2007 A PROPHETIC 40 YEAR CYCLE

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Strong earthquake shakes Mexico, no injuries. 3-Snow, strong winds close N.S. schools. 4-Powerful winds wreak havoc across Los Angeles. 5-The Nation's Weather. 6-Arlene Kushner in Israel. 7-Peres: Invest in the Sea, not Judea/Samaria. 8-8 catastrophes we should be worried about. 9-Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 10-Olmert and Abbas plan Sunday discussion. 11-Re-discover real Jesus, Pope urges in new book. 12-Breaking News: More Than 20 young Israelis Make Confession of Faith at Boombamela New Age Festival. 13-Thousands of Jews Visit Tombs of Joshua, Calev. 14-2007 a prophetic year?

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 = Fri Apr 13 10:00 AM EDT

APR 13,2007
MAP 3.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.0 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 2.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.0 KEPULAUAN SANGIHE, INDONESIA
MAP 5.5 KEPULAUAN SULA, INDONESIA
MAP 5.4 GUERRERO, MEXICO
MAP 2.5 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 6.0 GUERRERO, MEXICO
MAP 4.4 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.8 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.9 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 4.7 KURIL ISLANDS

APR 12,07
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 3.3 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.7 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.1 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.1 VANUATU
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.6 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
MAP 4.6 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.0 SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 4.1 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.8 TONGA
MAP 2.6 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.9 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.5 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.1 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.1 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.4 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.9 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 3.0 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 3.2 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 4.6 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 TARAPACA, CHILE
MAP 3.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA

Strong earthquake shakes Mexico, no injuries By Gerardo Torres
Fri Apr 13, 5:20 AM ET

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.0 shook Mexico early on Friday, sending thousands of tourists in Acapulco fleeing into the streets in panic and knocking out electricity as far away as the capital.

There were no immediate reports of injuries from the quake, centered in the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero.Oh man, we felt it. We jumped out of bed and went into the garden. I was fast asleep. It really shook. Things fell off shelves, said Acapulco resident Anna Archdale de Palazuelos.Tourists, many of them in nightgowns and pajamas, were evacuated from their hotels in Acapulco, where 20,000 homes lost electricity.Power also went down in some areas of Mexico City, which was devastated by a 8.1 magnitude earthquake in 1985 that killed around 10,000 people.

We were in the house sleeping. It woke us up. My girlfriend heard a noise like thunder, said Mexico City resident Adan Gutierrez.Inhabitants in the capital's central Tlatelolco district, badly hit 22 years ago, swarmed out into a main square. Mexican radio said the windows of some homes there were broken.Friday's quake hit at 12:42 local time (05:42 GMT) and was centered 40 miles northwest of Acapulco, the biggest city in Guerrero and home to around a million people.Fire services in the city rushed out to check for damage. Authorities in the state capital Chilpancingo said they had no reports of serious damage or injuries.An aftershock was felt in Mexico City about three hours later, which the U.S. Geological Survey said was magnitude 5.4. It was centered close to the first tremor.Emergency services in the capital and in Acapulco both said there were no reports of injuries or damage.
(Additional reporting by Catherine Bremer and Adriana Barrera in Mexico City and Diane Bartz in Washington)

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.

Snow, strong winds close N.S. schools
Friday, April 13, 2007 CBC News

Schools are closed in northern and central Nova Scotia on Friday as winter returns to the region once again.A snowfall warning is in effect, and some areas can expect more than 15 centimetres of snow.

Environment Canada says a low-pressure system is moving south of the province, bringing wet snow, rain and wind gusts of up to 90 km/h along the southwestern shore.The snow is expected to hit Cape Breton by noon.The Chignecto-Central Regional School Board closed all of its schools for the day and the Nova Scotia Community College campus in Truro is also shut down.Motorists are being urged to drive with caution.Just last weekend, Nova Scotians were shovelling out of a storm that dumped snow and ice pellets as it swept across Eastern Canada.

Powerful winds wreak havoc across Los Angeles Thu Apr 12, 7:29 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Powerful winds wreaked havoc across Los Angeles on Thursday, fanning brush fires near one of the city's most exclusive neighborhoods and knocking out power to thousands of homes, officials said. One multi-million dollar home was completely gutted and three more suffered damage, one severely, after a wind-whipped fire erupted near Beverly Hills, fire officials said, while around 76,000 households suffered power cuts.The fire tore through around 35 acres (14 hectares) of tinder-dry brush, driven by winds in excess of 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Ron Myers told local broadcaster KCAL 9.

Television footage showed one large house in the upscale Beverly Glen district next to Beverly Hills completely destroyed by the blaze, which broke out at around 1:00 pm local time (2000 GMT).We have two homes with serious damage while two more have suffered what looks like roof damage at this stage, Myers said.Around 200 firefighters had been deployed to tackle the fire, with aerial support from helicopters which dumped water on the flames.There were no immediate reports of any injuries.

Meanwhile local power companies said thousands of homes had suffered outages because of the winds, which also toppled several large trees across Los Angeles and shrouded the city's downtown skyline in clouds of dust.The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said around 63,000 customers across the city were without power, while Southern California Edison officials put their figure at around 13,000.Most are due to the wind, LADWP spokeswoman Gale Harris said.

The Nation's Weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press
APR 13,07

Forecasters predicted severe thunderstorms from central Texas to the Mississippi Delta, and more snow and rain in the Northeast on Friday. Clear skies were expected in much of the West. Thunderstorms packing hail, high wind and possible tornados were expected from around Waco, Texas, into parts of Louisiana and Arkansas.In the Northeast, snow and rain were expected, with potentially heavy snow in parts of New England.In the West, pleasant weather was expected in most of the region.But in the Northwest, a Pacific storm was expected to push into Puget Sound, bringing cloudy skies and rain to parts.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Thursday ranged from a low of 3 degrees at Yellowstone, Wyo., to a high of 89 degrees at Death Valley, Calif.

April 12, 2007 Arlene Kushner in Israel

As I report on what is happening in this part of the world, it is almost always implicit (sometimes I state it explicitly) that nothing is written in stone, that it hasn't happened until it's happened, that things might change tomorrow.

Today I have further information -- as the situation slips and slides -- on the prisoner exchange for Shalit and Israel's assessment of Hamas. The Israeli defense establishment is now expressing concern that Hamas is on the verge of splitting into three factions. This turn of events might jeopardize the Shalit deal and have an effect on future relations with the PA.

The three factions:

First is the one led by Khaled Mashaal, in Damascus, who has lowered his profile at the moment. His goal is the take-over of the PLO. Hamas's joining of the PLO was part of the deal at Mecca and something that Abbas has been advancing for some time. It renders a bit ludicrous the notion that Abbas can negotiate with us as head of the PLO and not head of the PA, which is tainted by Hamas. I understand that Mashaal's plans for the PLO down the road include canceling of all agreements with
Israel.Mashaal's current attempt to make it appear as if he has moderated is no more than a devious plot, intelligence warns. His ultimate goal is to become, like Arafat, the supreme Palestinian leader. In reality he has not modified or abandoned his radical, anti-Israel stance. I don't know if he's as slippery as Arafat was, or as innovative (Arafat in his time did things like run a terrorism school and do counterfeiting). But in terms of pure malice and evil, he is, I would say, a match.

Second is a group called the rejectionists, who believe that the coalition with Fatah in the unity government was a betrayal of Hamas principles. They are in-your-face radicals without pretense.

Led by former interior minister Said Siam, former foreign minister Mahammoud Zahar, and former Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri, they have the backing of many in the armed wing of Hamas, Izaddin Kassam and are spearheading a revolt against positions taken by Mashaal and Haniyeh. The third faction is being labeled as the most radical of the three, which says quite a bit when you consider who the others are. They are located in Gaza and led by one Ahmed Jaabri, who is believed to have carried out the abduction of Shalit. It is this group, reportedly, that drafted the list of prisoners whose release are being demanded in exchange for Shalit. It appears then that this group is calling the shots at some level -- for, as I understand it, the request for the release of these prisoners went from Hamas officially to the Egyptians. At a substantial level, Haniyeh's hands are tied. And if his hands are tied, Abbas is tied hands and feet.

THIS STORY IS INTERESTING BELOW BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THE DICTATOR OF THE EU COMES FROM THE SEA (OF NATIONS AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN).

REVELATION 13:1-3,7-9,16
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

Peres: Invest in the Sea, not Judea/Samaria
by Hillel Fendel (INN) APR 12,07

At a conference entitled The Sea as an Economic Resource, Shimon Peres says Israel should stop investing in Jude and Samaria and build artificial islands in the Mediterranean instead. The conference, which opened yesterday (Wednesday) in the seaside town of Mikhmoret, north of Netanya, deals with opportunities and threats presented by the sea. Topics on the agenda include pollution of the sea and coasts, the economic potential of the sea for Israel, and more. The conference is sponsored by the Ruppin Academic Center. In his remarks, Vice Premier Shimon Peres said, The State of Israel has a narrow waistline [less than ten miles between Netanya and Tul Karem, for instance - ed.]... Israel has invested some 60 billion shekels in the territories [Judea, Samaria and Gaza]. Instead of this, we must invest in the sea, and stretch our western border in that direction by building artificial islands.

It was Peres who, as Minister of Defense in the mid-1970's, approved the establishment of the first Jewish communities, Kedumim and Elkanah, in Samaria. He has since become very anti-settlement. Some view with irony his remarks about investing in the sea, especially in light of his well-known position in favor of a New Middle East and well-known Arab threats to throw the Jews into the sea.
Peres' support for artificial islands, though not a lone voice, is also controversial. Plans to build an international airport a quarter-mile offshore from north Tel Aviv are currently being discussed by an inter-ministerial committee. Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai and Transportation Minister Sha'ul Mofaz recently agreed to proceed with plans on between one and five such islands along the central Israel
coast between Bat Yam and Netanya as a way of alleviating central Israel's land shortage problem.

However, environmental groups such as the Israel Union for Environmental Defense (IUED) say that the idea gravely threatens the future of Israel's tranquil Mediterranean waters and sandy beaches. Before the airport-island scheme gains irreversible momentum, IUED urges full exploration of terrestrial alternatives, including direct development costs, environmental impacts, and feasibility of rail transport links to population centers.

Other participants at the Mikhmoret conference include water industry experts, environmentalists, and more. Conference Chairman Buki Oren, a former Chairman of Israel's official Mekorot Water Company, said, There is enough water in the world to supply all its needs; the challenge is to know how to use it wisely and develop appropriate technologies. He said that Israel must take the lead in raising international awareness regarding the use and preservation of water resources. Environmentalist businessman Morris Kahn had criticism both for companies that pollute and for the Environment Ministry's lackluster efforts to enforce ecological regulations. Personal responsibility must beimposed on companies and their directors that pollute the environment and the sea, Kahn said. He added that the Minister of Environment is frequently a politician who never really wanted the job in the first place, noting that the late Yehudit Naot of Shinui was an exception to this rule.

SINS OF PEOPLE

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

DECIEVERS WAXING WORSE AND WORSE.

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

SCOFFERS MOCKING CHRISTS LITERAL 2ND COMING TO EARTH BODILY.

2 PETER 3:3-7
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

LETHARGY AND INDIFFERENCE AMONG GODS PEOPLE.

REVELATION 3:14-16
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

MORE SIN SIGNS

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

HOMOSEXUALS.

GENESIS 19:5
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

ROMANS 1:18-32
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:(HOMOSEXUALITY,AND ALL SEX SINS)
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:(LESBIENS)
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly,(SODOMITES) and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.(AIDS ETC)
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS

REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.

REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries (DRUGS), nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

UNRIGHTEOUS PEOPLE.

TITUS 3:5
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

SEX SINS

1 CORINTHIANS 6:9,14-18
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

GALATIONS 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

ALL THESE SINS ABOVE ARE SURE NOT OBEYING THE 10 COMMANDMENTS LIKE GOD TOLD THE WORLD TO DO. THATS WHY THE JUDGEMENTS ON THE EARTH FOR NOT OBEYING THE 10 COMMANDMENTS (NOT 10 SUGGESTIONS)

8 catastrophes we should be worried about
April 12, 2007 - 1:00 a.m. Eastern - By W. F. Walker Johanson WND

There sure is a lot of talk about how global warming is about to destroy the planet! And how, if we don't stop driving our SUVs – and go back to living by candlelight – we'll all be dead within the next 20 years. (Just ask your children; that's what they probably already believe.) But I'd like to propose that there are much worse catastrophes we really should be worried about. Here is my list of the Top 8:

Catastrophe No. 1 – Parents who abdicate their responsibilities

It's stunning to me how few children ever do their homework. What are parents thinking? Don't they know that doing your homework and getting good grades is a valid indicator of future success and happiness? Why do so many parents allow their children to watch so much TV, dress like thugs, disrespect their teachers (and the parents, themselves) and swear so vulgarly? And why do they drive them all over town to play multiple sports … when most haven't read a single book in the past year?

No TV during the week; sit-down meals at home with Mom and Dad to discuss what's going on in each other's lives; more focus on reading, homework and family than on TV, sports, and the Internet; a little leadership to keep children away from bad influences and the wrong crowd would all do wonders to help reverse this national catastrophe.

Catastrophe No. 2 – No at-home moms and no dads at all

I know it's old-fashioned (and home prices really are so outrageously high that you just have to have both parents working) but the sad truth is that ever since moms went back to work, families have gone to hell. And it's families that keep every civilization functioning smoothly. Research has proven that children in families get better grades, have higher graduation rates, drink less alcohol, go to college more, get in trouble less and so on. And where crime is out-of-control it's usually where there are no dads, just lots of moms getting pregnant out-of-wedlock. And all of the attempts to re-define the family as one with two moms or two dads, or with parents who aren't married to each other, is just a feeble attempt to bring credibility to relationships that do not generate the societal advantages of traditional families. Is this a catastrophe? Indeed! And it's way more important than global warming!

Catastrophe No. 3 – Pornography, free sex and pedophilia

Just think about it for a minute … if sex were totally free and readily available, why would men ever choose to get married? This is just one of the many reasons why all major civilizations have always frowned upon promiscuous sex and have taught the next generation that the happiest, most honorable and best place for sex is between a man and a woman who love each other, get married and raise their own children – together – as part of a real family. Families keep civilizations together, and sex keeps husbands in families. Once sex became easily available – in magazines, in movies, on videos, over the phone, in men's rooms, at school – and women just went along with it because no one taught them that it was wrong to have sex outside of marriage – then the compelling draw for men to want to get married was gone. This is too bad. Just think of all the heartbreak this catastrophe has caused. (And we can all remember how disgusting it was to have some older person make sexual advances toward us when we were younger. There's a reason we felt that way. It wasn't just a different sexual orientation; it was wrong.)

Catastrophe No. 4 – Crime and drug use

Probably half of all local TV news is about crime in our cities and neighborhoods. How can this be? And how can we be so blasé in shrugging our shoulders at this tsunami of criminal behavior? There are reasons why crime is so prevalent. Young men are being raised by unwed working (or welfare) moms (or grandmas) who are unable to exert any control over them. They flunk out of school; they get caught up in the drug and youth gang worlds; they have to steal to buy drugs; they have to use guns to defend themselves from other thugs; and (if we're lucky) they wind up in prison, where they just hang-out with even more hardened criminals. Is this a catastrophe that's perhaps more urgent than global warming? Ask the victims of these criminals. They'll tell you which is more important.

Catastrophe No. 5 – Profanity and pop culture

I find it fascinating that the black community gets up-in-arms over a popular comedian's use of the six-letter N-word (when many in their own communities use it all the time), and the liberal gay community gets so indignant over Ann Coulter's use of the six-letter F-word, but no one seems to care that the four-letter F-word is used in nearly every sentence by certain high school students, is used regularly by Hollywood celebrities in movies and comedy skits, is blasted over the radio in many popular songs, and even appears in many of the articles in the upscale New Yorker magazine. I don't ever use this word. It's a vulgarism that merely indicates one's vocabulary, upbringing and education have really been lousy. Is our tolerating its use a sign of an enlightened civilization, or of a depraved one? You choose. And how have we arrived at the current situation where pop-culture elevates all that's bad and denigrates all that's good. Might this be another catastrophe worth worrying about?

Catastrophe No. 6 – The pitiful education Americans receive

I know it's funny when Jay Leno does his Jaywalking man-on-the-street interviews, and when Sean Hannity sends Flipper out to interview young people to expose how little they know about what's really going on the world, but then again it's really not all that funny, is it? America's youth are getting a pitiful education – from elementary school all the way through college. And it's not because there aren't thousands of great teachers trying to make it work. It's because many students put in zero effort, have parents who defend their slacker behavior (and who are quick to criticize the school but slow to criticize their own children), and that the curriculum is so laden-down with politically correct side-issues that the education students got in Thomas Jefferson's day was much more robust than what they get today.

Frankly, it's pitiful that so many young people aren't learning how to read (or to love reading) or how to write, including the basics of good grammar and communication skills so important to getting a good job and living a productive and happy life.

And the caliber of history education – both American and world history – is so poor that more than half of all Americans really don't know that America was the world's first true democracy and is still the Beacon of Freedom and Hope for oppressed people all around the world. Rather, they're often being taught that we're the cause of all of the world's problems (such as global warming, for example), and that socialist, communist and totalitarian regimes have just as much legitimacy and credibility as does the West. How totally absurd!

(And we'll have to save it for another column to discuss the quality of education as it relates to science, math, basic economic principles, finance, job-skills training, etc.)

Catastrophe No. 7 – The America-haters in the news media and Hollywood

Before the hippie Sex Revolution of the Vietnam War era, it used to be that our newspaper and TV reporters were proud Americans, who felt it their duty to report on the horrors our enemies were inflicting upon poor, innocent victims around the world. But consider what's happened since. Now, our mainstream news media see the enemies of America as being on an equal plane with us (except for those nations the press considers superior to us). The Bill of Rights ensures that we have a free press, but what the founders thought that meant is a far cry from what the current media think. The founders meant that the press would be free from government control. But the media see it as giving them the freedom to side with our enemies (whose media, I remind you, are government controlled).

Rather than being objective between the opposing political parties in the U.S., our media think it's their role to be objective critics – not between opposing political parties within America, but between us and our enemies outside of the country. This anti-Americanism is preposterous, and it's a topic Rush Limbaugh reiterates over and over again (thank goodness). But it's what gives the media the freedom to criticize our treatment of POWs at Guantanamo Bay, while not criticizing the treatment (murder) of suicide bombing victims by Islamo-fascists in Iraq. In this way, our own mainstream media are actually complicit in the defeat it hopes America will receive. And, unfortunately, we have a passive electorate that just believes whatever the media claim and seems to have an inability to ever make a judgment between right and wrong – which, of course, opens the door for the bad guys to win.

Catastrophe No. 8 – Liberal Democrats who seem incapable of recognizing 'good' from 'evil'

And speaking of bad guys, why is it that Democrats seem so incapable of recognizing a bad guy when confronted with one? When a thug gets hurt in the process of committing a crime, somehow it's the police's fault.

When a pedophile sexually abuses young boys at Scout camp, somehow it's the BSA's fault for not permitting gay scoutmasters. When parents complain about foul language in school library books, somehow it's the parents who are wrong for wanting to censor the school's right to put foul-language books in their taxpayer-funded libraries. Somehow Christians – who espouse love thy neighbor and being kind and generous to those in need – are the dangerous religious zealots, while the Islamo-fascists – who espouse killing all Jews and non-Muslims – are considered members of the religion of peace. Democrats seem to feel that if we would just treat our enemies nicer – and listen to their legitimate grievances – they would stop hating us. Try this approach on any bully you know and he'll just laugh hilariously, while he continues to beat you to a pulp. What an embarrassingly naïve Neville Chamberlain approach. Perhaps the catastrophe of not recognizing who the bad guys really are will bring the world to an end sooner than the time frame projected for global warming. Which catastrophe do you think is the more imminently dangerous? So there you have it:

Eight catastrophes that we really should be worried about. And if you wonder where global warming comes in on my list, it's just below slow drivers in the fast lane!

Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (JOHN 1:29)

Happy Passover!

Even before I knew Yeshua as my Messiah, Passover was my favorite Jewish holiday.

My family would gather around a festive table for the Seder (holiday meal). With all of my cousins at the table, the story of Passover would be told from the Haggadah (a book), explaining the story of Moses and the Exodus. How the Jewish people were in slavery in Egypt. Moses confronting Pharaoh and the 10 plagues, how the firstborn was spared by the blood of the lamb, and how God parted the Red Sea and delivered the Jewish people from slavery and bondage in Egypt. This year Passover is from April 3-10.

In 1987 at Passover, as a university student, I accepted Yeshua (Jesus) through studying the Messianic prophecies. Passover took on a whole new meaning for me! All those scriptures about Passover and the sacrificial lamb made sense to me. Passover is revealed in many Messianic prophecies and this will be fully explained when our Messianic Prophecy Bible is completed. The prophecies are everywhere. But what I find so amazing is how God's fulfillment of prophecy is so perfect down to the hour! There is absolutely no way that this could be a coincidence!

Part of the biblical Passover practice was that the lamb, which would be used for the Passover, was to be set aside on the 10th day of the month of Nissan. It was then to be tested until the 14th day to be certain it was without spot or blemish before it was killed. Yeshua as the Passover Lamb was also set aside on the 10th day of the Nissan, because it was on this day that He entered Jerusalem, fulfilling the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9. The true significance of His triumphal entry was that on this occasion Yeshua set Himself aside as the Passover Lamb. From the 10th day until the 14th day of Nissan, Yeshua was tested by the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Scribes, and the Herodians. By answering all of their objections and questions, Yeshua (the Lamb of God) clearly showed that He was without spot and without blemish.

He was later crucified at nine o'clock in the morning and at exactly the same time, the special

Passover animal (lamb or he-goat) sacrifice was offered in the Temple compound. Just as the Jewish leaders were very careful that not a single bone of the Passover lamb was broken, John 19:36 points out that not a single bone of Yeshua was broken either, during His scourging, the crucifixion itself, nor by the Roman soldiers who always broke the victim's legs. Messianic Jews celebrate this good news at Passover, with the recognition that the blood placed on the tops and sides of the doorframes in Egypt was none other than a foreshadowing of the blood Yeshua would shed 1500 years later, which would cover mankind from all of their sins. But what breaks my heart, is that this year 14 million Jewish people worldwide will celebrate Passover in their homes with family and friends who are gathered around the table for the Seder meal, retelling the story of Passover. However, no one has a clue as they read about God's deliverance in Egypt that the Passover lamb has been fulfilled in Yeshua!

Even though the Jewish people are known as the People of the Book, most know little, if anything, about the Messianic prophecies. The rabbis do not investigate or discuss the Messianic prophecies, and they ignore what Moses says: . . without the blood atonement, there is no redemption of sin.

Leviticus 17:11. What began at the first Passover was later fulfilled by Yeshua, once and for all! Our people must hear this good news and the Messianic Prophecy Bible will provide this life-changing truth in a way Jewish people can relate to and understand.

Moses stood up to Pharaoh saying: Let my people go! so that the Jewish people would be freed from bondage and they could worship God in freedom. Today Moses is not here, but you are -- so I'm asking you to please take a stand for the Jewish people so that they can be delivered from eternal death and be set free by knowing Yeshua the Passover Lamb, who gives freedom and eternal life.

Your brother in Messiah's love,
Zev Isaacs Messianic Prophecy BIBLE Project

Olmert and Abbas plan Sunday discussion By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer Fri Apr 13, 7:23 AM ET

JERUSALEM - A meeting Sunday between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will include a general discussion of a future Palestinian state, Palestinian and Israeli officials said Friday, but is not expected to yield dramatic results. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the two leaders would discuss the political horizon at the Sunday meeting, the first in a series of biweekly meetings that Olmert and Abbas agreed to hold at the prodding of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.Specifically, they will probe the possibility of turning President Bush's vision of a two-state solution into a realistic political track, Erekat said.David Baker, an official in Olmert's office, confirmed that Olmert and Abbas would discuss the composition of a future Palestinian state, but said talks would focus mainly on security and humanitarian issues. Olmert also plans to raise the issue of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas-linked militants since June, 2006, Baker said.

A prisoner swap deal for Shalit's release has been in the works for months, but has not produced results so far.Erekat said the Sunday meeting would take place in Jerusalem, but Baker would not confirm that.The two leaders' agreement to hold regular meetings was announced at the end of March by Rice, who visited the region repeatedly over the past months in an attempt to jumpstart peace talks.Israel opposes final status negotiations with the Palestinians as long as their government includes the Islamist group Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel or renounce violence, and as long as Palestinian militants continue holding Shalit and firing rockets from Gaza.Because of that opposition, Rice announced that the Olmert-Abbas talks are supposed to include only discussion of the more vaguely defined political horizon.The term appears to include general discussion of a two-state solution but no substantive negotiations on the issues dividing the sides, such as permanent borders, the fate of disputed Jerusalem, and a solution for Palestinian refugees who lost their homes when Israel was formed in 1948.

Re-discover real Jesus, Pope urges in new book By Philip Pullella APR 13,07

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in his first book since becoming Pontiff, shares his personal search for the face of the Lord and indirectly dismisses popular speculative versions of Christ's life like The Da Vinci Code.Jesus of Nazareth, released on Friday, is a highly complex theological treatise on Christ as both God and man in which the Pope dissects and analyzes scripture passages like the old university professor he once was.Benedict says the reader should not consider the 450-page work, a study he began about two years before his election and finished last September, as an infallible part of official Church teaching, writing: Anyone is free to contradict me.The book is sprinkled with hundreds of Biblical references, citations, and quotes of people as disparate as Karl Marx and Mother Teresa, Socrates and Confucius, Dante and Nietzsche.

I have tried to present the Jesus of the Gospels as the real Jesus, as the historical Jesus in the true sense, writes Benedict, the Vatican's top theologian for nearly 25 years before his election to the papacy in 2005.Recently, Christian churches have fought against depictions or interpretations of Christ which have worked their way into works of fiction such as The Da Vinci Code, which claimed that Jesus married, had children and never rose from the dead.

NOT A MYTH

As if to confront these, Benedict writes:Yes, it really happened. Jesus is not a myth. He is a man made of flesh and blood, a totally real presence in history ... he died and rose from the dead.In presenting the book to the media, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna was more direct in his criticism of recent interpretations of Christ's life.The innumerable fanciful images of Jesus as a revolutionary, as a timid social reformer, as the secret lover of Mary Magdalene, can be put to rest in the ossuary of history, Schonborn told a news conference, adding that the book was based on the solid, historical credibility of the Gospels.For over a century, Biblical scholars have used new critical analytical methods and newly found documents such as the Dead Sea Scrolls to portray Jesus as more human than divine. This scholarship reached popular audiences with The Da Vinci Code.

The book, a first volume in a larger work, concentrates on Christ's public ministry. Mostly an academic work blended with personal touches, it starts with his baptism in the Jordan River when he was already an adult and ends with the Transfiguration. While the book is mostly a theological study, at times the Pope offers contemporary relevance to some Biblical accounts.After analyzing the parable of the Good Samaritan, the Pope says rich countries bent on power and profit have plundered and sacked Africa and other poor regions and exported to them the cynicism of a world without God.

Breaking News: More Than 20 young Israelis Make Confession of Faith at Boombamela New Age Festival APR 13,2007

David's Comment: Flying in the Face of the Creator of the Universe Jeremiah 30:3 For behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah, says the LORD. And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.(NKJ)

There are dozens of Bible verses like the one above, that speak about the Lord's intention to return all of the Jewish people from both the house of Israel and the house of Judah, to the land of Israel at the end if the current age. Acts 3:21 tells us that Yeshua must remain in heaven until the time of the fulfillment of all the words of the Old Testament prophets.. Thus the return is an absolute pre-requisite before Yeshua can return to establish the Millenium reign. Therefore every Bible believing Christian should be excited by the ongoing return of the Jewish people to the land of their forefathers. Not only excited by, but participating in some way to assist Jewish people from every nation to get back to Israel as soon as possible. We should not be saying MARANATHA unless we are doing something about it.The other fact I want to make mention of is that as a result of the many wars over the last 100 years, more than 100 million people have been made homeless refugees.

The United Nations, and its predecessor, the League of Nations, worked very effectively to permanently re--settle or relocate nearly all of these 100 million refugees - all except the so called Palestinian refugees that is. By the way, the news media has always told the world that the so called Palestinians live in refugee camps giving the impression that they live in tents. Even I had that impression until several years ago. But they do not live in tents. These refugee camps are actually normal apartments in Arab towns and cities.

Why do I write so called Palestinians? Because there is no such thing as a Palestinian. Even the word is illegitimate in God's eyes.The Romans invented the name to remove the connection to God that is found in the name Isra EL. From the restoration of Israel in 1948 until the 6 Day Wa of 1967, Jordan annexed & controlled East Jerusalem & the so called West Bank, with Arabs from every surrounding country living under Jordanian control. During that time there was never any talk of a Palestinian people . There was the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra, the Palestine Post and the Palestine Electric Company, but they were all Jewish. If there was such a thing as Palestinian people, they would be Jewish not Arab. Its all an Islam / media fabrication. i.e. A BIG LIE !!!

One must also ask Why have the so called Palestinians never been permanently resettled ? The answer has become very obvious over the last 2 or 3 weeks. George Bush and Condalesa Rice, under the spell of Saudi Arabian oil pressure, have been pushing Israel''s leadersto agree to the Saudi Middle East peace plan. This plan calls for Israel to return to the 1948 - 1967 boundaries which give Israel only 17% of the territory that God promised to Abraham. Not only that, but the Saudi plan also calls for a total cessation of the return of the Jewish people to Israel. And any Jews that leave would not be allowed back. If it wasnt so serious, it would be laughable

Oh yes, there is one more element in the Saudi peace plan. In 1948 about 650,000 Arabs fled at the command of the Arab League. These people are the so called refugees. Now their offspring numbers more than 3.5 million, and the Saudi plan calls for their right of return to Israel, thus ensuring the eventual demise of the Jewish state of Israel. To cut the size of Israel back, or to stop the return of the Jewish people, or to overun the country with non-Jews, is to delay or totally prevent the return of the Lord.Can you see why the refugees were never resettled ? It was the Devil's plan to keep them as the bait with which to hook the once Christian Western world into standing alongside the Muslim world in the destruction of Israel, preventing the second coming of Messiah.

I can understand the secular unbelievers going along with Satan's plan, but why Bush & Rice, who both claim to be Christians ? And why does the majority of the Church also side with the so called Palestinains ? To close on a positive note, the fact that the Saudi plan has come to the forefront once again, and that Bush & Rice are backing it, is another clear sign that we must surely be living in what the prophets called the end of the age, or the latter days. Let's hasten the day of the Lord's return by praying that our pastors will have a revelation of this message, getting our churches involved in bringing the Jews home. Lets be praying for Bush & Rice to wake up, and lets pray Psalm 83 over all who conspire against the Lord's land and people.The Lord bless you as you bless Israel by standing in defense of her right to exist on the land given to the Jewish people by the God of Israel . Do not be silent, but share this to your fellow Christians, share it with your pastors and with anyone you have a chance to speak to. Lets also pray for that breakthrough to the Muslims, and please remember to pray for our son Jordan, and all of his fellow soldiers in the IDF.

Shabbat Shalom .. . David & Josie SILVER

Thousands of Jews Visit Tombs of Joshua, Calev
by Hillel Fendel APR 13,07 (INN)

Some 5,000 Jews availed themselves last night (Thursday) of the IDF's offer to safeguard the area of the Arab village of Kifel Heres so that they could visit the holy sites. The area lies immediately to the north of the city of Ariel.Twice a year, the security forces enable Jews to visit the holy gravesites of Joshua bin Nun and Calev ben Yefuneh, who led the Israelites in their conquest of the Holy Land, and that of Joshua's father Nun. Some 5,000 visitors arrived throughout last night, experiencing the unusual sensation of walking freely through an Arab village without fear of attack. The three graves are interspersed among the village's houses; two of them are housed by dome-like structures, while Nun's grave is marked only with a large concrete mound. Most worshipers arrived first at the grave of Calev, who led the Tribe of Judah in conquering Hevron. They then walked a few hundreds meters to the north to the burial place of Joshua, and then to the west where lies his father. Joshua and Calev were the only ones of the 12 Spies dispatched by Moses who returned with an encouraging report of the Land of Israel. Pamphlets with special prayers were handed out to the thousands of visitors. The prayers included mentions of the special merit of the three holy men in that they experienced the Exodus from Egypt, the receiving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai, and the conquest of the Promised Land.

The event was organized by the Shomron Local Religious Council. People came from far and near, said one organizer, representing the hareidi, hassidic, religious-Zionist and traditional sectors.

It was moving to see them all come together to proclaim the call of Joshua and Calev, 'Let us ascend to the Land and inherit it, for we will be able to succeed.Pupils of local elementary schools were on hand to celebrate their completion of the Book of Joshua. The Aleinu prayer, traditionally attributed to Joshua, was recited repeatedly. We see that the public votes with its feet on behalf of Judaism's holy site, an organizer said, without consideration of separation fences, inclement weather [it began drizzling around 1:30 AM], or the late hour.Dov Shapira, head of the local religious council, gave a deluxe edition of the Bible, accompanied by Joshua's blessing Be strong and of great courage, to the head of the IDF Nachshon Regiment, in recognition of the army's cooperation in the complex operation. The organizers now wish to visit Joseph's Tomb in Shechem, where the stakes are higher: Joseph is the son of the Patriarch Jacob, and prayers at his burial site carry special merit - while on the other hand, Shechem is more dangerous for Jews than the little village Kifel Hares.

2007 a prophetic year? April 11, 2007
By Marylou Barry

In Genesis, God flooded the earth for 40 days and 40 nights, and 40 days after the mountaintops became visible, Noah opened the ark's window and sent out a bird. Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebecca, and his son Esau was 40 years old when he married Judith. The judge Eli presided over the people of Israel for 40 years. Their first king, Saul, reigned for 40 years; their second king, David, reigned for 40 years; and their third king, Solomon, reigned for 40 years. The number 40 is used a lot in the Bible, and it is sometimes – but not always – connected with punishment. Israel was made to wait 40 years in the desert to enter the Promised Land and was given a 40-year judgment under the Philistines for its misdeeds. Egypt had a 40-year sentence to serve under Babylon's Nebuchadnezzar.

When Moses was given the Ten Commandments, he stayed on the mountain with God for 40 days. He died after living 40 years as a prince, 40 years as an exile, and 40 years as a prophet leading his people to the Promised Land. When they first arrived, he sent 40-year-old Joshua to spy out the land. That mission took – you guessed it – 40 days. According to the New Testament, Jesus began his ministry with a 40-day fast in the wilderness and ended it with a 40-day reunion with his followers. Fast-forward to June 1967.

In the Six-Day War, Israel retook East Jerusalem, propelling the Temple Mount back into Jewish hands for the first time in 19 centuries. Then, in what may have been the first de facto land-for-peace tradeoff in Israeli history, defense minister and acclaimed war hero Moshe Dayan turned custody of the Mount right back over to the defeated Jordanian enemy. It was evident that if we did not prevent Jews from praying in what was now a mosque compound, he later wrote, matters would get out of hand and lead to a religious clash.

However, Dayan had attached two conditions to the transfer: 1) a ban on rabble-rousing sermons against the Jews, and 2) freedom of access without limitation or payment. These conditions were never enforced by the Israeli government. Some observers blame the transfer on Dayan's secular worldview. In his biography, Dayan clearly stated that the last thing he wanted was the Beit Hamikdash (Temple building) rebuilt, one commentator wrote. So Dayan gave the Temple Mount back to the Arabs because he wanted to make sure that there wouldn't be a third Temple. There was nothing that Prime Minister Eshkol could do about it. After all, Dayan had just become one of the biggest heroes in Israeli history. One of our biggest heroes may go down in history as one of our biggest screw-ups.Dayan's heroism notwithstanding, Scripture speaks loudly against the giving away of Israel's land to her enemies. Although official title to the Mount was not surrendered, guardianship of it and access to it were, and quite voluntarily so.

The point here might be better explained with an illustration:

On your way to school Monday, the neighborhood bully and two of his friends try to grab your lunch money in an unprovoked attack. You respond by bravely – and unexpectedly – beating the living snot out of all three. Monday night you get to thinking that, wow, maybe it would be best to mend fences because, at some time in the future, that bully might possibly threaten you again. So, on your way to school Tuesday, you startle the young thug by voluntarily handing him your lunch money! Butch, you say, I believe you've changed a lot since you regained consciousness yesterday, so I'll make you a little deal. My lunch money for today is still mine, understand, but I'm going to let you hold on to it for safekeeping. However, I expect you never to harass me again, and I expect you to give me access to my money whenever I want it.

How much regard do you think Butch is going to have for your lunch money – or anything remotely associated with you – from now on? This year, 2007, commemorates the 40-year anniversary of the giveaway of the Temple Mount. Now as before, Israel's enemies surround the city and beat their plowshares into swords. The ancient plateau still stands where old Abraham went to offer Isaac, where King David dreamed of the Temple his son Solomon would build, where 12-year-old Jesus amazed the doctors of the law with his understanding. But now it is populated with monuments to a god the ancient Hebrews never knew, and the 40-year cycle has come around again. Will the merciful God of Israel grant His people a pass on what some might consider one leader's lapse in judgment?

Has the biblical 40-year phenomenon drawn to a close at this late date? Or will 2007 be another prophetic year?