If you should go to war against your enemies, and Ad-noy, your G-d, puts them in your hand, and you capture prisoners from them;
Verse 11: And you see among the prisoners a beautifully formed woman; if you desire her, you may take her as your wife.
Verse 12: You will bring her into your house and she will shave her head and allow her nails to grow.
Verse 13: She must discard her prisoner's garb from upon her, and she will remain in your home and weep for her father and her mother a month of days; and afterwards you may come to her and consummate with her, and she will become your wife.
Verse 14: But it shall come to pass, that if you do not desire her you will send her free, but to sell--- you may not sell her for money; you may not exploit her since you have oppressed her.
Verse 15: If a man has two wives, one loved and the other hated, and they bear him sons, the loved [one] and the hated [one], and the firstborn son will be the hated one's.
Verse 16: When the day comes for him to will to his sons what he owns, he may not prefer the son of the loved one over the son of the hated one--- the firstborn.
Verse 17: Rather, the firstborn son of the hated one is he to recognize to give him doublefold of all that he possesses; for he is the first of his power, he has the rights of primogeniture.
Verse 18: If a man has a wayward and rebellious son who does not obey his father and his mother; though they chasten him; he does not listen to them.
Verse 19: His father and mother are to grasp him and take him out to the judges of his city and to the court in his location.
Verse 20: They will say to the judges of his city, This son of ours is wayward and rebellious--- he does not obey--- gluttonous and drunken.
Verse 21: And all the men of his city will stone him with stones so that he dies, and you will eliminate the evil within you; and let all Yisroel hear and be fearful.

Sheini (Second Aliyah)
Verse 22: If a man is guilty of a capital offense and is executed; you shall hang him from a tree.
Verse 23: Do not leave his corpse overnight on the tree, but you are surely to bury him on that day, for a hanging corpse is an affront to G-d; so do not defile your land that Ad-noy, your G-d, is giving you as territory.

Chapter 22
Verse 1: You may not observe your brother's ox or his sheep lost and conceal yourself from them; you must surely return them to your brother.
Verse 2: But if your brother is not near you or you do not know him, gather it into your house and let it stay with you until your brother seeks it, when you must return it to him.
Verse 3: And so are you to do for his donkey, and so are you to do for his garment, and so are you to do for any lost object of your brother's that is lost from him which you find. You may not conceal yourself.
Verse 4: Do not observe your brother's donkey or his ox collapsing on the road and ignore them. You must surely lift it up with him.
Verse 5: A man's attire may not to be on a woman nor may a man wear a woman's garment; for the abomination of Ad-noy, your G-d, are all who do these [things].
Verse 6: If you should chance upon a bird's nest before you on the road in any tree, or on the ground, [with] fledglings or eggs, and the mother is sitting on the fledglings or on the eggs; do not take the mother with her offspring.
Verse 7: You must surely send away the mother and the offspring take for yourself, so that you will benefit and you will live long.

Sh'lishi (Third Aliyah)
Verse 8: When you build a new home, you are to make a fence for your roof; and do not place blood [liability] in your house, for someone who should fall may fall from it.
Verse 9: Do not plant in your vineyard mixed species, lest the expansion becomes obnoxious--- the seed that you plant--- and the produce of the vineyard.
Verse 10: You may not plow with an ox and with a donkey together.
Verse 11: Do not don a mixture of threads, wool and flax together.
Verse 12: Make yourself pendant threads upon four corners of your garment that you cover with.
Verse 13: If a man marries a woman, and he has relations with her and hates her.
Verse 14: Then berates her with calumnies and alleges defamation about her, and he claims, I married this woman and was intimate with her, and did not find signs of her virginity.
Verse 15: The girl's father and mother will take and will prove the girl's virginity to the city judges in the court.
Verse 16: The girl's father should assert to the judges, My daughter did I marry to this man as a wife and he hates her.
Verse 17: Look! He has promulgated libelous words, claiming I did not find signs of your daughter's virginity. But this is [the proof of] my daughter's virginity. And let them spread the cloth before the city judges.
Verse 18: The judges of that city will take the man and will chastise him.
Verse 19: And they will fine him one hundred silver [shekels] and give [them] to the girl's father, because he defamed a virgin of Yisroel; and she shall remain his wife, he may not divorce her all his life.
Verse 20: However, if the allegation is true; signs of the girl's virginity were not found.
Verse 21: They are to take the girl out to the entrance of her father's home and the people of her city will stone her with stones to death, because she committed a disgraceful act against Yisroel by behaving promiscuously [in] her father's house; and you will eliminate the evil within you.
Verse 22: If a man is found having intercourse with a woman who is the wife of a man, even both of them shall die--- the man who had intercourse with the woman and the woman--- and you will eliminate the evil from Yisroel.
Verse 23: If there will be a virgin girl married to a man, and a man encounters her in the city and has intercourse with her,
Verse 24: You are to take them both out to the court of that city and stone them with stones to death, the girl for the fact that she did not scream in the city and the man for the fact that he oppressed the wife of his peer; and you will eliminate the evil within you.
Verse 25: But if in the field the man encounters the married girl, and the man holds her and had intercourse with her; then he shall die--- only the man who had intercourse with her.
Verse 26: But to the girl you will not do a thing, the girl has no death liability; for, just as if a man rises up against his peer and murders him, so is this matter.
Verse 27: For he encountered her in the field; the married girl screamed, but there was no one to rescue her.
Verse 28: If a man encounters a virgin girl who was not married and grabs her and has intercourse with her; and they are discovered.
Verse 29: The man who had intercourse with her must give to the girl's father fifty silver [shekels]; and she shall be his wife, since he oppressed her; he may not divorce her all his life.

Chapter 23
Verse 1: A man may not marry his father's wife, and may not expose the edge of his father's garment.
Verse 2: One may not enter--- with injured or crushed genitals or with a gash causing spilling--- into Ad-noy's community.
Verse 3: A base-born may not enter into Ad-noy's community, even his tenth generation may not enter into Ad-noy's community.
Verse 4: Neither an Ammonite nor a Moavite may enter into Ad-noy's community; even their tenth generation may not enter into Ad-noy's community forever.
Verse 5: Because of the matter that they did not greet you with bread and water on the way when you came out of Egypt; and because he hired against you Bilam son of Beor from Pesor in Aram Naharayim to curse you.
Verse 6: Ad-noy, your G-d, was unwilling to heed Bilam, and Ad-noy, your G-d, turned for you the curse into a blessing, because Ad-noy, your G-d, loved you.
Verse 7: Do not pursue their peace and their benefit all your life forever.

Revi'i (Fourth Aliyah)
Verse 8: Do not despise the Edomite, for he is your brother; do not despise the Egyptian, for you were a stranger in his land.
Verse 9: Children who will be born to them, in the third generation, will enter into Ad-noy's community.
Verse 10: When you go out to encamp against your enemies take precautions from every evil thing.
Verse 11: If there is a man among you who is not undefiled [because of] a nocturnal incident; he must go out of the camp, he may not enter into the midst of the camp.
Verse 12: As sunset nears he is to immerse in water; and after the sun has set he may enter the the midst of the camp.
Verse 13: Have a designated place outside the camp, and you will go out there to excrete.
Verse 14: And a peg are you to have in addition to your weapons; when you need to sit to excrete dig with it, then use it again to cover your excrement.
Verse 15: For Ad-noy, your G-d, is moving within your camp to save you and to defeat your enemies before you, so your camp must be holy; let Him not see within you disgraceful objects lest He turn away from you.
Verse 16: Do not deliver a slave to his master, who escaped to you from his master.
Verse 17: With you will he live among you, in the place that he chooses in any of your cities, wherever it is good for him; do not distress him.
Verse 18: There is not to be a harlot from the daughters of Yisroel; and there shall not be a male prostitute from the sons of Yisroel.
Verse 19: Do not bring a harlot's fee or payment for a dog to the house of Ad-noy, your G-d, in fulfillment of any vow; because Ad-noy, your G-d's abominations are even both of them.
Verse 20: You may not pay usury to your brother, usury on money, usury on food; usury on any matter where it is paid.
Verse 21: You may pay usury to the stranger, but to your brother do not pay usury; in order that Ad-noy, your G-d, will bless you in all your commerce on the land that you are coming there to inherit.
Verse 22: If you make a vow to Ad-noy, your G-d, do not delay in discharging it; for Ad-noy, your G-d, will surely demand it from you, and you will be at fault.
Verse 23: But if you desist from vowing, no fault will be found with you.
Verse 24: Keep what you have articulated; and perform whatever you vow; to Ad-noy, your G-d, voluntarily--- whatever you say with your mouth.

Chamishi (Fifth Aliyah)
Verse 25: When you enter your fellow's vineyard, you may eat grapes as you desire, to your satisfaction; but you may not place it in your container.
Verse 26: When you enter your fellow's standing grainstalks, you may cut off stalks by hand, but do not lift a sickle over your fellow's standing grainstalks.

Chapter 24
Verse 1: If a man marries a woman and consummates with her; should she not find favor in his eyes because he found in her something lecherous, he is to write for her a document of severance and place [it] in her hand and send her from his home.
Verse 2: If she leaves his home and goes and becomes [wife] to another man,
Verse 3: If her last husband hates her and writes for her a document of severance and places [it] in her hand and sends her from his house, or if the latter man dies, who had taken her as his wife;
Verse 4: Her first husband who divorced her may not remarry her to be his wife after her having been defiled, for it is an abomination before Ad-noy; and you are not to make liable the land that Ad-noy, your G-d, is giving you as territory.

Shishi (Sixth Aliyah)
Verse 5: When a man marries a new wife, he is not to be mobilized into the army, it shall not impose itself over him in any matter; he shall be free for his home one year and he shall bring joy to the wife he married.
Verse 6: He may not secure as collateral a mortar or pestle, for his is taking life as security.
Verse 7: If a man is apprehended having kidnaped a person from his brothers, from the descendants of Yisroel, and he exploited him and sold him; that kidnaper is to be put to death and you will eliminate the evil within you.
Verse 8: Take precautions with the leprosy affliction to be extremely careful and to do--- in accordance with everything that the kohanim the Levites shall instruct you; as I commanded them are you to make sure to do.
Verse 9: Remember what Ad-noy, your G-d, did to Miriam on the way when you were going out of Egypt.
Verse 10: If you become your fellow's creditor for any amount of debt, do not enter his house to take his pledge.
Verse 11: Stand outside, and the man from whom you are claiming, will bring out the pledge to you outside.
Verse 12: And if he is a poor man, do not repose with his collateral [in your possession].
Verse 13: Return are you to return the pledge to him at sunset, and he will sleep with his garment and bless you; and it will be to your credit before Ad-noy, your G-d.

Shevi'i (Seventh Aliyah)
Verse 14: Do not steal from the wage earner who is poor or destitute; from your brothers or your converts who are in your land in your cities.
Verse 15: On its day give his wage and let the sun not set upon it, for he is a poor man, and he places his life in jeopardy for it; [so that] he should not complain about you to Ad-noy, and you will have a sin.
Verse 16: Fathers shall not be executed through sons, and sons shall not be executed through fathers; each to be executed for his sin.
Verse 17: Do not be devious in the judgment of the proselyte or orphan; and you may not secure as collateral, a widow's garment.
Verse 18: Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Ad-noy, your G-d, redeemed you from there; that is why I am commanding you to do this thing.
Verse 19: When you reap your reaping in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, you may not return to take it; for the proselyte, for the orphan, and for the widow let it be; in order that Ad-noy, your G-d, will bless you in all your endeavors.
Verse 20: When you harvest your olive tree, you may not strip it of its glory behind you. for the proselyte, for the orphan, and for the widow let it be.
Verse 21: When you harvest your vineyard you may not harvest pygmy vines behind you; for the proselyte, for the orphan, and for the widow let it be.
Verse 22: Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; that is why I am commanding you to do this thing.

Chapter 25
Verse 1: If a quarrel should occur among men and they bring it to court and they judge them and they determine who is righteous and they convict the villain.
Verse 2: Should the wicked one deserve flogging, the judge shall incline him and have him flogged before him in the amount befitting his crime, with the number near.
Verse 3: Forty is he to have him flogged, he may not add; lest he additionally flog him over these, a great flogging, when your brother will be slighted before you.
Verse 4: You may not muzzle an ox while it threshes.
Verse 5: If brothers reside together, and one of them dies having no son, let the wife of the dead man not marry outside [the family] to a strange man; her brother-in-law will consummate with her thus marrying her to be his wife, and perform levirate marriage with her.
Verse 6: It shall be that the firstborn, when she is capable of bearing children, shall be established in place of his deceased brother, so that his name may not be obliterated from Yisroel.
Verse 7: But if the man will not want to marry his sister-in-law; his sister-in-law must go up to the portal, to the judges, and say, My brother-in-law refuses to establish for his brother a name in Yisroel; he is unwilling to do perform levirate marriage with me.
Verse 8: The judges of his city will call him and converse with him. He shall stand and say, I do not want to marry her.
Verse 9: And his sister-in-law will approach him in the sight of the judges, and she will remove his shoe from upon his foot, and spit before him; and she will say aloud, This is done to the man who will not build his brother's family.
Verse 10: And it will be entitled in Yisroel, the house of the divestiture of the shoe.
Verse 11: If men engage in an altercation, a man and his brother, and the wife of one approaches to save her husband from his assailant, and she puts out her hand and grasps his genitals,
Verse 12: You shall sever her hand; you are not to have compassion.
Verse 13: You are not to have for yourself in your pouch varying weight-stones, large and small.
Verse 14: You shall not have in your house varying measures, large and small.
Verse 15: A fully accurate, just weight, you shall have, you are to have whole and honest measures; in order that you live long on the land that Ad-noy, your G-d, is giving you.
Verse 16: Because Ad-noy, your G-d's abomination, are all who do these [things]; all who do falsehood.

Maftir
Verse 17: Remember what Amalek perpetrated against you on the way when you were going out of Egypt.
Verse 18: When they chanced upon you en route struck down your appendage--- all the feeble ones behind you--- and you were exhausted and wearied, and they had no fear of G-d.
Verse 19: When Ad-noy, your G-d, has given you repose from all your enemies around, in the land that Ad-noy, your G-d, is giving you as territory to inherit, you shall obliterate the memory of Amalek from beneath the sky; do not forget.

PROPHETS PORTION

ISAIAH 54:1-10
1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

NEW TESTAMENT PORTION

MATTHEW 5:31-32
31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

MATTHEW 19:3-12
3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

MATTHEW 22:23-32
23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27 And last of all the woman died also.
28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

MARK 10:2-12
2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

MARK 12:18-27
18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

LUKE 20:27-38
27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
32 Last of all the woman died also.
33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

1 CORINTHIANS 9:4-18
4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

GALATIONS 3:9-14
9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

1 TIMOTHY 5:17-18
17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

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EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

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A 4.0 earthquake centered in Alamo near the Calaveras Fault shook the San Francisco Bay Area Friday night. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake at 9 p.m., four miles northwest of Danville and seven miles south of Concord in Contra Costa County. It was felt as a sharp rumble that lasted about seven seconds. Two aftershocks, measuring 1.3, struck shortly after. The light quake halted BART trains for about five minutes. According to the USGS., the quake had a depth of 10.1 miles, and residents as far away as San Jose and Stockton reported feeling a jolt.Wow! I was surprised that was only a 4.0. I felt the jerk sitting on my chair, said a woman who lives in Oakley. She said the power went out for a second, but there were no other noticeable effects.We have not received any reports of injuries or property damage, Contra Costa Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said. We all felt it, though.USGS seismologist David Oppenheimer said the quake originated on a nameless fault, which is perpendicular to the Calaveras Fault, that was last active in 1990. In April 1990 it (was active) for three weeks, he said.It had hundreds of earthquakes and caused structural damage.Local police agencies said they received no reports of injuries or damage caused by Friday's temblor. This is a good reminder that we are in an earthquake country, Contra Costa sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said. People should have an emergency kit and plan.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Remnants of Hanna expected to deliver wet punch to Maritime provinces
By The Canadian Press SEPT 06,08

HALIFAX - Tropical storm Hanna was racing up the east coast of the United States on Saturday, making its way toward the Maritimes and threatening to drench a region already saturated from a summer of heavy rain. The storm, which left 137 people dead in Haiti, came ashore Saturday near the boundary between North and South Carolina and was losing steam as it began churning toward New England. The Canadian Hurricane Centre in Dartmouth, N.S., said very wet remnants of the storm are expected to deluge the Maritimes on Sunday. Prince Edward Island, northern Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick will be hit the hardest, with between 60 and 80 millimetres of rain predicted. With Hanna, there's quite likely going to be some local, heavier amounts, said meteorologist Mike Campbell. We're even talking about possible local amounts...up to 100 millimetres.Another system that expected to bring up to 15 millimetres of rain kick-started the stormy weather Saturday in some areas of the Maritimes. Campbell said rain associated with Hanna would mostly be an inconvenience to residents in southern New Brunswick and western P.E.I., while it could cause major headaches for other regions in the Maritimes. The big concern would be places like eastern P.E.I., and up into Cape Breton (because) the ground is fairly saturated; they've had about two to three times the normal rainfall for August, he said. This additional amount could cause a fair bit of overflowing on road systems and so forth.Transportation Department officials in Nova Scotia are still surveying the damage after several roads were washed out by flash floods last weekend.

During that storm, heavy rains flooded ditches and culverts in Pictou County, while rising waters in New Glasgow overwhelmed the town's sewer system and flooded the basements of several downtown businesses. Prince Edward Island, meanwhile, officially recorded its wettest month ever in August, after a total of 238.8 millimetres of rain fell on the province. Normal rainfall for August is about 87 millimetres. Campbell said rain on Sunday could fall for about six consecutive hours, making driving treacherous, especially along busy highways or areas that are known to flood. It's a matter of avoiding travel more than anything else, especially areas that are prone to being waterlogged,he said. While the storm will mostly be a rain event, winds gusting up to 70 kilometres an hour are expected in parts of Nova Scotia. Hanna is expected to move out of the Maritimes on Sunday night before arriving in southeastern Newfoundland in a weakened state. There were no weather warnings issued for Newfoundland on Saturday. Meanwhile, forecasters were keeping a close eye on hurricane Ike. The powerful storm was downgraded Saturday to a Category 2 storm, but it was expected to intensify again as it approaches Cuba and southern Florida by Monday. Campbell said it was unlikely that Ike would impact the Maritimes. It will definitely will be an American issue, but it's not going to affect Canadian territory at all, he said.

WOW HANNA JUST PULVERISED HAITI SAD.

Nearly 500 dead in flooded Haitian town: police SEPT 5,08

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Haitian police found 495 corpses when muddy floodwaters began to recede on Friday from the port city of Gonaives following days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hanna, the town's police commissioner said on Friday.The weather is calm now and we are discovering more bodies. We have found 495 bodies so far and there are 13 people missing, commissioner Ernst Dorfeuille told Reuters.The smell of the dead is very unpleasant in Gonaives. The death toll could be even higher.(Reporting by Joseph Guyler Delva, Editing by Michael Christie and Todd Eastham)

Hurricane Ike targets Gulf, Hanna's toll rises By Gene Cherry SEPT 05,08

SALVO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Fierce Hurricane Ike weakened as it charged across the Atlantic on Friday and took aim at south Florida and the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico, while Tropical Storm Hanna buffeted the Carolinas after killing at least 529 people in Haiti. Hanna was expected to be just short of Category 1 hurricane strength when it crosses the U.S. East Coast near the North Carolina and South Carolina border early on Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Nevertheless, authorities declared states of emergency, several North Carolina beach communities were under evacuation orders, campgrounds were shut and storm alerts were issued from Georgia to New Jersey, including for Washington, D.C., as the eighth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season pulled away from the 700 far-flung islands of the Bahamas.Ike was far more threatening.An extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir Simpson scale on Thursday, it weakened a notch to a Category 3 with top sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph), the Miami-based hurricane center said.By 8 p.m. (0000 GMT Saturday), it was spinning 315 miles

north-northeast of Puerto Rico and was expected to sweep westward over the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southern Bahamas by Sunday.The Bahamian government sent soldiers and emergency supplies to Mayaguana and San Salvador, southern islands left short of food and water by an overdue mail boat.If we have heavy flooding and lose power, we could be in an uncomfortable situation, said chief councilor Earnel Brown of the island of Mayaguana.Some further weakening was possible but the hurricane center said Ike was expected to remain a major storm of Category 3 or higher.Ike's track was riddled with uncertainty.The hurricane center's official forecast took it through the Florida Keys island chain as a ferociously destructive Category 4 hurricane into the Gulf of Mexico, where around 4,000 offshore platforms produce a quarter of U.S. crude oil and 15 percent of the energy-hungry country's natural gas.

Visitors were ordered to evacuate the Keys on Saturday and residents were ordered out beginning on Sunday.Some computer models took Ike near the heavily populated Miami area in southeast Florida, where up to 1.3 million people could be ordered to leave the coast.It's a lot coming at us. But we must remain vigilant, focused and calm, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said.A Category 4 hurricane strike on Miami would be a huge disaster because of the billions of dollars of vulnerable real estate in low-lying islands like Miami Beach and along the coast of the Florida peninsula. Power would be out for millions of people for an extended time.

TRIO OF THREATS

Tropical Storm Josephine churned weakly in Ike's wake across the Atlantic, with 40-mph (65-kph) winds as it spun about 725 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands. The trio of Atlantic storms followed Hurricane Gustav's rampage through the Caribbean to Louisiana, where it came ashore on Monday west of New Orleans, largely sparing the city devastated by Hurricane Katrina three years ago. The flurry underscored predictions for an unusually busy six-month hurricane season. An average season has 10 tropical storms, of which six strengthen into hurricanes with top sustained winds of at least 74 mph (119 kph). Josephine was already this year's 10th, and the statistical September 10 peak of the storm season still lies ahead. While Hanna did little damage in the Bahamas and posed only a moderate threat to the U.S. East Coast, the death toll in Haiti was rising steadily as the floods unleashed by its torrential rains began to recede. Police Commissioner Ernst Dorfeuille said 495 bodies had been found in the mud-heaped port city of Gonaives, where thousands survived by climbing on rooftops. That brought the toll for all of Haiti to at least 529. Ships and planes had begun to arrive with desperately needed aid for Haiti, which has been hit by three deadly storms in less than a month. By 8 p.m. (0000 Saturday GMT), Hanna was 200 miles south-southwest of Wilmington, North Carolina. It was racing north at 20 mph (32 kph) with top winds of 70 mph (115 kph). Hanna roiled the ocean off North and South Carolina with 18-foot (5.5-metre) waves. Sunny skies gave way to showers and breezy conditions on North Carolina's Outer Banks where residents tested power generators and tied down trash cans and beach chairs. It's a little breezy but not any more than a normal rainy day, said Lisa Bell, a manager at Howard's Pub and Restaurant on Ocracoke Island, where the pirate Blackbeard once sailed. The storm was expected to strike at high tide, bringing a 5-foot (1.5-metre) storm surge likely to cause moderate coastal flooding, and heavy rains were expected far inland. (Additional reporting by John Marquis in Nassau; Writing by Jane Sutton and Michael Christie)

Speedy Tropical Storm Hanna charges for Carolinas By JEFFREY COLLINS and MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writer SEPT 05,08

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Tropical Storm Hanna cruised toward the Carolinas on Friday, forecast to hit land overnight and promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people. Not far behind was a much bigger worry: a ferocious-looking Hurricane Ike, on a path similar to the one taken by Andrew, the Category 5 monster that devastated South Florida in 1992. Ike could hit Florida by the middle of next week.

Emergency officials urged evacuations in only a few spots in the Carolinas and about 400 people went to shelters in both states. Forecasters said there was only a small chance Hanna could become a hurricane, and most people simply planned to stay off the roads until the storm passed.My vacation lasts through Sunday, said Jesse King of Asheboro, N.C., who hid under a Myrtle Beach pier as winds picked up and bursts of blinding rain fell Friday evening. They are going to have to tell me I have to leave if they want me to go before Sunday.Rain started falling early Friday on the Carolina coast, with streets in some spots flooding by late afternoon and wind gusts hitting 45 mph as the leading edges of the storm approached land, making people gathered on beaches shout to be heard.Hanna was expected to blow ashore early Saturday morning between Myrtle Beach and Wilmington, N.C., then race up the Atlantic Coast, reaching New England by Sunday morning. Tropical storm watches or warnings ran from Georgia to Massachusetts, and included all of Chesapeake Bay, the Washington, D.C., area and Long Island.Terry Hash arrived in Myrtle Beach on Thursday, ready to celebrate her 50th birthday with college friends from Colgate University at the Raiders football game against Coastal Carolina.I'm not worried because it's not a Category 4, Hash said. I just love the beach when it's stormy. It really shows the power the ocean has.As night fell and clouds gathered, residents and visitors flocked to the main beach at Atlantic Beach, N.C.I'm glad it's not as bad as they were predicting, said 84-year-old May Craig Kernodle of Burlington as she held her walker.Several inches of rain were expected in the Carolinas, as well as central Virginia, Maryland and southeastern Pennsylvania. Some spots could see up to 10 inches, and forecasters warned of the potential for flash flooding in the northern mid-Atlantic states and southern New England.South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said people in low-lying areas, mobile homes, camping trailers or places susceptible to wind damage should consider leaving: Now is the time to look at taking shelter.In Wilmington, Kirby King, a 50-year-old Army veteran, arrived at a shelter in an elementary school housing about 140 other people, but said he didn't think the storm would be bad.I've been married twice and been in the service 15 years. This storm doesn't scare me, he said.Federal Emergency Management Agency officials expected Hanna to move quickly but said they had supplies in place and emergency crews ready to respond if needed.

Utilities as far north as New Hampshire put electric and natural gas crews on notice that they might have to work long hours to repair any damage. At the Ocean Edge Resort and Club on Cape Cod in Brewster, Mass., staff members braced for rain as they prepared for an outdoor wedding Saturday.Hopefully it will blow out to sea and it won't even bother them, said Bryan Webb, director of sales and marketing. Everyone's going to be dressed so impeccably. You don't want to have someone ruin a dress or a purse.At 8 p.m. EDT, Hanna had maximum sustained winds near 70 mph and was centered about 200 miles south of Wilmington, N.C. The storm, blamed for disastrous flooding and more than 100 deaths in Haiti, was moving near 20 mph. A hurricane watch was in effect for Edisto Beach, S.C., to the Outer Banks of North Carolina near the Virginia line. In Washington, officials prepared for the possibility of flooding in low-lying neighborhoods by removing debris from catch basins, stockpiling sandbags and lining up portable pumps and generators. In New Jersey, 300 dump trucks hauled in sand to fortify a beach in the Strathmere section of Upper Township. These shipments of sand are a good thing, but if they don't work out, the people down here could lose their houses, said Tim Buckland, whose family has owned an oceanfront house in Strathmere for 50 years. He was at the beach Friday, playing in bigger-than-normal waves with his family. Amtrak canceled some Saturday service in preparation for Hanna. Ten trains, including the Silver Meteor between New York and Miami, and the Auto Train between Lorton, Va., and Sanford, Fla., were halted. Organizers of the U.S. Open in New York said they may have to reschedule some of the tennis matches after seeing forecasts calling for about 12 hours of rain and wind up to 35 mph. For all the talk of Hanna, there was more about Ike, which could become the fiercest storm to strike South Florida since Andrew. Andrew was blamed for 65 deaths and more than $35 billion in damage. FEMA officials said they were positioning supplies, search and rescue crews, communications equipment and medical teams in Florida and along the Gulf Coast — a task complicated by Ike's changing path. Tourists in the Keys were ordered to leave beginning Saturday morning. In Morehead City, N.C., charter captain Bobby Ballou sat on a bench and spliced lines to tie up his boat at the dock before Hanna arrived. I'm not too worried about this one, the 74-year-old Ballou said. That Ike, I don't like him.
Mike Baker reported from Nags Head, N.C. Associated Press writers Estes Thompson in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Kevin Maurer in Wilmington, N.C., Gary D. Robertson in Raleigh, N.C., Ben Evans in Washington, Bruce Smith in Charleston and Jim Davenport in Columbia contributed to this report.

US east coast braces for deadly Hanna, Hurricane Ike nears SEPT 05,08

MIAMI (AFP) - Tropical Storm Hanna closed in on the US east coast on the verge of hurricane strength after leaving 163 dead in Haiti, as a more powerful Hurricane Ike threatened Caribbean islands and the United States. A major rain-generator, Hanna churned through the Bahamas en route to the US Atlantic coast, prompting emergency preparations along more than 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) of coastline, after unleashing flooding and landslides in Haiti that displaced thousands and left as many as 200,000 with little or no food or water.The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasts the storm will crash ashore in North or South Carolina overnight Friday and race up the US east coast over the weekend, potentially affecting tens of millions of Americans.Heavy rain, wind and high surf began to lash the southeastern coast late Friday hours after the governors of North Carolina and Virginia declared states of emergency. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford called for voluntary evacuations in two counties threatened by the storm.Packing sustained winds near 110 kilometers (70 miles) per hour at 0000 GMT Saturday, the center of the storm was about 165 kilometers (100 miles) south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, and moving north at around 32 kph (20 mph), the NHC said.Although no significant change in strength is forecast before landfall, it would take only a small increase in wind speed for Hanna to become a hurricane, it added.

But amid signs of storm fatigue -- several southern US states have endured a barrage in recent weeks from Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricane Gustav -- officials expressed concern that people along the coast were not taking Hanna seriously.The response is not what we would want it to be, Sam Hodge, emergency manager for Georgetown, South Carolina, told CBS News.We feel there should be more people evacuating.A hurricane watch remained in effect for parts of the North and South Carolina coast and tropical storm watches extended as far north as Massachusetts as authorities kept a wary eye on a more formidable storm, Hurricane Ike, out in the Atlantic.Ike was forecast to spare Haiti as it plowed across the Atlantic while the Caribbean nation struggled to recover from devastating flooding from Hanna which killed 136 and stranded hundreds of thousands.At least for now Haiti looks likely to be spared yet another hit, NHC spokeswoman Karina Castillo said.But the poorest country in the Americas is still reeling from the devastation inflicted by a succession of three storms in as many weeks that killed more than 280 people in total.The country's third largest city Gonaives remained largely under water following Hanna, and Senator Yuri Latortue who represents the city called the situation catastrophic.

I know perfectly well that the hurricane season has hit our entire country, but the situation in Gonaives is truly special, because now some 200,000 people there haven't eaten in three days, Latortue said.A lifeline was extended to thousands of people in and around Gonaives Friday when a boat carrying tons of World Food Program relief supplies docked at the port, the WFP said.Haiti's government pleaded for international aid, and the United Nations was in the process of launching an emergency appeal. Switzerland, France, the United States, the European Union and the Red Cross were among the countries and bodies to commit emergency relief.While it may spare Haiti, Ike was on course to batter the Bahamas Saturday and Sunday before possibly slamming into Cuba, another island nation recently battered by this hurricane season's conga line of storms. Ike is then forecast to make landfall in south Florida on Wednesday as a major hurricane, Castillo warned. Densely populated south Florida, including the cities of Miami and Fort Lauderdale, has not been hit by a major hurricane since devastating Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Andrew was the costliest natural disaster in US history until it was topped by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Ike was downgraded slightly Friday but remained a major hurricane as it churned over the western Atlantic, with sustained winds of 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour -- a category three on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale, the NHC said. As of 0000 GMT Saturday, the eye of Ike was 675 kilometers (420 miles) east of Grand Turk Island and was moving west at about 24 kilometers (15 miles) per hour, the NHC said. Ike and Hanna were part of a trio of storms in the Atlantic that includes Tropical Storm Josephine churning in the eastern Atlantic west of Cape Verde. The storms follow Hurricane Gustav, which ripped through the Caribbean then slammed the US Gulf Coast, and Tropical Storm Fay, which also pounded several Caribbean islands and made landfall in Florida four times, dumping record amounts of rain.

Some 500,000 Entergy customers still lack power Fri Sep 5, 6:20 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 500,000 customers in Entergy Corp's service area in Louisiana and Arkansas remained without power on Friday, four days after Hurricane Gustav caused massive damage to the company's power grid. Gustav cut power to more than 1.8 million homes and businesses along the Gulf Coast and shut more than a dozen oil refineries and many oil and natural gas pipelines - the second worst outage in New Orleans-based Entergy's 95-year history.Entergy has been able to restore power to nearly 454,000 customers, or 47 percent of the total that lost power. including 347,000 in Louisiana by mid-day Friday.All power was restored in 28 parishes in Louisiana, Renae Conley, an Entergy official told reporters.Entergy has declined to estimate the cost of rebuilding its system, after calling damage extremely severe and estimating that full restoration of power was weeks away.

Repairing the swathe of twisted power lines left by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 cost the investor-owned utility about $1 billion.Entergy and other utilities still face a herculean task of rebuilding storm-damaged lines, said the Edison Electric Institute, which lobbies for utilities like Entergy and Cleco.Gustav brought down a network of poles, towers and wires, which must be rebuilt while working around storm debris, said Tom Kuhn, president of the group.Crews closed a section of Interstate 10 on Friday near Baton Rouge to restore a damaged 230-kilovolt line to allow more power to flow in an area where transmission damage was most severe, officials said.Overall, two more critical lines linking Baton Rouge and New Orleans have been restored, said Randy Helmick, Entergy's vice president of transmission and official storm boss.Of the 216 transmission lines knocked out by the storm, 113 have been restored to service. Of the 270 substations knocked out, 171have been restored, officials said.Most of the remaining lines are below 230-kv level, said Helmick.Helmick called initial reports of Gustav's damage to the bulk-power network from limited ground patrols immediately after the storm alarming. But once workers performed aerial inspections, he was relieved to see much of the damage was moderate or created by debris hitting power lines, he said.That allowed us to get lines back faster, Helmick said.While Gustav was not as powerful as Hurricane Katrina which devastated the state in 2005, Gustav was felt across a much greater area, said Greg Rigamer, chief executive of GCR & Associates, a New Orleans consulting firm.Katrina was more severe, but Gustav was more expansive, Rigamer said.

A few heavily damaged areas, near Baton Rouge and along the Louisiana coast, will take longer.Entergy planned to restart the Waterford nuclear reactor on Saturday. The return of the River Bend nuclear power station will take a week, the utility said. At the peak, about 850,000 Entergy customers were without power primarily in Louisiana and Mississippi. Another 93,000 customers lost power in Arkansas on Wednesday. Hurricane Gustav caused the second largest number of outages in the company's 95-year history behind only Katrina, which left 1.1 million out in 2005.

(Reporting by Scott DiSavino and Eileen O'Grady; Editing by Chris Baltimore and David Gregorio)

Quebec recalls eight cheese products suspected of containing listeriosis
Sat Sep 6, 11:19 AM By The Canadian Press

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has ordered the recall of a total of 11 cheese products that may contain the Listeria bacterium after one person died of infection and 14 other cases were confirmed. Health officials say the number of cases could go as high as 24. Quebec health officials say eight of the cheeses were recalled Saturday and are manufactured by Menard de St-Gedeon of Lac-St-Jean, Que. and were packaged after July 12. The Fromagiers de la table ronde in Ste-Sophie, Que., made the other three cheeses, which were recalled Thursday and have packaging dates after July 14. The two companies distribute to 300 outlets in the province. The cheeses go under the names Le Rang des Iles, Le 14 Arpents, Les Petits Vieux, Le Gedeon, Le Menard, Le Couvertine, Le Cabrouet, Les Cailles, Le Fleurdelyse, Le Fou du Roy and Le Rassembleu. A listeriosis strain outbreak that was linked to a Maple Leaf Foods meat plant in Toronto has been blamed for at least 13 deaths.

CANADA WE GO TO THE POLES OCTOBER 14,08 WE BETTER KEEP HARPER IN OFFICE OR WE WILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE. I WISH MIKE HUCKABEE AND SARAH PALIN WERE LEADERS OF 2 OF OUR PARTIES THEN WE COULD GET GOD AND HIS WORDS AND COMMANDMENTS BACK IN CANADA.

Canada set to hold general election in October
Last Updated(Beijing Time):2008-09-03 07:26

Canadians are set to go to the polling stations next month, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears determined to trigger an election later this week.
During the past few days, the prime minister has talked with leaders of all three opposition parties. Declaring the parliament in a deadlock, he said he wanted to see if there is any common ground between his minority government and the oppositions to keep the legislature running. The Parliament, scheduled to resume on Sept. 15, has been on summer recess for almost three months. Harper has recently depicted it as dysfunctional, saying the oppositions have tried to block his government's agenda.

Harper met with New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton and Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe last week before his latest meeting with Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion on Monday. All three leaders emerged from their meetings saying Harper has made up his mind about calling an election within this week's time. They accused the prime minister of manipulating the election time to best serve his party's interest. They also criticized Harper for breaking the law about a fixed election date that his own government introduced. According to a legislation passed in 2007, the next election will only take place on Oct. 19, 2009. But the prime minister was determined to ignore the law, when he said last Tuesday at a news conference in Ottawa that the legislation only applied to a majority government and not his minority government. It was then that he indicated he wanted an election in the near future. After that, Harper sought the meetings with the opposition leaders and made a three-day tour to the North during which he announced several measures to strengthen Canada's sovereignty in the North Pole. These announcements, including geo-mapping searches for resources and extension of Canada's jurisdiction into the Arctic, are seen as important campaign issues. Harper also asked Governor General Michaelle Jean to cancel her trip to China slated to begin on Sept. 4, so she will be available to dissolve the parliament. According to senior government sources, after having met with all three opposition leaders, the prime minister will declare that he believes his minority government no longer has the confidence of Parliament. He will then have the excuse to go to the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and hit the campaign trail.

It will happen between (September) 5th and the 7th,a senior government source told The Canadian Press. There will be an election kickoff between Friday and Sunday.The election will be held on Oct. 14, said the source. An immediate election call offers Harper a number of political advantages, observers have noted. Firstly, with the economy wavering, Canada is expecting a federal deficit for the current fiscal year, the first such after the former Liberal government managed to achieve surpluses for years in a row. Harper hopes to finish the election before the fiscal report comes out, thus exempting his campaign from being affected by the negative news. Secondly, as the Liberal Party has been threatening to topple the government this fall, the Conservatives decided to take matters into their own hands and take control of the election timing, rather than wait for Liberal leader Stephane Dion to gain more support as time goes on. Thirdly, by calling for an early election, Harper also wants to avoid a series of by-elections set for next week. Polls suggest the Conservatives will fair badly in these elections. The Conservatives came to power after defeating the Liberals in the January 2006 election. The minority government occupies only 127 seats in the 308-seat parliament and needs the support of at least one opposition party to pass legislation or stay in power.Source:Xinhuanet

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

EU lobbyists shun European Commission register
LEIGH PHILLIPS 05.09.2008 @ 09:35 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - While Brussels is home to an estimated 15-20,000 lobbyists, who daily and doggedly attempt to win lawmakers to their clients' point of view, up to now, only around 300 lobbying organisations have signed up to the European Commission's voluntary registry.As of Wednesday (4 September) - a day when across the Atlantic, Jack Abramoff, once one of Washington's most powerful lobbyists, was sentenced to four years in prison for his extensive corrupt practices - in Europe's capital, a total of 303 lobbying groups had filed with the public record of EU lobbyists, or registry of interest representatives.Campaigners for lobbying transparency in Europe have repeatedly argued that it is only because the US has a mandatory registry that characters such as Mr Abramoff - whose network of corruption has now delivered 13 guilty pleas from public officials and lobbyists - can be caught. In Brussels, they warn, lobbying remains too shadowy an activity after the launch of a voluntary registry, which would never bring an Abramoff-style case to light.A spokesperson for commission vice-president Siim Kallas, the commissioner responsible for administrative affairs, audit and anti-fraud, said the figure was not satisfactory. It is low, said spokesperson Valerie Rampi. 300 for the moment is not enough even though the summer period may have played a role.Of the 300-odd on the public list, 126 trade associations representing groups of businesses and 56 NGOs make up the majority of those willing to sign on. None of the major lobbying firms have registered, and only three think-tanks have done so.I do not see yet the big professional public relations consultancies, nor many law firms - only two have registered so far, Ms Rampi noted.

However, I want to stress the importance of being cautious about the numbers that could be used to measure the 300 figure against, Ms Rampi said. The figure often quoted in the media of around 15,000 individual lobbyists is an external estimate, which the commission does not endorse, she added, pointing out that this is an estimate of the number of individuals, whereas the commission's register lists organisations. Commissioner Kallas has however himself quoted the 15,000 figure on a number of occasions.

More work than you'd imagine

The European Public Affairs Consultancies Association (EPACA), the Brussels lobbyists' professional organisation, is to hold a members' meeting on 10 September to decide how to approach the registry. Jose Lalloum, the president of EPACA, said the organisation has recommended to its members that they register by the end of the month. However, it will still take some time, he warned: There's more work than one imagines in complying with the registry. What counts as lobbying, what doesn't, making sure the client is okay with being registered and ensuring there isn't double counting [both the lobbyist and the group on whose behalf the lobbyist lobbies].The consultants are pretty clear on all of this, but the clients still need explained to them where lobbying starts and where lobbying stops.

One year's testing

The commission says it is to give lobbyists a year to demonstrate their transparency, while the EU executive tests the technicalities of the system to see if it is working. Alter-EU, the coalition of NGOs, green groups, academics and trade unions that has campaigned for lobbying transparency, is concerned at how few large corporations have registered, as well as how they are reporting how much they spend on lobbying.There seems to be wide variation in their reported lobbying costs, Olivier Hoedeman of Alter-EU told EUobserver.Spanish telecoms firm Telefonica for example reports that its EU lobbying costs in 2007 were €950,000, while French car maker Renault says it spent between €200,000 and €250,000, and Air France-KLM reports between €50,000 and €100,000.Do these figures reflect real differences or are they just the result of the commission's failure to provide clear and unambiguous guidelines for calculating lobbying expenses? he asked. Instead of improving lobbying transparency, the register appears to be creating confusion.The coalition, which is itself a lobbyist organisation - albeit one that lobbies about lobbying - is currently drafting guidelines for its 160-odd members and other civil society groups on how to sign up to the registry. Once they do so, they will also list the names of individual lobbyists and not just the organisation - something the commission backed down from demanding.Apart from fulfilling what the commission asks for, we will go much further and disclose much more, including names of our own lobbyists, this way showing that the commission's register should have been, but fails to do due to the lack of political will in the Berlaymont building.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

EU ministers map out Georgia peace mission
PHILIPPA RUNNER 05.09.2008 @ 12:38 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The final shape of an EU security mission to Georgia and broader EU-Russia relations will top the agenda of an EU foreign ministers' meeting in France this weekend. The possibility of relaxing sanctions against Belarus and prospects for a new Ukraine treaty will also come up for debate.The EU is keen to send over 200 personnel to Georgia under its European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) umbrella and has already begun recruiting for a chief of staff, political advisers and logistics officers. The participants must have negotiating skills and the ability to work professionally in a stressful and diverse environment, the job advertisement says, asking for availability on 15 September 2008 at the latest, with deployment on the ground envisaged before 15 October.It remains uncertain if the unit will be composed of EU-badged policemen or soldiers however, if it will stand alongside OSCE monitors or be part of an OSCE-led team and if it will have access to the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.Shooting stopped on 12 August between Russian and Georgian forces. But a ceasefire deal allowing Russia to take additional security measures has left Russian soldiers inside the two rebel regions, in control of two 15 km buffer zones inside Georgia proper and manning security checkpoints near the Georgian towns of Gori and Poti. The status quo also sees tens of thousands of Georgian refugees unable to return home, amid ongoing tension as Russia accuses the US of re-arming the Georgian military.

Russian reality

One EU official told Reuters EU peacekeepers should deploy alongside OSCE monitors and Russian soldiers inside the buffer zones, in a mission that will evolve over time to creep into the separatist regions and encourage Russian soldiers to leave.

But another source told EUobserver the EU mission will not have the military force to guarantee security in a hot conflict zone. It will not be that kind of a mission. And the OSCE could never stop a new outbreak in fighting. The reality is, the Russians could be there for a long time yet.Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said Russia would welcome the EU as part of an OSCE team in the buffer areas. But he added that Russian soldiers will stay for now and that only Abkhazia and South Ossetia - which Russia recognises as independent states - have the authority to invite international monitors onto their territory. The EU foreign ministers meeting in the medieval papal palace in Avignon, France on Friday (5 September) will also discuss future EU commercial, judicial, energy and cultural co-operation with Russia ahead of the EU-Russia summit on 14 November.The EU reaction has so far has been limited to freezing technical-level talks on a new EU-Russia treaty. But a European Commission crisis team has drawn up a secret list of potential punitive measures that could be imposed if relations continue to deteriorate. The problem is that we have no sanctions that can really hurt Russia, a commission contact said. So long as Moscow has its hand on the [EU oil and gas] tap, what kind of sanctions can we impose?

The Belarus question

The Avignon meeting will also examine if the EU should relax sanctions against Belarus, which last month released three political prisoners and promises to hold its free and fairest-ever parliamentary elections on 28 September.EU diplomats say the one-time Russian ally is keen to improve ties with the West to shore up its independence after Russia showed expansionist tendencies in the Georgia campaign.

But even Belarus' closest partners in the EU - Lithuania and Latvia - are treating Minsk with caution. There is still a lot of work to be done there in terms of developing a democratic society, one Lithuanian diplomat said. There will be no quick [sanctions] fix.

Saving Ukraine

Foreign ministers will also debate the upcoming EU-Ukraine summit in Evian, France on 9 September, in the shadow of political turbulence in Kiev, where the pro-Western ruling coalition fell apart this week.The Evian summit had been due to see the signing of the political chapter of a new Association Agreement and the launch of talks for future visa-free travel to Europe. But Germany has blocked the insertion of a phrase saying the EU recognizes Ukraine's accession perspective in the treaty preamble, with Ukraine saying it will not sign a watered-down text.

Bilateral energy deals threaten EU security, IEA says
RENATA GOLDIROVA 05.09.2008 @ 09:31 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – EU capitals should create a united front in order to beef up their position vis-a-vis major energy suppliers such as Russia, the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggested on Thursday (4 September). Many EU member states prefer to maintain their bilateral relationships with supplier countries, which may affect the strength of the EU to act as a single entity, IEA chief Nobuo Tanaka said, labelling the current fragmented approach perhaps the weakest policy area.In the long run, it means they [EU states] will lose out, Mr Tanaka stressed. Russia supplies the 27-nation bloc with a third of its oil and 40 percent of its natural gas - a dependence expected to rise significantly in the future.The Baltic states, Finland and Slovakia are the most dependent on Russia's gas, while Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK form the least reliant group. According to the Paris-based body - acting as energy policy advisor - the EU should better co-ordinate its external relations so it can use its full weight when talking to Russia. It has also backed the idea of diversifying the union's supplies. Calls to reduce the EU's dependency on Russia have gained more ground in the face of recent events in the South Caucasus.

In August, Moscow launched a military incursion into Georgia in response to its attack on the rebel-held town of Tskhinvali in South Ossetia - the conflict that has, among other things, raised worries about the security of energy supplies crossing Georgia. The International Energy Agency echoed a union's own political message resulting from the EU leaders's summit on EU-Russia ties earlier this week (1September). Recent events illustrate the need for Europe to intensify its efforts with regard to the security of energy supplies, the summit conclusions stated, inviting EU institutions to examine ways to diversify energy sources and supply routes.

Brussels makes case for Nabucco pipeline

EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs, for his part, reiterated on Thursday (4 September) his support for the Nabucco energy corridor, a pipeline designed to lessen the bloc's dependency on Russian gas.Our objective of diversifying our sources and routes is even more important after the events in Georgia, Latvia's commissioner said and called for more political engagement to remove all obstacles to bringing Caspian energy resources to the European market. The Nabucco project is to connect Turkey with Austria, via Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, with its capacity amounting to 31 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year. The EU hopes construction will begin in 2010 - despite uncertainty over how to feed the pipeline sufficiently.

Further liberalisation needed

In its first review of EU energy policies, the International Energy Agency has backed the controversial idea of splitting energy companies' production and supply wings - known as ownership unbundling - in order to boost competition and bring down prices. We are concerned about the resistance against what we think is the right proposal by the [European] commission for full ownership unbundling, the IEA head said, calling on the EU's executive body to stick to its guns. Earlier this year, EU governments adopted a softer line on liberalisation of the union's gas and electricity sector, meaning that European energy giants will not be forced to sell their transmission networks. The European Parliament also rejected the forced break-up of gas companies, but supported it in electricity sector. The 27-nation EU received an undoubtedly positive evaluation when it came to its green goals to boost renewable energy and lower CO2 emissions. But more should be done to introduce trading of green energy within the bloc before 2020.

Arms deal tests Finland-Slovenia relations
LISBETH KIRK 05.09.2008 @ 09:27 CET

Tensions between two EU countries, Finland and Slovenia grew to new heights on Thursday (4 September), with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa delivering an official note of complaint to the Finnish ambassador in Ljublajana over Finnish TV accusations of bribes in relation to a weapons deal.On Monday (1 September) the investigative journalism programme MOT claimed Finnish defence material manufacturer Patria paid a total of €21 million in bribes indirectly to Slovenian officials and to the prime minister in return for arms orders. The news was broadcast on Finland's national public service broadcaster, YLE.Mr Jansa refuted the claims as being unfounded, saying that MOT could effect the friendly relations between the two countries.We have officially demanded that the television channel that broadcasted this apologise and present evidence for the claims, the Slovenian prime minister said in a message published on the government's website.Mr Jansa added the decision to purchase weapons form the Finnish company Patria was taken during the previous government's term of office. This is a complete lie and fabrication, and it is no coincidence that these claims have been brought forth now, he said.The news has popped up at an unfortunate moment for the Slovenian prime minister, a few weeks ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled in Slovenia for 21 September.The deal with the Slovenian armed forces was signed in December 2006 and included 135 armoured personnel carriers and 120 mm mortars worth some €280 million, according to the largest Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat.

The Slovenian prime minister has been in contact with his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen over the issue. But the Finnish government says it is not able to intervene in a YLE television programme.The chief executive of Patria, Jorma Wiitakorpi, announced last month he would step down over ongoing police investigations into Patria deals in Egypt and Slovenia. Mr Wiitakorpi has denied any wrongdoing.The State of Finland owns 73 percent of the Patria defence material manufacturer.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

EU gives blessing for Italy's Roma fingerprint scheme
LUCIA KUBOSOVA 05.09.2008 @ 09:28 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Italy's plan to fingerprint Roma people has received a green light from the European Commission, with Brussels' experts suggesting that the controversial measures are not discriminatory or in breach of EU standards.A commission spokesman told journalists on Thursday (4 September) that the practice proposed by Italian authorities earlier this year is only aimed at identifying persons who cannot be identified in any other way and excludes the collection of data relating to ethnic origin or the religion of people.The centre-right government of Silvio Berlusconi sparked protests from human rights organisations and several in the European Parliament after announcing its plan to fingerprint Roma people - including children - as part of a census of Roma camps. Some critics of the move compared it to the policies of Benito Mussolini, the country's fascist leader during the Second World War.EU justice and security commissioner Jacques Barrot had earlier himself voiced concerns about the legality of the census, asking the Italian government to respond to the criticism by revealing the details of the practice.

But his spokesperson said on Thursday that the report submitted by Italy's authorities in early August showed that no EU principles of human rights protection or non-discrimination were violated, as due to the good co-operation between Brussels and Rome, some debatable measures had been changed.Italy's interior minister Roberto Maroni from the anti-immigration Northern League party welcomed the evaluation as highly satisfying, adding that it is fair after all the accusations and insults we have received over the past few months, according to ANSA agency. The European Parliament is also planning to perform its own research into the controversial practice, with a delegation of MEPs set to visit some camps and seek details on how the census is carried out.Reacting to the commission's blessing to the Italian plan, Hungarian Roma liberal MEP Viktoria Mohacsi said: I find it most strange that, contrary to the commission statement claiming compliance with the EU law, the fingerprinting procedure seemed to be applied exclusively to Roma, which I cannot interpret otherwise than a discriminatory treatment targeting one specific ethnic group.Between 90,000 and 110,000 Roma live in Italy, according to the Council of Europe. Many live there without official permission and have set up temporary camps. Earlier this year, Mr Berlusconi's government declared a national state of emergency in response a sharp rise in crime blamed mainly on foreign nationals, particularly from Romania, and adopted several laws clamping down on clandestine migrants. The centre-left opposition suggested such a reaction was only further boosting xenophobic sentiment across the country.

Push for pan-European Direct Debit by Vanessa Macdonald - editorial@di-ve.com
Business & Finance -- 05 September 2008 -- 14:15CEST

The European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) have encouraged the European Payments Council (EPC) to move ahead with the launch of the SEPA Direct Debit scheme. Under this scheme, bank customers would be able to arrange direct debits to pay companies with bank accounts in any of the 31 European countries participating in SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area). The Commission and ECB recognise the potential advantages of the SEPA Direct Debit scheme, in terms of economies of scale and increased competition liable to drive efficiency and innovation in the area of payments to the benefit of European consumers and companies. The Commission and the ECB have indicated to the EPC that they would be prepared to support the idea of a 'multilateral interchange fee' for cross border direct debits within the framework of the SEPA scheme on condition that such fees were objectively justified and transitional (applicable only for a limited period). In order for SEPA Direct Debit to take off, the right incentives should be in place. In particular, banking communities where an interchange fee for national transactions exists could be allowed to apply this fee as currently exists at national level also for SEPA Direct Debit transactions, but only during a limited and well defined transitional phase.

At the end of the transitional phase there would no longer be any transaction-based multilateral interchange fee, neither at the national level, nor at the cross border level, neither for SEPA Direct Debits, nor for national legacy direct debits. Direct debit schemes allow bank customers to give companies or organisations authorisation to take money directly from their bank accounts to pay their bills (e.g. gas, electricity, telephone). Currently there are separate national direct debit schemes and it is not possible to establish direct debit arrangements across frontiers in Europe.

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Russia scores Uzbek natural gas By JOHN C.K. DALY UPI International Correspondent Published: Sept. 5, 2008 at 9:31 AM

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The consequences of last month's armed confrontation between Georgia and Russia over the disputed enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia continue to ripple, extending their influence to Uzbekistan, far to the east.

Stripped of the rhetoric, the lesson that all the former Soviet republics drew from the encounter was that EU, NATO and American promises fall short of deterring Russian foreign policy toward what it terms the near abroad.The subtext of the clash is that Washington's and the EU's assumptions about Russia blithely standing by as alternative export routes are built for Caspian and Central Asian energy assets now appear naive at best, and, for the local states, increasingly hollow. Western plans to build a natural gas pipeline to parallel the 1,092-mile, $3.6 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which could be joined by an additional Trans-Caspian underwater pipeline to transfer Turkmen and Uzbek natural gas to Western markets, now appear more and more problematic.Taking advantage of the situation, Russia's energy giant Gazprom recently has been reaching out to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and, in a major policy reversal, offering to pay near-market European rates for future natural gas production. Azerbaijan is considering Moscow's offer and, if it is accepted, the proposed Nabucco pipeline is likely to be abandoned, as insufficient gas reserves are likely to be found to fill it.The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan has concluded that, for the moment at least, its exports options lie more with Moscow than any Western proposals.

While Uzbekistan under President Islam Karimov has doggedly pursued a foreign policy independent of Moscow since the country achieved independence in 1991, in this instance at least, geography trumps Western relations. On Sept. 1 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew into Tashkent and held two hours of discussions with Karimov. The upshot of the meeting was that Russia agreed to pay Uzbekistan $300 per thousand cubic meters of natural gas, which, while still below the nearly $400-plus tcm that Gazprom currently charges European customers, nevertheless represents a nearly 100-percent increase in what Gazprom pays at present.The two leaders also agreed to renovate two Soviet-era natural gas pipelines, Central Asia Center-1 and Central Asia Center-2, which will allow Uzbekistan to export its natural gas to Russia through Turkmenistan. By any measure the agreements represent as great a triumph for Russia in the energy Great Game as they do a setback for the West, particularly Washington.The agreement represents yet another setback for Washington's efforts to wean Central Asia away from Moscow's orbit. Of all the Stans, Karimov's government was the most disposed to cooperate with Washington, as epitomized in the agreement signed in the month after Sept. 11, 2001, that saw Tashkent grant Washington the use of its Karshi-Khanabad airbase for Operation Enduring Freedom in neighboring Afghanistan.Washington previously had sought to introduce globalistic free market shock therapy economic reforms in the post-Soviet space, which Karimov declined, preferring his government to manage the nation's transition from a centrally planned economy to capitalist principles internally rather than relying on hordes of suitcase-toting Western advisers. Accordingly, Uzbekistan was spared the hyperinflation that ravaged the Russian middle class in 1992 as well as the chaos that enveloped the Russian Federation six years later when Moscow allowed the ruble to float freely, again unleashing massive inflation. As Tashkent declined Washington's economic guidance, cooperation focused largely on military matters.The tragic events of May 2005 in Andijan, where government troops suppressed demonstrators who previously attacked police and military installations as well as a prison, freeing hundreds of inmates, resulted in an official death toll of 178, which Western human rights activists claimed was far higher. In the wake of Washington's muffled and ambivalent response, Tashkent abrogated its status of forces agreement with Washington, leading the Pentagon to leave Karshi-Khanabad six months later. Relations have recently improved, particularly since Washington and Tashkent share a common interest in seeing Afghanistan pacified, but relations have yet to be restored to their previous level. The tragedy of the misunderstanding is that Uzbekistan's fuel and electrical resources could have been supplied southward to aid in Afghanistan's reconstruction, but, nearly seven years after the U.S.-led invasion, peace seems as elusive as ever.

Not that all is sweetness and light between Moscow and Tashkent. The administration of President Dmitry Medvedev has been aggressively seeking support from former Soviet Central Asian republics for his government's unilateral acknowledgment of Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence, something that the regional leaders have steadfastly refused to do up to now, most notably at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Dushanbe last weekend. Lest his illustrious visitor be in any doubt about Uzbek intentions, Karimov politely told Putin, We will examine the circle of pressing timely issues that we see and observe, on which we have our own views and which we are ready not only to discuss together, but honestly to express our own position on those issues. An Izvestia correspondent, seeking to salvage something positive from the experience, noted that at a dinner that Karimov held for his guest, Karimov's dinner-table toasts were anti-Georgian.This week Putin will have another chance to solicit his Central Asian colleagues for support at the upcoming Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Moscow, as on Aug. 29 Russia announced it would seek CSTO recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. CSTO, which has observer status at the U.N. General Assembly, consists of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Azerbaijan and Georgia, which perhaps not coincidentally U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney visited this week, withdrew from the organization in 1999.

Putin is unlikely to make much headway with Karimov, however, as they share the common trait of fierce nationalism, and the Uzbeks, having suffered more than 130 years of Russian imperialism, continue to put their national interest first, however much it might annoy their former overlords.And so the Great Game continues. Putin can take some solace in his rebuff that Uzbekistan has not recognized Kosovo's independence, either, unlike neighboring Afghanistan, which was the first.(e-mail: energy@upi.com)

Total signs three oil and gas agreements in Syria by: OilOnline
Friday, September 05, 2008

Total has signed three oil and gas agreements in Syria that will strengthen the Group’s long-term presence in the country. The first agreement renews the Deir Ez Zor oil license, wholly-owned by Total and jointly operated by Total and the Syrian Petroleum Company via the Deir Ez Zor Petroleum Company joint venture. The license was extended for 10 years to 2021, and enables Total to prolong and optimize production from the Jafra, Qahar and Atalla fields. The second agreement covers enhancing output from the Tabiyeh gas and condensate field to increase gas deliveries to the domestic market from the Deir Ez Zor plant. This agreement will help Total develop its activities in Syria’s gas industry. Lastly, Total signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company and Syrian Gas Company to set up a strategic partnership that will allow the development of common projects between Total and those companies. I’m very pleased that these three agreements have been signed. They pave the way for increased cooperation between Total and Syria and bolster our operations in partnership with the national oil companies of this country, said Christophe de Margerie.

Russia's deal-making in Africa raises alarms in Europe
By Tom Pfeiffer ReutersPublished: September 3, 2008

RABAT, Morocco: Russia is reviving an interest in Africa that collapsed along with the Cold War, and its growing appetite for deals in oil and natural gas is an added cause of unease in an energy-hungry Western Europe.Companies from Russia say their goal is to diversify energy interests and secure raw materials for a fast-growing economy, but the businesses are also seen as tools of an increasingly assertive Kremlin foreign policy.The fact that Russian companies have yet to make major progress in Africa has not assuaged Western concerns, particularly because the Russian intervention in Georgia raised new questions about the reliability of energy supplies from the east.Northern Africa is already an especially important alternative source for European countries that fear over-reliance on Russian energy.

Quietly, but with rising amounts of panic, we're hearing officials from major European governments complain about what the Russians are doing, said Jon Marks, editorial director of the industry newsletter Africa Energy.Russia's push goes beyond traditional allies that it supplied with weapons and money during the Cold War.One of its biggest trading partners in Africa is Morocco, a staunch U.S. ally that supplies Russia with mineral phosphates consumed in large quantities for fertilizer.But Russia also has shown that it wants to keep strong ties with Algeria, a former ally and a neighbor and rival to Morocco. The Kremlin agreed in 2006 to write off $4.7 billion of Cold War-era debt in exchange for a deal to sell Algeria combat jets, submarines, warships and missiles.Russian companies, like counterparts from China and other Asian countries, are spending billions of dollars for better access to the mineral wealth of countries across the continent. Such interest is particularly welcome to those African governments that balk at conditions on democracy, human rights and openness that can be attached to dealings with Americans or Europeans.The big concern in Western Europe is that Russia's tentative deals with African members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are an attempt to get a stranglehold on Europe's natural gas supplies. The Russian company Gazprom, which already provides a quarter of Europe's gas, agreed with the Algerian oil company Sonatrach to seek out and commercialize natural gas together after Vladimir Putin visited Algiers last year as Russia's president, before he became prime minister.

Sonatrach is the European Union's third-biggest supplier of gas, after Russia and Norway.This week, Gazprom signed an oil and gas exploration agreement with Nigeria, although details are yet to be determined, Nigerian National Petroleum announced Wednesday.Gazprom said in April that it was in talks to take part in a multibillion-dollar project to pipe Nigerian gas to Europe across the Sahara.In July, Gazprom said it could build a pipeline to pump Libyan natural gas to Europe. Libya has also agreed to sell some of its oil and gas to Russia.There is a distinct strategy here, said Marks, the Africa Energy editorial director. Gazprom doesn't necessarily get a controlling stake, but the Russians are getting a place at the table.He said a deal Italy signed last weekend to compensate Libya for misdeeds during its colonial rule was partly intended to maintain Italy's critical energy relationship with Libya.

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FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN Now terror subs prowl Caribbean. Navy fears Hezbollah bringing drugs, weapons to United States September 04, 2008 11:35 pm Eastern 2008 WorldNetDaily

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The waters in the Caribbean and around Latin America for a long time have provided a path for illicit drugs to flow into the United States, but the U.S. Navy has increased its patrols in the region now looking for something else – Hezbollah terrorists, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.The Navy, in trolling for mini-submarines sometimes used to transport drugs, has discovered that some of them apparently are being operated by Hezbollah.The mini-subs are small semi-submersibles, made of fiberglass and capable of carrying up to four people plus a payload. They are popular with drug smugglers, and now the U.S. is concerned elements of Hezbollah have begun using them for drug-running or smuggling weapons.In 2006, we were tracking around three of these, said Navy Admiral James Stavridis, commander of U.S. Southern Command. In the year 2007, (the number) jumped to about 30. This year so far, in three months, we've seen about 30.In drawing the connection to Hezbollah, Stravridis said there is concern about the tri-border area (of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay). It is, in my view, principally Hezbollah activity.

There is clearly fund-raising, money laundering, drug trafficking, Stravridis added. And, certainly a portion of the funds that are raised in that are making their way back to the Middle East.The suspected Hezbollah activity is centered largely in the tri-border region, particularly Ciudad del Este in Paraguay, a focal point of Islamic fundamentalism to include the Sunni Hamas and Shiite Hezbollah.Now it has branched beyond the tri-border area into other regions of Latin America to include Venezuela.Indeed, as far back as 2000, Iran had designated the Hezbollah to be its liaison to Hamas and the Sunni Palestinian Islamic Jihad throughout Latin America.

Stravridis expressed concern over this linkage.

(U.S. Southern Command) is concerned about linkage between the Iranian state and nascent Islamic radical terrorism in this region, Stravridis said.Now, Iran itself is showing a growing presence in the region, to which sources claim the administration has paid little attention. This presence includes diplomatic and intelligence not only in Venezuela but also Bolivia, Nicaragua and Ecuador.Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin is the premium, online intelligence news source edited and published by the founder of WND.For the complete report and full immediate access to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, subscribe now.

Rice meets Gadhafi on historic visit to Libya By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer SEPT 05,08

TRIPOLI, Libya - The United States and Libya sealed a historic turnaround after decades of terrorist killings, American retaliation, suspicions and insults with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's peacemaking visit Friday with Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's mercurial strongman. The relationship has been moving in a good direction for a number of years now and I think tonight does mark a new phase, Rice said following a traditional Muslim dinner — the evening meal that breaks the day's fast observed during the holy month of Ramadan — at Gadhafi's official Bab el-Azizia residence. It is the same compound hit by U.S. airstrikes in 1986 in retaliation for a deadly Libyan-linked terrorist attack in Germany. The attack killed Gadhafi's baby daughter.We did talk about learning from the lessons of the past, Rice said. We talked about the importance of moving forward. The United States, I've said many times, doesn't have any permanent enemies.Rice is the highest-ranking American official to visit Libya in a half-century. The United States considers Gadhafi rehabilitated since the days when President Reagan called him the mad dog of the Middle East, because of the Libyan's surprise decision in 2003 to renounce terrorism and give up weapons of mass destruction. His government has also agreed to resolve legal claims from the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and other alleged terror attacks that bore Libyan fingerprints.Libya has changed, American has changed, the world has changed, Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalgam said following a meeting with Rice. Forget the past.Gadhafi welcomed Rice in a room redolent of incense. Wearing flowing white robes, his trademark fez and a green pin of Africa, Gadhafi bowed slightly and put his right hand over his heart in a traditional Arab greeting. The two did not shake hands, but Gadhafi did shake the hands of Rice's male aides.They then exchanged pleasantries, with Rice offering Gadhafi greetings from President Bush and Gadhafi asking about the hurricanes that have hit or are headed to the U.S. mainland, before dozens of reporters, photographers and television cameramen were ushered out.

Their small talk belied almost 30 years of dismal U.S.-Libyan relations that hit their low point in the 1980s when Reagan ordered the retaliatory airstrike and Gadhafi swore revenge.We're off to a good start, Rice said later. It is only a start, but I think, after many, many years, it's a very good thing that the United States and Libya are establishing a way forward.The United States withdrew its ambassador from Libya in 1972 after Gadhafi renounced agreements with the West and vilified the United States in speeches and public statements. Washington cut off diplomatic relations with Libya after a mob sacked and burned the American Embassy in 1979.U.S. officials had expected the notoriously secretive Gadhafi to dine with Rice in a tent, but it turned out they had dinner in a private kitchen.Gadhafi is known for often unpredictable behavior and has cultivated images as both an Arab potentate and African monarch since taking power in a 1969 coup. In a televised address to the nation this week he said he considers the United States neither a friend nor an enemy.In an interview with Al-Jazeera television last year, Gadhafi spoke of Rice in most unusual terms, calling her Leezza and suggesting that she actually runs the Arab world with which he has had severe differences in the past.

I support my darling black African woman, he said. I admire and am very proud of the way she leans back and gives orders to the Arab leaders. ... Leezza, Leezza, Leezza. ... I love her very much. I admire her, and I'm proud of her, because she's a black woman of African origin.Rice is the first secretary of state to visit Libya since John Foster Dulles in 1953 and the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit since then-Vice President Richard Nixon in 1957.Libya has agreed to pay compensation to the families of victims of the 1988 Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, and those of a 1986 attack on a disco in Berlin. The disco attack killed two U.S. servicemen and drew Reagan's order to attack Libyan targets, including Gadhafi's residence.Rice was spending only a few hours in Tripoli, an ancient city fronting the Mediterranean Sea and backing to the North African desert but took time to visit the offices that serve as the U.S. Embassy in Libya.Plans to send a full-fledged ambassador and build a new embassy are hung up in Congress over concern that Libya has not fulfilled its promises to compensate terror victims. Rice's visit comes amid a surge in interest from U.S. companies, particularly in the energy sector, to do business in Libya, where European companies have had much greater access in recent years. Libya's proven oil reserves are the ninth largest in the world, close to 39 billion barrels, and vast areas remain unexplored for new deposits. Rice said she raised the case of a prominent Libyan dissident who remains detained, and said she discussed other human rights concerns respectfully. Shalgam defended Libya's record.

Iran calls Sarkozy nuclear claims baseless Fri Sep 5, 7:20 AM ET

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Friday dismissed as baseless remarks by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that Tehran was pursuing its controversial nuclear programme for military purposes. Sarkozy's comments, made on Thursday during a visit to Iran's regional staunch ally Syria, are baseless, foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said in a statement received by AFP.Nuclear weapons are not part of Iran's defence doctrine, he added.Sarkozy warned Iran that its determination to press ahead with its programme of uranium enrichment risked provoking an Israeli military strike.Iran is taking a major risk by continuing the process of seeking nuclear technology for military ends, the French president said at a four-way summit in Damascus with the leaders of Syria, Qatar and Turkey.Iran has consistently denied that its nuclear programme is aimed at making an atomic weapon, and says it wants only to generate energy for its growing population.The Islamic Republic of Iran has always, along with other nations, wanted nuclear disarmament in all countries and the destruction of their arsenals, Ghashghavi said.The United States and its staunch ally Israel -- the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear armed nation -- have never ruled out taking military action against Iran, which they accuse of seeking to make a nuclear bomb.Iran has repeatedly vowed that any attack will be met by a crushing response.Tehran risks a fourth round of UN sanctions over its failure to abide by international calls to freeze uranium enrichment, a process which makes nuclear fuel but can also be used to build the core of a nuclear weapon.

SINS OF PEOPLE

2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

DECIEVERS WAXING WORSE AND WORSE.

2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

MORE SIN SIGNS

EPHESIANS 5:5-8
5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

AS YOU WILL READ SUNDAY IN MY NEW AGE OCCULT STORY THIS GUY WAS LEAD BY SATAN, HE WAS DECIEVED BY THE DEMONIC SEDUCING SPIRITS.

Wash. rampage suspect in court: I kill for God SEPT 05,08

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - I kill for God. I listen to God, a man accused of a northwest Washington shooting rampage said Friday at a hearing where six charges of first-degree murder and four of first-degree assault were filed against him. Isaac Zamora made the chilling comment twice at the brief hearing in Skagit County District Court while investigators wrapped up their work at eight crime scenes. The 28-year-old is being held on $5 million bail in the wake of Tuesday's rampage, which left six people dead and four injured.District Court Judge Warren Gilbert read each charge and the penalties, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. That doesn't mean the death penalty is off the table, according to the Skagit County prosecutor.

Do you talk about it? Sure you talk about it, Prosecutor Rich Weyrich told the Skagit Valley Herald. Where it goes, it's way too early to decide that.Zamora was not required to enter a plea Friday. The charges filed in District Court allow Zamora to be held in custody for 30 days. He will later be formally charged in county Superior Court.A hearing has been set for Oct. 3.The affidavit for probable cause, which details in support of the charges, remains sealed for 10 more days while the investigation continues.The attacks began near Zamora's mother's home near the tiny town of Alger, 70 miles north of Seattle, and continued on Interstate 5. After a high-speed police pursuit, Zamora surrendered at a sheriff's office in Mount Vernon, about 20 miles south of Alger.Among the dead was Skagit County Deputy Sheriff Anne Jackson, who had responded to a call to check on Zamora.

Also killed were a man shot at the same location as Jackson; two male construction workers shot nearby; a 48-year-old woman found a few houses away; and a 64-year-old motorist killed along I-5 near a rest stop, authorities said. Two people were wounded near Alger — one by stabbing — and two were wounded on the freeway, including a state trooper.Zamora, who has a long record of run-ins with the law, had been admitted several times to hospitals for mental health treatment and attempted suicide several times, his friends and family said.

OZONE DEPLETION

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Melting Swiss glacier yields Neolithic trove, climate secrets by Hui Min Neo
Fri Sep 5, 1:56 AM ET

BERN (AFP) - Some 5,000 years ago, on a day with weather much like today's, a prehistoric person tread high up in what is now the Swiss Alps, wearing goat leather pants, leather shoes and armed with a bow and arrows. The unremarkable journey through the Schnidejoch pass, a lofty trail 2,756 metres (9,000 feet) above sea level, has been a boon to scientists. But it would never have emerged if climate change were not melting the nearby glacier.So far, 300 objects dating as far back as the Neolithic or New Stone Age -- about 4,000 BC in Europe -- to the later Bronze and Iron Ages and the Medieval era have been found in the site's former icefields.

We know now that the discoveries on Schnidejoch are the oldest of this kind ever made in the Alps, said Albert Hafner, an expert with the archaeology service in Bern canton.They have allowed researchers not only to piece together snapshots of life way back when, but also to shed light on climate fluctuations in the past 6,500 years -- and hopefully shed light on what is happening now.For us, the site itself is the most important find because we have this correlation between climate change and archaeological objects, Hafner said.We know that people were only able to walk on this site when it was relatively warm, said Martin Grosjean, executive director of a national network called Swiss Climate Research. When it was too cold, the glacier advanced and it was not a passable route.Scientists have long known there were periods of warmer weather in the region but the artefacts allowed them to identify the exact years, when the site would have been passable on foot.According to Grosjean, such data could help sharpen forecasts for the future by taking into account patterns of natural temperature fluctuation.The treasure trove preserved in the icefields was discovered after two hikers noticed a strange piece of wood lying upon some stones in 2003.It turned out to be a quiver -- a case for arrows -- made from birch bark and dating as far back as 3,000 B.C. Hafner said this object may be the most significant single discovery at the site.It is the only quiver found that is made of birch bark. It is unique in Europe, he said.Since then, even older objects have been excavated, including a wooden bow estimated to predate by 1,000 years the famed Oetzi the Iceman -- a 5,100-year-old frozen body found high in the Tyrolean Alps on a glacier straddling Italy and Austria in 1991.

Experts have deduced that many of the most valuable items may have originated from one ill-fated person, probably carrying the quiver, bow and arrows and clothed in leather pants and shoes.We think the person may have been killed during an accident because there were several objects from the same period found on the site, said Hafner. It is unlikely that people would be leaving these objects so high up in the mountain.The leather samples are also the oldest of their kind ever found, said Grosjean. Leather decays easily in ambient temperatures. We know there were villages by the lakes in Switzerland but we've never found such leather objects, he said.

Analysis showed the pants' patch was made from a domesticated goat that resembled a breed recorded in Laos in those days.But the chances that the goat migrated from Laos are very slim. It could be a species that we had never before recorded to have been present in the Europe. Or its lineage may have died out since, said Grosjean.

Five years on, discoveries continue as the glaciers retreats. Last week, we found another Roman coin, said Grosjean, while Hafner said talks were underway with several museums on a future exhibition of the finds. And with climate change, more such sites could emerge. The leather pieces are the oldest such finds now but maybe in the coming years, with other glaciers retreating around the world, they may not be the oldest for long, said Grosjean. A recent UN Environment Programme report said by the end of the century, swathes of mountain ranges worldwide risk losing their glaciers if global warming continues at its projected rate. The ongoing trend of worldwide and rapid, if not accelerating, glacier shrinkage ... may lead to the deglaciation of large parts of many mountain ranges by the end of the 21st century, the report warned.

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

Silver State Bank in Nevada is shut By MARCY GORDON, AP Business Writer SEPT 05,08

WASHINGTON - Nevada regulators have shut down Silver State Bank. It was the 11th failure this year of a federally insured bank. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of the bank, located in Henderson, Nev. It had $2 billion in assets and $1.7 billion in deposits as of June 30.The FDIC said Friday the bank's insured deposits will be assumed by Nevada State Bank of Las Vegas. Its branches will reopen Monday as offices of Nevada State Bank in Nevada and National Bank of Arizona in Arizona.The agency said depositors of Silver State Bank will continue to have full access to their deposits.The 11 failures so far this year compare with three for all of 2007, and federal banking officials have said that more banks are in danger of collapse.Silver State Bank has operated 12 branches in Nevada and Arizona as well as loan offices in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, California and Florida.The FDIC estimated its resolution will cost the deposit insurance fund between $450 million and $550 million.Regular deposit accounts are insured up to $100,000; for some individual retirement accounts, the limit is $250,000.There were about $20 million in uninsured deposits held in roughly 500 accounts at Silver State that potentially exceeded the insurance limit, the FDIC said.Concern has been growing over the solvency of some banks amid the housing slump and the steep slide in the mortgage market. The pressures of tighter credit, tumbling home prices and rising foreclosures have been battering many banks, large and small, across the nation.The largest bank failure by far this year has been that of savings and loan IndyMac Bank, which was seized by regulators on July 11 with about $32 billion in assets and deposits of $19 billion.The seizure of Pasadena, Calif.-based IndyMac, which was the largest regulated thrift to fail in the United States, prompted hundreds of angry customers to line up for hours in Southern California to demand their money. IndyMac also was the second-largest financial institution to close in U.S. history, after Continental Illinois National Bank in 1984.The FDIC has been operating the bank, now called IndyMac Federal Bank, under a conservatorship.The FDIC plans to raise insurance premiums paid by banks and thrifts to replenish its reserve fund after paying out billions of dollars to depositors at IndyMac. The fund, currently at $45 billion, is expected to take a hit from IndyMac of $4 billion to $8 billion.Federal officials expect turbulence in the banking industry to continue well into next year, and more banks to appear on the FDIC's internal list of troubled institutions.

Of the 8,500 or so FDIC-insured banks in the country, 117 were considered to be in trouble in the second quarter — the highest level in about five years and up from 90 in the first quarter. The agency doesn't disclose the banks' names.Only 13 percent of banks that make the list fail, on average, and most are nursed back to health or acquired by stronger institutions, according to the FDIC.Federally insured banks and thrifts set aside a record $50.2 billion to cover losses from soured mortgages and other loans in the April-June quarter, when profits plunged 86 percent from a year earlier. Silver State Bank customers with accounts exceeding $100,000 can contact the FDIC at 1-800-523-8177 to set up an appointment to discuss their deposits.

Stocks mostly rise as investors snap up financials By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer Fri Sep 5, 6:00 PM ET

NEW YORK - Wall Street wrestled with intensifying economic worries Friday, extending sharp losses after a disheartening jobs report and then grudgingly engaging in some mild bargain hunting that gave the market some modest gains. The major indexes ended the week with big declines, a sign that investors, who not long ago expected the economy to improve, are now growing increasingly discouraged. Stocks initially fell after the Labor Department reported that payrolls shrank more than predicted last month and that the unemployment rate reached a five-year high. But stocks that had been pounded lower, including a huge drop on Thursday, were suddenly more attractive to investors willing to make some bets.The government said payrolls shrank by 84,000 last month, more than the 75,000 economists predicted, and higher than the 51,000 jobs lost in July. The unemployment rate rose to a five-year high of 6.1 percent from 5.7 percent.The report confirmed Wall Street's fears that the economy continues to weaken. The nation has lost nearly 550,000 jobs so far this year, eroding investors' hopes for a late-year recovery.This was an ugly number that pretty much confirms that our economy continues to trend downward, said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer of Harris Private Bank. I had thought things were stabilizing, and this just knocks the legs out of any hope of seeing much economic improvement right now.But investors, with little conviction but willing to make a few bets, picked up some of the stocks hit in a sell-off Thursday, particularly banks and insurers. That lifted the market off its lows, but it was hardly a solid advance.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 32.73, or 0.29 percent, to 11,220.96; the blue chips had been down 150 points at their lows of the session.Broader stock ended mixed. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 5.48, or 0.44 percent, to 1,242.31, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 3.16, or 0.14 percent, to 2,255.88.Friday's moves follow a dismal performance on Thursday in which all three major indexes moved back into bear market territory, defined as a 20 percent drop from a recent peak. The Dow plunged more than 340 points in a selloff underpinned by disappointing economic news and lackluster sales reports from retailers; the news drove home to investors that the economy was more troubled than many had thought.For the week, the Dow lost 2.8 percent, its fourth straight week of losses and the biggest drop since late June. The S&P 500 gave up 3.2 percent and the technology-heavy Nasdaq, home to many stocks seen as riskier than the blue chips, fell 4.7 percent.Bond prices fell Friday as investors took profits from the gains logged earlier in the week. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.69 percent from 3.62 percent late Thursday.Since mid-July I think it's become apparent that the global economies have really weakened pretty sharply, said Thomas J. Lee, U.S. equities strategist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York. He said that while investors had been applauding the drop in oil prices since then, there was an assumption that lower commodities prices would hasten a recovery in the U.S. economy. Now, he said, investors are worried that the economy might be weakening even as oil falls.It's disinflation coupled with an accelerating downside in the economy. That's not what people were prepared for. I think people were expecting disinflation as an economic recovery was under way, Lee said. The surge in unemployment today really underscores that fear.Wall Street again found little comfort from falling oil. Crude dropped to nearly $105 a barrel in Friday's session as the dollar continued to gain on the euro and investors waited to see whether OPEC would move to restrict output next week following a two-month plunge in prices. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is scheduled to meet early next week in Vienna and has indicated it may take action to defend the $100-a-barrel level.Light, sweet crude settled down $1.66 to $106.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Among financials carving out advances, Citigroup Inc. rose 77 cents, or 4.2 percent, to $19.07, while Bank of America Corp. rose $1.63, or 5.3 percent, to $32.23. Wachovia Corp. rose $1.22, or 7.9 percent, to $16.75.Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. rose $1.03, or 6.8 percent, to $16.20 after a Sandler O'Neill & Co. analyst said he expects the troubled investment bank to survive the credit crisis. The stock has fluctuated on reports that it is hammering out a deal for a cash infusion or buyout.

In the consumer staples sector, smokeless tobacco maker UST Inc. surged following a report from The New York Times that Altria Group Inc. plans to acquire the company. Altria, parent of Marlboro maker Philip Morris USA, dismissed the report as pure speculation. Nonetheless, UST, the maker of Skoal and Copenhagen brands, jumped $13.55, or 25 percent, to $67.55, while Altria rose 29 cents to $20.95. Energy names slipped as oil continued its drop. Chevron Corp. declined $1 to $80.22, while ConocoPhillips fell $1.05 to $75.43. Advancing issues narrowly outnumbered decliners on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 4.91 billion shares compared with 5.11 billion shares traded Thursday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 0.23, or 0.03 percent, to 718.85. Investors overseas sent shares sharply lower on concerns about America's effect on global growth. Japan's Nikkei stock fell 2.75 percent. In Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 ended down 2.26 percent, Germany's DAX index dropped 2.42 percent, and France's CAC-40 shed 2.49 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the week down 322.59, or 2.79 percent, at 11,220.96. The Standard & Poor's 500 index finished down 40.52, or 3.16 percent, at 1,242.31. The Nasdaq composite index ended the week down 111.64, or 4.72 percent, at 2,255.88. The Russell 2000 index finished the week down 20.65, or 2.79 percent, at 718.85. The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index — a free-float weighted index that measures 5,000 U.S. based companies — ended Friday at 12,702.58, down 421.91 points, or 3.21 percent, for the week. A year ago, the index was at 14,846.39. On the Net: New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com Nasdaq Stock Market: http://www.nasdaq.com

The CARMEL ALERT Sept 5th 2008 A compilation of news reports from the past week for the information of those committed to praying for Israel and the salvation of the Jewish people.

Guest Comment: Don't Do It by Scott Baker
Isaiah 46:13 I bring near My righteousness, it is not far off; And My salvation will not delay. And I will grant salvation in Zion, And My glory for Israel.

I've seen the Glory of God once. Ezekiel talks about it as an actual tangible entity in nine different places. For example, Ezekiel 43:4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the east. And, Ezekiel 3:23 So I got up and went out to the plain; and behold, the glory of the LORD was standing there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar, and I fell on my face.

This experience happened here in Haifa when I was at a conference over 10 years ago. The Glory of God came tangibly into the room, as a mighty rushing wind. Although it was a windless night, the curtains flapped perpendicular to the floor as this rushing wind blew into the room with a heavenly whooshing noise and a different atmosphere. As the atmosphere came in the room, there were many baby Russian believers in attendance, letting out gasps of awe and joy. Three men were ministering from the States, relatively unknown (you wouldn't know their names). Many prophetic words were released at this conference, but of all the words spoken, that which I remember that stayed with me most I can summarize like this: God is coming for revival in Israel - but don't just look for revival in Israel, He is coming to bring revival to the entire Middle East region.

As I write this and ponder these things that happened many years ago, Condelisa Rice has been busy here in the region and Israel brokering talks with the leaders of Israel and the leaders of the Palestinians, which includes the division of Jerusalem. It has been under the radar, and there has been no mention of this what so ever in the Israeli press or news media all week, , except for this article I found: http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73428 . (As of this writing, it is confirmed that they are negotiating over Jerusalem: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73965 .)

According to sources, the pace of this brokering is being done at break-neck speed, so that George Bush may put the crowning achievement on before his final term is finished. Normally I would be very grieved and upset, but I have resigned in my heart that there is nothing I can do to change things but pray, and God is still in control. I see that of all people, it is a Christian Arab who can see with the prophet's eyes to rebuke the folly of men ( http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73129 ) as well as the leaders of this nation of Israel and the other nations who will not listen to wisdom.

God is in control, and even as the leaders scurry to make names for themselves at the expense of God's people...God says in Zechariah 12:2, 3, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around...and that, in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

I tremble for what George Bush and Condolisa Rice are doing to Israel, and especially to Jerusalem. And in that respect, I truly fear what Ehud Olmert and our leaders are going to do to Jerusalem. I believe that it will bring on what is called, the time of Jacob's trouble as described in Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

But it is not only the time of Jacob's trouble...the scripture says that he shall be saved out of it. In the next verse, God says that Jacob shall return and be quiet and at ease, and no one shall make him afraid any more (Jeremiah 30:10). But God says in the next verse Jeremiah 30:11 to Jacob (the Jewish people) that, For I am with you, declares the LORD, to save you;...but the next verse is scary...For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you,...

You see, in the arrogance of man (and not just in the world leaders), but also in our leaders here in Israel as well...God has a contention with them! He is long suffering as we all know, but it is also wise to maintain a healthy fear of displeasing the LORD, and it sounds that according to His word the status of Jerusalem is very important to Him. And He didn't entrust His land because He wanted it given away to non-believers (Muslims) - whose Al Asqa Mosque in the heart of the temple Mount in Jerusalem boldly and defiantly proclaims in Arabic: God does not beget, nor has he begotten (a statement in contempt to the heart of the true message of John 3:16). Yeshua said to Jerusalem, to the Jewish people: You will not see me again, until you say, Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the LORD - which I believe means an undivided Jerusalem...and from what I can tell in the scripture, God says that He will enter into judgment because according to Joel 3:2, On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land.

Oh, that our leaders in Israel knew! It is NOT your Land to give away! It is God's land, and I am concerned that they are digging their own graves as the expression goes (and everyone else's). Here is the emboldened truth that actually happens when terrorists receive land back from Israel: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73969

In one of the movies of the Raiders of the Lost Ark, they had the Ark of the Covenant, and they (ordinary men) weren't aware that they were tampering with the Divine (we know that today, we are the Ark of the Covenant - our temples are the holders of His Glory...living stones being grafted together into a spiritual temple made without hands...at least that is the way it is supposed to be)...and when they finally tampered with and opened the Ark, they didn't know what it was or what hit them. I can see a similar twist to what is going on with God's Land.

God's glory is coming back to Israel, it doesn't matter what is happening. Habakkuk 2:14 For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.

The bible says, there are certain things that God hates. I'm sure He hates all sin, but there are seven things mentioned that are an abomination to Him, and one of them is a proud look (Proverbs 6:16, 17). Anyone who suffers from the blight of being anti-Semitic, has this proud look when looking down upon a Jew, when they consider themselves better. Most of the Muslim Arab world is in operation to this spirit described perfectly in Psalm 83 - (Psalm 83: Oh God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God. be not still. See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads. With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. Come. they say, let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more.)

Let this Flash presentation be your prayer...I highly recommend it...pass it around. God bless you as you stand up for, defend and support and pray for the people of Israel: http://www.acwitness.org/psalm83english.html

The Lord bless you as you bless Israel by standing in defense of her right to exist on the land given to the Jewish people by the God of Israel Lets pray that Israel will turn back to their God. Do not be silent, but share this with your fellow Christians, share it with your pastors, and with anyone you have a chance to speak to. Lets also pray for that breakthrough to the Muslims, and please remember to pray for our son Jordan, and all of his fellow soldiers in the IDF.

Shabbat Shalom ... David & Josie

* * * * FLASH TRAFFIC: WASHINGTON UPDATE * * * * THE CENTRAL, DEFINING ISSUE IS JUDGMENT Note: Though I taped the segment yesterday, the interview Glenn Beck did with me yesterday will actually air tonight - Thursday, September 4th - on CNN Headline News at 7pm, 9pm and midnight. By Joel C. Rosenberg

(Washington, D.C., September 4, 2008) -- Understanding how to protect American lives and American interests from serious threats in Iran, Iraq and Russia and helping the U.S. establish real energy independence in the years ahead are among the defining issues of this presidential campaign.

Senator Obama and his chief advisors all but concede he has almost no foreign policy experience. He was, after all, a community organizer and has spent most of his time in the Senate running for President. But to a man, the Obama camp says experience is not that important. The central and defining issue, they argue, is a candidate's judgment. This is why Sen. Obama himself said in his acceptance speech in Denver: If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.It is indeed a debate worth having. The problem is, Senator Obama has shown disastrous judgment on Iran, Iraq, Russia and energy independence, as Governor Palin and Rudy Guiliani noted so effectively last night.

Consider a few examples:

OBAMA SAID IRAN IS A TINY COUNTRY AND NOT A SERIOUS THREAT: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union, said Sen. Obama in a May 2008 speech to a town hall meeting during his primary campaign. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us . . . . Iran, they spend 1/100th of what we spend on the military. If Iran ever tried to pose a serious threat to us, they wouldn't stand a chance. The media and Democratic establishment was stunned. The next day, Obama changed course and gave prepared speech saying Iran is a grave threat. But his initial, gut instincts were telling - and wrong. Iran is a real and grave and growing threat to the national security of the U.S. and our allies.

OBAMA SAID THE SURGE IN IRAQ WOULDN'T WORK, AND WOULD MAKE THINGS WORSE: I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there [in Iraq], said Sen. Obama during a January 2007 TV interview the night President Bush announced the policy of putting more troops in Iraq. In fact, I think it will do the reverse. Just one problem: the surge has worked phenomenally well. We're winning in Iraq. And we will soon be able to bring our troops home in victory and with honor.

OBAMA STILL REFUSES TO SAY THE SURGE IS WORKING NOW: During a July 2008 interview with Sen. Obama on ABC News, Terry Moran noted that Iraqis' rejection of both al Qaeda and Shiite extremists have transformed the country, that attacks are down more than 80% nationwide, and U.S. combat casualties have plummeted, five this month so far, compared with 78 last July, and Baghdad has a pulse again. He then asked Sen. Obama, If you had to do it over again, knowing what you know now, would you - would you support the surge? Sen. Obama said no. Moran was stunned. But the Senator continued, Well, no, keep - these kinds of hypotheticals are very difficult. Hindsight is 20/20. I think what I am absolutely convinced of is that at that time, we had to change the political debate, because the view of the Bush administration at that time was one that I just disagreed with. Moran finally concluded: And so, when pressed, Barack Obama says he still would have opposed the surge. It's one thing to have flawed judgment and make a major foreign policy mistake. But should one not at least concede the obvious and give credit where credit is due? It was Sen. McCain who championed the surge and persuaded President Bush to go along. The facts are clear, even to the media. McCain was right. Obama was wrong.

OBAMA TOLD GEORGIA TO SHOW RESTRAINT WHEN RUSSIA INVADED HER: I strongly condemn the outbreak of violence in Georgia, and urge an immediate end to armed conflict, Sen. Obama said in a statement. Now is the time for Georgia and Russia to show restraint, and to avoid an escalation to full-scale war. The entire free world condemned Vladimir Putin and the Russian government for raping and pillaging a small but free and democratic country. Why in the world would Sen. Obama urge Georgia to show restraint in defending her people and her freedom? Eventually, Obama corrected his mistake and sounded a little tougher on Russia. But his first instincts were dead wrong, demonstrating his judgment was seriously flawed.

OBAMA OPPOSES DRILLING FOR AMERICAN OIL IN AMERICA AND OFFSHORE: [O]ffshore oil drilling will have little impact on prices, Sen. Obama said in an August 2008 speech in Iowa. It won't lower prices today. It won't lower prices during the next administration. In fact, we won't see a drop of oil from this drilling for almost 10 years. Without drilling for American oil in America, how does Sen. Obama plan to wean us off of Middle Eastern oil and protect our energy security? After all, we actually have a lot of oil we could use for ourselves - if we could only drill for it. The Department of the Interior estimates that there are 112 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil beneath U.S. federal lands and coastal waters, noted Investor's Business Daily in July. That's enough oil to power 60 million cars for 60 years. That's not counting the trillion barrels locked up in shale rock - three times the total oil reserves of Saudi Arabia.

OH BY THE WAY THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER SO THIS DOOMSDAY SENERIO WILL NOT HAPPEN. SURE WE MIGHT GET QUAKES AND TSUNAMIS BUT NOT TOTAL DESTRUCTION AS JESUS RULES FROM JERUSALEM FOREVER NEVER ENDING. SO WHEN HE RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY SHORTLY THE EARTH WILL STILL BE HERE.

Are we all going to die next Wednesday? SEPT 5,08

Two nightmare scenarios, two ends of the world. In the first, there is little warning. For maybe a month there would be no sign that life was about to come to an abrupt and nasty end for all living things on Earth.Then, earthquakes would start unexpectedly, alerting geologists that something terrible, unimaginable, was amiss.

After a few days, these seismic disturbances would reach catastrophic proportions.

Cities would be levelled, the oceans would rise and wash in a series of mega-tsunamis that would attack the world's coasts, killing millions.The fact that the earthquakes were striking randomly, not along well-known geological faultlines, would be proof that something devastating was afoot.Finally, the end would come, in a disaster of Biblical scale. The Earth would literally start to crack up.Molten lava would wash over the land and the seas would start to boil.Mega-hurricanes would level buildings and forests the world over. Eventually, mountains would crumble as the Earth's crust continued to disintegrate.The fabric of the planet itself would start to disappear, trillions of tonnes of rock, water, air and life sucked into a whirlpool of unimaginable force.From space, our blue-and-white home would appear to vanish down a plughole in a flash of light.At least in this scenario we would have a little time, perhaps, to come to terms with the end.However, a second doomsday scenario is even more terrifying. There would be no warning at all.In an instant - about one-twentieth of a second - the entire Earth would simply vanish from space.

Less than two seconds later, the Moon would follow suit. Eight minutes later, the Sun would be ripped apart, followed by the rest of the planets in the solar system and onwards, a wave of destruction caused by a rent in the fabric of space itself, spreading out from our world at the speed of light.But why should we now be worrying about such possible causes of Armageddon? The answer is a gargantuan machine - the largest, most expensive scientific experiment in history, the Large Hadron Collider, to be turned on next Wednesday.Although it was designed to answer the fundamental questions of life, some people have claimed that it could end up destroying the entire cosmos.This gigantic £4 billion-plus atom-smasher has been built under the Swiss-French border near Geneva, and is the most powerful device ever built for probing the secrets of the atom and the forces and particles which make up our Universe.It is a staggering device, occupying a train-sized tunnel 18 miles long, buried 300ft underground, studded with gigantic, cathedral-sized ring-shaped detectors where collisions between packets of heavy subatomic particles, hadrons, will take place in the hope that the innermost workings of matter and energy will be revealed.The LHC is, arguably, the most impressive machine ever built by Mankind.But a few people are convinced that it should never be turned on. A lawsuit has been lodged at the European Court For Human Rights by a small group of maverick scientists.They claim there is a small - but not zero - chance that when the LHC is activated it will create either a mini-black hole which would fall into the ground and swallow the Earth from within (scenario one).Or, even more bizarrely, trigger a catastrophic chain reaction in the very fabric of space and time itself, which would rip apart the entire universe like the skin of a bursting balloon (scenario two).

Bizarrely, this group, led by a German chemist called Otto Rossler, are using the European Convention on human rights to argue that, should the LHC destroy the entire Universe, it would violate the right to life and right to private family life.In fact, since 1994, when the collider was first mooted by the multi-national European nuclear research organisation (CERN), a small number of doomsayers have claimed that by replicating the conditions pertaining at the start of the universe (Big Bang), about 13,700 million years ago, there would be a small but real risk an unstoppable cataclysm would take place.This is not a threat taken seriously by the scientists at CERN. When I visited the place a couple of years ago, to see the collider being built, any mention of mini-black holes and other risks elicited only raised eyebrows and shrugs of derision.The LHC was not designed to destroy the universe, of course, but to fill in some of the embarrassingly large gaps that still run through our basic understanding of physics and how the universe works.It could discover, for instance, what most of the Universe is actually made of.The ordinary stuff that we see around us - the atoms and molecules of water, carbon, iron, oxygen and the rest that make up our bodies, the planet Earth, the Moon, the other planets, the Sun and all the stars - actually accounts for only about one part in 25 of the total 'ingredients' of the cosmos.

Astronomers know that something else, invisible and mysterious, must pervade every inch of space, its subtle gravity affecting the movements of the galaxy.This material - no one really has a clue what it is - has been dubbed 'dark matter' and it is hoped that the collider just might shed some light on what it is, perhaps uncovering a new type of particle.Perhaps more embarrassingly, we don't know what it is that gives even ordinary matter its mass.In the 1960s, British physicist Peter Higgs proposed the existence of a new particle, now known as the Higgs Particle, which effectively lends weight to the stuff of the universe.So important and fundamental is this hypothetical entity that it has been dubbed the God particle.It is hoped that if Higgs is right, the collider could finally clear up this mystery and, as a result of its super-powerful collisions, traces of this particle could emerge.That alone would, in itself, be justification for a large chunk of that £4 billion outlay. By simulating the Big Bang, it is hoped the LHC will act as a universe in a test tube, allowing scientists to examine a whole suite of exotic subatomic particles and forces and to go some way to completing the work started by Einstein and the other giants of 20th-century physics.So is there really a chance that the scientists have made a terrible miscalculation and that their new toy could inadvertently kill us all? Happily, the simple answer is no. CERN's scientists have in fact commissioned several safety reviews (such as those that have taken place before other big particle accelerators have been turned on).All have concluded that there is no measurable risk whatsoever. Perhaps the best argument against the LHC doomsday scenario is that cosmic rays - natural high-energy particles from space - smash into the Earth's atmosphere all the time with far, far more energy than will be generated by this machine.If it were possible to create a dangerous black hole by simply bashing atomic particles together, this would have happened naturally long ago, and we wouldn't be here to build this particle accelerator in the first place. So we are safe.In fact, what the scientists at CERN really fear is not the end of the world, but that their machine simply isn't big or powerful enough to uncover anything new - that to probe the deepest secrets of the cosmos they will have to ask for yet more cash to build something on an even greater scale.Either that, or their equations are simply wrong and a whole new approach is needed, despite the billions they have spent.Not a doomsday for Earth, perhaps, but a catastrophe for physics.

As for the rest of us, we have to hope that the scientists have done their sums right - and keep our fingers crossed next Wednesday.