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Story 1-JESUS PROMISES TO RETURN TO GET US. 2-G7 and weeker Dollar, 3-LEBANON fires rockets in Israel, 4-ARIEL SHARON MOVED.

This week's promise: Christ will return "I will come back"

[Jesus said], "When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know where I am going and how to get there." John 14:3-4 NLT,

His promise to return As a child, George Tulloch was fascinated by stories of the Titanic.…In 1996 he put together a team of the best scientists and sailors and set out to the exact spot where the Titanic sank in 1912. He and his crew were able to recover numerous artifacts from the ship—eyeglasses, jewelry, dishware, some coins and the like. But the most exciting thing they found was a large piece of the hull resting several hundred yards away.

The team did it's best to raise the twenty-ton piece of iron, but to no avail. At one point the team almost had it.…but a storm blew in and.…the Atlantic reclaimed its treasure. Then Tulloch did something surprising before they were forced to retreat. He descended into the deep once more in a small submarine, and using a robotic arm, he attached a small handmade placard onto the section. It said, "I will come back. George Tulloch.

For a lot of the same reasons, Jesus left us a similar message. "I am going to prepare a place for you..…When everything is ready, I will come and get you" (John 14:2-3). Some may wonder why he cared in the first place. Why would he even want to reclaim us? What good are we to him? In many ways we're just as worthless and cumbersome and unyielding as that lazy piece of iron in the Atlantic.

But Jesus doesn't see us that way. He's dreamed of this moment since the beginning of creation, and now that the time is near he can't help but leave this mark on our hearts. "I'm leaving now. But don't worry, I'll be back.

Adapted from Embracing Eternity by Tim LaHaye, Jerry Jenkins and Frank M. Martin, Tyndale House Publishers (2004), entry for January 1.

G7 statement didn't seek weaker dollar - Tanigaki Sat May 27, 9:48 PM ET TOKYO (Reuters) -

Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations were not seeking a weaker dollar through a recent statement, Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki reiterated on Sunday, adding that adjustments in currencies alone would not resolve global imbalances. Noting the April 21 statement issued by G7 finance ministers and central bankers, Tanigaki said to fix global imbalances, the United States needed to promote fiscal consolidation and Europe should enhance structural reforms, while Japan needed to do both.

The statement has prompted market speculation that the G7 group saw the need for a decline in the dollar to fix global imbalances as it mentioned the need for greater flexibility and appreciation in emerging economy currencies.But Tanigaki denied such speculation.There was a misunderstanding that G7 may be seeking a weaker dollar. But the G7 did not say that, Tanigaki said on a Fuji TV program, a view he repeated earlier this month when the dollar declined against major currencies.

Rather than trying to fix the problem with a realignment of exchange rates, the G7 agreed that we should overcome this problem by taking steps like structural and fiscal reforms. Tanigaki said earlier this month that overemphasizing a realignment of exchange rates alone as a means to adjust global imbalances could invite market speculation and deal a blow to the global financial market, thus adversely affecting the world economy.

Katyusha Rockets Fired into Northern Israel By Hillel Fendel (Arutz 7 news)

Hizbullah terrorists in Lebanon fired three Katyusha rockets into northern Israel in the predawn hours, hitting an IDF base and injuring one soldier. IAF warplanes then attacked two Hizbullah bases. The injured Israeli soldier, a 20-year-old from Ariel, was lightly injured and transported to Sieff Hospital in Tzfat. One building on the base, in the Mt. Meron area, west of Tzfat, maintained significant damage.The Katyushas, 120mm rockets, were fired at about 4:40 AM. The Israel Defense Forces announced around 11 AM that it had responded with air attacks on two Hizbullah bases.

As a result of the rocket attacks, northern Israel was placed on heightened alert status. In the afternoon hours, northern residents were instructed to enter their bomb shelters, as the fighting heated up. Mortar shells from Lebanon landed near Kibbutz Misgav Am, and a soldier was moderately wounded by gunfire emanating from Lebanon.Israel says it considers Lebanon responsible for all terror activity directed against Israel from within its borders. IDF Northern Command officials say that Hizbullah and other terrorist organizations continually attempt to perpetrate large-scale attacks against Israeli soldiers and citizens in the north. Hizbullah chieftain Sheikh Nasrallah says his organization will continue to attack Israel.

This morning's attacks may have been a terrorist reminder of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon almost exactly six years ago. On May 24, 2000, Israel completed the withdrawal of IDF forces from what it called the "security zone" in southern Lebanon. The withdrawal was recognized by the United Nations and the international community, but the Hizbullah terror organization continues to demand that the IDF also leave the Mt. Dov area, also known as the Shab’a Farms. Israeli forces at Mt. Dov serve as a frontline defense against terrorist infiltrations into Israel.

Ex-PM Sharon Transferred From Hadassah HospitalBy Hillel Fendel (arutz 7 news)

Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since January, 5 months after he implemented the Disengagement/expulsion plan, was removed today to a special ward in the Tel HaShomer Hospital in Tel Aviv. Sharon, hospitalized since his January hemorrhage in Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital's emergency ward in Jerusalem, was taken to Tel HaShomer's respiratory rehabilitation department.

His condition is still listed as serious, essentially unchanged since he was first hospitalized in early January. The transfer was effected at the request of Sharon's sons, Omri and Gilad, and following consultations with doctors in both hospitals.On April 5, Sharon was operated on for the eighth time, and part of his skull was restored to his head in preparation for the move.Earlier this month, the Knesset Finance Committee voted that Sharon be eligible to receive medical services free of charge from the government for the coming five years.

The respiratory rehabilitation department at Tel HaShomer, headed by Dr. Aryeh Vilner, is the only one of its kind in the country. Doctors there hope they will be able to bring Sharon to be able to breathe on his own.Sharon's last two years before his debilitating stroke were centered around the Disengagement Plan he authored, as well as the formation of the Kadima Party in its wake. Sharon waged an intense political war against many of his former political allies, both in the Likud and among the settlement enterprise in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. He emerged victorious, and succeeded in bringing about the expulsion of some 9,000 Jews from their homes in Gush Katif and elsewhere and the abandonment of the territory to Palestinian terrorists.
Facing continued opposition within his Likud party, Sharon decided in late November of last year to break away from the Likud and start a new party. He was in the midst of single-handedly choosing the new party's future Knesset Members when he suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, and has not awoken since.