SHOFAR BLOWER GETS ARRESTED

1-Two moderate earthquakes jolt eastern Indonesia. 2-Weekend storms, flooding leave 12 dead. 3-Forest fires have burned 600 square miles in Washington. 4-Israel admitted to Interpol Europe. 5-EU Presidencies of the Council of the European Union: 2006-2018. 6-Pope Meets Muslim Envoys, Says Interfaith Dialogue is Vital for Future. 7-Report: Israel's Olmert met secretly with senior official in Saudi Arabia. 8-Israelis Want Outsider as New President. 9-Man Arrested for Blowing Shofar at Western Wall.

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.

Two moderate earthquakes jolt eastern Indonesia, no damage reported
Sep 25, 2006, 13:11 GMT

Jakarta - Two moderate earthquakes jolted parts of eastern Indonesian on Monday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, a meteorological official said. The first quake, measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale, struck North Sulawesi province at about 10:43 a.m. (0243 GMT), said Arie, an official at Jakarta's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG). The quake's epicentre was about 190 kilometres beneath the Indian Ocean seabed, about 100 kilometres southeast of Manado, the provincial capital, Arie said.

Less than an hour later, an 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Ambon, the provincial capital of the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku, at about 11:33 a.m. (0333 GMT), he said. The epicentre of the second tremblor was also in the Indian Ocean, about 200 kilometres northeast of Ambon. There were no reports of injuries or structural damage from either quake, said Arie, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago nation, is prone to earthquakes because of its location along the so-called 'Ring of Fire' - an arc of volcanoes and oceanic trenches encircling the Pacific Ocean Basin. Occasionally, earthquakes bring severe destruction to Indonesia, including a tremblor on May 27 in Central Java that killed nearly 6,000 people and a quake-triggered tsunami in December 2004 that killed 177,000 people in Aceh province. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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.

Sept. 25, 2006, 8:24AM
Weekend storms, flooding leave 12 dead
By DYLAN T. LOVAN Associated Press Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With a dozen people dead from weekend flooding in the Midwest and South, residents were busy shoveling mud from homes and businesses that were inundated with water.At least 8 deaths were reported in Kentucky after flooding triggered by 5 to 10 inches of rain sent rivers and creeks over their banks. Fifteen counties and four cities declared states of emergency, said Buddy Rogers of the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management.Every business in the small far western Kentucky city of Fulton was flooded by four feet of water from Harris Fork Creek, authorities said.It looks like everything's kind of quieting down, Buddy Rogers, a spokesman for the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management in Frankfort, said Sunday as floodwaters began to recede.

High water remained across Kentucky on Monday, and while some flood warnings were still in effect, creeks and rivers had nearly all crested, according to the National Weather Service.The storms that hit parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee on Friday and Saturday stranded people in cars, forced others from their homes and left thousands without power.

The death toll in Kentucky reached 8, including a father and his 1-year-old daughter in a truck that skidded in floodwaters. Two deaths were reported in Arkansas, and in Illinois, authorities say lightning was the apparent cause of a house fire that killed elderly two women.In northern Arkansas, the search for a man who was swept away when the Spring River overflowed its banks was to resume Monday. Jackie Richardson, a retired firefighter, went missing Saturday at the River Bend Park campgrounds in Hardy where he spends his summers doing carpentry. Rescuers searched by foot and boat and with dogs but could not find him over the weekend.

With the floods, campers were stranded at the private campgrounds.People were hanging from trees,Hardy Fire Chief Lonnie Phelps said. The river came up quick.Arkansas rivers swelled up to 8 feet above flood levels, officials said. Campers at River Bend Park were asked to evacuate.I didn't think we were going to make it out of there,said Charles Lenderman, who awoke Saturday morning to find knee-high water in his camper's kitchen. Lenderman and family members wearing life jackets swam from the camper to higher ground about 100 yards away.Flood warnings remained in effect Monday for six counties in northeastern Arkansas for high water along the Black, Cache and White rivers.

The National Weather Service reported that areas of Kentucky received at least 5 inches of rain, with isolated regions getting close to 10 inches. Over 24 hours, parts of northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri received more than 10 inches of rain, the weather service reported.In central and eastern Missouri, nearly 400 structures were damaged or destroyed and at least 10 people were injured by about 10 tornadoes, officials said.Associated Press writers Bruce Schreiner and Will Graves in Louisville; Jeff McMurray in Lexington; Jill Zeman in Little Rock, Ark.; and Heather Hollingsworth in Kansas City, Mo., contributed to this report.

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

Forest fires have burned 600 square miles in Washington

UNDATED Some forest fires are still smoldering, but wildfire officials says this has been the biggest year for fires in Washington since 1994.Nearly 600 square miles (more than 382-thousand acres) have burned, compared to 90 square miles (58-thousand acres) last year.It was a hotter, drier summer with a lot of lightning strikes. And some forests were weakened by infestations of pine beetles.(Seattle Times) 2006 Associated Press.

Updated Sep. 25, 2006 18:42
Israel admitted to Interpol Europe
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

The international police agency Interpol has accepted Israel into its European branch, five years after Israel made its request, a police official said Monday. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld called the decision a breakthrough, noting that 70 percent of Israel's international police operations take place in Europe. The agreement came during Interpol's general assembly over the weekend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Up to now, Israel has been part of the Asia region. The five-year wait reflected traditional European concern of angering Arab nations. Israeli efforts to join European sections in other international groups have met similar delays. Also, Israel was recently admitted to the International Committee of the Red Cross after a decades-long struggle.

Beyond the operational police aspects, the Interpol decision reflects a changing world reality, starting with the terror attacks by Islamic extremists in the United States on September 11, 2001, said Meir Rosenne, a former legal adviser to the Israeli Foreign Ministry and ambassador to Washington. After September 11 and the bombings in Madrid and London, Europeans became increasingly aware that there's no fight against international terrorism without international cooperation,he said.Israel has a large experience in the war against terrorism. Israel's official cooperation with European polices will allow them to fight terrorism more efficiently.

SPAIN #11 IN THE EU

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).

Now lets look at the EU CONSTITUTION if it comes into force,like I believe it will. What it says about the Presidency.

The Presidency system

22. The Constitution provides for the replacement of the existing six-monthly rotating Presidency by a 'Team Presidency' system. Under it, all Councils apart from the Foreign Affairs Council (which will be chaired by the European Union Foreign Minister) will be chaired by a team of three Member States holding the Presidency for 18 months. In principle, one Member State will preside over all the Councils for 6 months, supported by others in the Team, though the Member States concerned may agree alternative arrangements amongst themselves. The details of rotation will be set out in a separate Council Decision.

23. The Government believes that the Team Presidency system will provide a longer-term, more stable decision-making structure and therefore ensure greater coherence and consistency in the work of various sectoral Councils. The Team Presidency system is set out in the Declaration re Article I-22, paragraph 6, concerning the European Council decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

Does no one else find this interesting that the book of Daniel is playing out right before our eyes (Literally).

Daniel Says the future Dictator comes from 1 of 3 countries that rule together when Spain is in control of the Presidency,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). So this is why I believe the Constitution will come into force, or if not at least the 3 Country, 18 Month term will be inforced in the European Union.

EU Presidencies of the Council of the European Union: 2006-2018

Austria: January – June 2006
Finland: July – December 2006
Germany: January – June 2007
Portugal: July – December 2007
Slovenia: January – June 2008
France: July – December 2008
Czech Republic: January – June 2009
Sweden: July – December 2009
Spain: January – June 2010
Belgium: July – December 2010
Hungary: January – June 2011
Poland: July – December 2011
Denmark: January – June 2012
Cyprus: July – December 2012
Ireland: January – June 2013
Lithuania: July – December 2013
Greece: January – June 2014
Italy: July – December 2014
Latvia: January – June 2015
Luxembourg: July – December 2015
Netherlands: January – June 2016
Slovakia: July – December 2016
Malta: January – June 2017
United Kingdom: July – December 2017
Estonia: January – June 2018
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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)

Pope Meets Muslim Envoys, Says Interfaith Dialogue is Vital for Future
VOA

Pope Benedict said he would like to see relations between Muslims and Christians develop further in a spirit of sincere and respectful dialogue, Muslim ambassadors reacted positively.Vatican Swiss guards salute a car with an Albanian flag at Pope
Benedict XVI's summer residence, September 25, 2006Pope Benedict has met with diplomats from predominantly Muslim

countries and said both Christians and Muslims must work together against intolerance and violence. The meeting at the pope's summer residence outside Rome was aimed at defusing Muslim anger over a papal address about Islam.

Speaking in French, Pope Benedict assured 21 Muslim diplomats that he has esteem and profound respect for Muslim believers. He was addressing them at the papal summer residence in Castelgandolfo. Also present were Italian Islamic religious leaders.
The pope told them that religious dialogue and inter-cultural dialogue are necessary to build a world of peace. He said Christians and Muslims must learn to work together against intolerance and violence.Pope Benedict said that following the work of his predecessor, John Paul II, he would like to see relations between Muslims and Christians develop further in a spirit of sincere and respectful dialogue.After his speech the pope personally greeted each one of the envoys.

The meeting was organized by the Vatican to ease tension between Roman Catholics and the Muslim world. Those tensions exploded after the pope quoted a Byzantine emperor who had criticized Mohammed, the founder of Islam.Many Muslims took violent exception to this. The pope did not refer to his quotation, saying the circumstances, which led to the meeting are well-known.

Reacting to the pope's talk with the Muslim leaders, the Italian representative of the World Muslim League, Mario Scialoja, said he thought it was a very good and warm speech. He added that the pope recalled the differences, but expressed his willingness to continue in a cordial and fruitful dialogue.The Iraqi Ambassador to the Vatican said the pope's words should now end the anger that followed his comments on Islam. The Iraqi envoy said the pope spoke of his deep respect for Islam and this is what the Muslim world was expecting to hear.

COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL

EZEKIEL 38:10-19
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.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

Report: Israel's Olmert met secretly with senior official in Saudi Arabia Updated 9/25/2006 10:07 AM ET

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli newspaper reported Monday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert secretly met with a senior Saudi Arabian official to discuss Iran's nuclear program and peace between Israel and the Palestinians.The daily Yediot Ahronot quoted an unspecified number of anonymous Israeli officials as saying that Olmert met with King Abdullah 10 days ago. It described other officials as hinting that the talks were with a senior official close to the king. None of the officials disclosed the location of the purported meeting, or what was supposed to have been said, according to the paper.Saudi Arabia, which has no official diplomatic ties with Israel, has been trying to revive a regional peace initiative it presented in 2002. Israel rejected the plan at the time, but Olmert has indicated he might be more open than his predecessor, Ariel Sharon.When asked by Yediot last week if Israel had secret contacts with Saudi Arabia, Olmert said: I do not have to answer every question.

Israeli Cabinet Minister Gideon Ezra refused to confirm or deny Monday's report.I know what I read in the newspaper,Ezra told Israel Radio. I think this is the correct way to respond ... every extra word about these issues is unnecessary.Yediot first reported last week that Israel and Saudi Arabia had been holding secret talks since fighting erupted in July between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.Israel and the United States say Iran is trying to produce nuclear weapons. Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.Saudi Arabia 's peace initiative called for a full Israeli withdrawal from lands it captured in the 1967 Mideast war in exchange for normalization and relations with all Arab countries. It was rejected by Sharon outright but Olmert struck a different tone in the interview with Yediot last week.

I am very impressed with different processes and statements that are connected to Saudi Arabia, some that have been stated publicly and others as well. I am very impressed with King Abdullah's wisdom and sense of responsibility,Olmert was quoted as saying.Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.

Wow what a question to ask Israel, incredible when in the Future they accept a European Jew to lead them for a 7 year term.

Israelis Want Outsider as New President
September 24, 2006

Many adults in Israel think their next head of state should not be a current legislator, according to a poll by Geocartographia released by Israel Radio. 56.8 per cent of respondents think the next president should come from outside the Knesset.When asked to choose between two possible contenders, 42.8 per cent of respondents pick former education minister and current Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center dean Amnon Rubinstein, while 31.2 per cent select former Knesset speaker and current parliamentarian Reuven Rivlin.The Israeli Parliament currently elects the president to a seven-year term. In August 2000, Moshe Katzav took over from interim head of state Avraham Burg. In Israel, the president is considered as a largely ceremonial dignitary.

Before becoming president, Katzav served as deputy prime minister in a government headed by Likud party member Benjamin Netanyahu. In the 2000 vote, Katzav defeated former prime minister Shimon Peres in the Knesset by six votes.Last month, Katzav was accused by two female former employees of sexual harassment and corruption. The two allege that Katzav has both acted improperly towards women, and received money to grant pardons. The president has denied any wrongdoing.

Polling Data

Should the next president of Israel come from the Knesset or is it preferable to elect someone who is not serving now?
From outside of Knesset
56.8%
From Knesset
23.6%
Other replies
19.6%

Between the two, which would you prefer to be elected as the next president of Israel?
Amnon Rubinstein
42.8%
Reuven Rivlin
31.2%
Prefer other
13.2%
No reply
12.8%

Source: Geocartographia / Israel Radio
Methodology: Interviews with 501 Israeli adults, conducted on Sept. 19, 2006. Margin of error is 4.3 per cent.

Man Arrested for Blowing Shofar at Western Wall
By Hillel Fendel(INN)

Shades of the 1920's: A Jewish man was hauled off to the Old City police station in the middle of prayer for sounding the shofar during Rosh HaShanah services at the area known as the Kotel HaKatan. The incident occurred around 7:30 in the morning, at the northern-most section of the accessible Western Wall - a little-known area called the Kotel HaKatan, the Small Wall. It is considered to have extra sanctity, as it stands opposite the presumed spot of the Holy of Holies of the Beit HaMikdash.

Yesterday morning (Sunday), a group of some 10 men and two women gathered at the site, as they have done for several years on Rosh HaShanah, for early-morning prayers. The holiday prayers feature the blowing of the shofar (ram's horn) at several different times. Towards the end of the first shofar sounding, a Border Guard policeman came in, made an unclear motion with his hand as if to ask what was going on, and then left. He said nothing.Shortly afterwards, Eliyahu K., the 20-year-old prayer leader, blew the shofar a second time, in the midst of his silent prayer (in accordance with Sephardic custom). Policemen came in once again and began trying to pull him away. However, Eliyahu was in the midst of reciting the Amidah - a long passage during which one must stand in one place without moving - and he therefore did not move.

The policemen informed their supervisors by radio that he was praying and refused to move, and reinforcements were soon sent - no fewer than 20 policemen, according to several witnesses.They then started dragging him out, and when they stopped for a moment, he got up and resumed his prayers. They then began to drag him away again, and shortly afterwards again stopped for a moment - and again he resumed his prayers. At this point, the policemen allowed him to complete his prayers. In the meanwhile, the other members of the prayer group came out and tried to prevent the policemen from taking Eliyahu away. At this point, the policemen started swinging their clubs violently; no one was hospitalized, but it was a big brawl, in the words of one witness, with many people being dragged around and beaten while wearing their prayer-shawls and Sabbath suits. Meanwhile, Eliyahu was taken to the small police station at the Western Wall plaza, and several of his friends followed him there. They wanted to go up the steps into the police station, and demanded that at least the shofar be returned, but the police again came down with their clubs.

They finally took Eliyahu by foot, accompanied by his fianc?e, all the way around the Old City, past Mt. Zion and through Jaffa Gate, to the Kishle police station inside Jaffa Gate. At this point, there was no longer any violence, and Eliyahu was released around 11:30 - after being charged with attacking a policeman, disturbing a policeman in the line of duty, and disturbing the public order.

One witness related, "It's not only that they stopped him from blowing the shofar, but rather the fact that the police beat us up very harshly. I was on my way to the Wall for prayers when I saw 5-7 policemen going with Eliyahu and protecting him very closely. I walked after them, and then a few of his friends came, and then the violence started. We asked the policemen to return the shofar, and they started kicking us and punching us.

The worshipers said that the police had apparently been called by an Arab woman who said the sound of the ram's horn disturbed her children. A Jewish resident of the Old City told Arutz-7, How ironic. The loud Arab weddings and nightly prayers by the muazzin [over a powerful loudspeaker] at 4:30 AM disturb our sleep every night.Similar complaints are heard from Jews living near Arab villages in Judea and Samaria.A member of the Jerusalem Police spokesman's office, contacted by Arutz-7 for a statement on the matter and asked whether this signified a new policy towards shofar-blowing at the Wall, said, When we have an answer for you, I will get back to you.The head of the local council of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, Shmuel Yitzchaki, could not be reached for comment by the time of this report.

The rabbi of the Western Wall, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, told Arutz-7, This is a very grave incident, and I have asked the local police commander, Yossi Priente, to check into it - both the violence and the prevention of the shofar blowing. It reminds us of the days of the British Mandate when Jews [had to make] super-human efforts to blow the shofar at the Western Wall.He was referring to the 1ate 1920's, when the British, in an attempt to appease the Arabs, and following violence at the Wall, forbade shofar-blowing at the Wall. In one famous incident in 1929, a man named Moshe Segal blew the shofar at the conclusion of Yom Kippur - and was immediately arrested by the British. Though he had fasted for the previous 25 hours, the British detained him without food until midnight, when he was released. It was later reported that the release came about when then-Chief Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook informed the commander that he himself would not eat until Segal was released. Nearly 40 years later, following the first Yom Kippur service at the Wall under Israeli sovereignty, shortly after the Six Day War, the shofar was again sounded - by Moshe Segal.
The Jerusalem police department can be faxed at (972-2) 539-1190.