CLERGY BOND OVER ISRAEL

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-Small earthquake hits Salt Lake Valley. 3-Heavy rains flood parts of East Africa. 4-Red Cross meet seeks to reduce Asia's disaster toll. 5-Snow Falling In Queensland, Australia. 6-Fire and ice hit Queensland. 7-This Week with Rabbi Eckstein. 8-Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Commander Yahya Safavi on Iranian TV. 9-Coming soon: Great war to exterminate Israel. 10-How big can the EU be? 11-Israel developing bionic arsenal. 12-Tens of Thousands Ascend to Hevron to Relive Biblical History. 13-Separated by faith, clergy bond over Israel.

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.

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Sat Nov 18 12:38 AM EDT

NOV 18,2006
MAP 2.5 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.0 TONGA
MAP 5.1 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
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NOV 17,2006
MAP 3.5 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 SOUTH OF PANAMA
MAP 4.6 PYRENEES
MAP 6.1 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
MAP 4.8 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.7 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.2 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 3.2 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.2 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.4 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.7 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 GRENADA REGION, WINDWARD ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.8 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.6 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.5 WASATCH FRONT URBAN CORRIDOR, UTAH
MAP 3.6 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 3.1 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 3.5 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 5.4 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.8 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.7 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.7 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 5.0 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA

Small earthquake hits Salt Lake Valley Fri Nov 17, 6:01 AM ET

SALT LAKE CITY - A small earthquake rattled homes in the northwestern Salt Lake Valley, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported.

The epicenter of the magnitude 2.6 quake, which occurred at 11:22 p.m. Thursday, was 9 miles west of Salt Lake City, according to the University of Utah.The earthquake was not very big, but because of the proximity to the populated area, many people felt it,university seismologist Relu Burlacu said.Burlacu said some residents who called the school said they felt their houses shake but didn't report any objects falling from walls.The Salt Lake County Sheriff's office did not have any reports of damage.The University of Utah said five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater have occurred in the area since 1962. The strongest was a 5.2 quake on Sept. 5, 1962.

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.

Heavy rains flood parts of East Africa Fri Nov 17, 7:12 PM ET

GENEVA - Tens of thousands of people fled their homes and many others were affected by floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia resulting from heavy rains in East Africa, U.N. officials said Friday.

Houses have been washed away, and farmland has been flooded, said Elizabeth Byrs, spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA.The flooding has seriously disrupted aid programs feeding children still malnourished after the 2005-06 drought, said Michael Bociurkiw of the U.N.'s Children Fund.The crisis has significantly worsened in the last week, Bociurkiw said. Thousands of poor farming families now find themselves sleeping outside in the cold, exposed to malaria and other diseases.

The long drought left the region's soil so dried out that it was unable to absorb the rains when they arrived, and the wet season has been unusually long, making the problem worse, Byrs said. According to experts, Somalia could experience the worst floods in 20 to 50 years, she said.

Some 50,000 people were left homeless by floods that completely engulfed the central Somali town of Belet Weyne, capital of the Hiran region, and another 15,000 people there were cut off, OCHA said in a statement.In southeastern Kenya, a dam in the Tana River District was near breaking point, threatening to flood the surrounding inhabited area, Byrs said.A hippo that went berserk after finding itself in the western Kenyan town of Busia because of the floods killed six people, she told The Associated Press.

Aid workers have been handing out food, shelter materials and tens of thousands of mosquito nets in flood-affected areas, she said. But U.N. officials said it was difficult to reach some affected areas because bridges and roads had been washed away.According the U.N. refugee agency, more than 78,000 refugees have lost their dwellings in eastern Kenya's Dadaab region, with three camps being cut off by the floods.This week's floods washed away much of the road leading to Dadaab from the provincial capital at Garissa, completely isolating the massive camps housing mainly Somali refugees, said Ron Redmond of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

Emergency supplies were to be airlifted from Nairobi to the region on Sunday, he said.

Red Cross meet seeks to reduce Asia's disaster toll Fri Nov 17, 7:44 PM ET

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Tsunamis, typhoons, landslides, earthquakes. Asia is the world's most disaster-prone region and from Monday, Red Cross and Red Crescent societies will gather here to try to reduce the death toll.

The four-day meeting in Singapore. will examine ways to cut down on the number of deaths and injuries from disasters and disease in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, while harnessing the power of communities to become more resilient and better prepared for the next time disaster strikes, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said in a statement.The meeting of the organization's societies from the region and the Middle East will also set the Red Cross-Red Crescent humanitarian agenda for the next four years, it said.

Winston Choo, chairman of the Singapore Red Cross, said the gathering allows societies in the region to learn from experiences in responding to disasters and put forward a regional strategy to protect vulnerable citizens and improve their lives.This year alone, 15 Asian nations faced severe flooding, landslides and typhoons, Choo said.Among the topics under discussion will be the humanitarian repercussions of this year's war between Israel and the Hezbollah Shiite militia in Lebanon, stopping the spread of infectious diseases, and assistance for vulnerable people in North Korea, the Federation statement said.Since 1995, Asia has consistently ranked as the continent most frequently hit by natural catastrophes, accounting for 60 percent of the world's disasters and 78 percent of global disaster-related deaths, it said.

In December 2004, more than 220,000 people died when a tsunami struck Indonesia and other nations around the Indian Ocean, in one of the deadliest natural disasters ever.Another 74,000 people died and 3.5 million were left homeless from a massive South Asian earthquake in October 2005.Early this year, an estimated 1,400 people were feared dead when a landslide unleashed a sea of mud that buried a farming village on the Philippines island of Leyte.In June, more than 5,800 people died when an earthquake hit the area around Yogyakarta in Indonesia. Hundreds more died the following month during a tsunami that struck the southern coast of Java island.

Snow Falling In Queensland, Australia
4:27 pm, 16 Nov 2006

Snow is reported to be falling in South East Queensland, as a chilly blast continues in Eastern Australia.Snow has also fallen across many areas of New South Wales, Victoria, and Canberra.The Australian bureau of meteorology says the last time snow or sleet was reported in Queensland's Granite Belt area this late in the year was in early October, 1941.Senior forecaster Craig Mitchell says temperatures have dropped enough to form light sleet or snow.© NewsRoom 2006

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

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.

Fire and ice hit Queensland
November 16, 2006 - 3:12PM

Queenslanders battled weather extremes on Thursday as snow fell in the south, thermometers hit 40 degrees in the far north, and dry winds fanned a bushfire on the Sunshine Coast.Snow and sleet fell on the Granite Belt district near the Queensland-NSW border in what forecasters called a once in 50 years phenomenon.Ballandean resident Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi said the snow had been the talk of the town as those who saw the beautiful white on green and lush vineyards tried to convince others of the unusual weather.The whole town has been talking about it and everybody's ringing, Did you see snow? Did you see snow?

And then you get the doubters: Oh, that wasn't snow, that was just sleet', she said.But no, no, no, we know the difference in Stanthorpe.Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Jeff Callaghan said the very unusual weather had been caused by a cold front which had travelled up from Victoria.It caused violent hail and thunderstorms in Queensland's south-east and snow in Victoria and Tasmania on Wednesday.The last time snow or sleet was reported in the Granite Belt area a region in the Great Dividing Ranges between Dalveen and Wallangarra this late in the year was in 1941.

The storms formed ahead of the cold front and now the cold front's coming through with very, very cold air, Mr Callaghan said.It happens, but not very frequently. The atmosphere keeps on repeating itself for extreme events every 50 or 100 years or so.Mr Callaghan said residents probably couldn't expect a repeat for another 50 years.While Applethorpe, in the Granite Belt, recorded the coldest temperature statewide at just 11 degrees Celsius, Coen, Kowanyama and Musgrave, all in the far north, recorded the warmest at 40 degrees.Meanwhile, a bushfire fanned by strong, dry winds raged at Caloundra, on the Sunshine Coast, forcing the evacuation of a primary school and a retirement home.Up to 50 firefighters were continuing to fight the blaze.On Wednesday, homes were damaged and thousands of people lost power as short but spectacular storms dumped heavy rain and hail across south-east Queensland.2006 AAP

This Week with Rabbi Eckstein
November 16, 2006

Dear Friend of The Fellowship,

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been in the U.S. all week, discussing the tenuous situation in the Middle East with President Bush and key congressional leaders.

Turn on the news or open a newspaper most any day and you know that there is much for them to talk about. The situation in the region is extremely volatile. Iran is defiantly continuing its pursuit of nuclear weapons, its threats to wipe Israel off the map, and its support of terrorism. Israel is still reeling from this summer's devastating war launched by Hezbollah, and is facing the grim possibility that the terrorist group is taking advantage of the current ceasefire to rearm and regroup for an even stronger assault. Fighting between rival Hamas and Fatah factions has brought Gaza to the brink of civil war, even as terrorist rockets fired from the area continue to rain down on Israel's neighborhoods.

In the public debate about solutions for this volatile situation, some pundits have predicted that this meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Olmert will reveal cracks in the U.S.-Israel alliance. Their argument goes like this: Weakened by Republican losses in last week's mid-term elections, President Bush will have no choice but to plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. To make this change smoothly, the U.S. will have to soften its stance toward hostile nations like Iran and Syria, and distance itself from its traditional ally, Israel.Personally, I firmly believe they are mistaken. The alliance between the U.S. and Israel will not be shaken, because it is based on far more than just common political interests. It grows out of a natural affinity of shared values and a common belief in liberty, democracy, and the rule of law. I am confident that both leaders recognize the threat posed by Iran and will not compromise with the fiery, hateful rhetoric of its leader. Bush and Olmert understand each other and the threats facing their nations. No wonder the Prime Minister said of President Bush during an interview at the beginning of his trip, If there is one person I can trust, it's him.

Please join with me and continually pray that God will give these leaders wisdom and guidance to face the difficult days ahead. They need great presence of mind to deal with these critical issues. Their decisions will affect Israel, the Middle East, and free countries around the world. Yet with hard work, and God's grace, our two nations will be able to stand for righteousness in the face of evil.

With prayers for shalom, peace,

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

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)

JOEL 2:20,30-31
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.

November 17, 2006 No.1360
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Commander Yahya Safavi on Iranian TV: The Americans Have Many Weaknesses; We Have Planned Our Strategy Precisely on the Basis of Their Strengths and Weaknesses, U.S. Forces in Iraq Are Very Cowardly; We Never Reveal All Our Cards to the Enemy

In an interview on Iran's Channel 2, that aired on November 12, 2006, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi stated that Iran had based its strategy on the U.S. military's strengths and weaknesses. He discussed the capabilities of the Shahab missiles and the weaknesses and the cowardice of the U.S. military, claiming among other things that the Iranian military could disrupt enemy satellite systems

The following are excerpts from the interview
TO VIEW THIS CLIP: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1318

We Have Planned Our Strategy Precisely on the Basis of Their [The U.S. Military's] Strengths and Weaknesses General Yahya Rahim Safavi: The Shahab 3 missiles, which were fired with a cluster warhead, deviated a few meters [from the target]. Considering the extent of the explosion, a few meters is .Interviewer: Is this within the norms of missile operations?

General Yahya Rahim Safavi: Naturally, a 20-30 meter [deviation] is acceptable, because the force of the explosion and the radius of the shockwaves exceed 20 or 30 meters. The Americans and the countries that have satellite systems especially those that monitor Iran's airspace or the atmosphere can see our missile launchings clearly not the radar systems, but the satellites of the various countries. They see both the launching and landing points. It is completely obvious to them that these were real maneuvers.

In fact, the maneuvers were carried out with combat weapons, and were not just for show. The Americans have many weaknesses. In fact, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, they clearly displayed their strengths and weaknesses. We have planned our strategy precisely on the basis of their strengths and weaknesses.

We don't see any motivation among the American forces in Iraq. They are very cowardly. There are even scenes from Iraq in which they are seen crying. When their commanders encounter a problem, they burst into tears. We did not see such spectacles in the eight years of the Iran-Iraq war. I can therefore say that our advantage over the foreign forces is moral and human. Of course, in accordance with the technology that we have or that we are able to obtain from other countries, we have equipped our armed forces with the most advanced anti-aircraft, anti-helicopter, anti-tank, and anti-ship weapons. The equipment used in these war games was only part of what we have. We never reveal all our cards to the enemy. We used only a small sample of our personnel and equipment.

We Can Disrupt the Satellite Systems of the Enemy.Interviewer: General, the viewers asked whether the IRGC has the ability to conduct active and defensive electronic warfare.

General Yahya Rahim Safavi: I'm not at liberty to talk about some things, because they are highly classified. But I can say that our communications systems are very advanced. We can communicate with all our units. Even at the brigade level, we maintain five levels of contact and communication with our units. We make full use of satellite systems, and can handle the enemy's satellite systems. We can disrupt the satellite systems of the enemy. We can disrupt the communication networks of the enemy.

Interviewer: General, the viewers asked many questions about the destructive power of the Shahab 2 and 3 missiles. If it is not secret, please tell us.

General Yahya Rahim Safavi: The Shahab 3 missile has a cluster warhead, and consequently, its destructive power exceeds several kilometers, because the warhead spreads into bomblets.

[It can be used] against large bases, large concentrations of people, aircraft carriers... even against aircraft carriers, because it explodes from above, so it can completely destroy an aircraft carrier with its planes. As for the Shahab 2 missile its warhead carries approximately 900 kilograms of explosives. It has about 20 tons of fuel. This missile uses 12-20 tons of fuel, and its warhead carries 900 kilograms of explosives, so it has very great explosive power.

Interviewer: Does the Shahab series include a Shahab 4, Shahab 5, and so on?

General Yahya Rahim Safavi: I would rather not answer that. If the Zionist Regime or the Americans Make Problems For Us and Organize Attacks Against Us. As I pointed out, starting a war with another country or attacking it is currently not part of our plans or strategy. But if the Zionist regime or the Americans make problems for us and organize attacks against us... The Zionist regime is about 1,300 kilometers from our centers. If we have a missile range of 2,000 kilometers, it is only natural that a distance of 1,300 kilometers is within this range. I'd like to say something else. If the Zionist regime was defeated by a group of Hizbullah in Lebanon... After all, Hizbullah is a small group in Lebanon, which defeated the Israeli army in this 33-day war.

How can Israel withstand a great nation that numbers 70 million, 90 percent of which are Shiites? As for the IRGC and the Basij we have 10 million Basij members and strong Revolutionary Guards. There is no comparison.

We Will Respond to Any Invading Power with a Force That They Cannot Even Imagine

Therefore, I do not believe that the Zionists would even dream of threatening us. If they do, they will face the greatest danger to their very existence. I say again: We are interested in peace and quiet in the Middle East. We have no policy of attacking [anyone], but we will respond to any invading power with a force that they cannot even imagine. Neither the Americans nor the Zionists know what complex, precise, and intelligence-based plans we have designed in order to defend our country and to deal with their possible attacks.

Coming soon: Great war to exterminate Israel
Source: Ynetnews,November 16, 2006

One day after Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu warned that the Iranian threat facing Israel was similar to the 1938 looming Nazi danger to European Jewry, the Israeli media reported that an Iranian newspaper had called on Muslims around the world to get ready:A great war to destroy the State of Israel was on the way, an October 29 editorial in Kehyan had exulted.Translated by MEMRI, the paper said half of Israel had been taken care of by the Lebanese Hizb'allah last July.Now only half the path to [Israel's] destruction remains.The war would be waged by millions of Jihadists along Israel's extended border with Jordan, along Israel's southern border with Egypt, and on the Golan Heights, where Israel and Syria meet.That day is not far off.

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.

A FALSE PROPHET 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.

How big can the EU be?
17.11.2006 - 09:12 CET | By Peter Sain ley Berry

EUOBSERVER / COMMENT - How big should the European Union be? This question, childlike and beguiling, lies at the root of a whole series of issues with which Europe's leaders are now grappling. It is fundamental to concerns over enlargement; about how the EU takes decisions; to neighbourhood policy; to institutional reform; to future budgets. In short it informs, one way or another, the whole process of the future European construction and of European integration. It is also the one question that is being dodged.

Like an uncomfortable boil that no one wants to lance, it is being dodged by the member states in the European Council and by the European Commission. It is being dodged by the candidate and aspirant states and it is being dodged in the debate with the European public about the future of the Union.It is, of course, a very difficult question to answer and, moreover, one which has profound consequences. The easy and safe thing to do is to put off any discussion whatsoever. This the Commission prefers to do.

A perfect parliamentary answer

Are there final borders (to) Europe or will enlargement continue forever? was the opaque interrogatory it provided in its Questions and Answers on the Union's Enlargement Strategy on 8 November.

The three paragraph answer merely said that any state that thinks itself European may apply, but doesn't have to if it doesn't want to. True, but at the same time meaningless: a perfect Parliamentary Answer.Among the candidates it is easy to see why Macedonia, for instance, should argue that its small 2 million population would hardly be noticed among the other 470 million European citizens. Or Croatia should argue that a small amendment to the Treaty of Nice is all that need practically stand between it and accession. Surely there is enough space in the European lifeboat for one more state?

This argument is not easy to resist. Such arguments never are. But resist it we should until we have addressed the fundamental question How big should the EU be? For without answering it we cannot address the wider issue of institutional reform on which further enlargement now hangs.The European Union will meet its 50th anniversary in March next year with institutions designed originally for six states. At the time they provided the fledgling community with a unique model for democratic co-operation based on the rule of law. They have since been strikingly successful. Successive minor reforms enabled the institutions to adapt healthily to 15 states.

Strains of expansion

But we are now at 25 states and shortly 27. The further constitutional reforms deemed necessary to accommodate these states have not been ratified. The strains of expansion are starting to show.If member states can be represented by bricks in a wall, then the more bricks there are the more cement you need to hold them together. If the bricks are the widening of the Union, so the cement represents its deepening. If you simply add bricks without an accompanying measure of cement the whole edifice is at risk of collapse.

Adding more states within the existing structure simply dilutes the existing bonds and reduces the effectiveness of the Union even further. The candidate states need to appreciate this.Yet even if, and it remains a big if, the constitutional treaty is resurrected successfully under the German Presidency next spring and then subsequently ratified (an even bigger if) we shall still be left with the question of how to manage effectively a Union of 40 states.Mr Barroso seems to think that these institutional questions will be resolved shortly. I am confident that the elements are in place for a major breakthrough he told the European Parliament this week. I am not so sure. I suspect that without some resolution of the question of the future size of the EU, there will be no ratification of any constitutional treaty.

Addressing the big question

So what can be done in the meantime? We can begin to address the question of how big the Union should be and how it might be run.

And this debate neither need nor should be confined to the present member states. The march of history is such that it seems unlikely now that the Union will stop short of eventually embracing most states that could possibly be described as European.

Besides the Balkans that will include Turkey, the Ukraine and the Caucasus. President Mikhail Saakashvili who looks far too young to be the President of Georgia expounded his country's eventual EU entry aspirations to the European Parliament this week. But what sort of Union will this be? What sort of government must it have? This is the debate that we need to start.What is certain is that while writing constitutions is relatively easy, persuading a sceptical public to ratify them is somewhat harder. That is not going to happen quickly. Nor must it be allowed to happen by stealth. Institutional reform within the EU will proceed only at the pace the public will allow. And that will be slow.

So where does that leave Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey? These countries need a democratic framework to ensure their stability, a common regulatory structure within which their markets can develop, drivers for the reform of human rights. They need to be members of a community, of a union. This part of the analysis is surely correct and more than correct, pressing.Yet if the EU could recognise the prospect of an eventual membership of 40 or so states, that would immediately create a geographically proximate community, of 13 states, broadly of common economic standing, all working for the same goal of eventual EU entry.

Would this community not benefit from establishing common institutions through which to negotiate with the EU, and others, to drive internal reforms and to provide mutual stability? Such an Eastern European community, that might one day adhere to the existing EU as a bloc, could provide its members with most benefits that they now expect to derive from EU membership. This solution may not be what those countries want most, but it might be the most practical way forward in the short term, both for them and for us. The author is editor of EuropaWorld.

REVELATION 9:3-11
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

NOW THIS MIGHT BE THE BEGGINING OF THESE VERSES,OR THESE MIGHT BE LITERAL LOCUSTS THAT HURT SINNERS. SINCE SATAN IS THE LEADER BEHIND THESE DEMONIC LOCUSTS, I THINK THEY WILL BE LITERAL, ONLY TIME WILL TELL HOW GOD FULFILLS THIS PROPHECY, THROUGH ISRAEL OR THROUGH HIS WORD.

Israel developing bionic arsenal Fri Nov 17, 8:30 AM ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has given the green light for Israel to set up a special office to develop a nanotechnology arsenal.

Yediot Aharonot said that Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres had been told to choose 15 top thinkers to focus on developing futuristic weaponry. The 15 would be selected from within the security establishment, the world of hi-tech and academia.If their projects succeed, they will provide Israel with a response to the various threats from Palestinian rockets, suicide bombers, to long-range missiles and non-convential weapons, the newspaper said Friday.Peres has recently hinted in public lectures at a small number of secret developments, Yediot added, such as pearls of wisdom tiny sensors that can be scattered on enemy territory.

A so-called intelligence wasp or mini drone that can squeeze into narrow alleys, jam communications, photograph intelligence targets and even kill militants, was another, the daily reported.A third project would be anti-suicide bomber sensors that can be installed in public places and apparently able to spot a bomber, based on scent, heat and weight.Israel, along with Britain and the United States, are considered leading countries in the field of nanotechnology research.Following Israel's war in Lebanon this summer, The Guardian newspaper said Peres advocated a new focus on technologies, including miniaturised arms or ... remote-control robots operating on the battlefield.Israel lost around 120 soldiers in its offensive in Lebanon and conflict with Hezbollah, drawing heavy domestic criticism against both its military and political leaders.At least 1,140 Lebanese civilians 30 percent of them children under 12 were killed along with 43 army and police troops in the month-long offensive that ended on August 14, Lebanon's High Relief Committee said.

Tens of Thousands Ascend to Hevron to Relive Biblical History
By Alex Traiman(INN)

Tens of Thousands of Jews will ascend to Hevron for the annual reading of Chayei Sarah, the Torah portion which records the Jewish patriarch Abraham’s purchase of the Cave of the Patriarchs. Each year tens of thousands arrive at the site where the Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah are buried, for the annual reading to retell and relive Biblical history.According to the Torah, Abraham made the purchase in front of a large local community gathering, for an exorbitant price, to serve as the burial ground for his deceased wife Sarah and his Jewish descendants.

Genesis Chapter 23
And the life of Sarah was one hundred years and twenty years and seven years; [these were] the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in Kiryat Arba, which is Hevron, in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to eulogize Sarah and to bewail her. And Abraham arose from before his dead, and he spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger and an inhabitant with you. Give me burial property with you, so that I may bury my dead from before me. And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, Listen to us, my lord; you are a prince of God in our midst; in the choicest of our graves bury your dead. None of us will withhold his grave from you to bury your dead.

And Abraham arose and prostrated himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth. And he spoke with them, saying, If it is your will that I bury my dead from before me, listen to me and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar. That he may give me the Machpelah (double) Cave, which belongs to him, which is at the end of his field; for a full price let him give it to me in your midst for burial property.Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, of all those who had come into the gate of his city, saying, No, my lord, listen to me. I have given you the field, and the cave that is in it, I have given it to you. Before the eyes of the sons of my people, I have given it to you; bury your dead.

And Abraham prostrated himself before the people of the land. And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But, if only you would listen to me. I am giving the money for the field; take [it] from me, and I will bury my dead there.

And Ephron replied to Abraham, saying to him, My lord, listen to me; a [piece of] land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is it between me and you? Bury your dead. And Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, accepted by the merchant.And so the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, facing Mamre, was established (as Abraham's possession). [This included] the field and the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within its entire border around.[It was] to Abraham as a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, in the presence of all who had come within the gate of his city. And afterwards, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, facing Mamre, which is Hevron, in the land of Canaan. And the field and the cave within it were established to Abraham as burial property, [purchased] from the sons of Heth.

The Jewish community of Hevron is relatively small with only 1,000 residents and students living in the city currently populated by 150,000 Arabs. However, at certain times throughout the year, as many as 100,000 Jews arrive in Hevron to visit the celebrated Jewish monument located in the city. We are expecting tens of thousands of Jews to arrive here in Hevron this Shabbat, just several weeks after the conclusion of Sukkot, in which over 100,000 Jews came to the city, according to Jewish community spokesman David Wilder.It shows the tremendous support the Jewish people have for the residents of Hevron, and reaffirms our commitment to live in this Biblical city, Wilder says.Yet with only permanent lodgings for 1,000 Jews, the yearly reading of Chayei Sarah (or the life of Sarah) stretches the limits of the small Jewish community’s hospitality, a trait for which the patriarch Abraham was renowned.

People sleep anywhere and everywhere, Wilder says. The weather is nice, and there will be lots of tents. Plus, literally anyplace there is a space to put a mattress or sleeping bag will be used.The annual Shabbat reading will feature many rabbis and lecturers addressing topics relating to the Torah and the Jewish people. In addition, this weekend is one of the few times during the year the large room memorializing Isaac in the Cave of the Patriarchs will be open to Jewish worshippers. Isaac’s room houses the tunnels which lead several stories down to the underground burial caves. The room is used throughout the year by Muslims as a mosque.

Yet the climax of the Shabbat will be the Torah reading itself, in the exact spot where Biblical history took place approximately 4,000 years ago.While Hevron is often in the news due to security or political concerns, the Hevron community does not expect any incidents at this peaceful annual gathering. The only challenge will be how to get tens of thousands of Jews home safelyfollowing Shabbat, Wilder says.Wilder contends that Hevron is always open throughout the year to every Jew in the world, Anyone that is still able to come for Shabbat is absolutely invited, and whoever cannot make it this year, should begin planning now to be in Hevron this time next year or sometime in between.

Friday, 11/17/06
Separated by faith, clergy bond over Israel
Pastors, rabbis from Nashville tour Holy Land
By ANITA WADHWANI,Staff Writer

They disagree on a multitude of core beliefs, but not this one: the preservation of Israel.A group of Nashville rabbis and evangelical Christian pastors have somewhat different motivations for their budding alliance, which this week has taken them on an unusual joint tour of Christian and Jewish holy sites in Israel.For the Christian pastors, it's their view of Israel and the Jewish people as integral to God's design for Christians and in the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies.For the Jewish rabbis, it's the old Arabic proverb: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Most Jews and rabbis disagree on virtually every social and political agenda with evangelical Christian churches, so it's not a group of like-minded clergy,said Rabbi Mark Schiftan, of The Temple in west Nashville, who organized the trip to Israel.Though we have huge differences in theology and how we perceive one another, the one thing we agree on albeit for very different reasons is this love for the state of Israel.The local alliance of a dozen clergy half of them rabbis, half evangelical Christian pastors mirrors growing support on the part of evangelical Christians for Israel and Jewish acceptance of their new allies. Such alliances have been solidifying for the past decade but have seen renewed growth since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Earlier this week an opinion piece in the Jerusalem Post said the new answer to the future of Israel must be Christian love and support for the Jewish people and the state of Israel.National groups such as the Chicago-based International Fellowship for Christians and Jews and the Christians United for Israel in San Antonio, Texas, have raised millions of dollars for Israel and reached out to evangelical churches to rally support.I think 9/11 accelerated a pre-existing trend in both communities to see each other as allies,said David Brog, executive director of Christians United for Israel. Brog is Jewish.

As the nature of the threat has been more clear and more immediate, we see this trend accelerating. All of a sudden, the theological differences that may exist don't loom as large as they used to.In Nashville, the small group of clergy began meeting a year ago at the behest of Laurie Moore, a lay evangelical Christian who has organized pro-Israel rallies.

To be frankly honest, the rabbis were very apprehensive about having a meeting, Schiftan said. Some Christian faiths have long blamed Jews for killing Jesus, engendering anti-Semitism.But the rabbis who are part of the Nashville Board of Rabbis eventually agreed.At that first meeting, we were sitting in a room with them and one by one (the pastors) made an apology and, coupled with their statements of support of Israel, said they were horrified, embarrassed, ashamed by the things done to the Jewish people, the anti-Semitism that has been done in the name of their faith, Schiftan said. We were very moved.Since then, the group has met monthly to discuss a wide range of topics: gay rights, abortion, the afterlife, the coming of the Messiah subjects on which there was a wide range of views. On the topic of Israel, however, there was consensus.

Nashville pastor Doug Mann said his views on Israel were shaped by biblical prophecies.There are many promises yet to be fulfilled about the destiny of Israel, said Mann, pastor of the Belmont Church, a nondenominational, charismatic church.Schiftan said it was apparent that the Christian pastors had different reasons for their support of Israel than Jews, who have historical, emotional and
family ties to the nation.For much of the evangelical Christian world, a large part but not the only part of their understanding of biblical texts and of biblical prophecy has to do with creating a vehicle for Jews to gather in the land of Israel to herald the Messiah, Schiftan said. Many evangelicals believe the Second Coming is predicated on the existence of Israel.And while that is a noble goal for them, it is not one shared by members of the Jewish community. However, that being said, we're most grateful to that reason and many more for their support of the Jewish people's right to a Jewish homeland.But end-time prophecies are far from the only motivation for Christian evangelicals, Mann said.

I don't want to be a Bible thumper, but in Jeremiah, it basically says that we believers in the word are to declare to the nations that the God of Israel who scattered the Jewish people is the God that would re-gather them, Mann said. The fact that Jewish culture has been scattered worldwide, other cultures annihilated, yet they have been coming back to Israel in unprecedented numbers, is a fact that supports my faith.And there's the Book of Genesis, where it says:The Lord said to Abraham after Lot had parted from him, Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west. All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.That covenant with Abraham giving Israel to the Jewish people is still a sacred covenant that Christians must honor, Moore said.Mann said that evangelical Christians have increasingly rejected replacement theology that teaches that the Christian church is the replacement for Israel in that covenant and that the many promises made to Abraham's descendants in the Bible are fulfilled in the Christian church, not Israel.

Moore and Mann say that despite their evangelical faith, there is no thought of converting Jews. Conversion is not on the table, Mann said. I view Jews differently than other non-Christians. They're God's chosen people. They don't like that sometimes; they say don't call attention that we're God's chosen people, but they are.I guess this is with very tepid watersthat we begin these steps towards one another, Schiftan said.

But the threat against Israel and the threat against the West is both significant and one and the same. And the reality for the Jewish world is that there are no stronger Christian supporters for the state of Israel than the evangelical church.The group returns from Israel on Tuesday.