PROPHECIES 2007

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-Storms wash out New Year parties across Britain. 3-Two dozen towns suffer driest year on record. 4-Lieberman: Israel Should Join NATO and the EU. 5-Host of Issues in Police Minister/Religious-Zionist MKs Meeting. 6-Romania joins European Union. 7-Bulgaria joins European Union. 8-Use of euro spreading to many places outside European Union. 9-German Global Clout Grows as Berlin Heads EU, G8. 10-ECUSA's Future Depends on Leaders' Return to God's Word. 11- News Analysis: In 2007, Expect PA Factions to Wage Civil War. 12-Pope makes New Year's wish for courageous efforts for peace in Holy Land. 13-The Alliance of Civilizations JAN 01,07 FORMING OF A ONE WORLD RELIGION. 14-Christian Culture Analyst Recaps 2006 Church Trends, Future. 15-South Korea's Ban Ki-moon takes the reins of the United Nations. 16-Five new non-permanent members join United Nations Security Council. 17-Prophecies for 2007.

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 = Tue Jan 2 4:14:36 UTC 2007

TUE JAN 02,07
MAP 5.0 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 3.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

MON JAN 01,07
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.5 OREGON
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.6 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 4.8 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
MAP 5.4 CARLSBERG RIDGE
MAP 4.9 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

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.

Storms wash out New Year parties across Britain Mon Jan 1, 6:41 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Severe gales and torrential rain battered Britain on New Year's Eve, forcing the cancellation of a huge street party in the Scottish capital and wrecking celebrations across the country. Organizers said it was not safe to go ahead with the annual Hogmanay event in Edinburgh, billed as one of the world's biggest street parties, leaving up to 100,000 revelers disappointed.

One woman was killed by a falling tree as gales caused havoc over the weekend.This decision was not taken lightly, said Edinburgh Council's Andrew Holmes. Public safety concerns were the most important factor.Outdoor music concerts and firework displays in Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle and Belfast also fell victim to the storms. Winds gusting at up to 80 mph (130 km/h) were considered too dangerous for performers and partygoers.Festivities went ahead as planned in London, where the weather was less severe.An estimated 350,000 people watched the fireworks at the London Eye observation wheel next to the River Thames.There has been atrocious weather around the country, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said. We send our best wishes and goodwill to those who saw their New Year's Eve disrupted.Up to 400,000 people are expected to attend a New Year's Day parade in London.

FAMINE

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine

Two dozen towns suffer driest year on record,January 2, 2007 (The Age)

AT LEAST two dozen Victorian towns have suffered their driest year on record, with figures confirming that every Australian capital apart from Darwin had less rain than normal in 2006.Yet according to an annual weather report to be released by the Bureau of Meteorology tomorrow, the past 12 months nationwide will be remembered as slightly wetter than average.The bureau's 2006 Climate Statement is expected to show that the national average rainfall for the year was about 490 millimetres, slightly up on the long-term average of 472 millimetres.That was due to heavy rain drenching vast areas of remote western and northern Australia. But those downpours did nothing to quench the thirst of major cities and towns, with south-eastern Australia and the area around Perth receiving only a fraction of their normal rain.Responding to decades of water shortages in Perth, Western Australia's water supplier yesterday announced plans to recycle sewage for drinking water. Under a four-year, $38 million trial, 1.5 billion litres of waste water a year would be treated to drinking quality and injected into a groundwater mound to undergo further treatment as it percolated
through the aquifer over several years.

The Water Corporation hopes to start the trial by 2009. It could be expanded to recycle at least 30 billion litres annually as early as 2013. The proposal has the backing of local conservationists and the State Opposition.

While the bureau's annual weather report will not be finalised until this afternoon, new maps and annual rainfall totals for Victoria released yesterday show how badly the drought affected many parts of the state.Towns across Victoria's north-east suffered the most widespread rain losses, with most rainfall-monitoring stations from Benalla south to Sale in Gippsland marking record lows. Several areas hit hard by fires this summer have had their worst year for rain, with Mount Buffalo Chalet receiving only 599 millimetres, down from an average of 1890 millimetres. Its previous record low was 737 millimetres, in 1967.Areas as far apart as Nhill, in the state's far west, Nathalia near Shepparton and the west Melbourne suburb of Altona also reported new lows.While many Melburnians awoke to the welcome sound of rain yesterday, it came too late to boost the city's low annual total of 438 millimetres. That was not a record low, but it was barely two-thirds of the average rainfall of 638 millimetres.

Meteorologists are hopeful the drought in south-east Australia might break by the
middle of this year, but the head of the bureau's National Climate Centre said it would take massive amounts of rain to replenish parched dams and rivers.We'd either need a few years of above average seasons or a huge tropical cyclone coming in and filling the headwaters of the Darling (River) and everything else north of it, Michael Coughlan said.

But if we just get a break like the one we had after the 2002-03 drought, it's not going to be enough to ease water restrictions.Federal parliamentary secretary for the environment Greg Hunt agreed that the findings appeared to match long-term forecasts that climate change would exacerbate droughts in the most populated parts of the country. Whilst no individual year necessarily proves a trend, the key point is that it's consistent with the bureau's advice that over the coming 50 years we are likely to see an increase in rain in northern Australia and a mild decrease in rainfall in south and south-eastern Australia, Mr Hunt said.With SUELLEN JERRARD - http://www.bom.gov.au

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).

THE EU DICTATOR

REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
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: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
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.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
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.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
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.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN
CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
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.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
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:

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) 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 A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) 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 (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, 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.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;
and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

Lieberman: Israel Should Join NATO and the EU
17:08 Jan 01, '07 / 11 Tevet 5767

(IsraelNN.com) Israel's Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman declared Monday that the Jewish State should aim to join NATO and the EU. The political and security goal of the State of Israel for the next month needs to be clear: joining NATO and entering the European Union, Lieberman told Israel Radio in an interview. The war we're fighting in the Middle East is not Israel's war, but the entire free world's [war], and we are standing on the frontlines, he said.On January 1 Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU, further expanding the European Union to 27 countries, 13 of which have currently adoped the Euro as their common currency.

Host of Issues in Police Minister/Religious-Zionist MKs Meeting
By Hillel Fendel (INN) JAN 01,07

NU-NRP Knesset Members will meet with Public Security Minister Dichter Monday afternoon to discuss a series of issues - including Rachel's Tomb, violent policemen, mixed Jewish-Arab areas, and more. Dichter, who served as head of the General Security Service (Shabak) until joining the Kadima party earlier this year, responded affirmatively to the faction's invitation. The National Union-National Religious Party numbers nine MKs, after its two member parties merged before the national elections earlier this year.pictured, left to right: MKs Zevulun Orlev, Effie Eitam, Yitzchak Levy

On the agenda will be five issues:

1-Rachel's Tomb. Now that the entire compound is protected and fortified - many now describe it as a stone fortress, rather than the familiar roadside-and-tree site as it has appeared in countless paintings over the generations the MKs will ask that worshipers be allowed to reach the site freely.

At present, they are forced to take reinforced buses, which arrive infrequently and according to a pre-determined schedule.2-The administrative orders distancing some 20 Yesha men from their homes and families for 3-12 months. The evidence against them is too secret to be publicized, government sources say, and they have therefore been sentenced without trial. The MKs will ask that the orders be withdrawn, or that the men be put on trial.3-The mixed Jewish-Arab cities of Jaffa and Akko. The MKs want Dichter to order the deployment of Border Guard contingents in neighborhoods there that have been plagued of late by Arab violence against Jews.4-Violent policemen. The Knesset Members will ask Dichter to uproot the phenomenon of policemen who are excessively violent and/or do not wear name tags when dealing with nationalist protestors. Dichter will be enjoined to suspend the policemen who, at the Amona incident last year, beat MKs Eldad and Eitam, trampled Yehuda Etzion, and hit children.5-Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount. The police often prevent Jews from praying at this, the most sacred site of the Jewish People, in order to mollify the Arabs who threaten violence. Jewish prayer at the area known as the Small Wall, further north along the Western Wall, is also often restricted.

Romania joins European Union JAN 01,07

BUCHAREST, Romania, Jan. 1 (UPI) Romania's leaders welcomed entry into the European Union Monday as a return to a democratic and peaceful family of Europe. Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said the hoisting of EU flags in the capital
Bucharest and across the nation of 22 million was a historic moment and a reason of joy for the entire Romanian people, the Rompres news agency reported.

This moment has been awaited for 17 years, Tariceanu said in a reference to the December 1989 national uprising that toppled the regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Romanian President Traian Basescu told the nation its accession to the EU is an expression of Romanians' wish to return to a democratic Europe where peace is the first EU rule. Since the downfall of communism, public opinion polls have shown between 60 percent and 80 percent of Romanians support the country's entry to the union, local media said. Romania joined the union along with another Balkan-post-communist country, Bulgaria. In coming months, both countries will be under EU supervision to make sure they continue with judiciary reforms to curb organized crime and corruption.

Bulgaria joins European Union JAN 01,07

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Bulgaria's president hailed his post-communist Balkan country's entry into the European Union Monday as a heavenly moment. President Georgi Parvanov in a nationwide television address said Jan. 1, 2007 will be among the most significant dates in our national history, the Sofia News Agency reported. Parvanov underlined Bulgaria's future success does not depend on EU funds and resources, but on our work. Bulgaria, with a population of 7.7 million, and Romania, with 22 million, Monday became the 26th and 27th members of the European Union. The two Balkan neighbors have entered the union under tough conditions and must report to Brussels every six months about progress in fighting corruption and organized crime. If they fail, Bulgaria and Romania risk losing substantial economic aid. Bulgaria was also told to comply with EU aviation safety standards or its 55 aircraft could be grounded.

Use of euro spreading to many places outside European Union
Slobodan Lekic - December 31, 2006 - 4:43 p.m.

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Slovenia converts to the euro Monday, officially becoming the 13th member of the eurozone - and the first among the European Union's newest members to qualify to use the currency.But at least a half-dozen other European
ministates and territories are using the currency as legal tender - without approval from the European Central Bank.

The euro was introduced five years ago to provide economic cohesion among EU countries. But euros also are in circulation in dozens of countries and overseas territories ranging from the North Atlantic to the Pacific.In Europe, Montenegro, Vatican City and San Marino and the principalities of Andorra and Monaco have used the euro since its inception. And in the UN-occupied Serbian province Kosovo, the euro circulates alongside the Serbian dinar.The European Central Bank has not opposed unilateral euroization by microstates that historically have been linked to the French franc, Spanish peseta or German mark as legal tender.

The ECB does not either encourage nor deter third countries from using the euro, President Jean-Claude Trichet recently declared.Joaquin Almunia, the EU's economic and monetary affairs commissioner, has encouraged countries to adopt the euro as a means of achieving economic stability.The adoption of the euro creates the right conditions for economic prosperity by providing low inflation and low interest rates, he said recently.

It is not uncommon for small countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia to use the currency of a major country - typically, the U.S. dollar.When newly independent East Timor adopted the dollar after seceding from Indonesia in 1999, the U.S. Treasury dispatched planeloads of paper money and tonnes of small-denomination coins to the impoverished Pacific country.However, the rise of the euro has made inroads into the dollar's international dominance.Montenegro, for example, switched to the euro after having adopted the German mark in the 1990s.

German Global Clout Grows as Berlin Heads EU, G8 JAN 01,07

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:Germany's global stature will be bolstered when it takes on both the EU and G8 presidencies.Germany's growing economic, political and military role will be spotlighted in 2007 when Berlin holds the rotating presidencies of both the European Union and the G8 club of industrial nations.Chancellor Angela Merkel takes the reins of the European Union for the first half of 2007, with the main goal of saving the EU's failed constitution and hammering out a new energy security policy for the 27-nation bloc.In addition, as host of the G8 summit at the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm in June, Merkel plans to put financial market transparency, trademark protection and Africa at the top of the agenda for the club of rich nations.This dual role comes at a very historic time in world affairs, said Gary Smith, executive director of the American Academy think tank in Berlin. Germany and especially Chancellor Merkel have a great opportunity to exert leadership and reach concrete goals.

Mighty Germany

Europe's biggest economy has increasingly been flexing its business, diplomatic and even, for peaceful purposes, military muscle since winning back full sovereignty following German reunification in 1990.Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:The European Central Bank in Frankfurt.Germany is at the core of the euro single-currency zone and the European Central Bank is building a huge new headquarters in Frankfurt.Major German corporations have adeptly ridden the wave of globalization and exports have continued to soar during 2006, with the euro hitting near-record highs against the dollar.Even the sometimes euro-skeptical Wall Street Journal was full of praise in a recent commentary.The competition brought on by globalization and the EU's expansion to include 10 new states in 2004 forced a serious restructuring of the corporate sector, the paper said.… Germany Inc. was at the forefront of this mini-revolution.

Diplomacy matters

Diplomatically, Germany began talking about national interests and a German path under former chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who provoked the worst post-war crisis in German-American relations by using his Iraq war opposition to help win his re-election in 2002.Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier presents the German EU presidency program at a press conference This sort of talk -- unthinkable during the Cold War -- has been toned down by current Chancellor Merkel, who nevertheless is sticking to Schröder's calls for Germany to get a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.As the EU's biggest power, Germany already has an upgraded UN status under what is known as P5+Germany: the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany, who are dealing with issues such as the Iranian nuclear crisis.

Military transitions

Germany's military transition is one of the biggest ongoing shifts in the country's global positioning since unification.The Bundeswehr, or federal armed forces, will in coming years be forged into a 35,000-member rapid-reaction force for global operations, backed by a 70,000-member stabilization force for peacekeeping.During the transition, Berlin is acquiring heavy airlift planes capable of taking troops anywhere in the world, while at the same time scrapping hundreds of the formidable Leopard II main battle tanks which once faced off against Warsaw Pactforces.

Reforms, however, are slow moving and, at present, Germany still cannot deploy more than 10,000 soldiers for combat or peacekeeping operations -- despite a total troop strength of over 250,000.

Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Germany is scrapping tanks for planes.The German armed forces are still structured for the Cold War, said Karl-Heinz Kamp, security policy coordinator for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which has close links to Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party.Germany's military was dissolved in 1945 after the Nazi defeat and only recreated in 1955. Throughout the Cold War, German troops were strictly limited to defensive missions within the NATO area.

Modern missions

It was only in 1994 that German troops were given a green light by the country's highest court to take part in combat missions outside the NATO alliance.Since then, there has been a steady growth in the number of German military deployments abroad with bigger and bigger missions.Luftwaffe jets took part in the first German combat operations since 1945 during the 1999 NATO-led war with Serbia to halt ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.

Never again Auschwitz! was how Greens Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer convinced members of his own pacifist party to back the historic deployment.Today about 9,000 German troops are serving on international missions, including with NATO forces in Afghanistan and in the Balkans.The latest German military mission, deploying forces as part of a beefed-up United Nations UNIFIL force in Lebanon, also breaks new ground as Berlin's first Mideast deployment since World War II.Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Germany took the global stage when it hosted the World Cup this summer.But Germany still seeks to keep its troops out of combat zones.Soldiers in Afghanistan are based in the mainly peaceful north and are barred from taking part in fighting in southern Afghanistan with US, British and Canadian forces.In Lebanon, the Germans refused to send ground troops and instead deployed naval forces based off the coast.

Military spending

Another area where German aspirations for a bigger global role clash with reality is financing. Berlin spends less than 1.5 percent of its GDP on the military -- far less than the US, which devotes 3.7 percent of its budget to the armed forces.A far higher proportion of the German military budget goes for personnel costs -- and not for equipment. The Bundeswehr spends 60 percent of its money on personnel -- something's wrong with that, Kamp said.Kamp also worries that the three German ministries responsible for global relations -- defense, foreign and development aid -- have felt the brunt of federal budget cuts.This means that at a time when Germany's foreign responsibility has grown, we cut foreign spending by 50 percent,he said. DW staff / DPA (als)

ECUSA's Future Depends on Leaders' Return to God's Word
Allie Martin JAN 01,07 crosswalk.com

An official with the Institute on Religion and Democracy expects to see the current conflicts within the Episcopal Church in the USA (ECUSA) continue throughout the coming year, including schism over the current liberal leadership and direction of the denomination.This past year, the ECUSA's new presiding bishop, Katherine Jefferts Schori, said Christ was not the only way to get to Heaven.

She also remarked that homosexuals do not choose their behavior (see earlier story). These and other indications of Bishop Schori's biblically unorthodox beliefs have sparked criticism and unease among conservative members of the denomination and within the broader Anglican community.Recently, a group of conservative Episcopal churches in Virginia broke away from the ECUSA. Most of the congregations that left the denomination will now join with the newly established Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA), an affiliate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria.

Faith McDonnell, director of the Religious Liberty Program with the Institute on Religion and Democracy, says the Episcopal Church in the United States is in serious trouble. It's very painful to have this separation, she admits, but we do believe that God will work everything out for good. We don't know what that will be, but we still do hope and pray that there would be revival in the Episcopal Church.McDonnell believes more churches throughout the United States will leave the ECUSA in the coming year.

She sees only one way of slowing or reversing the current trend: the leaders of the Episcopal Church must return to God's Word.There are many wonderful, faithful people within the Episcopal Church who are continuing to stay and trying to bring the faith back into the Episcopal Church, the Institute official observes. But thedenomination itself is making it harder and harder for people, she says.If the denominational leaders do not change their current tack, and there is no change in the denomination's leadership, McDonnell expects the ECUSA will continue to experience schism and continue to hemorrhage members. She is predicting another tumultuous year for the church.Allie Martin is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.AgapePress

News Analysis: In 2007, Expect PA Factions to Wage Civil War
By Gil Zohar (INN) Jan,01,07

Judging by events in the Middle East last year, 2007 promises to be even more dramatic. The following is a year-end series of educated guesses and predictions, with no responsibility taken for their accuracy.

In the Palestinian Authority-controlled Gaza Strip and the Area A parts of Judea and Samaria under its rule, a full-scale civil war is likely to erupt among the local Arabs, with unpredictable consequences.This time around, the talk of brotherhood will likely be finally exposed for the myth it is. Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other assorted terrorist gangs will participate, while outside sponsors such as Iran, Syria, and Jordan will supply the bullets, rockets, money and ill-will.International and American sanctions against Iran and Syria will likely increase, as will defiance by the two nations. Will George Bush unleash an attack on Iran to foil its ambitions to obtain nuclear weapons? Judging by America’s dismal performances in Afghanistan and Iraq, Israel will be left holding the bag forced alone to face an existential threat in which the options are all bad.Damascus and Tehran will team up to destabilize Lebanon by activating their proxy, Hizbullah and their allies - the 400,000 Arabs who left Israel in the 1948 and 1967 wars. The bigger powers will push Israel’s northern neighbor into a second civil war, one likely to be far more vicious than the 15-year conflict that ended in 1990.

Like the PA Arab battle, Lebanon's civil war will attract support and weapons, drawing in Western and Middle Eastern sponsors to supply the country's Christians, Shi’ites, Sunnis, Druze and Armenians. Jihadists, always on the lookout for training spots, also will flock into Lebanon to establish new bases of operations.

In Iraq and Iran — but also in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia, Pakistan, and at least one major country in the Persian Gulf — jihadist Muslim fundamentalists will become the main agenda-setters, emerging from the shadows to dictate the tempo of events, war, and peace.The flow of refugees from Iraq, which now stands at two million, will double. Meanwhile the trickle of educated Arabs leaving the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria will continue to grow, resulting in a brain drain of the region’s best and brightest.In America, a Democratic-controlled Congress will turn the Iraqi mess into
a full-blown tragedy by opposing any proposals advanced by the Bush administration short of a total and immediate withdrawal of American troops. The Americanpopulation will progress toward a total rejection of further overseas involvements.Somalia, which has disintegrated into a vast morass sheltering international jihadist Muslim fundamentalists, will continue its descent into bloody chaos, drawing the Horn of Africa down with it.

The presence of American military personnel already involved in Somalia, as well as the CIA and other semi-military American outfits, will increase with more western advisors to the local army. The flow of weapons to Christian Ethiopia will explode, as will Western satellite and surveillance outposts there. With the Indian Ocean thus wide open, the U.S. Navy and NATO will have to double their presence to block incoming mayhem from the sea.In Israel - which in the summer of 2006 painfully discovered the limits of its military prowess against Hizullah's guerrilla-style warfare in Lebanon - politicians and the military will find that their enemies have been further emboldened.Hamas and Hizbullah rockets aimed inland from Gaza and from Lebanon will test Israel again. Prime Minister Olmert's unwieldy coalition government once more will be pushed to the edge. The government is widely expected to remain in place, but its ability to develop effective responses will be as incomplete and as incompetent in 2007 as it has showed itself to be this year.

More important, PM Olmert and his feckless Defense Minister Amir Peretz ,as well as Israel's entire opposition, will continue to exhibit a shocking lack of vision, failing to put forward a strategy to deal with the tide of Islamic fundamentalists and the consequences of Egypt's failed government. The total collapse of the Palestinian Authority will increase the internal challenge for Israel.On the macro-economic front, the price of oil will continue to slip, as more alternative sources, from coal to oil sands to ethanol, grab a larger share of the world’s markets.The role of Russia as the world's major new supplier of conventional energy now bigger than that of Saudi Arabia - will grow remarkably. Russia is already Europe's main supplier of natural gas, and it is moving to become a major supplier of oil and gas to Asia, as well. Canada, with its endless reserves of oil sands in remote northern Alberta, will join Russia as a major new energy power. The strategic consequences of these two countries' advances for American influence have yet to be calculated by think tanks, NATO, and the OECD.

Where does all this leave the Israeli man in the street? The slight cut on December 31 of the government-set price for gasoline, together with the Bank of Israel’s decision earlier last month to slash interest rates by half a percent to 4.5 % - three quarters of a point below the Federal Reserve Bank’s rate – suggest continued strong growth in the Israeli economy and an ongoing reduction in the unemployment levels.Want some unsolicited investment advice? Park your dollars in Israeli shekels, and watch as the greenback continues to shrink.

Pope makes New Year's wish for courageous efforts for peace in Holy Land
Mon Jan 1, 4:57 AM - By Frances D'Emilio

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict made a New Year's Day wish Monday that people will work courageously for world peace, and especially for a lasting end to the Holy Land's conflict, which he said has dragged on for too long. Benedict in his homily in St. Peter's Basilica during Mass described peace as a gift to invoke with prayer, a task to carry out with courage, without ever tiring.

How can one not turn one's glance yet again to the dramatic situation which characterizes the very land where Jesus was born? the pontiff said, referring to the Holy Land. The Vatican on Jan. 1 celebrates World Peace Day. How can one not implore with insistent prayer, that also in that region the day of peace arrives as soon as possible, the day in which the conflict which has been going on for too much time is definitely resolved? Benedict asked in his homily. A peace accord, to be lasting, must be based on respect for the dignity and rights of every person, the pontiff added. Noting that many ambassadors to the Holy See were attending the Mass, Benedict said: The wish that I formulate before the representatives of nations present is that the international community unite their efforts so that in God's name, a world can be built in which the essential rights of man are respected by all, the pontiff added. The pontiff said injustice and violence threatened peace and that "the danger of terrorism disturbs the serenity of peoples.

The Alliance of Civilizations JAN 01,07 FORMING OF A ONE WORLD RELIGION.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has launched an initiative, co-sponsored by the Prime Ministers of Spain and Turkey, for an Alliance of Civilizations. The initiative responds to a broad consensus across nations, cultures and religions that all societies are interdependent, bound together in their development and security, and in their environmental, economic and financial well-being.

The Alliance seeks to forge collective political will and to mobilize concerted action at the institutional and civil society levels to overcome the prejudice, misperceptions and polarization that militate against such a consensus.

And it hopes to contribute to a coalescing global movement which, reflecting the will of the vast majority of people, rejects extremism in any society.Events of recent years have exacerbated mutual suspicion, fear and misunderstanding between Islamic and Western societies. This environment has been exploited by extremists throughout the world.Only a comprehensive coalition will be able to avert any further deterioration of relations between societies and nations, which could threaten international stability. The Alliance seeks to counter this trend by establishing a paradigm of mutual respect between civilizations and cultures.To guide this initiative, the Secretary-General, in consultation with the co-sponsors, has established a High-level Group (HLG) of eminent persons.

Terms of Reference for High-level Group
http://www.unaoc.org/repository/Terms%20of%20Reference%20for%20HLG.pdf

Official statements - Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs - English
http://www.unaoc.org/repository/statement_foreign_ministry_english.pdf

Joint Declaration of Prime Ministers of Spain and Turkey on Middle East Crisis
http://www.unaoc.org/repository/6071Joint%20Declaration%20of%20Prime%20Ministers%20of%20Spain%20and%20Turkey%20on%20Middle%20East.pdf

Christian Culture Analyst Recaps 2006 Church Trends, Future
Fred Jackson JAN 01,2007

Christian researcher George Barna has outlined what he considers his most significant findings for 2006. Among these is his assessment that, although large majorities of the public claim to be deeply spiritual and say that their religious faith is very important in their life, only 15 percent of those who regularly attend a Christian church ranked their relationship with God as their top priority.Barna, who has been conducting national public opinion surveys and cultural analysis for 25 years, notes that even clergy have to compete for people's attention and acceptance in contemporary American society. One of the reasons that the Christian faith is struggling to retain a toehold in people's lives, he contends, is because even the highest-profile leaders of the faith community have limited resonance with the population.According to the researcher, the latest survey statistics suggest Christians may be more attuned to matters of culture and entertainment than to matters of faith. People pay attention to what they deem important, he says. These figures may be another indicator that millions of Christians invest more of their mental energy in cultural literacy than in biblical literacy.

Barna's recent studies also found that the notion of personal holiness has slipped out of the consciousness of the vast majority of Christians. According to his research group's findings, while just 21 percent of adults consider themselves to be holy, by these respondents' own admission, large numbers have no idea what holiness means and only one out of every three believe that God expects people to become holy.In contrast, however, to this apparent spiritual decline, the researcher also found that there is a group he calls Christian Revolutionaries who are growing in number. He says they are the type who show a great interest in things such as personal Bible study and spiritual mentoring. Also, he notes, individual Christians' involvement in house churches is rapidly growing.

In his year-end review, Barna describes what he sees as three general spiritual patterns that are likely to gain prominence in the coming years. The first of these, he says, is diversity: along with new forms of spiritual leadership and expressions of faith, he predicts that ecumenism will expand as the emerging generations pay less attention to doctrine and more attention to relationships and experiences.The second prediction from the head of Barna Research has to do with what he calls bifurcation. He expects to see a widening gap between the intensely committed and those who are casually involved in faith matters. The difference, Barna says, will become strikingly evident between those who make faith the core of their life and those who simply attach a religious component onto an already mature lifestyle.Barna's third prediction deals with the use of media. He says new technologies will significantly reshape how people experience and express their faith, as well as the ways in which they form communities of faith.

Read Barna's complete report on his Significant Religious Findings of 2006 - AgapePress
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&BarnaUpdateID=252

South Korea's Ban Ki-moon takes the reins of the United Nations JAN 01,07

UNITED NATIONS Today is the first day on the job for the new U-N secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon (bahn kee moon) of South Korea.The 62-year-old career diplomat has promised to make peace with North Korea a top priority.In a speech after taking his oath of office in December, Ban said he will work to build "a more peaceful, more prosperous and more just world for succeeding generations.He said his first priority would be to restore trust in the United Nations. Its reputation has been battered by the oil-for-food scandal in Iraq, corruption in the world body's purchasing operations and sexual abuse by U-N peacekeepers.Associated Press.

Five new non-permanent members join United Nations Security Council JAN 01,07

United Nations, Jan 1: South Africa, Indonesia, Italy, Belgium and Panama today joined the UN Security Council as non-permanent members for a two year term.The new members replaced Tanzania, Japan, Denmark, Greece and Argentina, which completed their two-year term yesterday.

The composition of the Council for 2007 is the United States, Britain, Russia, France, China (permanent members), Peru, Congo, Qatar, Ghana and Slovakia, South Korea, Indonesia, Italy, Belgium and Panama (non-permanent members).Peru, Congo, Qatar, Ghana and Slovakia will complete their term this year end. South Korea, Indonesia, Italy, Belgium and Panama will remain on the council until the end of 2008.The Council comprises 15 members including five permanent and ten non-permanent members. Five of the non-permanent members retire each year.The non-permanent members are elected on regional basis by the 192-member General Assembly.Panama was the compromise candidate from Latin American and Caribbean group following failure of the group to decide between Guatemala and Venezuela. --- PTI

I Don't know any of these Pastors,prophets but we will see if they come to Pass.

Prophecies for 2007
Monday | January 1, 2007 Jamaica

1. (Numbers chapter 10) God is calling both the leaders and the assembly to gather and move - time is short.

2. God is calling the church to gather, equip and send.

3. God is going to shake the nation of Jamaica; He is calling the nation into repentance.

4. God is calling His people to seek Him as never before.

5. The cry of the nation, Jamaica, has come up before God. He shall judge the leaders (political and church) of Jamaica, as the cry of the poor has come up before God.

6. Six mighty men around the world - God will be taking them down.

7. Three nations will suffer great distress.

8. Pray for India, China, Russia, Spain, U.S.A., England, Canada, Netherlands, Greece and Africa (danger ahead).

9. Time of lamentation is coming upon the earth.

10. God is asking: Where are the tithes and offering that we have robbed Him (accountability)?

11. God will judge those who waste the resources of the land.

12. Many businesses will be shut down and mergers will take place (banking, communication and insurance industry). Because of low profit margins, many businesses will be closing.

13. Those that refuse to tithe, many of them will lose their houses through foreclosure.

14. There will be a serious confusion in the real estate business.

15. Serious management changes in order to find solutions and many jobs will be lost.

16. There will be a stir in the telecommuni- cations, pharmaceutical and financial sectors; Many of the small companies will rise.

17. Confusion in the weather patterns.

18. God is warning His prophets to repent.

19. God's wrath is upon Jamaica, He is calling the nation to repentance. God has sent many to warn the present and the former Prime Ministers to call the nation into repentance but they have not yielded. Solutions have been given to government and church leaders and they have refused to accept them and have turned their backs. God is about to judge.

20. The central bank of Jamaica will make their staff redundant and there will also be a scandal.

21. Many will starve worldwide because of the adverse economic conditions.

22. There is too much competition in the body of Christ.

23. Disaster will hit California, Turkey, Mexico, Mozambique, Malaysia, and Chile. There is a plan to assassinate an Asian Prime Minister.

24. The Lord is calling His people to wake up from their deep sleep.

25. The Lord says any day the U.S.A. turns against Israel, God will turn away from them.

26. A time of mourning is coming upon the nations if they don't repent.

27. An incurable disease will sweep across the land if they do not repent.

28. Disaster will hit The Bahamas if they do not repent. God is angry with them.

29. A climate change will hit France; they have never seen anything like that before.

30. Japan and Mexico - God's hand will be heavy upon them.

31. A time of outpouring coming for the faithful.

32. Jamaica will discover oil and other hidden treasures.

33. A change in the economy and the security forces will take place in Jamaica.

34. Bloodshed will be hitting the North, pray for the North.

35. The latter will be greater; The Lord will work with the second birth, not Ishmael, but Isaac.

36. God is calling His people to stop worshipp-ing the building and worship Him.

37. Disaster in the sea.

38. A massive explosion shall come from the East.

39. There will be a massive fire.

40. A number of churches will be shut down. God says His house will be a house of prayer and not a den of thieves.

41. There shall be a woman president in the U.S.A.

42. Great hardship is coming; every nation will need to stand on its own. None will be able to help each other. America will need to stockpile seven years of food and water.

43. America needs to seek the apostles and prophets in order to help the nation; serious hardship is coming.

44. Watch March 19.

45. A time is coming when people will be afraid to eat meat; a lot of lives will be lost if Jamaica's Ministry of Health doesn't tighten up and be vigilant.

46. Pray against terrorism involving three of our aircraft.

47. Water will rise in St. Elizabeth, St. Ann, Clarendon, St. Mary, St. Thomas and Portland.

48. Pray against heavy bloodshed in the next election.

49. There will be major political and religious deception. Christians and prophets will hold their heads in shame.

50. God is going to visit Jamaica House.

Apostle Steve Lyston, Prophetess Michelle Lyston, Prophetess Bishop Doris Hutchinson, Prophet Edwards, Prophetess Marsha, Prophetess Sophia and Prophet Roberto.