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1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-The Nation's Weather. 3-Accuweather forecasts hot summer for much of U.S. 4-Israel hits Hamas during Gaza fighting. 5-Putin, EU leaders trade barbs at summit. 6-Sign the Jerusalem Petition. 7-Golan Withdrawal Won't Have it Easy. 8-Exclusive Interview with Gaydamak. 9-Messiah mystery follows death of mystical rabbi 10-Without the law there would be no European Union. 11-Stefan's Comment: Jerusalem IS the Capital City of Israel. 12-Perspectives: Oprah's Secret deceives millions.

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 May 18 5:00 PM EDT

MAY 18,07
MAP 3.3 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 3.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.7 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
MAP 5.5 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
MAP 3.3 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 5.1 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP 2.5 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.6 SIKKIM, INDIA
MAP 3.5 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.0 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA
MAP 5.2 TONGA
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.6 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.4 D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.8 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 4.7 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 4.7 SUNDA STRAIT, INDONESIA
MAP 5.2 TONGA
MAP 5.0 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA

MAY 17,07
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.9 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
MAP 4.5 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 4.1 SALTA, ARGENTINA
MAP 3.1 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.2 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
MAP 2.7 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.9 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 4.8 PAPUA REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 4.3 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.8 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.2 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.5 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 4.5 NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU
MAP 2.7 MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO
MAP 2.8 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 3.4 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 5.5 NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
MAP 5.1 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.0 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

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.

The Nation's Weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press
Fri May 18, 6:53 AM ET

An intense storm forecast to develop off the Mid-Atlantic coast on Friday could cause minor coastal flooding in New Jersey and Long Island. Heavy rain was expected to move into New England, possibly flooding some rivers. Light rain was forecast for the central Appalachians.More thunderstorms were expected in the Rockies, with the most intense storms likely to develop in the Southwest. A strong thunderstorm or two could form in West Texas and roll eastward through the state. Storms were also possible in the Northern Plains.In the West, clear skies were forecast over California and Oregon, although clouds were expected to develop over coastal Washington.

Temperatures in the region were to remain cool.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Thursday ranged from a low of 23 degrees at Land O'Lakes, Wis., to a high of 109 degrees at Death Valley, Calif.

OZONE DEPLETION

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Accuweather forecasts hot summer for much of U.S Thu May 17, 7:59 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private weather forecaster Accuweather is predicting hotter-than-normal temperatures for much of the United States this summer, the company said in a press release. Temperatures will be the hottest in the Northeast, the Great Lakes region and the Midwest. Texas is expected to be one of the few exceptions to the expected hotter-than-normal conditions.Rainfall in the United States is expected to be normal except in the Southwest and the Rockies. The Great Lakes, Texas and Florida will receive more rain that usual, Accuweather said.

Israel hits Hamas during Gaza fighting By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press Writer MAY 18,07

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli warplanes pummeled Hamas targets Friday in a stepped-up campaign against militants firing rockets into southern Israel, while Palestinian factions battled with automatic weapons and grenades at a Gaza university. Street battles between Fatah and Hamas remained less intense than the heavy fighting that terrorized Gaza City two days earlier, but a truce agreement late Thursday enjoyed no more success than previous cease-fires declared this week.With the political leaders of the factions seemingly not in control of their gunmen, Hamas militiamen raised the internal strife to an ominous new level by widening their targets beyond armed rivals and seizing aides to two Fatah officials.The infighting that began Sunday has killed more than 50 Palestinians and wounded dozens, while the death toll from Israeli attacks rose to 20 as airstrikes killed eight people Friday.

Israeli missiles came screeching down at least five times in retaliation for Hamas rocket attacks that have panicked people in southern Israel. At least 13 more militant rockets fell, wounding four Israelis in the battered town of Sderot.

Despite the escalating air campaign, a senior Israeli army officer said there were no immediate plans for a major ground offensive against rocket teams, saying Israel was reluctant to do something that might unite the Palestinian factions. He spoke on condition of anonymity because no final decision had been made.One airstrike incinerated a minivan carrying Hamas militants and what the Israeli army described as a large amount of weapons. Three fighters were killed and 12 people were wounded, Palestinian hospital officials said.We were sitting outside my grocery store when a huge explosion shook the area and a small minivan turned into a ball of fire, Jawad Dallou said. People in a nearby mourning tent also were wounded, he said.An earlier airstrike east of Gaza City killed five Palestinians, including at least three Hamas militants, and wounded six. Israel's military said the target was a Hamas headquarters building.

Other air attacks caused no fatalities.

Hamas said the Israeli military had called the home of Ahmed Jaabari, head of Hamas' military wing, and warned his family the house would be hit. People gathered around the building to discourage an attack, he said. The Israeli military had no comment.The fighting between Hamas and Fatah all but destroyed a power-sharing government formed two months ago in hopes of ending nearly a year of periodic clashes between the rival groups.

The latest bloodshed was touched off by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah to deploy thousands of security officers in Gaza City last week to try to restore law and order. Hamas called that a provocation because it wasn't consulted and fighting broke out Sunday.Hamas' two abductions in Gaza on Friday broadened the mayhem; it was the first time senior civilians with ties to Fatah were targeted.The gunmen freed Abdel Salam Abu Askar, a veteran journalist who advises Fatah's Gaza strongman, Mohammed Dahlan, after several hours. But Abdullah Franji, office director of a senior Fatah leader in Gaza, remained in captivity late Friday. Gunbattles between the two factions killed at least three people Friday.Bullets and rocket-propelled grenades flew outside Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold, as Hamas fighters battled Fatah gunmen in the nearby Foreign Ministry building. Grenades hit the office of the school president, who appealed for an immediate halt to the violence.

One person was wounded at the school.

Although Israel said it wasn't taking sides, its airstrikes made it harder for Hamas gunmen to move around, and Hamas used that fact to argue that Fatah and Israel were in collusion. Hamas TV named three Fatah security chiefs who it said were in secret contact with foreign security personnel. They are deep into treason, and we will deal with them accordingly, the broadcast said. The TV did not specify which foreigners, but Fatah forces affiliated with Abbas have received advice and training from the U.S., which lists Hamas as a terror group for killing more than 250 Israelis in attacks over the years.

Earlier in the week, some 500 Fatah security men trained in Egypt under a U.S.-brokered deal returned to Gaza, passing through the border with Israel's permission.

Putin, EU leaders trade barbs at summit By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer MAY 18,07

VOLZHSKY UTYOS, Russia - President Vladimir Putin, emboldened by Russia's vast oil and gas wealth, bluntly rejected European criticism of his crackdown on political foes, saying Friday that like it or not Russia's Western neighbors would have to accept it as a partner. His remarks came hours after police prevented chess great Garry Kasparov from attending an opposition rally in Samara, near the Volga River resort where Putin held a summit with European Union leaders.German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the current EU president, objected at a post-summit news conference to the treatment of Kasparov and other Kremlin opponents, while Putin sought to take the subject of Russian political rights off the table.

Both Russia and the EU are interested in the development of relations with each other, and they will develop whether we like it or not, the Russian leader said, in an apparent reference to Europe's growing reliance on Russia for its energy needs.

Putin questioned whether Europe was really concerned about the human rights records of its allies — citing the alleged abuse of terror suspects at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.The summit produced no new agreements, and failed to make progress on commercial, security and other issues dividing Russia from Europe. Putin's remarks signal that he sees no need to mollify foreign critics of his political course, which opponents say has concentrated power in the Kremlin and muzzled dissent.

Before the summit, Germany asked Russia to permit opposition leaders to protest in Samara. But on Friday morning, police at a Moscow airport confiscated the passports and tickets of Kasparov and other activists and prevented them from flying to Samara.The passports were held for five hours, until the day's last flight to Samara had left, a Kasparov spokesman said.

The former world chess champion said the West's efforts to engage Putin only lends legitimacy to the Kremlin's actions. Any time you pretend that Putin is one of you, that Putin belongs to this democratic club, it backfires on us because that is what Kremlin propaganda is using on us, calling us marginals, extremists, radicals, he said.Merkel complained about the treatment of opposition protesters. I'm concerned about some people having problems traveling here, she told reporters. I hope they will be given an opportunity to express their opinion.Putin said his government is not concerned about the so-called Dissenters Marches, staged by a coalition of opposition groups led by Kasparov. Several of the protests have been brutally dispersed by police.

They don't bother me in any way, Putin said. He blamed some of the violence on demonstrators, who provoke law enforcement forces to use force, and they respond accordingly.Unlike previous protests organized by Kasparov and his allies, Friday's march in Samara won approval by local authorities. But after the detention of several of the organizers, only about 100 protesters showed up Friday.

Demonstrators gathered at a square in the late afternoon, outnumbered by police, and marched through the streets shouting, Russia without Putin! and We need another Russia.Answering Merkel's criticism, Putin said German police have also detained protesters. Law enforcement authorities in practically all countries make preventive arrests, there are examples in Germany, he said. Such action isn't always justified.Merkel shot back, saying that police action against participants in violent riots could be justified.

If a person hasn't done anything yet, if he's just on his way to a demonstration, that's a completely different case, she said.Putin also assailed the EU for failing to respond to the death of a Russian citizen during clashes between police and ethnic Russian protesters in Estonia. The clashes erupted over the removal of a monument to a Soviet soldier from Tallinn, the capital, to another location.European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told reporters that democracy and rule of law are sacred principles for the EU.

It's very important for all European countries, and Russia is a European country, to ensure the full respect of those principles and values, he said. But Barroso also reaffirmed the EU's support for Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization — a statement that appeared to reflect a softening of Brussels' stance after recent warnings from the EU that Moscow's candidacy was in jeopardy.

Putin and his European guests also argued about the lack of progress in a dispute over a Russian ban on Polish meat and plants. Putin sought to cast the dispute as a bilateral problem that blocked the expansion of Russia-EU ties, but Merkel and Barroso emphasized European solidarity. A Polish problem is a European problem, Barroso said. A visibly irritated Putin lashed back: I was asking: Is there a boundary to your solidarity? ...We also must defend our interests.But there were glimmers of agreement. Putin and the EU leaders pointed to progress in trade and economic ties and plans for future cooperation. They also pledged to extend EU-Russia work on cross-border trade, visa issues, and scientific and technical cooperation. We need each other, we are open for an honest dialogue between Russia and the EU, Putin said. It's totally wrong to say we couldn't agree on a single issue.

This Week with Rabbi Eckstein
Sign the Jerusalem Petition - May 17, 2007

Dear Friend of The Fellowship,

Yesterday Israel observed the 40th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Yom Yerushalayim, or Jerusalem Day, is a day set aside to reflect upon the significance of this ancient and Holy City to the Jewish people, and to celebrate the fact that, after thousands of years, it is once again the capital of a sovereign Jewish state.The Jews' return to rule in Jerusalem was the end of a very long and often bitter struggle. It is important to remember that, even when the modern state of Israel was formed in 1948, the United Nations intended Jerusalem to be an international city. Israel's founders reluctantly agreed to this, in the hope that it would be only a temporary measure that would protect the new country from conflict with its Arab neighbors.These hopes were quickly dashed. When Israel
declared its statehood, her neighbors attacked from all sides. Jordan invaded and occupied the eastern part of Jerusalem, dividing the city. For the next 19 years, Israel would be denied access to some of the holiest sites of all Judaism, including the Western Wall and the cemetery on the Mount of Olives, where generations of Jewish dead are buried.

Then came the pivotal events of 1967, when Arab states again united against Israel. Egypt blocked all shipping in and out of the southern Israel port of Eilat. The combined forces of several Arab nations were gathered at Israel's borders, poised to attack. Their leaders declared in no uncertain terms their intention to destroy the Jewish State.This confrontation led to a battle, now known as the Six Day War, which led to the reunification of Jerusalem under Israeli rule It was a stunning victory for Israel—few moments in modern Jewish history are more electrifying than the moment when Israel Defense Forces Colonel Motta Gur declared over his radio in the midst of battle, The Temple Mount is in our hands!

Incredibly, despite the fact that Jerusalem has been the spiritual center of Jewish life since the time of King David, has had a continuous Jewish presence for thousands of years and has never been claimed as capital by any other nation or people, the world—including the U.S.—still refuses to recognize it as the capital of Israel.New bills recently introduced into the U.S. House and Senate seek to change that by calling on the U.S. government to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and to move its embassy there from Tel Aviv. One of these bills, the Jerusalem Resolution, was originally put before the Senate a couple of years ago, but got stalled in committee. Now there is again an opportunity to revive it—and to send a clear message to the U.S. Congress.

These bills are currently under consideration by the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees. If approved, they will be presented to the House and Senate for a vote. Please sign our petition in support of these important pieces of legislation.
http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageServer?pagename=SFI_jerusalempetition

We will forward the petition on to these two committees. Let's make the voices of thousands of faithful friends of Israel heard in Washington, so the U.S. can be among the first declaring what millions of faithful Jews and Christians know already—that Jerusalem is the rightful capital of Israel and the eternal home of the Jewish people!

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

Golan Withdrawal Won't Have it Easy
by Hillel Fendel (INN) MAY 17,07

The Knesset has approved a bill mandating a popular referendum before land in the Golan, Jerusalem or other part of sovereign Israel is given away. Yesha (Judea and Samaria) is not included. Sponsored by MK Avigdor Yitzchaki of Kadima, the proposed legislation is an amendment to the existing law regarding a give-away of Israeli territory. The existing law states that no sovereign land may be given away without approval of the Cabinet, the Knesset, and a popular referendum. However, it adds that the referendum requirement will not come into effect until a Basic Law on plebiscites is legislated thus obviating the need for a referendum. Yitzchaki's bill does away with that qualification, thus leaving the referendum clause in effect. The bill has nothing to do with a possible future withdrawal from Judea and Samaria, which has not yet been annexed by the State of Israel.

The bill was approved in a preliminary Knesset reading by a 26-18 vote, against the position of the government. It must still pass additional Knesset readings as well as a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee vote before coming law.

This vote proves that there is no majority in Israel's Knesset supporting a return the Golan Heights to Syria, MK Yitzchaki said. The Prime Minister must now know clearly that it will not be he, but rather the people, who will decide whether to accept agreements concerning concession of sovereign Israeli land.Polls have consistently shown that a majority of Israelis are against giving away the Golan. The recent October Peace Index survey, carried out last year, showed that 67% of Israelis oppose giving away the Golan even in exchange for full peace. A giant protest rally seven years ago in Tel Aviv - some estimates were that half-a-million people showed up - put to rest until recently any talk of giving away the Golan.

Political Ramifications

This is an important accomplishment for the opposition, said Likud faction whip MK Gideon Saar. Only 18 out of 78 coalition MKs supported the government's position, proving that the coalition exists only on paper.Likud MK Yisrael Katz, head of the Knesset Golan Lobby, said, This vote is a clear message to Syria and others that Israel will never give up the Golan Heights.

Golan Guarantee for the Galilee

The Golan, a mountainous area directly overlooking much of Israel's northern plain, was used by Syria to attack Israeli towns in the years leading up to the Six Day War. In June 1967, Israel finally captured and liberated the Heights, and within weeks, Galilee farmers took their first moves to settle the Golan so as to ensure that the pre-war situation would never return. When they first ascended the mountains and looked down at Israel from the former Syrian positions, some of them were quoted as saying that they had never realized that every move of theirs had been visible to the Syrian gunners above.

Exclusive Interview with Gaydamak
by Hillel Fendel (INN) MAY 18,07

Arutz-7's Yehoshua Meiri spoke on Jerusalem Day with Aryeh Bar-Lev - better known as Arcady Gaydamak - about Gaydamak's help for Sderot and his plans to become Mayor of Jerusalem. Gaydamak sent eight buses for residents of Kassam-besieged Sderot on Wednesday, transporting them to safer areas in the north. Meiri asked, I heard on Egpytian Radio this morning that Israel is evacuating the citizens of Sderot. I know that you mean to do well, but maybe Gaydamak said, I understand [your question]. First of all, in general, radio and media are the tools of journalists to explain their stupidity, their lack of information, and their personal opinions. This is the general situation everywhere... In some countries, the journalists also use the media for propaganda... I don't care about their opinion, nor about public opinion - because public opinion is managed by the professionals, and also because it is human nature to want to see other people being shown to be worse than them... The Jews living in Sderot have been living in a very difficult situation, in great danger, and they never know when the rockets will come. We should help them however we can. I am just a yehudi pashut [a simple Jew], and I want to help. I look to see what I can do. I come to share with them what I can. They are families and I want to help them - and the rest I don't care about.

Meiri: In light of the inability of the Prime Minister to decide on a military course of action against the Gaza terrorists, would you recommend that the IDF Chief of Staff act on his own, as some have recommended?

Gaydamak: I have no confidence at all in this Prime Minister - but even so, there is no doubt that the army should never take action without authorization from the government.

Meiri: My last question is, What about your intentions to be the mayor of Jerusalem?

Gaydamak: I will be Mayor of Jerusalem because it is of absolute necessity that the mayor be someone who acts not for his own personal interests... In the Israeli system, there is a natural division of Ashkenazim and Sephardim, and this parliamentary system is not suitable for Israel because the candidates are elected based on this division, and then they must act not for the people's interests but
only for the sake of maintaining the coalition; they are not able to run the country. We should change this system and have a strong presidential system. This is why I decided that I should take control of this city of Jerusalem, for the good of the residents, all of them, Jews and Muslims, and create economic prosperity... and because Jerusalem is the most important symbol of peace in the world, we should also try to solve the problems of confrontation in the Middle East. This is why I should be the mayor of Jerusalem; it's not that I want [this position].

Messiah mystery follows death of mystical rabbi
Revered Israeli apocalyptic kabbalah leader shocks Jews, Christians with name Yeshua
Posted: May 18, 2007 - WorldNetDaily.com

Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri

A controversy is raging in Israel, in evangelical circles in the U.S. and on kabbalah web forums worldwide following the posthumous release of what a revered Sephardic rabbi claimed to be the name of the Messiah. When Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri died in February 2006, somewhere between the age of 106 to possibly 117, 300,000 attended his funeral in Jerusalem. The Baghdad-born kabbalist had gained notoriety around the world for issuing apocalyptic warnings and for saying he personally met the long-awaited Jewish Messiah in November 2003. Before Kaduri died, he reportedly wrote the name of the Messiah on a small note, requesting it remained sealed for one year after his death. The note revealed the name of the Messiah as Yehoshua or Yeshua or the Hebrew name Jesus. However, complicating the story further, the note is being challenged as a forgery by his 80-year-old son Rabbi David Kaduri. It's not his writing, he is quoted as telling Israel Today.

The note, written in Hebrew and signed in the rabbi's name, said: Concerning the letter abbreviation of the Messiah's name, He will lift the people and prove that his word and law are valid. This I have signed in the month of mercy.The Hebrew sentence consists of six words. The first letter of each of those words spells out the Hebrew name Yehoshua or Yeshua. The finding has raised a combination of excitement and controversy in both Jewish and Christian circles – but scarcely any media attention. Jewish blogs and web forums are filled with skeptical analysis and puzzlement. So this means Rabbi Kaduri was a Christian? asked one poster rhetorically. Another wrote: The Christians are dancing and celebrating.Not exactly.

In fact, many Christian discussion boards say Kaduri's description of the Messiah – no matter what his name – doesn't fit the biblical account of a returned Jesus of Nazareth, who, they believe, will rule and reign on Earth from Jerusalem for 1,000 years. About his encounter with the Messiah Kaduri claimed is alive in Israel today, he reportedly told close relatives: He is not saying, I am the Messiah, give me the leadership.Rather the nation is pushing him to lead them, after they find [in my words] signs showing that he has the status of Messiah.Kaduri was also quoted as saying the imminent arrival of the Messiah will save Jerusalem from Islam and Christianity that wish to take Jerusalem from the Jewish Nation – but they will not succeed, and they will fight each other.Statements like that have some Christians wondering if Kaduri might be talking about another Yeshua – perhaps even a miracle -performing false Christ many evangelicals believe will precede the return of Jesus.

It is hard for many good people in society to understand the person of the Messiah, Kaduri wrote before his death. The leadership and order of a Messiah of flesh and blood is hard to accept for many in the nation. As leader, the Messiah will not hold any office, but will be among the people and use the media to communicate. His reign will be pure and without personal or political desire. During his dominion, only righteousness and truth will reign.Kaduri wrote that not all will believe in the Messiah – and that it will often be easier for non-religious people to accept him. He also describes a Messiah

who is, at first, not aware of his position.

Kaduri's funeral

A few months before his death, Kaduri gave a Yom Kippur address in which he gave clues as to how to recognize the Messiah. He told those gathered for the Day of Atonement in his synagogue the Messiah would not come until former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies.

Sharon was stricken while in office Jan. 4, 2006. He remained in a coma until replaced by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. While many expected the imminent passing of Sharon, he has remained alive but unconscious ever since his attack. Shortly after what Kaduri characterized as his Nov. 4, 2003, encounter with the Messiah, in which he said he learned his name, the rabbi began warning of impending disasters worldwide. In September 2005 in a class at his Jerusalem yeshiva seminary, Kaduri called for Jews all over the world to return to Israel because of the calamities about to befall the Earth and for the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple.

In the future, the Holy One, Blessed be He, will bring about great disasters in the countries of the world to sweeten the judgments of the land of Israel, he said. In 1990, the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneerson told Kaduri that he would live to see the coming of the Messiah. Also in September 2005, Kaduri said: The Messiah is already in Israel. Whatever people are sure will not happen is liable to happen, and whatever we are certain will happen may disappoint us. But in the end, there will be peace throughout the world.As a lifelong student and teacher of kabbalah, Kaduri rejected a meeting requested by pop superstar Madonna, who dabbled in the ancient art of Jewish mysticism. He reportedly said at the time: It is forbidden to teach a non-Jew kabbalah, not even Talmud, not even simple Torah.Kaduri is said to have been one of the few known living practitioners who used his knowledge of kabbalah to affect change in the world. He would often distribute amulets intended to heal, enhance fertility and bring success. He was also believed to have been involved in the removal of 20 dybbuks, or lost souls that strayed into the hapless bodies of living people to torment them.

Aviel Schneider, the author of the Israel Today story, said the worldwide reaction to news of Kaduri's note has been crazy. He said he has never received so many emails and calls from around the globe. He said he was urged not to publish the story by the rabbi's yeshiva, where officials said it was impossible that the note was actually written by Kaduri. But Schneider was given access to many of the rabbi's manuscripts, written in his own hand for the exclusive use of his students. He was struck by symbols painted by Kaduri all over the pages. They were crosses, said Schneider. In the Jewish tradition, you don't use crosses. You don't even use plus signs because they might be mistaken for crosses. But there they were, painted in his own hand.Asked what those symbols meant, Kaduri's family said they were signs of the angel.

[Comment] Without the law there would be no European Union
18.05.2007 - 09:22 CET | By Peter Sain ley Berry

EUOBSERVER / COMMENT - Go to any introductory lecture on the European Union and you will hear phrases such as unique experiment,international co-operation rule of law.Indeed the whole concept of what has become today's EU was founded upon the simple idea that if the conduct of nations could be voluntarily regulated by law, then there would be no further need for war. From this grew the idea of a community of nations pooling their sovereignty and subjecting themselves to a legal discipline the better to achieve those national objectives best realised within a common framework.Member states even agreed to give European law precedence over their own; there wouldn't be any point in having common laws if nations could pick and choose which they obeyed.As the Union has developed so the volume of European law has grown; disproportionately so, say the critics. It has become fashionable to decry that so much legislation reportedly as much as 80 per cent in Germany has its origins at European level. Anthony Coughlan wrote a persuasive piece on this subject in these pages last week, arguing that this growth is pre-empting national parliamentary democracy.

But of course there are major laws and minor laws. One cannot equate laws that govern the functioning of a Parliament, or the running of schools, with other laws that specify the size of a car's headlights or how a commodity sold simultaneously in several European countries should be labelled.

Without law there could be no European Union. In volume terms European law does indeed appear massive - but it is domestic law that determines why France is France or Germany is Germany. Nevertheless, the idea that European law is too dominant, too intrusive, has taken hold in the popular consciousness to the extent that even the European Commission is working to reduce the volume of new regulations and to roll back others.Considered by itself this is no doubt a sensible measure, but it is easy for people to get the idea that because, in the past, there have been perhaps too many regulations, the principle of European Law itself is somehow flawed. This is dangerous for it undermines the whole basis on which the Union is constructed. Once we lose our respect for the law as the fundamental instrument that makes the Union
work, we threaten everything that has been achieved. A Union with weak laws, or laws that are not enforced, will be a Union that will soon break apart.The same applies to agreements that may not have the status of law but which are nevertheless meant to be honoured. If we can't abide by our own internal decisions, how can we call on the rest of the world, much of which looks to the EU as a model, to do so?

Reneging on agreements

We have seen various examples recently of a worrying trend towards reneging on agreements. On the Constitutional Treaty, for example, despite having solemnly accepted all of its provisions in 2004, various governments now want to change or withdraw from its provisions.London had accepted an extension of majority voting; Warsaw had accepted a revised system of voting in the European Council; Prague had accepted a single speed Europe.All these points are now again in contention as the German Presidency struggles to bring forward a new treaty. Warsaw even appears to be seeking an escape from its legal commitment to adopt the euro.More serious is the case of Romania, which joined the Union only a few months ago on the solemn undertaking that widespread and irreversible reforms to root out crime and corruption were well on their way. Various pledges were made and accepted in good faith and the country, with Bulgaria, was admitted at the earliest opportunity in 2007.

Once inside the Union, the Romanian Parliament has turned its back on reform, dismissed its anti-corruption prosecutors, thrown out its respected and efficient Justice Minister Monica Macovei and voted massively to impeach its pro-EU President. The country seems set to return to its old ways, even postponing its elections for the 35 seats in the European Parliament in case this should prove troublesome.

Banana republic standards

Many people argued that Romania and Bulgaria should not have acceded in 2007 but instead should have been forced to wait a year until the process of reform was complete.I argued this case myself.

I could never understand why it was necessary to admit as full members countries described recently by The Times as weakened by systemic corruption, organised crime, fragile judiciaries and oligarchic control of press and broadcast media.The Commission, I seem to remember, argued that if the two countries were not admitted in 2007 then the pace of reform would slow. Well, it has slowed now and we have within the bosom of the European Union a country whose respect for the very principle of law is in some doubt.All is not lost of course. The suspended President Traian Basescu may well win his forthcoming impeachment referendum, though the authorities are not making life easy for him.

If he does he has promised to take action to weaken the party bosses.

For its part the European Commission cannot simply wring its hands and hope that all will come right. Romania has broken the pledges it made. That cannot be without consequence and while there is no doubt that we all want to see Romania, growing and prospering as part of the European family, this has to be as a state with European rather than banana republic standards.

The wider point is that we are in no position to deplore Romania's fall from grace if other member states also show themselves willing to renege on agreements and understandings when it suits them.Law can only work by consent. Respecting agreements, however uncomfortable, makes us all stronger. Ultimately we are our own policemen. It is not only Romania that must learn this.If we don't European Government will be reduced to the impotent position of Saint-Exupéry's King, who regaled on an impressive throne but without any other accoutrements of power, is reduced to ordering Le Petit Prince, sometimes to obey him and sometimes not to do so. Not exactly a recipe for success and progress.The author is editor of EuropaWorld

Stefan's Comment: Jerusalem IS the Capital City of Israel MAY 18,07

Isaiah 62:1 For Zion's sake I will not hold My peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns. (NKJ)

In the past few weeks I have noticed some disturbing attitudes regarding Israel from within the European Union and by the independent countries that make it up. Here are a couple of these disturbing decisions and comments.

Taken from The Financial Times 27/3/07: A year-old diplomatic boycott of the Palestinian government eased on Monday when Raymond Johansen, Norway’s deputy foreign minister, met Ismael Haniyeh, Palestinian prime minister. The meeting was the first between Haniyeh and a senior European diplomat since western powers imposed an economic and diplomatic blockade on the Hamas-led government in March 2006. Norway, a big donor to the Palestinian Authority and sponsor of the Oslo peace accords, restored full relations with the PA after Haniyeh’s Hamas movement and President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction formed a unity government on Saturday. We hope that all the European countries, and even other countries, will ... support this unity government, Mr Johansen said on Monday.

Norway was the first nation to back the new P.A unity government, but right behind them were all the countries of the E.U. who have said that they are renewing all ties and breaking all blockades with the P.A.My question is, why? Both the Hamas and the Fatah organisations are acknowledged by the western world to be terrorist groups who have sent men, woman and children to blow themselves up in Israeli restaurants, bus and checkpoints. These checkpoint throughout the Gaza Strip and the West Bank were designed precisely to stop such suicide bombers. They have also attempted to attack any other target that can be found with a 'good' number of Jewish people in it.How can the leadership of the E.U. accept a government made up of terrorists and then expect the state of Israel to sit down and talk with them, especially when they are still carrying out hostile acts against Israel and refusing to acknowledge her right to exist as a state? Doing this would be like Osama Bin Laden heading up a political party and then the US leadership being expected to sit down with that government for peace talks,the USA was still under threat from Al Qaida.The 15th of May this year is the 40th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem under full Israeli control. This year, the U.S ambassador along with all the E.U. countries representatives in Israel elected to boycott the ceremonies and celebrations because they do not recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and because of their desire in not upsetting the Arab nations of the world.

Taken From Ynet.com 14/5/07:

European Union countries will not take part in the celebrations marking the 40-year anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification, EU president Germany said Thursday in a diplomatic letter sent to the Foreign Ministry and the Knesset. US Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones will also not participate in the events. Diplomatic sources told Ynet that the event was not on the ambassador’s timetable.

Ambassadors of all EU countries will not show up for the special Knesset session which will be on Jerusalem Day on Wednesday. As frustrating as it is to see this united stand against Israel and Jerusalem as her capital, we can rest assured that almighty God, the Holy God of Israel is in control of the situation and is using all of these incidents to His glory. Israel is a sovereign nation and has the right to choose her own capital. More importantly God has chosen Jerusalem as His capital city of His chosen nation. Having lived here in Israel for more than half of my life, serving in the army, and seeing the events that occur on our borders and most importantly knowing the truth that is in the word of God regarding Israel, and specifically Jerusalem, I must let out a cry to convey how wrong these foreign governments in the decisions they are making. God's judgement and wrath shall be upon them and their countries for the stand that they are taking against Israel.

Please continue to pray for the situation, and for the leaders inside Israel, that they would have wisdom to deal with these situations and boldness to stand up to the powers that would try to separate Israel from her land and capital.

Interesting: On the very date in the Hebrew calendar that Israel celebrates Jerusalem's reunification in 1967, torrential downpours flooded Jerusalem and serioius violence erupted between Hamas & Fatah. On the same day a serious rocket attack on Sderot provoked the Israeli government to launch pinpoint airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza city.

Shabbat Shalom .. . David & Josie SILVER

Perspectives: Oprah's Secret deceives millions
Rebecca Grace - Guest Columnist
OneNewsNow.com May 18, 2007

The Gospel According to Oprah is more than just a book title; it's a mindset that has created quite a following for the billionaire talk-show host. And her promotion of a philosophy extolling the Law of Attraction has added to millions who are being led away from the teachings of Christ.According to a May 2006 article titled The Divine Miss Winfrey in USA Today, Over the past year, Winfrey ... has emerged as a spiritual leader for the new millennium, a moral voice of authority for the nation.There's no doubt that Oprah is spiritual, but the philosophy she pushed on the February 8, 2006, broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show couldn't place her farther from the truth. During the show, Oprah interviewed a panel of teachers who appear in a 93-minute film called The Secret.

The Secret, also a book which has sold two million copies, is promoted as a feature length, historic and factually based account of an age old secret, said to be 4,000 years in the making, and known only to a fortunate few.

The Secret reveals this great knowledge to the world -- The Secret to wealth, The Secret to health, The Secret to love, relationships, happiness, eternal youth ... The Secret to life itself.While its appeal is wide and its lure powerful, the philosophy of The Secret is a narrow road that leads to death and destruction.

In Colossians 2:8, the apostle Paul warns the church at Colosse to See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. Therefore, here are reasons why The Secret has nothing to do with Christianity and everything to do with occultism.

What sources say

While the worldview behind The Secret is nothing new, Rhonda Byrne, an Australian woman in her 50s, is credited with discovering The Secret during a time of utter despair in her life. Because of the impact it had on her life, she has decided to share it.According to Byrne and her host of high-profile teachers, the Law of Attraction which they claim is the most powerful law in the universe is the
Secret.The DVD summarizes the law in three words: Thoughts become things. If a person thinks hard enough about something, he will get it be it good or bad. The attraction is especially potent when a person's thoughts and desires are super-charged by emotions. So by applying the Law of Attraction, a person can create his own circumstances based on the thoughts he thinks and the choices he makes.

Your life is a physical manifestation of the thoughts that go on in your head, said Lisa Nichols, one of the teachers of The Secret.You are the masterpiece of your own life. You are the Michelangelo of your own life, added metaphysician Joe Vitale.What makes these ideas even more deceiving is that they are backed by personal testimonies.

For example, Jack Canfield, teacher of The Secret and author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, said, Since I learned The Secret and started applying it to my life, my life has truly become magical a life everyone dreams of I live in a four-and-a-half million-dollar mansion. I have a wife to die for. I get to vacation in all the fabulous spots of the world .... And all of this happens and continues to happen all because of knowing how to apply The Secret.Even more alarming than stories such as Canfield's is the way The Secret teachers twist Scripture and present an unbiblical view of God. For example: Teacher James Arthur Ray asks, Do you treat yourself the way that you want other people to treat you? Nichols instructs: You are eternal life. You're source energy. You are God manifested in human form, made to perfection.

What the Bible reveals

According to Christian Worldview Network columnist Russ Wise, The Secret is the latest in a series of examples that are used by the enemy of Truth to try and nullify God's authoritative Word. Wise is vice president of Christian Information Ministries.Refering to Romans 12:1-2, Wise writes: Note that Paul did not say that we should consult our feelings about the matter, but that our spiritual worship is
to present our bodies as a sacrifice to the Lord, Wise added. The message of The Secret is not selflessness, but selfishness and self-indulgence.Wise explains that according to 2 Corinthians 10:5, Our purpose is not to use our thought life to enhance ourselves, but to bring our thought lives into obedience and submit ourselves to a holy God. This thought is totally absent from The Secret! It is
also totally absent from a culture that is more concerned about what Oprah says than what God says.

Rebecca Grace, a regular contributor to OneNewsNow.com, is staff writer for AFA Journal, a monthly publication of the American Family Association. Family News Network.