EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
COULD THESE FIRES BE DONE BY AL-QUIDA. IF SO THIS WOULD BE THE MAJOR DISASTER THAT GOD TOLD PAT ROBERTSON WOULD HAPPEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. WITH THE PRESSURE FROM THE WHITEHOUSE ON ISRAEL TO DIVIDE JERUSALEM THIS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THIS MAJOR DISASTER. ONLY TIME WILL TELL, BUT I WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION ABOUT THESE FIRES CLOSELY.
California wildfires: is there a terrorist connection?
Contributed by Avi - Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Fire officials are now stating that the Orange County Santiago fire
was purposely set and there is speculation that other fires may have also been deliberate. Firefighters in southern California are hoping to get the upper hand on the wildfire that has so far claimed the lives of at least two people and caused an estimated $1 billion in damages. Meanwhile the Associated Press is reporting that the fire has been officially declared an arson and CBS is reporting that CBS News has learned a task force of agencies, including the FBI, ATF, the Orange County Fire Authority and the
California Department of Forestry will announce shortly that the massive Santiago Canyon Fire - which has caused an estimated $10 million in damage - is being officially declared an arson, and a $50,000 reward is being offered to find the arsonist.
And a report released today quotes the California battalion chief as saying Whoever Did This Knew What They Were Doing due to the fact that 3 separate points of ignition were found all near the intersection of Silverado Canyon Road and Santiago Canyon Road, Two were on one side of the road, and the third was on the other which makes it only clearer that this wildfire was not caused by natural causes. Which begs the question of just who set this fire is this well orchestrated setting of the fires the act of a individual or is there something more sinister involved?
A report in the USA Today on July 2003 claims that The FBI alerted law enforcement agencies in August of 2003 that an Al-Qaeda terrorist in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States. And Rose Davis, a spokeswoman for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, told The Associated Press that officials there took note of the warning but didn't see a need to act further on it.This startling report brings the idea of terrorism to the forefront, and makes one wonder whether there may just be a
connection between the fires burning out of control in Southern California and Al-Qaeda. The Jewish Bugle
http://www.thejewishbugle.com
Is a North American Union in the future?
Mexico, U.S. deny plan for any EU-like merger
Mike Madden Republic Washington Bureau Oct. 24, 2007 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON - Someday soon, you'll be keeping ameros in your wallet, not dollars. The goods they buy will zip freely from Mexico to Canada on an enormous new road. And the United States will merge with its neighbors into a massive North American Union that reigns sovereign over more than 440 million people.At least that is the vision being raised by a small but vocal group of bloggers, activists and border-security hard-liners.As the U.S. has increased efforts to cooperate with Canada and Mexico on security and trade, and as the Bush administration has pushed immigration reforms that are extremely unpopular with many conservatives, opponents have become more convinced that North America is heading toward a merger. Although all three governments strongly deny any such plan, a series of private meetings by top leaders and a sweeping effort to rewrite regulations in all three countries aimed at smoothing cross-border relations have emerged as a lightning rod for speculation, criticism and fear.
The goal of the initiative, known as the Security and Prosperity Partnership, is to ensure that the countries work together to keep weapons and terrorists from entering North America while making it easier for movement and commerce among all three nations. Business groups and advocates of free trade have pushed for even more cooperation. The meetings started in 2005 and grew out of long-standing, less-formal cooperation among the three nations. But critics say the partnership is just the first step in a much broader attempt to build a North American Union modeled after the political and economic integration that the European Union built.
Those who fear a merger see signs everywhere. They cite the dollar's recent decline in value, increasing illegal immigration and attempts to expand free-trade areas in the Western Hemisphere. They also point to efforts to increase trade along Interstate 35, which runs straight up the middle of the United States from Mexico to Canada. In Internet postings about the partnership, I-35 has morphed into a NAFTA Superhighway.An agreement in the works to allow Mexican trucks to drive into the U.S. is seen as another tip-off, as is the growing U.S. foreign-trade imbalance, even though China exports more to the U.S. than Mexico and is gaining on Canada.Former Mexican President Vicente Fox recently told CNN's Larry King that long term, very long term, the goal of free-trade agreements could be a Western Hemisphere united by one currency.
There's too much evidence. You've got too many things happening, said Jerome Corsi, a conservative activist and author of The Late Great U.S.A., a book that delves into some of the most alarming interpretations of the U.S.-Canadian-Mexican meetings. Still, to officials involved in the meetings, the idea that the partnership will move to infringe on individual countries' sovereignty is misguided.
I can tell you that that is categorically wrong, it is misleading, it is false, and that type of information, it just creates tension when it shouldn't because it's not true, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said in an interview. We want to do things that are common sense through regulations that will make our three countries more efficient and more productive. But this has nothing to do with sovereignty.In August, during a meeting with the Canadian prime minister and Mexican president, President Bush called the idea comical and a political scare tactic, accusing his opponents of (laying) out a conspiracy and then (forcing) people to try to prove it doesn't exist.
Working together
Although theories about a North American merger may sound far-fetched, they are rooted in negotiations and working groups that all three countries say are important.In its brief existence, the Security and Prosperity Partnership has produced the kind of dry government documents that might be expected from meetings and working groups that try to treat each nation as equal when it comes to both symbolism and substance.The U.S., Canadian and Mexican flags dot each release. The partnership has pursued increasing cooperation among public-health labs in each nation and drafting plans for cross-border emergency assistance in a disaster. It also wants to write similar regulations for industries ranging from medical devices to textile manufacturing so companies operating in all three countries can follow the same standards. Members also are pursuing policies that ease entry and exit into each country.What we tried to do was simply meet, talk about our common problems and see what we can do in practical terms in order to improve the lives of our people, Mexican President Felipe Calderón said at the past meeting. Whether it's to standardize the (regulatory) parameters for chocolates or medicines, I think these are common-sense things.Business organizations that seek increased cooperation among the countries have praised the partnership's work, as have some economists who favor free trade.One of the realities of our country is that we live in a global economy, said Maria Luisa O'Connell, president of the Phoenix-based Border Trade Alliance, a group that pushes for more integration and cooperation among the three nations. From a security perspective, from an economic perspective, we cannot afford not to work together with Canada and Mexico.The meetings, which are closed, are held every year. This year's was in Montebello, Canada. Bush has invited Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to his Texas ranch for next year's meeting.
Reminiscent of EU
Some of the claims made by critics about plans for a merger appear to be mostly hypothetical. For instance:
• No treaty has been signed or proposed to formalize the partnership, and none of the governments involved has called for integration like the European Union, which issues common currency and passports.
• Although the U.S. dollar is now roughly as valuable as the Canadian dollar after decades of trading at higher prices, both are still worth much more than the Mexican peso. All three nations say they have no plans to set up any new currency or do away with their own money.
• Critics fault plans to build a superhighway from the U.S.-Mexican border to the U.S.-Canadian border. But the highway already exists: I-35. There are no known plans for another highway. Even so, critics see the meetings as dangerous. Many focus more on Mexico than Canada, though the partnership's meetings have been trilateral.
Our borders have been opened and amnesty (for undocumented immigrants) has been granted through executive fiat by the Bush administration already, said William Gheen, executive director of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, a group that advocates tougher border security and immigration enforcement. Corsi's book details how the European Union formed out of similar meetings among French, German and other officials. He says denials that anything sinister is afoot help prove his point because EU officials also originally said they didn't intend to set up the kind of multinational bureaucracy that now exists.Republican primary voters have occasionally pressed GOP candidates to disavow the Security and Prosperity Partnership. None of the leading contenders for the party's nomination have explicitly done so.
Congress takes note
Some of the objections by conservative activists are shared by critics on the left, though not the dire warnings of a North American Union.What actually will happen (through the partnership) is that Mexico will continue doing worse economically, and, in fact, the immigration push will grow, said Manuel Perez Rocha, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. The progressive Washington think tank is pushing for the partnership to include more labor protections and economic development in Mexico.Critics on both sides fault the governments for closing meetings to the public.For supporters, the problem with the cooperation is that they're not moving fast enough, not that they'll erode sovereignty.The meetings have attracted some attention from Congress. Conservative Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., introduced a non-binding resolution opposing a North American Union in January, and 39 co-sponsors, including Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., have signed on.Even lawmakers who don't share Goode's concerns say Congress should be more involved in efforts to increase cooperation with neighboring countries.This is a White House-driven initiative that has not been worked on by the Congress at all, said Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who sits on a cross-border working group with Mexican legislators. This is not an official agreement, and there's a lot of myths that are floating around.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
MORE SO CALLED SANCTIONS
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
California turns corner on wildfires By Adam Tanner OCT 25,07
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Firefighters gained the upper hand on nearly all of the California wildfires on Thursday as winds died down after five days battling 20 fires from the mountains north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border. Most of the 500,000 people in the largest evacuation in California's modern history were on their way home, officials said. Some 1,600 homes have been destroyed since Sunday.Two burned bodies were found in a house in hard-hit San Diego County, bringing the death toll to at least eight. Most were elderly who died while being evacuated.This is a better day than any we've had since this thing started, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Kolender said.President George W. Bush, who declared California's wildfires a major disaster, was due to survey the damage with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday and check on the government's response.
It's a sad situation out there in southern California. I fully understand that the people have got a lot of anguish in their hearts and they just need to know a lot of folks care about them, Bush said before leaving the White House.He said he wanted to make sure California was receiving the help it needed to deal with the wildfires.The Federal Emergency Management Agency, criticized along with Bush for a slow response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, had 1,000 people on the ground in badly scorched San Diego County.
Though fire officials were relieved that the hot, dry Santa Ana winds driving the flames had weakened, they conceded that offshore breezes replacing them presented a danger. Even those milder winds could fan the flames, being fought by some 9,000 weary men and women.The wildfires broke out during the weekend after the Santa Ana winds began to blow and have blackened nearly 800 square miles, and injured more than 60 people, many of them firefighters.
RE-ENTRY DAY
San Diego County has suffered losses in excess of $1 billion, and three of the largest fires were still burning there, mostly in the eastern, less populated part of the county.This is going to be a re-entry day for many of the thousands of San Diegans that are out there, said Ron Lane, head of county emergency services. We are absolutely thrilled.Fewer than 1,000 people spent the night at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, compared with some 10,000 on Monday and Tuesday. The good food, showers, acupuncture and massage at evacuees' disposal might have attracted chronically homeless street people.You see a lot of them walking around the parking lot, evacuee Jennifer Ryan said. They know a good thing when they see it.One of the most critical fires was in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, where containment of the 20,000-acre (8,094-hectare) Santiago fire suffered a setback overnight.Authorities said federal agents from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms joined local authorities in investigating the Santiago fire as arson.Those are crime scenes, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department. He said a $70,000 reward was posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Three out of four of Los Angeles County's fires had 100 percent containment, including one in the celebrity enclave of Malibu that garnered much attention in the first days. A risk modeling firm said insured fire losses from the fires would likely cost between $900 million and $1.6 billion.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
A survey of public opinion in 52 countries released today shows the EU is the only great power in the world whose leadership is widely supported.
A global public opinion survey by Gallup International - conducted in collaboration with the European Council on Foreign Relation (ECFR) - shows that there is growing public support for a more multi-polar world, and one in every three citizens around the world (35%) would like to see the European Union's influence to grow. In an ECFR policy brief (PDF - 1 MB), Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard point out that the EU is unique among the four big powers (the other three being the US, China and Russia) in that no-one wants to balance its rise.The 2007 edition of Voice of the People© - the world's largest survey this year based on interviews with 57,000 people from 52 countries - shows that world citizens most disapprove of an expansion of Iranian and US power. 39% of respondents would like to see Iran's power decrease, while 37% would like less US power in the world. Russia and China also provoke more negative than positive reactions. Whilst 23% and 24% of respondents, respectively, would like Russia's and China's importance to increase, 29% and 32% believe the world would benefit from a decline in their power. Accompanying the policy brief is a Love and Hate map (PDF - 3 MB), showing graphically how people in many countries around the world are calling for an increase in the EU's global influence to make the world a better place.
ECFR making an impact
The launch of ECFR has made an impact across Europe, and our Statement of Principles has received significant press coverage in the vast majority of EU member states, and further afield. The website has featured expert analysis and commentary, for example on the Ukrainian elections, on how the EU should respond to the situations in Burma and Pakistan, on the EU Reform Treaty and much more. In the coming weeks we will publish our first major policy report looking at EU's relationship with Russia. We also have forthcoming analysis on how to increase EU power at the United Nations, and on what strategies the EU should be pursuing in Afghanistan.
Statement of Principles OCT 25,07
BY EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
We call on the governments of the European Union to develop a more coherent and vigorous foreign policy, informed by our shared values, dedicated to the pursuit of our common European interests, and sustained by European power.
We endorse the following principles:
1. When faced by the great powers of today and the rising giants of tomorrow, individual European countries regard the world as beyond their control. But if it speaks with one voice, the Europe Union can help shape the world order.
2. It is only by acting together that European Union countries can effectively pursue their common interests, from combating climate change to reducing poverty, from defending human rights and averting genocide to stopping the spread of deadly weapons and addressing the causes of violent extremism.
3. The European Union's foreign policy should be backed up with all of Europe's economic, political, cultural and, as a last resort, military power. Our commitment to strong and effective multilateral institutions must be matched by a drive to increase European influence within them.
4. Starting with the European Union's neighbours, the best way to secure peace and prosperity is to honour existing commitments to countries seeking membership and to encourage political reforms with more generous offers of economic opportunity and political cooperation.
5. European transformative power can reach beyond its immediate neighbourhood. The European Union should leverage the world's largest single market and most generous aid budgets to promote the values we believe in, both in other parts of the world and in multilateral institutions.
Europeans will benefit from having a stronger voice in the world and the world will benefit from a stronger European Union.
Signed by the 50 Founding Members of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Add your voice by using the form below. All signatories of the Statement of Principles are invited to be Associates of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Netanyahu rejects compromise plan
24 Oct 2007 Source: PA News
Israel must control all of Jerusalem forever, former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, taking a stand against a key compromise that could seal an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. His comments on Tuesday followed growing signs that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is ready to share control of Jerusalem under a final peace settlement with the Palestinians. Netanyahu and other senior members of the hawkish Likud Party climbed the Tower of David, built 2,000 years ago to protect the walls of ancient Jerusalem, and then headed to the Mount of Olives, where Jews believe the dead will be resurrected in the end of days. These news feeds are provided by an independent third party and Channel 4 is not responsible or liable to you for the same.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Putin warns against sanctions on Iran By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer OCT 25,07
LISBON, Portugal - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned strongly against new international sanctions on Iran, saying they would lead to a dead end. Putin, in Portugal for a summit with leaders of the European Union, said the standoff over Iran's nuclear program should be resolved through talks, pointing at North Korea as an example.Why worsen the situation and bring it to a dead end by threatening sanctions or military action, Putin said in a veiled reference to the U.S. push for harsher international sanctions against Tehran.Running around like a madman with a razor blade, waving it around, is not the best way to resolve the situation, the Russian leader said.Putin spoke after the Bush administration imposed sweeping new sanctions against Iran, cutting off key Iranian military and banking institutions from the American financial system for Tehran's alleged support for terrorism and nuclear weapons ambitions. Putin did not directly refer to the U.S. actions.
The Russia president said dialogue proved successful in dealing with North Korea. Not long ago it didn't seem possible to resolve the situation with North Korea's nuclear program, but we have practically solved it relying on peaceful means, Putin said.At the same time, Putin said that he reaffirmed Russia's strong opposition to the proliferation of nuclear weapons on his trip to Iran last week.Russia, which is building Iran's first nuclear plant, has opposed the U.S. push for harsher U.N. sanctions against Iran, saying there has been no evidence of Iran seeking nuclear weapons.Putin is in Lisbon to take on disagreements that have stood in the way of a strategic partnership agreement with the 27-nation bloc. The twice-yearly EU-Russia summits have not been upbeat events in recent years — reflecting a steady decline in relations over trade, energy, human rights, Balkan conflicts and other issues.
Russia to appoint firebrand politician to NATO-source
MOSCOW, Oct 24 (Reuters) President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing a nationalist politician as Russia's permanent representative to NATO, a source close to the situation told Reuters today.Putin signed a decree yesterday appointing Dmitry Rogozin, the flamboyant former head of Russia's Motherland party, to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, said the source, who asked not to be named.Rogozin has been appointed permanent representative to NATO,the source said. The decree was signed by Putin yesterday.Rogozin, who calls himself parliament's chief diplomat, has called for Russia to rearm to counter the threat from the Western military alliance, whose expansion he said placed a foreign army at Russia's borders.A Kremlin spokesman declined to comment. The decree only becomes effective on its official publication.
When asked by Reuters whether he had been appointed, Rogozin said: I do not have any official information about this, so I can say nothing at the moment. He was quoted in 2004 by local news agencies as saying that NATO was a U.S.-dominated body that carried out the rather aggressive interests of the United States. NATO is viewed with great suspicion in Russia, where officials say expansion eastwards shows the alliance is being used by the United States and top European powers to counter Russian influence. Rogozin made his Motherland party highly popular with attacks on the West and calls to curb illegal immigration.He resigned as leader of his party last year under what activists said was pressure from the Kremlin disturbed by his popularity. And he was featured in election campaign advertisements in 2005 that a Moscow court said incited racism.Rogozin, 43, was born into a Moscow military family and studied journalism at Moscow University.He worked as Putin's representative in negotiations with the European Union over the status of Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave, after EU expansion.Konstantin Totsky, the current permanent representative, was appointed by Putin in March 2003. He is 57.
Israel holding talks with Hamas: Abbas Thu Oct 25, 11:55 AM ET
AMMAN (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that meetings have taken place between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas which controls the Gaza Strip. But both Israel and Hamas quickly denied that such talks had taken place.We have information that some Hamas men are meeting with the Israelis at Erez (on the Israel-Gaza border). This information is almost confirmed, Abbas said after meeting Jordan's King Abdullah II.
I don't know if the meeting was for normalisation or to calm things down, Abbas said, according to the royal palace.Israel, which boycotts Hamas as a terrorist organisation, categorically denied any such meetings. This is utter nonsense, said Miri Eisin, spokeswoman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.A spokesman for Hamas, which does not recognise Israel's right to exist, also issued a denial.These are baseless allegations. He wants to justify the meetings he himself is holding with the Israeli occupier despite continued Israeli aggression against our people, Samir Abu Zuhri told AFP.Abbas is due to hold talks with Olmert on Friday as part of preparations for a Middle East conference in the United States this year despite mutual recriminations over poor progress to date.
THIS IS ALL A DECEPTION ABBAS AND THE ARABS ARE PLAYING WITH ISRAEL SO THEY CAN TALK PEACE BUT PRIVATELY WANTING TO GIVE ISRAEL PIECES OF PEACE.
Chaotic Nablus: Testing ground for Abbas By ALI DARAGHMEH and DIAA HADID, Associated Press OCT 25,07
NABLUS, West Bank - The Palestinian president has chosen the West Bank's most chaotic city to show he's in control, winning U.S. praise Thursday for beefing up his security forces here as part of an attempt to reassure Israel that he can implement a future peace deal. However, Mahmoud Abbas' campaign to disarm hundreds of militants in Nablus has had mixed results.A former fighter in Abbas' Fatah movement gave up his weapon in exchange for amnesty, but is still teaching his 6-year-old son to shoot an M-16. Dozens refuse to disarm for fear of being defenseless against Israeli raids. And the rival Hamas appears to have hidden most of its arms.
Success of the law-and-order campaign is crucial for U.S.-led peace efforts, including Washington's plan to hold a Mideast conference in Annapolis, Md., later this year.Israel insists Abbas' security forces don't control the West Bank, saying that erodes its ability to make concessions. Palestinian security chiefs say Israel undermines their crackdown by restricting the movement of police and preventing them from getting enough weapons and ammunition.Abbas picked unruly Nablus, the West Bank's second-largest city with 170,000 people, as his testing ground. Since the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, the city has been a stronghold for Hamas and Fatah gunmen as well as vigilantes who rob and blackmail residents.Many suicide bombings and shooting attacks on Israelis were launched from Nablus, and for seven years the city has buckled under severe Israeli travel restrictions, enforced by a ring of army roadblocks.Under the security plan of Abbas and his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, 3,000 Palestinian police officers in Nablus were gradually ordered back to their jobs in recent months, after many spent most of the uprising off the streets in fear of being targeted by Israel. The governor of the Nablus district, Jamal Muheisen, said 500 more officers will be deployed in coming days.
The U.S. security coordinator with the Palestinians, Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, toured Nablus on Thursday and praised the Palestinian efforts after meeting with the local security chiefs.
This is where the Palestinian state will get its first real test, he said. When you succeed in Nablus, it will send a message throughout the West Bank and it will send a message to your neighbors that you're serious about law and order and that you can do the job.Palestinian officials said they need more guns, ammunition and freedom of movement, all of which require Israeli approval. Abdullah Kmeil, the Nablus intelligence chief, said there is only one rifle for every 10 officers, leaving security forces outgunned by militants.Congress has approved $80 million for strengthening Abbas and his security forces, and the Palestinian leader promised to rebuild security compounds destroyed by Israel in several years of fighting.The Nablus governor said Israel should halt its frequent arrest raids in Nablus, which make it harder for the Palestinian authorities to persuade Fatah gunmen to disarm. But the Israelis say they can't take any chances.
The Palestinian leadership today is not capable of implementing its obligations to rein in these groups and in the absence of this capability, Israel must act, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev.On Wednesday, Fatah gunmen claimed responsibility for a drive-by shooting in which an Israeli soldier was seriously wounded while waiting at a bus stop outside an Israeli settlement near Nablus.Israeli analyst Yossi Alpher said the Palestinian security forces simply don't have enough clout to collect all weapons. I don't think they can succeed, he said.On the other hand, human rights activists contend that Abbas' security forces have gone too far in their crackdown, especially on Hamas activists.Amnesty International said in a report this week that some 1,000 Hamas members were rounded up in the West Bank after Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza in June and that many of the detainees were mistreated. Kmeil defended the campaign as a success, saying Hamas is in a state of confusion in the West Bank. However, finding Hamas' weapons is proving to be difficult. Hamas activist Saad Khodariyeh, a 29-year-old school bus driver in Nablus, said he was recently held 26 days on suspicion of hiding an AK-47. He said that during interrogation, his hands were tied behind his back and hooked to a wall, and that his leg muscles eventually tore and got infected.
Investigators never found the suspected weapon, which Khodariyeh said he never possessed. Sheik Maher Kharas, a prominent Hamas member, said the group is simply waiting. We can hide, or keep the weapons buried under the dirt for a while, he said. But then we will rise again.The Palestinian Authority has also shut down more than 100 Hamas-linked charities and outlawed Hamas' military wing. The group's political leaders are keeping a low profile. Abbas' security forces have made sporadic efforts to disarm Islamic Jihad, a small, violent group bent on Israel's destruction. Last month, Islamic Jihad militants shot and killed a Palestinian policeman in the northern West Bank town of Jenin after he stopped their car to check for registration papers. Even gunmen loyal to Abbas are not changing their ways easily. I can't give up my weapons, because the Palestinian Authority can't protect me (against Israel), said Mehdi Abu Ghazaleh, a leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent Fatah offshoot. Some 200 Al Aqsa gunmen exchanged their weapons for Israel's offer of amnesty during the summer, but some keep a spare, just in case. Mahdi Maraki, 31, handed over his M-16 in the amnesty deal, yet is teaching his two sons how to shoot. He displayed video on his mobile phone showing his chubby-cheeked 6-year-old boy spraying M-16 fire into the air.
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN MORE SO CALLED SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN, WHEN IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS GET RID OF YOUR ENEMIES OF GOD, GEORGE W THAT MEANS BOMB IRAN NOT SANCTION IRAN.
US slaps broad new sanctions on Iran By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer OCT 25,07
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration imposed sweeping new sanctions against Iran Thursday — the harshest in nearly three decades — cutting off key Iranian military and banking institutions from the American financial system for Tehran's alleged support for terrorism and nuclear weapons ambitions. In the broadest U.S. unilateral penalties on Iran since the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in 1979, the administration slapped sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, a main unit of its defense ministry, three of its largest banks and eight people that it said are engaged in missile trade and back extremist groups throughout the Middle East.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the moves would further isolate the Islamic republic's government by further distancing it from the international economy and discouraging its trading partners from continuing to do business with it.At the same time, they stressed that offers for negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program remain on the table and that the sacnctions are not a sign of imminent military action. The U.S. officials insist — over Iranian denials — that the nuclear program is a cover for atomic weapons development.
Unfortunately, the Iranian government continues to spurn our offer of open negotiations, instead threatening peace and security, through its nuclear program, production and export of ballistic missiles and backing for Shia insurgents in Iraq, the Taliban in Afghanistan, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, Rice said.The United States has long labeled Iran a state supporter of terrorism and has been working for years to gain support for tougher sanctions from the international community aimed at keeping the country from developing nuclear weapons. It has won two U.N. Security Council sanctions resolutions but a third has been held up by Chinese and Russian opposition.The State Department said at least two permanent members of the Security Council — Britain and France — had been informed of the sanctions before the announcement, but that Russian officials could not be reached and learned of the measures only afterward when Rice managed to get through to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the move, saying new international sanctions are not advisable.Why worsen the situation by threatening sanctions and bring it to a dead end? Putin said in a veiled reference to the U.S. push for harsher international sanctions. It's not the best way to resolve the situation by running around like a madman with a razor blade in his hand.
Rice, who also noted Iran's hardline anti-Israel stance, said the moves were part of a comprehensive policy to confront the threatening behavior of the Iranians but that Washington remains committed to a diplomatic solution.Other officials echoed that sentiment, maintaining the announcement is not a prelude to armed conflict with Iran despite concerns from some allies that the administration is building a case for war.In no way, shape of form does it anticipate the use of force, said Nicholas Burns, the State Department's No. 3 diplomat.Instead, officials said they hope the measures will increase pressure on Iran to take a deal offered last year that would give the oil-rich country economic and other incentives in exchange for dropping nuclear activities that could produce a bomb.In Tehran, the Guards' chief, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, shrugged off increased U.S. pressure on the force.Today, enemy has concentrated sharp point of its attacks on the Guards, Jafari told a military ceremony in Mashhad, east of Tehran, according to the state news agency IRNA. They have applied all their efforts to reduce the efficiency of this revolutionary body. Now as always, the corps is ready to defend the ideals of the revolution more than ever before.
Israel, on the other hand, said it was pleased.
Israel welcomes the U.S. government's decision, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said in Jerusalem. We see this as an important contribution to the international effort to intensify pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program.Iran has ignored previous, smaller attempts to apply international and financial sanctions, and says the conditions Washington has set for talks are unacceptable. Iran is continuing work on its nuclear program, which it says is peaceful. The sanctions target 25 Iranian entities, including individuals and companies owned or controlled by the Revolutionary Guard that play a major role in Iran's domestic economy and international trade. They are the first of their type taken by the United States specifically against the armed forces of another government. In addition to freezing any assets they may have in U.S. jurisdictions, something officials acknowledged would be of minimal effect, the sanctions also bar Americans from doing business with them. But of far greater impact, officials said, they will subject foreign firms to U.S. sanctions if they engage with the designated entities.
The Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics — also known as IRCG — is the largest component of iran's military. It was designated as a proliferator of ballistic missile technology. The defense ministry entity is the parent organization for Iran's aerospace and ballistic missile operations. Paulson called on responsible banks and companies around the world to end relationships with the three banks and companies and affiliates of the IRGC and noted that because of the IRGC's reach into business and other spheres, it is increasingly likely that if you are doing business with Iran you are doing business with the IRGC.State-owned banks Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Saderat were named supporters of global terrorist groups for their activities in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East. Along with Bank Sepah, which was already under U.S. and U.N. sanctions, the institutions account for more than 50 percent of Iran's banking sector, Treasury officials said. As awareness of Iran's deceptive behavior has grown, many banks around the world have decided as a matter of prudence and integrity that Iran's business is simply not worth the risk, Paulson said. It is plain and simple: Reputable institutions do not want to be the bankers for this dangerous regime.The Quds Force, a part of the Guard Corps that Washington accuses of providing weapons, including powerful bombs blamed for the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, was named a supporter of designated terrorist organizations.
The Revolutionary Guards organization, formed to safeguard Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, has pushed well beyond its military roots, and now owns car factories and construction firms and operates newspaper groups and oil fields. Current and former members now hold a growing role across the country's government and economy, sometimes openly and other times in shadows. The guards have gained a particularly big role in the country's oil and gas industry in recent years, as the national oil company has signed several contracts with a guards-operated construction company. Some have been announced publicly, including a $2 billion deal in 2006 to develop part of the important Pars gas field. Now numbering about 125,000 members, they report directly to the supreme leader — Ali Khamenei — and officially handle internal security. The small Quds Force wing is thought to operate overseas, having helped to create the militant Hezbollah group in 1982 in Lebanon and to arm Bosnian Muslims during the Balkan wars.
AP Diplomatic Correspondent Anne Gearan and Associated Press Writer Jeannine Aversa contributed to this story.
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
California turns corner on wildfires By Adam Tanner OCT 25,07
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Firefighters gained the upper hand on nearly all of the California wildfires on Thursday as winds died down after five days battling 20 fires from the mountains north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border. Most of the 500,000 people in the largest evacuation in California's modern history were on their way home, officials said. Some 1,600 homes have been destroyed since Sunday.Two burned bodies were found in a house in hard-hit San Diego County, bringing the death toll to at least eight. Most were elderly who died while being evacuated.This is a better day than any we've had since this thing started, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Kolender said.President George W. Bush, who declared California's wildfires a major disaster, was due to survey the damage with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday and check on the government's response.
It's a sad situation out there in southern California. I fully understand that the people have got a lot of anguish in their hearts and they just need to know a lot of folks care about them, Bush said before leaving the White House.He said he wanted to make sure California was receiving the help it needed to deal with the wildfires.The Federal Emergency Management Agency, criticized along with Bush for a slow response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, had 1,000 people on the ground in badly scorched San Diego County.
Though fire officials were relieved that the hot, dry Santa Ana winds driving the flames had weakened, they conceded that offshore breezes replacing them presented a danger. Even those milder winds could fan the flames, being fought by some 9,000 weary men and women.The wildfires broke out during the weekend after the Santa Ana winds began to blow and have blackened nearly 800 square miles, and injured more than 60 people, many of them firefighters.
RE-ENTRY DAY
San Diego County has suffered losses in excess of $1 billion, and three of the largest fires were still burning there, mostly in the eastern, less populated part of the county.This is going to be a re-entry day for many of the thousands of San Diegans that are out there, said Ron Lane, head of county emergency services. We are absolutely thrilled.Fewer than 1,000 people spent the night at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, compared with some 10,000 on Monday and Tuesday. The good food, showers, acupuncture and massage at evacuees' disposal might have attracted chronically homeless street people.You see a lot of them walking around the parking lot, evacuee Jennifer Ryan said. They know a good thing when they see it.One of the most critical fires was in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, where containment of the 20,000-acre (8,094-hectare) Santiago fire suffered a setback overnight.Authorities said federal agents from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms joined local authorities in investigating the Santiago fire as arson.Those are crime scenes, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department. He said a $70,000 reward was posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Three out of four of Los Angeles County's fires had 100 percent containment, including one in the celebrity enclave of Malibu that garnered much attention in the first days. A risk modeling firm said insured fire losses from the fires would likely cost between $900 million and $1.6 billion.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
A survey of public opinion in 52 countries released today shows the EU is the only great power in the world whose leadership is widely supported.
A global public opinion survey by Gallup International - conducted in collaboration with the European Council on Foreign Relation (ECFR) - shows that there is growing public support for a more multi-polar world, and one in every three citizens around the world (35%) would like to see the European Union's influence to grow. In an ECFR policy brief (PDF - 1 MB), Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard point out that the EU is unique among the four big powers (the other three being the US, China and Russia) in that no-one wants to balance its rise.The 2007 edition of Voice of the People© - the world's largest survey this year based on interviews with 57,000 people from 52 countries - shows that world citizens most disapprove of an expansion of Iranian and US power. 39% of respondents would like to see Iran's power decrease, while 37% would like less US power in the world. Russia and China also provoke more negative than positive reactions. Whilst 23% and 24% of respondents, respectively, would like Russia's and China's importance to increase, 29% and 32% believe the world would benefit from a decline in their power. Accompanying the policy brief is a Love and Hate map (PDF - 3 MB), showing graphically how people in many countries around the world are calling for an increase in the EU's global influence to make the world a better place.
ECFR making an impact
The launch of ECFR has made an impact across Europe, and our Statement of Principles has received significant press coverage in the vast majority of EU member states, and further afield. The website has featured expert analysis and commentary, for example on the Ukrainian elections, on how the EU should respond to the situations in Burma and Pakistan, on the EU Reform Treaty and much more. In the coming weeks we will publish our first major policy report looking at EU's relationship with Russia. We also have forthcoming analysis on how to increase EU power at the United Nations, and on what strategies the EU should be pursuing in Afghanistan.
Statement of Principles OCT 25,07
BY EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
We call on the governments of the European Union to develop a more coherent and vigorous foreign policy, informed by our shared values, dedicated to the pursuit of our common European interests, and sustained by European power.
We endorse the following principles:
1. When faced by the great powers of today and the rising giants of tomorrow, individual European countries regard the world as beyond their control. But if it speaks with one voice, the Europe Union can help shape the world order.
2. It is only by acting together that European Union countries can effectively pursue their common interests, from combating climate change to reducing poverty, from defending human rights and averting genocide to stopping the spread of deadly weapons and addressing the causes of violent extremism.
3. The European Union's foreign policy should be backed up with all of Europe's economic, political, cultural and, as a last resort, military power. Our commitment to strong and effective multilateral institutions must be matched by a drive to increase European influence within them.
4. Starting with the European Union's neighbours, the best way to secure peace and prosperity is to honour existing commitments to countries seeking membership and to encourage political reforms with more generous offers of economic opportunity and political cooperation.
5. European transformative power can reach beyond its immediate neighbourhood. The European Union should leverage the world's largest single market and most generous aid budgets to promote the values we believe in, both in other parts of the world and in multilateral institutions.
Europeans will benefit from having a stronger voice in the world and the world will benefit from a stronger European Union.
Signed by the 50 Founding Members of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Add your voice by using the form below. All signatories of the Statement of Principles are invited to be Associates of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Netanyahu rejects compromise plan
24 Oct 2007 Source: PA News
Israel must control all of Jerusalem forever, former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, taking a stand against a key compromise that could seal an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. His comments on Tuesday followed growing signs that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is ready to share control of Jerusalem under a final peace settlement with the Palestinians. Netanyahu and other senior members of the hawkish Likud Party climbed the Tower of David, built 2,000 years ago to protect the walls of ancient Jerusalem, and then headed to the Mount of Olives, where Jews believe the dead will be resurrected in the end of days. These news feeds are provided by an independent third party and Channel 4 is not responsible or liable to you for the same.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Putin warns against sanctions on Iran By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer OCT 25,07
LISBON, Portugal - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned strongly against new international sanctions on Iran, saying they would lead to a dead end. Putin, in Portugal for a summit with leaders of the European Union, said the standoff over Iran's nuclear program should be resolved through talks, pointing at North Korea as an example.Why worsen the situation and bring it to a dead end by threatening sanctions or military action, Putin said in a veiled reference to the U.S. push for harsher international sanctions against Tehran.Running around like a madman with a razor blade, waving it around, is not the best way to resolve the situation, the Russian leader said.Putin spoke after the Bush administration imposed sweeping new sanctions against Iran, cutting off key Iranian military and banking institutions from the American financial system for Tehran's alleged support for terrorism and nuclear weapons ambitions. Putin did not directly refer to the U.S. actions.
The Russia president said dialogue proved successful in dealing with North Korea. Not long ago it didn't seem possible to resolve the situation with North Korea's nuclear program, but we have practically solved it relying on peaceful means, Putin said.At the same time, Putin said that he reaffirmed Russia's strong opposition to the proliferation of nuclear weapons on his trip to Iran last week.Russia, which is building Iran's first nuclear plant, has opposed the U.S. push for harsher U.N. sanctions against Iran, saying there has been no evidence of Iran seeking nuclear weapons.Putin is in Lisbon to take on disagreements that have stood in the way of a strategic partnership agreement with the 27-nation bloc. The twice-yearly EU-Russia summits have not been upbeat events in recent years — reflecting a steady decline in relations over trade, energy, human rights, Balkan conflicts and other issues.
Russia to appoint firebrand politician to NATO-source
MOSCOW, Oct 24 (Reuters) President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing a nationalist politician as Russia's permanent representative to NATO, a source close to the situation told Reuters today.Putin signed a decree yesterday appointing Dmitry Rogozin, the flamboyant former head of Russia's Motherland party, to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, said the source, who asked not to be named.Rogozin has been appointed permanent representative to NATO,the source said. The decree was signed by Putin yesterday.Rogozin, who calls himself parliament's chief diplomat, has called for Russia to rearm to counter the threat from the Western military alliance, whose expansion he said placed a foreign army at Russia's borders.A Kremlin spokesman declined to comment. The decree only becomes effective on its official publication.
When asked by Reuters whether he had been appointed, Rogozin said: I do not have any official information about this, so I can say nothing at the moment. He was quoted in 2004 by local news agencies as saying that NATO was a U.S.-dominated body that carried out the rather aggressive interests of the United States. NATO is viewed with great suspicion in Russia, where officials say expansion eastwards shows the alliance is being used by the United States and top European powers to counter Russian influence. Rogozin made his Motherland party highly popular with attacks on the West and calls to curb illegal immigration.He resigned as leader of his party last year under what activists said was pressure from the Kremlin disturbed by his popularity. And he was featured in election campaign advertisements in 2005 that a Moscow court said incited racism.Rogozin, 43, was born into a Moscow military family and studied journalism at Moscow University.He worked as Putin's representative in negotiations with the European Union over the status of Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave, after EU expansion.Konstantin Totsky, the current permanent representative, was appointed by Putin in March 2003. He is 57.
Israel holding talks with Hamas: Abbas Thu Oct 25, 11:55 AM ET
AMMAN (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that meetings have taken place between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas which controls the Gaza Strip. But both Israel and Hamas quickly denied that such talks had taken place.We have information that some Hamas men are meeting with the Israelis at Erez (on the Israel-Gaza border). This information is almost confirmed, Abbas said after meeting Jordan's King Abdullah II.
I don't know if the meeting was for normalisation or to calm things down, Abbas said, according to the royal palace.Israel, which boycotts Hamas as a terrorist organisation, categorically denied any such meetings. This is utter nonsense, said Miri Eisin, spokeswoman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.A spokesman for Hamas, which does not recognise Israel's right to exist, also issued a denial.These are baseless allegations. He wants to justify the meetings he himself is holding with the Israeli occupier despite continued Israeli aggression against our people, Samir Abu Zuhri told AFP.Abbas is due to hold talks with Olmert on Friday as part of preparations for a Middle East conference in the United States this year despite mutual recriminations over poor progress to date.
THIS IS ALL A DECEPTION ABBAS AND THE ARABS ARE PLAYING WITH ISRAEL SO THEY CAN TALK PEACE BUT PRIVATELY WANTING TO GIVE ISRAEL PIECES OF PEACE.
Chaotic Nablus: Testing ground for Abbas By ALI DARAGHMEH and DIAA HADID, Associated Press OCT 25,07
NABLUS, West Bank - The Palestinian president has chosen the West Bank's most chaotic city to show he's in control, winning U.S. praise Thursday for beefing up his security forces here as part of an attempt to reassure Israel that he can implement a future peace deal. However, Mahmoud Abbas' campaign to disarm hundreds of militants in Nablus has had mixed results.A former fighter in Abbas' Fatah movement gave up his weapon in exchange for amnesty, but is still teaching his 6-year-old son to shoot an M-16. Dozens refuse to disarm for fear of being defenseless against Israeli raids. And the rival Hamas appears to have hidden most of its arms.
Success of the law-and-order campaign is crucial for U.S.-led peace efforts, including Washington's plan to hold a Mideast conference in Annapolis, Md., later this year.Israel insists Abbas' security forces don't control the West Bank, saying that erodes its ability to make concessions. Palestinian security chiefs say Israel undermines their crackdown by restricting the movement of police and preventing them from getting enough weapons and ammunition.Abbas picked unruly Nablus, the West Bank's second-largest city with 170,000 people, as his testing ground. Since the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, the city has been a stronghold for Hamas and Fatah gunmen as well as vigilantes who rob and blackmail residents.Many suicide bombings and shooting attacks on Israelis were launched from Nablus, and for seven years the city has buckled under severe Israeli travel restrictions, enforced by a ring of army roadblocks.Under the security plan of Abbas and his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, 3,000 Palestinian police officers in Nablus were gradually ordered back to their jobs in recent months, after many spent most of the uprising off the streets in fear of being targeted by Israel. The governor of the Nablus district, Jamal Muheisen, said 500 more officers will be deployed in coming days.
The U.S. security coordinator with the Palestinians, Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, toured Nablus on Thursday and praised the Palestinian efforts after meeting with the local security chiefs.
This is where the Palestinian state will get its first real test, he said. When you succeed in Nablus, it will send a message throughout the West Bank and it will send a message to your neighbors that you're serious about law and order and that you can do the job.Palestinian officials said they need more guns, ammunition and freedom of movement, all of which require Israeli approval. Abdullah Kmeil, the Nablus intelligence chief, said there is only one rifle for every 10 officers, leaving security forces outgunned by militants.Congress has approved $80 million for strengthening Abbas and his security forces, and the Palestinian leader promised to rebuild security compounds destroyed by Israel in several years of fighting.The Nablus governor said Israel should halt its frequent arrest raids in Nablus, which make it harder for the Palestinian authorities to persuade Fatah gunmen to disarm. But the Israelis say they can't take any chances.
The Palestinian leadership today is not capable of implementing its obligations to rein in these groups and in the absence of this capability, Israel must act, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev.On Wednesday, Fatah gunmen claimed responsibility for a drive-by shooting in which an Israeli soldier was seriously wounded while waiting at a bus stop outside an Israeli settlement near Nablus.Israeli analyst Yossi Alpher said the Palestinian security forces simply don't have enough clout to collect all weapons. I don't think they can succeed, he said.On the other hand, human rights activists contend that Abbas' security forces have gone too far in their crackdown, especially on Hamas activists.Amnesty International said in a report this week that some 1,000 Hamas members were rounded up in the West Bank after Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza in June and that many of the detainees were mistreated. Kmeil defended the campaign as a success, saying Hamas is in a state of confusion in the West Bank. However, finding Hamas' weapons is proving to be difficult. Hamas activist Saad Khodariyeh, a 29-year-old school bus driver in Nablus, said he was recently held 26 days on suspicion of hiding an AK-47. He said that during interrogation, his hands were tied behind his back and hooked to a wall, and that his leg muscles eventually tore and got infected.
Investigators never found the suspected weapon, which Khodariyeh said he never possessed. Sheik Maher Kharas, a prominent Hamas member, said the group is simply waiting. We can hide, or keep the weapons buried under the dirt for a while, he said. But then we will rise again.The Palestinian Authority has also shut down more than 100 Hamas-linked charities and outlawed Hamas' military wing. The group's political leaders are keeping a low profile. Abbas' security forces have made sporadic efforts to disarm Islamic Jihad, a small, violent group bent on Israel's destruction. Last month, Islamic Jihad militants shot and killed a Palestinian policeman in the northern West Bank town of Jenin after he stopped their car to check for registration papers. Even gunmen loyal to Abbas are not changing their ways easily. I can't give up my weapons, because the Palestinian Authority can't protect me (against Israel), said Mehdi Abu Ghazaleh, a leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent Fatah offshoot. Some 200 Al Aqsa gunmen exchanged their weapons for Israel's offer of amnesty during the summer, but some keep a spare, just in case. Mahdi Maraki, 31, handed over his M-16 in the amnesty deal, yet is teaching his two sons how to shoot. He displayed video on his mobile phone showing his chubby-cheeked 6-year-old boy spraying M-16 fire into the air.
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN MORE SO CALLED SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN, WHEN IN THE BIBLE IT SAYS GET RID OF YOUR ENEMIES OF GOD, GEORGE W THAT MEANS BOMB IRAN NOT SANCTION IRAN.
US slaps broad new sanctions on Iran By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer OCT 25,07
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration imposed sweeping new sanctions against Iran Thursday — the harshest in nearly three decades — cutting off key Iranian military and banking institutions from the American financial system for Tehran's alleged support for terrorism and nuclear weapons ambitions. In the broadest U.S. unilateral penalties on Iran since the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in 1979, the administration slapped sanctions on Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, a main unit of its defense ministry, three of its largest banks and eight people that it said are engaged in missile trade and back extremist groups throughout the Middle East.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the moves would further isolate the Islamic republic's government by further distancing it from the international economy and discouraging its trading partners from continuing to do business with it.At the same time, they stressed that offers for negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program remain on the table and that the sacnctions are not a sign of imminent military action. The U.S. officials insist — over Iranian denials — that the nuclear program is a cover for atomic weapons development.
Unfortunately, the Iranian government continues to spurn our offer of open negotiations, instead threatening peace and security, through its nuclear program, production and export of ballistic missiles and backing for Shia insurgents in Iraq, the Taliban in Afghanistan, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, Rice said.The United States has long labeled Iran a state supporter of terrorism and has been working for years to gain support for tougher sanctions from the international community aimed at keeping the country from developing nuclear weapons. It has won two U.N. Security Council sanctions resolutions but a third has been held up by Chinese and Russian opposition.The State Department said at least two permanent members of the Security Council — Britain and France — had been informed of the sanctions before the announcement, but that Russian officials could not be reached and learned of the measures only afterward when Rice managed to get through to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the move, saying new international sanctions are not advisable.Why worsen the situation by threatening sanctions and bring it to a dead end? Putin said in a veiled reference to the U.S. push for harsher international sanctions. It's not the best way to resolve the situation by running around like a madman with a razor blade in his hand.
Rice, who also noted Iran's hardline anti-Israel stance, said the moves were part of a comprehensive policy to confront the threatening behavior of the Iranians but that Washington remains committed to a diplomatic solution.Other officials echoed that sentiment, maintaining the announcement is not a prelude to armed conflict with Iran despite concerns from some allies that the administration is building a case for war.In no way, shape of form does it anticipate the use of force, said Nicholas Burns, the State Department's No. 3 diplomat.Instead, officials said they hope the measures will increase pressure on Iran to take a deal offered last year that would give the oil-rich country economic and other incentives in exchange for dropping nuclear activities that could produce a bomb.In Tehran, the Guards' chief, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, shrugged off increased U.S. pressure on the force.Today, enemy has concentrated sharp point of its attacks on the Guards, Jafari told a military ceremony in Mashhad, east of Tehran, according to the state news agency IRNA. They have applied all their efforts to reduce the efficiency of this revolutionary body. Now as always, the corps is ready to defend the ideals of the revolution more than ever before.
Israel, on the other hand, said it was pleased.
Israel welcomes the U.S. government's decision, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said in Jerusalem. We see this as an important contribution to the international effort to intensify pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program.Iran has ignored previous, smaller attempts to apply international and financial sanctions, and says the conditions Washington has set for talks are unacceptable. Iran is continuing work on its nuclear program, which it says is peaceful. The sanctions target 25 Iranian entities, including individuals and companies owned or controlled by the Revolutionary Guard that play a major role in Iran's domestic economy and international trade. They are the first of their type taken by the United States specifically against the armed forces of another government. In addition to freezing any assets they may have in U.S. jurisdictions, something officials acknowledged would be of minimal effect, the sanctions also bar Americans from doing business with them. But of far greater impact, officials said, they will subject foreign firms to U.S. sanctions if they engage with the designated entities.
The Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics — also known as IRCG — is the largest component of iran's military. It was designated as a proliferator of ballistic missile technology. The defense ministry entity is the parent organization for Iran's aerospace and ballistic missile operations. Paulson called on responsible banks and companies around the world to end relationships with the three banks and companies and affiliates of the IRGC and noted that because of the IRGC's reach into business and other spheres, it is increasingly likely that if you are doing business with Iran you are doing business with the IRGC.State-owned banks Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Saderat were named supporters of global terrorist groups for their activities in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East. Along with Bank Sepah, which was already under U.S. and U.N. sanctions, the institutions account for more than 50 percent of Iran's banking sector, Treasury officials said. As awareness of Iran's deceptive behavior has grown, many banks around the world have decided as a matter of prudence and integrity that Iran's business is simply not worth the risk, Paulson said. It is plain and simple: Reputable institutions do not want to be the bankers for this dangerous regime.The Quds Force, a part of the Guard Corps that Washington accuses of providing weapons, including powerful bombs blamed for the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, was named a supporter of designated terrorist organizations.
The Revolutionary Guards organization, formed to safeguard Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, has pushed well beyond its military roots, and now owns car factories and construction firms and operates newspaper groups and oil fields. Current and former members now hold a growing role across the country's government and economy, sometimes openly and other times in shadows. The guards have gained a particularly big role in the country's oil and gas industry in recent years, as the national oil company has signed several contracts with a guards-operated construction company. Some have been announced publicly, including a $2 billion deal in 2006 to develop part of the important Pars gas field. Now numbering about 125,000 members, they report directly to the supreme leader — Ali Khamenei — and officially handle internal security. The small Quds Force wing is thought to operate overseas, having helped to create the militant Hezbollah group in 1982 in Lebanon and to arm Bosnian Muslims during the Balkan wars.
AP Diplomatic Correspondent Anne Gearan and Associated Press Writer Jeannine Aversa contributed to this story.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
613 COMMANDMENTS 001 - 113
THE 613 COMMANDMENTS OF JUDAISM 1-113
THE MANDATORY COMMANDMENTS.
The Jew is required to 1-believe that God exists and to
EXO 20:2 (1)
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
2-acknowledge His unity; to
DEU 6:4 (2)
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
3-Love,
DEU 6:5 (3)
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
4-fear and
DEU 6:13 (4)
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
5-serve Him. He is also commanded to
EXO 23:25 (5)
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
DEU 11:13 (5)
13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
DEU 6:13 (5)
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
DEU 13:5 (5)
5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
6-cleave to him (by associating with and imitating the wise) and to
DEU 10:20 (6)
20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
7-swear only by his name. One must
DEU 10:20 (7)
20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
8-imitate God and
DEU 28:9 (8)
9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
9-sanctify His name.
LEV 22:32
32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
TORAH COMMANDMENTS
The Jew must 10-recite the *Shema each morning and evening and
11-study the Torah and teach it to others. He should bind *Tefillin on his
DEU 6:7 (10-11)
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
12-head and
13-his arm. He should make
DEU 6:8 (12-13)
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
14-* zizit for his garments and
NUM 15:38 (14)
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue.
15-fix a * mezuzah on the door. The people are to be
DEU 6:9 (15)
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
16-assembled every seventh year to hear the Torah read and
DEU 31:12 (16)
12 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
17-the king must write a special copy of the Torah for himself.
DEU 17:18 (17)
18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
18-Every Jew should have a Torah scroll. One should
DEU 31:19 (18)
19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
19-praise God after eating.
DEU 8:10 (19)
10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
TEMPLE, AND THE PRIESTS COMMANDMENTS
The Jews should 20-build a Temple and
EXE 25:8 (20)
8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
21-respect it. It must be
LEV 19:30 (21)
30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
22-guarded at all times and the
NUM 18:4 (22)
4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
23-Levites should perform their special duties in it. Before entering the Temple or participating in its service the priests
NUM 18:23 (23)
23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
24-must wash their hands and feet; they must also
EXO 30:19 (24)
19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
25-light the candelabrum daily. The priests are required to
EXO 27:21 (25)
21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
26-bless israel and to
NUM 6:23 (26)
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them.
27-set the showbread and frankincense before the Ark. Twice daily they must
EXO 25:30 (27)
30 And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.
28-burn the incense on the golden altar. Fire shall be kept burning on the altar.
EXO 30:7 (28)
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
29-continually and the ashes should be
LEV 6:6 (29)
6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest.
30-removed daily. Ritually unclean persons must be
LEV 6:3 (30)
3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein.
31-kept out of the Temple. Israel
NUM 5:2 (31)
2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead.
32-should honor its priests, who must be
LEV 21:8 (32)
8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
33-dressed in special priestly raiment. The priests should
EXO 28:2 (33)
2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
34-carry the Ark on their shoulders, and the holy annointing oil
NUM 7:9 (34)
9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
35-must be prepared according to its special formula. The priestly families should officiate in
EXO 30:31 (35)
31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
36-rotation. In honor of certain dead close relatives the priests should
DEU 18:6-8 (36)
6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
37-make themselves ritually unclean. The high priest may marry
LEV 21:2-3 (37)
2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
38-only a virgin.
LEV 21:13 (38)
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
SACRIFICES COMMANDMENTS
The 39-Tamid sacrifice must be offered twice daily and the
NUM 28:3 (39)
3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
40-high priest must also offer a meal-offering twice daily. An additional sacrifice (Musaf) should be offered
LEV 6:13 (40)
13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
41-every sabbath,
NUM 28:9 (41)
9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
42-on the first of every month, and
NUM 28:11 (42)
11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot.
43-on each of the seven days of * Passover. On the second day of Passover
LEV 23:36 (43)
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
44-a meal offering of the first barley must also be brought. On * Shavout a
LEV 23:10 (44)
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
45-musaf must be offered and
NUM 28:26-27 (45)
26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year.
46-two loaves of bread as a wave offering. The additional sacrifice must also be made on
LEV 23:17 (46)
17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
47-Rosh Ha-Shanah and
NUM 29:1-2 (47)
1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
48-on the day of * Atonement when the
NUM 29:7-8 (48)
7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savor; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish.
49-Avodah must also be performed. On every day of the festival of
LEVITICUS 16:1-34 (49)
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
50-Sukkot a musaf must be brought as well as on the
NUM 29:13 (50)
12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days.
51-eighth day thereof. Every male Jew should make
NUM 29:36 (51)
36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish.
52-pilgrimage to the Temple three times a year and
EXO 23:14 (52)
14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
53-appear there during the three pilgrim Festivals. One should
EXO 34:23 (53)
23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel.
DEU 16:16 (53)
16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty.
54-rejoice on the Festivals. On the 14th of Nisan one should
DEU 16:14 (54)
14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
55-slaughter the paschal lamb and
EXO 12:6 (55)
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
56-eat of its roasted flesh on the night of the 15th. Those who were ritually impure in Nisan should slaughter the paschal lamb on
EXO 12:8 (56)
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
57-the 14th of Iyyar and eat it with
NUM 9:11 (57)
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
58-mazzah and bitter herbs. Trumpets should be
NUM 9:11 (58)
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
EXO 12:8 (58)
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
59-sounded when the festive sacrifices are brought and also in times of tribulation. Cattle to be sacrificed must be
NUM 10:9-10 (59)
9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
60-at least eight days old and
LEV 22:27 (60)
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
61-with out blemish. All offerings must be
LEV 22:21 (61)
21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
62-salted. It is a mitzvah to perform the ritual of
LEV 2:13 (62)
13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
63-the burnt offering,
LEV 1:2 (63)
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
64-the sin offering,
LEV 6:18 (64)
18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
65-the guilt offering.
LEV 7:1 (65)
1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
66-the peace offering and
LEV 3:1 (66)
1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
67-the meal offering. Should the * Sanhedrin err in a decision its members
LEV 2:1 (67)
1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
LEV 6:7 (67)
7 And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
68-must bring a sin offering which offering must also be brought
LEV 4:13 (68)
13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
69-by a person who has unwittingly transgressed a * Karet prohibition (i.e., one which, if done deliberately, would incur Karet).
When in doubt as to whether one has transgressed such a prohibition a
LEV 4:27(69)
27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
70-suspensive guilt offering must be brought. For
LEV 5:17-18 (70)
17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
71-stealing or swearing falsely and for other sins of a like nature, a guilt offering must be brought. In special circumstances the sin offering
LEV 5:15 (71)
15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
LEV 19:20-21 (71)
20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
72-can be according to one's means. One must
LEV 5:1-11 (72)
1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:
9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.
10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
11 But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
73-confess one's sins before God and repent for them. A
NUM 5:6-7 (73)
6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
74-man or
LEV 15:13-15 (74)
13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue.
75-a woman who has seminal issue must bring a sacrifice; a woman must also bring a sacrifice
LEV 15:28-29 (75)
28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
76-after childbirth. A leper must
LEV 12:6 (76)
6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest.
77-bring a sacrifice after he has been cleansed. One must
LEV 14:10 (77)
10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
78-tithe one's cattle. The
LEV 27:32 (78)
32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
79 * firstborn of clean (i.e.,permitted) cattle are holy and must be sacrificed. The firstborn of man must be
EXO 13:2 (79)
2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
80-redeemed. The firstling of the ass (donkey) must be
EXO 22:28 (80)
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
NUM 18:15 (80)
15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
81-redeemed; if not
EXO 34:20 (81)
20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
82-its neck has to be broken. Animals set aside as offerings
EXO 13:13 (82)
13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
83-must be brought to Jerusalem without delay and
DEU 12:5-6 (83)
5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
84-may be sacrificed only in the Temple. Offerings from outside the land of israel
DEU 12:14 (84)
14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
85-may also be brought to the Temple. Sanctified animals
DEU 12:26 (85)
26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose.
86-which have become blemished must be redeemed. A beast exchanged for an offering
DEU 12:15 (86)
15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
87-is also holy. The priests should eat
LEV 27:33 (87)
33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
88-the remainder of the meal offering and
LEV 6:9 (88)
9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
89-the flesh of sin and guilt offerings; but consecrated flesh which has become
EXO 29:33 (89)
33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
90-ritually unclean or
LEV 7:19 (90)
19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
91-which was not eaten within its appointed time must be burned.
LEV 7:17 (91)
17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
VOWS - COMMANDMENTS
92-A Nazarite must 92-let his hair growduring the period of his separation. When that period is over he must
NUM 6:5 (92)
5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
93-shave his headand bring his sacrifice. A man must
NUM 6:18 (93)
18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
94-honor his vows and his oaths which a judge can
DEU 23:24 (94)
24 When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
95-annul only in accordance with the law.
NUM 30:3 (95)
3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth.
RITUAL PURITY - COMMANDMENTS
96-Anyone who touches 96-a carcass or
LEV 11:8,24 (96)
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even.
97-one of the eight species of reptiles becomes ritually unclean; food becomes unclean by
LEV 11:29-31 (97)
29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
98-coming into contact with a ritually unclean object.
LEV 11:34 (98)
34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
99-Menstruous women and those
LEV 15:19 (99)
19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
100-lying in after childbirth are ritually impure. A
LEV 12:2 (100)
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
101-leper,
LEV 13:3 (101)
3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
102-a leperous garment, and
LEV 13:51 (102)
51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
103-a leprous house are all ritually unclean. A man having
LEV 14:44 (103)
44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean.
104-a running issue is unclean, as is
LEV 15:2 (104)
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
105- semen. A woman suffering from
LEV 15:16 (105)
16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
106-running issue is also impure. A
LEV 15:19 (106)
19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
107-human corpse is ritually unclean. The purification water (mei niddah) purifies
NUM 19:14 (107)
14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
108-the unclean. But it makes the clean ritually impure. It is a mitzvah to become ritually clean.
NUM 19:13,21(108)
13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
109-by ritual immersion. To be come cleansed of leprousy one
LEV 15:16 (109)
16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
110-must follow the specified procedure and also
LEV 14:2 (110)
2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest.
111-shave off all of ones hair. Until cleansed the leper
LEV 14:9 (111)
9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
112-must be bearheaded with clothing in disarray so as to be easily distinguishable.
LEV 13:45 (112)
45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
113-The ashes of the * Red heifer are to be used in the process of ritual purification.
NUM 19:2-9 (113)
2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
THE MANDATORY COMMANDMENTS.
The Jew is required to 1-believe that God exists and to
EXO 20:2 (1)
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
2-acknowledge His unity; to
DEU 6:4 (2)
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
3-Love,
DEU 6:5 (3)
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
4-fear and
DEU 6:13 (4)
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
5-serve Him. He is also commanded to
EXO 23:25 (5)
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
DEU 11:13 (5)
13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
DEU 6:13 (5)
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
DEU 13:5 (5)
5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
6-cleave to him (by associating with and imitating the wise) and to
DEU 10:20 (6)
20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
7-swear only by his name. One must
DEU 10:20 (7)
20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
8-imitate God and
DEU 28:9 (8)
9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
9-sanctify His name.
LEV 22:32
32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
TORAH COMMANDMENTS
The Jew must 10-recite the *Shema each morning and evening and
11-study the Torah and teach it to others. He should bind *Tefillin on his
DEU 6:7 (10-11)
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
12-head and
13-his arm. He should make
DEU 6:8 (12-13)
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
14-* zizit for his garments and
NUM 15:38 (14)
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue.
15-fix a * mezuzah on the door. The people are to be
DEU 6:9 (15)
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
16-assembled every seventh year to hear the Torah read and
DEU 31:12 (16)
12 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
17-the king must write a special copy of the Torah for himself.
DEU 17:18 (17)
18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
18-Every Jew should have a Torah scroll. One should
DEU 31:19 (18)
19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
19-praise God after eating.
DEU 8:10 (19)
10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
TEMPLE, AND THE PRIESTS COMMANDMENTS
The Jews should 20-build a Temple and
EXE 25:8 (20)
8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
21-respect it. It must be
LEV 19:30 (21)
30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
22-guarded at all times and the
NUM 18:4 (22)
4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
23-Levites should perform their special duties in it. Before entering the Temple or participating in its service the priests
NUM 18:23 (23)
23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
24-must wash their hands and feet; they must also
EXO 30:19 (24)
19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
25-light the candelabrum daily. The priests are required to
EXO 27:21 (25)
21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
26-bless israel and to
NUM 6:23 (26)
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them.
27-set the showbread and frankincense before the Ark. Twice daily they must
EXO 25:30 (27)
30 And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.
28-burn the incense on the golden altar. Fire shall be kept burning on the altar.
EXO 30:7 (28)
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
29-continually and the ashes should be
LEV 6:6 (29)
6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest.
30-removed daily. Ritually unclean persons must be
LEV 6:3 (30)
3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein.
31-kept out of the Temple. Israel
NUM 5:2 (31)
2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead.
32-should honor its priests, who must be
LEV 21:8 (32)
8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
33-dressed in special priestly raiment. The priests should
EXO 28:2 (33)
2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
34-carry the Ark on their shoulders, and the holy annointing oil
NUM 7:9 (34)
9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
35-must be prepared according to its special formula. The priestly families should officiate in
EXO 30:31 (35)
31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
36-rotation. In honor of certain dead close relatives the priests should
DEU 18:6-8 (36)
6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
37-make themselves ritually unclean. The high priest may marry
LEV 21:2-3 (37)
2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
38-only a virgin.
LEV 21:13 (38)
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
SACRIFICES COMMANDMENTS
The 39-Tamid sacrifice must be offered twice daily and the
NUM 28:3 (39)
3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
40-high priest must also offer a meal-offering twice daily. An additional sacrifice (Musaf) should be offered
LEV 6:13 (40)
13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
41-every sabbath,
NUM 28:9 (41)
9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
42-on the first of every month, and
NUM 28:11 (42)
11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot.
43-on each of the seven days of * Passover. On the second day of Passover
LEV 23:36 (43)
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
44-a meal offering of the first barley must also be brought. On * Shavout a
LEV 23:10 (44)
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
45-musaf must be offered and
NUM 28:26-27 (45)
26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year.
46-two loaves of bread as a wave offering. The additional sacrifice must also be made on
LEV 23:17 (46)
17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
47-Rosh Ha-Shanah and
NUM 29:1-2 (47)
1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
48-on the day of * Atonement when the
NUM 29:7-8 (48)
7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savor; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish.
49-Avodah must also be performed. On every day of the festival of
LEVITICUS 16:1-34 (49)
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
50-Sukkot a musaf must be brought as well as on the
NUM 29:13 (50)
12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days.
51-eighth day thereof. Every male Jew should make
NUM 29:36 (51)
36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish.
52-pilgrimage to the Temple three times a year and
EXO 23:14 (52)
14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
53-appear there during the three pilgrim Festivals. One should
EXO 34:23 (53)
23 Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel.
DEU 16:16 (53)
16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty.
54-rejoice on the Festivals. On the 14th of Nisan one should
DEU 16:14 (54)
14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
55-slaughter the paschal lamb and
EXO 12:6 (55)
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
56-eat of its roasted flesh on the night of the 15th. Those who were ritually impure in Nisan should slaughter the paschal lamb on
EXO 12:8 (56)
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
57-the 14th of Iyyar and eat it with
NUM 9:11 (57)
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
58-mazzah and bitter herbs. Trumpets should be
NUM 9:11 (58)
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
EXO 12:8 (58)
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
59-sounded when the festive sacrifices are brought and also in times of tribulation. Cattle to be sacrificed must be
NUM 10:9-10 (59)
9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
60-at least eight days old and
LEV 22:27 (60)
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
61-with out blemish. All offerings must be
LEV 22:21 (61)
21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
62-salted. It is a mitzvah to perform the ritual of
LEV 2:13 (62)
13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
63-the burnt offering,
LEV 1:2 (63)
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
64-the sin offering,
LEV 6:18 (64)
18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
65-the guilt offering.
LEV 7:1 (65)
1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
66-the peace offering and
LEV 3:1 (66)
1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
67-the meal offering. Should the * Sanhedrin err in a decision its members
LEV 2:1 (67)
1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
LEV 6:7 (67)
7 And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
68-must bring a sin offering which offering must also be brought
LEV 4:13 (68)
13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
69-by a person who has unwittingly transgressed a * Karet prohibition (i.e., one which, if done deliberately, would incur Karet).
When in doubt as to whether one has transgressed such a prohibition a
LEV 4:27(69)
27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
70-suspensive guilt offering must be brought. For
LEV 5:17-18 (70)
17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
71-stealing or swearing falsely and for other sins of a like nature, a guilt offering must be brought. In special circumstances the sin offering
LEV 5:15 (71)
15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
LEV 19:20-21 (71)
20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
72-can be according to one's means. One must
LEV 5:1-11 (72)
1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:
9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.
10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
11 But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
73-confess one's sins before God and repent for them. A
NUM 5:6-7 (73)
6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
74-man or
LEV 15:13-15 (74)
13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue.
75-a woman who has seminal issue must bring a sacrifice; a woman must also bring a sacrifice
LEV 15:28-29 (75)
28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
76-after childbirth. A leper must
LEV 12:6 (76)
6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest.
77-bring a sacrifice after he has been cleansed. One must
LEV 14:10 (77)
10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
78-tithe one's cattle. The
LEV 27:32 (78)
32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
79 * firstborn of clean (i.e.,permitted) cattle are holy and must be sacrificed. The firstborn of man must be
EXO 13:2 (79)
2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
80-redeemed. The firstling of the ass (donkey) must be
EXO 22:28 (80)
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
NUM 18:15 (80)
15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
81-redeemed; if not
EXO 34:20 (81)
20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
82-its neck has to be broken. Animals set aside as offerings
EXO 13:13 (82)
13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
83-must be brought to Jerusalem without delay and
DEU 12:5-6 (83)
5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
84-may be sacrificed only in the Temple. Offerings from outside the land of israel
DEU 12:14 (84)
14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
85-may also be brought to the Temple. Sanctified animals
DEU 12:26 (85)
26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose.
86-which have become blemished must be redeemed. A beast exchanged for an offering
DEU 12:15 (86)
15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
87-is also holy. The priests should eat
LEV 27:33 (87)
33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
88-the remainder of the meal offering and
LEV 6:9 (88)
9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
89-the flesh of sin and guilt offerings; but consecrated flesh which has become
EXO 29:33 (89)
33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
90-ritually unclean or
LEV 7:19 (90)
19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
91-which was not eaten within its appointed time must be burned.
LEV 7:17 (91)
17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
VOWS - COMMANDMENTS
92-A Nazarite must 92-let his hair growduring the period of his separation. When that period is over he must
NUM 6:5 (92)
5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
93-shave his headand bring his sacrifice. A man must
NUM 6:18 (93)
18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
94-honor his vows and his oaths which a judge can
DEU 23:24 (94)
24 When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
95-annul only in accordance with the law.
NUM 30:3 (95)
3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth.
RITUAL PURITY - COMMANDMENTS
96-Anyone who touches 96-a carcass or
LEV 11:8,24 (96)
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even.
97-one of the eight species of reptiles becomes ritually unclean; food becomes unclean by
LEV 11:29-31 (97)
29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
98-coming into contact with a ritually unclean object.
LEV 11:34 (98)
34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
99-Menstruous women and those
LEV 15:19 (99)
19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
100-lying in after childbirth are ritually impure. A
LEV 12:2 (100)
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
101-leper,
LEV 13:3 (101)
3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
102-a leperous garment, and
LEV 13:51 (102)
51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
103-a leprous house are all ritually unclean. A man having
LEV 14:44 (103)
44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean.
104-a running issue is unclean, as is
LEV 15:2 (104)
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
105- semen. A woman suffering from
LEV 15:16 (105)
16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
106-running issue is also impure. A
LEV 15:19 (106)
19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
107-human corpse is ritually unclean. The purification water (mei niddah) purifies
NUM 19:14 (107)
14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
108-the unclean. But it makes the clean ritually impure. It is a mitzvah to become ritually clean.
NUM 19:13,21(108)
13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
109-by ritual immersion. To be come cleansed of leprousy one
LEV 15:16 (109)
16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
110-must follow the specified procedure and also
LEV 14:2 (110)
2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest.
111-shave off all of ones hair. Until cleansed the leper
LEV 14:9 (111)
9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
112-must be bearheaded with clothing in disarray so as to be easily distinguishable.
LEV 13:45 (112)
45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
113-The ashes of the * Red heifer are to be used in the process of ritual purification.
NUM 19:2-9 (113)
2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
900,000 EVACUATED BY CAL FIRES
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
AS OF 10:30 AM IN CALIFORNIA THE FIRE TOTALS ARE 900,000 + EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES. 645 SQUARE MILES BURNED. 1400 HOMES BURNED. INTERSTATE 5 SHUT DOWN. 12 WIDFIRES CONTINUE TO DEVOUR DRY BRUSH AND ANYTHING IN THE WAY.
California hopes for slowing winds By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press Writer OCT 24,07
SAN DIEGO - On the fourth day of a vicious firestorm, exhausted firefighters and weary residents looked forward Wednesday to a break — an expected slackening of the fierce wind that has fanned the state's explosive wildland blazes. Forecasters said the Santa Ana wind whipping across Southern California will begin to weaken late Wednesday afternoon, followed by cooling sea breezes. The 16 wind-fed wildfires have destroyed nearly 1,300 homes and forced a half-million people to flee.The shift could allow for a greater aerial assault and help firefighters beat back the most destructive blazes, said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff during a tour of an evacuation center at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.If the weather cooperates, maybe we can turn the tide, he said.Crews were anticipating an injection of additional firefighters and equipment from other states, mostly throughout the West. Frustration over the firefighting effort began to emerge Tuesday when a fire official said not enough had been done to protect homes.
Orange County Fire Chief Chip Prather told reporters that firefighters' lives were threatened because too few crews were on the ground. He said a quick deployment of aircraft could have corralled a massive blaze near Irvine.It is an absolute fact: Had we had more air resources, we would have been able to control this fire, he said.The fires have burned 410,000 acres, or about 640 square miles, causing at least $100 million in damage. Twenty-one firefighters and at least 24 others have been injured. One person was killed by the flames, and the San Diego medical examiner's officer listed four other deaths as connected to the blazes.The state's top firefighter said Prather misstated the availability of firefighters and equipment. Eight of the state's nine water-dumping helicopters were in Southern California by Sunday, when the first fires began, along with 13 air tankers, said Ruben Grijalva, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.Grijalva said the fires, spread by winds that at times topped 100 mph, would have overwhelmed most efforts to fight them.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dismissed the criticism when questioned by an ABC News reporter, and praised the rapid deployment of fire crews and equipment across a region from north of Los Angeles to the Mexican border.
Anyone that is complaining about the planes just wants to complain because there's a bunch of nonsense, he said. The fact is that we could have all the planes in the world here — we have 90 aircraft here and six that we got especially from the federal government — and they can't fly because of the wind situation.Thousands of people packed evacuation centers, where many had an agonizing wait to find out whether their homes had survived. At the Del Mar Fairgrounds in northern San Diego County, which was converted into a shelter, many stared at television sets blaring reports from the fire lines and damaged neighborhoods.We're going crazy trying to get back into our apartment just to see what kind of damage we've got, said Tim Harrington, who arrived at the racetrack with his wife, son and their two pet rats. Then we'll pick up the pieces from there.I've got two reports: One person told me it's gone, and one person said it's still there, said J.C. Playford, who left his home in San Diego County. So I have no idea.Some knew their homes were destroyed. Mike and Tere Miller of Rancho Bernardo were able to return Tuesday. They had left frantically when they realized flames were approaching, stopping only to drag their dog out the door and awaken a handicapped neighbor. When they came back, they kept looking for their home — and never saw it.It was just a smoldering pile of nothing, Mike Miller told NBC's Today.His wife said she had packed papers they knew they would need, but that was it. If you even think that something's going to happen, you should prepare, and consider all the things that are most meaningful to you. Because once they're gone, you can never get them back, she said tearfully. Evacuation orders continued Wednesday. Residents of the San Diego County communities of Fallbrook and Julian, an area devastated by a 2003 wildfire, were ordered out of their homes. Officials also were evacuating De Luz, an unincorporated community north of Camp Pendleton that was being threatened by a wildfire burning on the Marine base. The fire also closed Interstate 5 and the Metrolink commuter rail, snagging the morning commute. So far, the fires have inflicted the worst damage in San Diego County, where five blazes continued to burn. The largest fire had consumed 196,420 acres — about 300 square miles — from Witch Creek to Rancho Santa Fe, destroying 650 homes, businesses and other buildings. Other hard-hit areas included San Bernardino County, where hundreds of homes burned in the mountain resort communities near Lake Arrowhead. Associated Press writers Chelsea J. Carter, Jeremiah Marquez, Daisy Nguyen, Robert Jablon and Thomas Watkins in Los Angeles, Martha Mendoza in Lake Arrowhead, Jacob Adelman in Santa Clarita, Elliot Spagat and Scott Lindlaw in San Diego, Pauline Arrillaga in Del Mar and Ryan Pearson in Lake Forest contributed to this report.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
Sarkozy Mediterranean summit bid OCT 24,07
Mr Sarkozy is on his first state visit to Morocco France's president has invited the leaders of Mediterranean countries to attend a summit to discuss economic, political and cultural union.
Speaking on a visit to Morocco, Nicolas Sarkozy invited heads of state and government to meet in France in 2008. He said the proposed grouping would be different from the European Union, but that the European Commission could ensure they complement one another. Past efforts to bring together Mediterranean countries have failed. What is at play is absolutely decisive, Mr Sarkozy said of the often tense region where different cultures, religions and ways of life meet. Here, we win all or lose all.
The future of Europe lies in the south, he added. Europe's example
He pointed to Europe which, he said, had managed to overcome its hatreds. France calls all the people of the Mediterranean to do the same thing, Mr Sarkozy said. Mr Sarkozy's project could supersede the Barcelona Process, which aimed to boost co-operation among Mediterranean countries and create a free trade area by 2010, a goal that now looks unreachable. Spain tried to stage a Euro-Mediterranean summit in Barcelona in 2005 but most Arab leaders stayed away. North African countries have been beleaguered by slow economic development, a rise in poverty and religious extremism and illegal immigration, mainly to EU countries. A spate of suicide bombings earlier this year in Algeria and Morocco has alarmed France. France is home to millions of people of North African origin.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; 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 JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) 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 with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) 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.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
NATO-Israel ties will deepen with peace
By TOVAH LAZAROFF OCT 23,07
Israeli NATO cooperation would be better if there were progress in the Middle East peace process, the organization's Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero said on Monday night. Still, he said, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict did not limit that relationship, which has grown stronger in the last year. NATO and Israel are doing a lot together. There are excellent opportunities for us to deepen that cooperation further, said Bisogniero. He spoke to an audience of diplomats at a dinner hosted by the IDC Herzliya as part of the Second Annual NATO-Israel Symposium. We in NATO have always made clear - and will continue to underline - that the unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict should not be used as an alibi to preclude closer relations, said Bisogniero, who became deputy secretary general only this month.
Out of all the Middle East countries that participate as Israel does in NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue, Israel occupies a special place and has been the most active participant, said Bisogniero.
In her speech to the IDC on Monday night, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said she would like to see the ties upgraded and added that, Israel seeks a formal partnership relationship with NATO.In spite of a feeling among Israelis that NATO has not focused enough on the threat of a nuclear Iran, Bisogniero assured the audience that his organization was indeed worried. A nuclear-armed Iran would deal a major blow to the international non-proliferation regime and could also produce a domino effect throughout the Middle East, as other states may feel compelled to develop nuclear technology as well, said Bisogniero. He added, We must not underestimate the risk that terrorist groups may gain access to such weapons of mass destruction.He said that NATO had to be prepared to tackle these problems. We cannot afford to wait for these challenges to come to us. That may mean sending our forces far away from our traditional European borders. Still, sources in NATO have said there were no plans yet to send the organization's troops to the Middle East.
On a separate note, Livni in her speech at the IDC took the opportunity to address issues relating to the upcoming Annapolis conference in the US regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
To help that process, she said, The Arab and Muslim world must adopt any decision that the Palestinians accept, and not dictate the results.She added that they should participate unconditionally at the Annapolis conference. Livni also called on other Arab states to take steps to normalize relations with Israel rather than wait until the end of the conflict. Even as she spoke of the common bond between Israel and the moderate Fatah Palestinian leadership, she expressed skepticism about its enforcement abilities. There is no disputing the fact that there is a gap between the will of the pragmatic Palestinian leaders and their ability to execute, said Livni.
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
Save Jerusalem Emergency Coalition Forms
by Hillel Fendel OCT 24,07
(IsraelNN.com) An unprecedented coalition of American Jewish groups has formed on short notice to ensure that united Jerusalem remains Jewish.Among the member organizations are the National Council of Young Israel, the Orthodox Union, the Rabbinical Council of America, Emunah Women of America, AFSI, Hineni, AJOP (Outreach), NCSY, Poalei Agudath Israel of America, ZOA, and more. More organizations are set to join in the coming days.The formation of the coalition marks the first time since the establishment of the State of Israel that a significant group of American Jewish organizations has united in opposition to Israeli government policy; many of the member organizations are among Israel’s most loyal and active supporters.The new coalition's founder, Rabbi Pesach Lerner, the Executive Vice President of the National Council of Young Israel, is concluding a six-day whirlwind trip to Israel during which he coordinated the group's activities with pro-Jerusalem forces here.I met with several Knesset Members, Rabbi Lerner told Arutz-7, as well as Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, Rabbi Yosef Efrati - a top confidante of Rav Elyashiv, Rabbi Simcha Kook, Natan Sharansky, and Mayor Uri Lupoliansky. I also met with Tzafrir Ronen, Elyakim HaEtzni, the Rabbi of the Western Wall- Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, Mina Fenton, Nir Barkat, and more. There is much to get done, and aside from the little time in which to do it, we are also facing a wall of refusal to believe on the part of many American Jews. They either don't know about it [gov't plans to divide Jerusalem], or think it won't happen.
Olmert Hints that United Jerusalem is Expendable
The official impetus for the coalition's founding were statements by Israeli government leaders, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, that Jerusalem could be negotiable in the upcoming Middle East summit in Annapolis. The message has still not been received by many Jews, Rabbi Lerner said, that the door has been opened to giving away parts of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest and most revered site... Our coalition means that Jewish leaders around the world are coalescing around a simple bottom-line position: World Jewry opposes Israeli negotiations which would include any discussion of ceding sovereignty over part or all of Jerusalem.Some of Jerusalem's holy sites and/or surrounding neighborhoods are in danger of being transferred to Arab sovereignty.The Coalition will increase awareness of both the sanctity of Jerusalem and the political machinations currently at play regarding it, and promote political and public action to keep Jerusalem off the negotiating table. The official name of the group is The Coordinating Council for Jerusalem’s Future.
This is not the time to discuss the dangers of a terrorist Palestinian State as a neighbor to Israel, a Coalition letter to 2,000 American rabbis states. Today, we must raise our voices at the thought of losing our united capital of Jerusalem. We call upon each and every one of you to: 1. Continue to educate yourself and your congregations. Peruse often Arutz Sheva, Jerusalem Post on-line, etc.; talk to your colleagues in Israel for a first-hand report of what is happening. 2. Designate your next [Sabbath] sermon to the topic of the undivided city of Jerusalem... 3. Take it upon yourself to write a letter or send an e-mail and/or fax to the Israeli Ambassador in Washington and the Consul-General in New York. Ask each of your members to do the same...US public relations strategist Jeffrey Ballabon has taken on the job of recommending and executing a broad-based international strategy, including the very formation of the Coordinating Council.
Ronen's Alliance
Tzafrir Ronen of northern Israel, one of those with whom Rabbi Lerner met, is one of the founders of a similar group in Israel. A small group of us convened a few weeks ago, Ronen said, just when Olmert's friend Deputy Prime Minister Chaim Ramon started this whole insanity about giving up Jerusalem. We realized that we had to do something immediately. Our group consists of many organizations here in Israel - the Nahalal Forum, Nir Barkat's group, the Land of Israel Loyalists, all eight groups of Homesh First, and more. We have been working together with Rabbi Lerner, and we will continue to do so. There is a lot that we have to do.It must be made clear, Ronen says, that while Olmert is being investigated for all sorts of financial crimes - his real crime, and the one for which he must be toppled, is that of wanting to give away the Land of Israel and Jerusalem. Throughout our 2,000 years of exile, if any rabbi had ever hinted at giving up a part of the Land of Israel, he would have been out on the street in a minute.
Lerner's Meetings
Asked to summarize his many meetings with Israeli leaders and public figures over the past few days, Rabbi Lerner said, My goals were to collect information and find out what's going on; to hear what they really think about what the government's intentions are and how we can stop any plans to give up Jerusalem; to share with them what we're doing, and receive their direction and advice; and encourage them, via our actions, to increase their own efforts... We now have two-way communication, the process has begun, they know that US Jewry is waking up and beginning to move.We plan to encourage citizens all over the US to visit with or speak to their Congressmen and tell them that the division of Jerusalem is something that they just cannot accept. Leading rabbis will make trips to the White House and get this message across as well. We will present our position both as Jews and as Americans.Could it be imagined that Israel would tell Jordan, Give up Amman and then we'll give you peace? It is untenable for a supposed peace partner to threaten that if we don't give up our capital, they will renew their war upon us; we are already hearing that if the summit fails, terrorism and violence will be renewed against Israel with a vengeance. How can this be called peace talks?... We believe that if lots of people start showing up at their Congressman's office, things will begin to take off.
Shas and Jerusalem
In my meeting with the Rishon LeTzion Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party, he was very encouraging, and told us that we should pressure the White House in every we can, Rabbi Lerner said. Currently a member of the coalition, the Shas party itself is being pressured within Israel's nationalist camp - and perhaps soon, if the new coalition is successful, also among its supporters in New York - to quit the government immediately and prevent Jerusalem from even being placed on the negotiating table.
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
AS OF 10:30 AM IN CALIFORNIA THE FIRE TOTALS ARE 900,000 + EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES. 645 SQUARE MILES BURNED. 1400 HOMES BURNED. INTERSTATE 5 SHUT DOWN. 12 WIDFIRES CONTINUE TO DEVOUR DRY BRUSH AND ANYTHING IN THE WAY.
California hopes for slowing winds By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press Writer OCT 24,07
SAN DIEGO - On the fourth day of a vicious firestorm, exhausted firefighters and weary residents looked forward Wednesday to a break — an expected slackening of the fierce wind that has fanned the state's explosive wildland blazes. Forecasters said the Santa Ana wind whipping across Southern California will begin to weaken late Wednesday afternoon, followed by cooling sea breezes. The 16 wind-fed wildfires have destroyed nearly 1,300 homes and forced a half-million people to flee.The shift could allow for a greater aerial assault and help firefighters beat back the most destructive blazes, said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff during a tour of an evacuation center at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.If the weather cooperates, maybe we can turn the tide, he said.Crews were anticipating an injection of additional firefighters and equipment from other states, mostly throughout the West. Frustration over the firefighting effort began to emerge Tuesday when a fire official said not enough had been done to protect homes.
Orange County Fire Chief Chip Prather told reporters that firefighters' lives were threatened because too few crews were on the ground. He said a quick deployment of aircraft could have corralled a massive blaze near Irvine.It is an absolute fact: Had we had more air resources, we would have been able to control this fire, he said.The fires have burned 410,000 acres, or about 640 square miles, causing at least $100 million in damage. Twenty-one firefighters and at least 24 others have been injured. One person was killed by the flames, and the San Diego medical examiner's officer listed four other deaths as connected to the blazes.The state's top firefighter said Prather misstated the availability of firefighters and equipment. Eight of the state's nine water-dumping helicopters were in Southern California by Sunday, when the first fires began, along with 13 air tankers, said Ruben Grijalva, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.Grijalva said the fires, spread by winds that at times topped 100 mph, would have overwhelmed most efforts to fight them.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dismissed the criticism when questioned by an ABC News reporter, and praised the rapid deployment of fire crews and equipment across a region from north of Los Angeles to the Mexican border.
Anyone that is complaining about the planes just wants to complain because there's a bunch of nonsense, he said. The fact is that we could have all the planes in the world here — we have 90 aircraft here and six that we got especially from the federal government — and they can't fly because of the wind situation.Thousands of people packed evacuation centers, where many had an agonizing wait to find out whether their homes had survived. At the Del Mar Fairgrounds in northern San Diego County, which was converted into a shelter, many stared at television sets blaring reports from the fire lines and damaged neighborhoods.We're going crazy trying to get back into our apartment just to see what kind of damage we've got, said Tim Harrington, who arrived at the racetrack with his wife, son and their two pet rats. Then we'll pick up the pieces from there.I've got two reports: One person told me it's gone, and one person said it's still there, said J.C. Playford, who left his home in San Diego County. So I have no idea.Some knew their homes were destroyed. Mike and Tere Miller of Rancho Bernardo were able to return Tuesday. They had left frantically when they realized flames were approaching, stopping only to drag their dog out the door and awaken a handicapped neighbor. When they came back, they kept looking for their home — and never saw it.It was just a smoldering pile of nothing, Mike Miller told NBC's Today.His wife said she had packed papers they knew they would need, but that was it. If you even think that something's going to happen, you should prepare, and consider all the things that are most meaningful to you. Because once they're gone, you can never get them back, she said tearfully. Evacuation orders continued Wednesday. Residents of the San Diego County communities of Fallbrook and Julian, an area devastated by a 2003 wildfire, were ordered out of their homes. Officials also were evacuating De Luz, an unincorporated community north of Camp Pendleton that was being threatened by a wildfire burning on the Marine base. The fire also closed Interstate 5 and the Metrolink commuter rail, snagging the morning commute. So far, the fires have inflicted the worst damage in San Diego County, where five blazes continued to burn. The largest fire had consumed 196,420 acres — about 300 square miles — from Witch Creek to Rancho Santa Fe, destroying 650 homes, businesses and other buildings. Other hard-hit areas included San Bernardino County, where hundreds of homes burned in the mountain resort communities near Lake Arrowhead. Associated Press writers Chelsea J. Carter, Jeremiah Marquez, Daisy Nguyen, Robert Jablon and Thomas Watkins in Los Angeles, Martha Mendoza in Lake Arrowhead, Jacob Adelman in Santa Clarita, Elliot Spagat and Scott Lindlaw in San Diego, Pauline Arrillaga in Del Mar and Ryan Pearson in Lake Forest contributed to this report.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
Sarkozy Mediterranean summit bid OCT 24,07
Mr Sarkozy is on his first state visit to Morocco France's president has invited the leaders of Mediterranean countries to attend a summit to discuss economic, political and cultural union.
Speaking on a visit to Morocco, Nicolas Sarkozy invited heads of state and government to meet in France in 2008. He said the proposed grouping would be different from the European Union, but that the European Commission could ensure they complement one another. Past efforts to bring together Mediterranean countries have failed. What is at play is absolutely decisive, Mr Sarkozy said of the often tense region where different cultures, religions and ways of life meet. Here, we win all or lose all.
The future of Europe lies in the south, he added. Europe's example
He pointed to Europe which, he said, had managed to overcome its hatreds. France calls all the people of the Mediterranean to do the same thing, Mr Sarkozy said. Mr Sarkozy's project could supersede the Barcelona Process, which aimed to boost co-operation among Mediterranean countries and create a free trade area by 2010, a goal that now looks unreachable. Spain tried to stage a Euro-Mediterranean summit in Barcelona in 2005 but most Arab leaders stayed away. North African countries have been beleaguered by slow economic development, a rise in poverty and religious extremism and illegal immigration, mainly to EU countries. A spate of suicide bombings earlier this year in Algeria and Morocco has alarmed France. France is home to millions of people of North African origin.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; 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 JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) 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 with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) 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.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
NATO-Israel ties will deepen with peace
By TOVAH LAZAROFF OCT 23,07
Israeli NATO cooperation would be better if there were progress in the Middle East peace process, the organization's Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero said on Monday night. Still, he said, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict did not limit that relationship, which has grown stronger in the last year. NATO and Israel are doing a lot together. There are excellent opportunities for us to deepen that cooperation further, said Bisogniero. He spoke to an audience of diplomats at a dinner hosted by the IDC Herzliya as part of the Second Annual NATO-Israel Symposium. We in NATO have always made clear - and will continue to underline - that the unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict should not be used as an alibi to preclude closer relations, said Bisogniero, who became deputy secretary general only this month.
Out of all the Middle East countries that participate as Israel does in NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue, Israel occupies a special place and has been the most active participant, said Bisogniero.
In her speech to the IDC on Monday night, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said she would like to see the ties upgraded and added that, Israel seeks a formal partnership relationship with NATO.In spite of a feeling among Israelis that NATO has not focused enough on the threat of a nuclear Iran, Bisogniero assured the audience that his organization was indeed worried. A nuclear-armed Iran would deal a major blow to the international non-proliferation regime and could also produce a domino effect throughout the Middle East, as other states may feel compelled to develop nuclear technology as well, said Bisogniero. He added, We must not underestimate the risk that terrorist groups may gain access to such weapons of mass destruction.He said that NATO had to be prepared to tackle these problems. We cannot afford to wait for these challenges to come to us. That may mean sending our forces far away from our traditional European borders. Still, sources in NATO have said there were no plans yet to send the organization's troops to the Middle East.
On a separate note, Livni in her speech at the IDC took the opportunity to address issues relating to the upcoming Annapolis conference in the US regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
To help that process, she said, The Arab and Muslim world must adopt any decision that the Palestinians accept, and not dictate the results.She added that they should participate unconditionally at the Annapolis conference. Livni also called on other Arab states to take steps to normalize relations with Israel rather than wait until the end of the conflict. Even as she spoke of the common bond between Israel and the moderate Fatah Palestinian leadership, she expressed skepticism about its enforcement abilities. There is no disputing the fact that there is a gap between the will of the pragmatic Palestinian leaders and their ability to execute, said Livni.
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
ZECHARIAH 14:1-9 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
Save Jerusalem Emergency Coalition Forms
by Hillel Fendel OCT 24,07
(IsraelNN.com) An unprecedented coalition of American Jewish groups has formed on short notice to ensure that united Jerusalem remains Jewish.Among the member organizations are the National Council of Young Israel, the Orthodox Union, the Rabbinical Council of America, Emunah Women of America, AFSI, Hineni, AJOP (Outreach), NCSY, Poalei Agudath Israel of America, ZOA, and more. More organizations are set to join in the coming days.The formation of the coalition marks the first time since the establishment of the State of Israel that a significant group of American Jewish organizations has united in opposition to Israeli government policy; many of the member organizations are among Israel’s most loyal and active supporters.The new coalition's founder, Rabbi Pesach Lerner, the Executive Vice President of the National Council of Young Israel, is concluding a six-day whirlwind trip to Israel during which he coordinated the group's activities with pro-Jerusalem forces here.I met with several Knesset Members, Rabbi Lerner told Arutz-7, as well as Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, Rabbi Yosef Efrati - a top confidante of Rav Elyashiv, Rabbi Simcha Kook, Natan Sharansky, and Mayor Uri Lupoliansky. I also met with Tzafrir Ronen, Elyakim HaEtzni, the Rabbi of the Western Wall- Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, Mina Fenton, Nir Barkat, and more. There is much to get done, and aside from the little time in which to do it, we are also facing a wall of refusal to believe on the part of many American Jews. They either don't know about it [gov't plans to divide Jerusalem], or think it won't happen.
Olmert Hints that United Jerusalem is Expendable
The official impetus for the coalition's founding were statements by Israeli government leaders, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, that Jerusalem could be negotiable in the upcoming Middle East summit in Annapolis. The message has still not been received by many Jews, Rabbi Lerner said, that the door has been opened to giving away parts of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest and most revered site... Our coalition means that Jewish leaders around the world are coalescing around a simple bottom-line position: World Jewry opposes Israeli negotiations which would include any discussion of ceding sovereignty over part or all of Jerusalem.Some of Jerusalem's holy sites and/or surrounding neighborhoods are in danger of being transferred to Arab sovereignty.The Coalition will increase awareness of both the sanctity of Jerusalem and the political machinations currently at play regarding it, and promote political and public action to keep Jerusalem off the negotiating table. The official name of the group is The Coordinating Council for Jerusalem’s Future.
This is not the time to discuss the dangers of a terrorist Palestinian State as a neighbor to Israel, a Coalition letter to 2,000 American rabbis states. Today, we must raise our voices at the thought of losing our united capital of Jerusalem. We call upon each and every one of you to: 1. Continue to educate yourself and your congregations. Peruse often Arutz Sheva, Jerusalem Post on-line, etc.; talk to your colleagues in Israel for a first-hand report of what is happening. 2. Designate your next [Sabbath] sermon to the topic of the undivided city of Jerusalem... 3. Take it upon yourself to write a letter or send an e-mail and/or fax to the Israeli Ambassador in Washington and the Consul-General in New York. Ask each of your members to do the same...US public relations strategist Jeffrey Ballabon has taken on the job of recommending and executing a broad-based international strategy, including the very formation of the Coordinating Council.
Ronen's Alliance
Tzafrir Ronen of northern Israel, one of those with whom Rabbi Lerner met, is one of the founders of a similar group in Israel. A small group of us convened a few weeks ago, Ronen said, just when Olmert's friend Deputy Prime Minister Chaim Ramon started this whole insanity about giving up Jerusalem. We realized that we had to do something immediately. Our group consists of many organizations here in Israel - the Nahalal Forum, Nir Barkat's group, the Land of Israel Loyalists, all eight groups of Homesh First, and more. We have been working together with Rabbi Lerner, and we will continue to do so. There is a lot that we have to do.It must be made clear, Ronen says, that while Olmert is being investigated for all sorts of financial crimes - his real crime, and the one for which he must be toppled, is that of wanting to give away the Land of Israel and Jerusalem. Throughout our 2,000 years of exile, if any rabbi had ever hinted at giving up a part of the Land of Israel, he would have been out on the street in a minute.
Lerner's Meetings
Asked to summarize his many meetings with Israeli leaders and public figures over the past few days, Rabbi Lerner said, My goals were to collect information and find out what's going on; to hear what they really think about what the government's intentions are and how we can stop any plans to give up Jerusalem; to share with them what we're doing, and receive their direction and advice; and encourage them, via our actions, to increase their own efforts... We now have two-way communication, the process has begun, they know that US Jewry is waking up and beginning to move.We plan to encourage citizens all over the US to visit with or speak to their Congressmen and tell them that the division of Jerusalem is something that they just cannot accept. Leading rabbis will make trips to the White House and get this message across as well. We will present our position both as Jews and as Americans.Could it be imagined that Israel would tell Jordan, Give up Amman and then we'll give you peace? It is untenable for a supposed peace partner to threaten that if we don't give up our capital, they will renew their war upon us; we are already hearing that if the summit fails, terrorism and violence will be renewed against Israel with a vengeance. How can this be called peace talks?... We believe that if lots of people start showing up at their Congressman's office, things will begin to take off.
Shas and Jerusalem
In my meeting with the Rishon LeTzion Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party, he was very encouraging, and told us that we should pressure the White House in every we can, Rabbi Lerner said. Currently a member of the coalition, the Shas party itself is being pressured within Israel's nationalist camp - and perhaps soon, if the new coalition is successful, also among its supporters in New York - to quit the government immediately and prevent Jerusalem from even being placed on the negotiating table.
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