POPE RELUCTANT TO BE POPE

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

ERIN BURNETT ON CNN LAST NIGHT MAR 27,13 SUGGESTED THAT E-MAILS SHOULD BE TAXED.JUST ANOTHER CIA SCAM FROM OBAMA TO GET TAXES OFF ITS CITIZENS. 

03/26/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

Pope: Mass of the Lord's Supper to be simple, no live broadcast

Pope Francis

The commitments of the Holy Week liturgy of Pope Bergoglio

Vatican Insider Staff Vatican City

The Mass of the Lord's Supper that Pope Francis will celebrate on Holy Thursday in the chapel of the Casal del Marmo Penitential Institute for Minors (IPM) will be, by his express desire, very simple, as reported by the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J. Concelebrating with the Holy Father will be Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of the Diocese of Rome, and Fr. Gaetano Greco, chaplain of the Institute.

Around 10 girls and 40 boys will take part in the Mass. The Pope will wash the feet of 12 of them, who will be chosen from different nationalities and diverse religious confessions. The youth will also say the readings and the prayers of the faithful.After the Mass, the Pope will meet with the youth and the IPM's personnel in the Institute's gym. Around 150 persons are expected to attend, including the Minister for Justice, Paola Severino, accompanied by the Head of the Department of Justice for Minors, Caterina Chinnici, the Commander of the Institute's Penitentiary Police, Saulo Patrizi, and the Institute's director, Liana Giambartolomei.The youth will give the Pope a wooden crucifix and kneeler, which they made themselves in the Institute's workshop. The Holy Father will bring Easter eggs and “colomba” (the traditional Italian Easter cake in the shape of a dove) for all.Given the intimate nature of the pastoral visit, journalists will be restricted to the area outside the building and no live coverage will be transmitted.

03/27/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

Francis to follow in Casaroli’s footsteps on his visit to juvenile detention centre

Cardinal Casaroli with John Paul II

Bergoglio is very familiar with the apostolate of Wojtyla’s Secretary of State in Rome's Casal Del Marmo detention centre, which he carried out with the same charity that inspired his diplomatic mission

Gianni Valente Rome Tomorrow Pope Francis will celebrate the “In Coena Domini” Mass at the Casal del Marmo detention centre for young offenders. During the mass, he will wash the feet of 12 young inmates of different nationalities and religious faiths.Bergoglio has never been to Casal del Marmo, but is familiar with the silent apostolate of charity carried out by Fr. Agostino Casaroli (who passed away in 1998) in the detention centre for young offenders, after holding the positions of Vatican secretary of State and Cardinal. It would not be far fetched to suggest that the idea of celebrating the Holy Thursday liturgy with the young offenders could have come from a reflection on the solid pastoral devotion that tied the great Vatican diplomat to that place where young people’s lives are suspended between the risk of being lost and the hope of beginning afresh.In September 2008, in the homily for the mass he celebrated in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral the then cardinal Bergoglio had told faithful a joke about the link between Casaroli and the Casal del Marmo detention centre, which had made him smile. “Every Saturday evening, Cardinal Casaroli would disappear…“he’s resting,” they would say,” Bergoglio said during the homily. “A young priest went to a juvenile detention centre, where there was a chaplain who was a very nice man. He would come by bus and with his briefcase and stayed there to take confessions from the young boys and play with them. His name was Fr. Agostino.No one knew much more than this. It was him.” In his homily, Bergoglio eloquently suggested that Casaroli’s diplomatic service in the Holy See was inspired by the same spiritual source that fuelled his pastoral work with the young offenders of Casal del Marmo. “When John XXIII received him following his first visit to Eastern Europe, on a diplomatic mission, when the Cold War was in full swing,” Bergoglio said, “at the end of the meeting, the Pope asked Casaroli: “tell me, do you still visit those boys?” “Yes, Your Holiness.” “Can I ask you a favour? Don’t ever abandon them”.” That was the task Casaroli had been entrusted with by the Good Pope, who died only a month or so later.Bergoglio read and appreciated Il martirio della pazienza (The martyrdom of patience), an autobiography written by Casaroli, which describes the Vatican Ostpolitik he played a central role in. “The great diplomacy which has borne so many fruits for the Church,” the then Archbishop of Buenos Aires commented in that homily back in 2008, “it is fuelled by charity and penitence.”

03/26/2013 

Holy Shroud:The essence of religion meets human science

The Holy Shroud

An analysis by the scientific director of the Holy Shroud Museum in Turin

Gian Maria Zaccone * Rome Discussing the Shroud without the risk of misinterpretations and dashed expectations is a complex affair. The relic (which is preserved in the Northern Italian city of Turin) has been the focus of deep devotion and huge interest but is also at the centre of a heated debate. This debate is innate to the Shroud itself: the reference to the figure of Christ and his incarnation which is linked to the signum contradictionis.

As is the case with the oldest recorded images which aimed to depict the face of Jesus, true God and true man, the so-called acheiropoieta – icons which are said to have come into existence miraculously and not created by a human painter – the Shroud has been the focus of debates and disagreements ever since its discovery. In a way it is a faithful portrayal of the outcomes and legacies of the thousand-year old question of Christian iconography, spanning eras in which the relationship between religion and society and reason and faith has been through some really rough patches. The Shroud’s religious essence and the form imprinted on the cloth which forms a link with the human sciences, make it exemplary.The positions adopted in the modern and post modern world in relation to the Shroud, are certainly more complex and varied than in previous eras. Many consider it to be the most important relic marking Christ’s presence on Earth, it containing the real and unique effigy of the Saviour, made even more precious by his blood. Some go dangerously further than this, searching for physical traces of His glorious resurrection on the cloth.Others underline the importance of an object which is undeniably linked to the Passion of Christ and therefore a unique object from a religious point of view; an object which has enormous pastoral and spiritual potential but is also able to attract the interest of scholars of all disciplines.Others still, reject it as a more or less old fake which is of no interest whatsoever or, at best, could be worth displaying in a museum dedicated to history’s great tricks.
The positions adopted in relation to the Shroud have necessarily been broken down into categories here but in reality they are easily interwoven, compared and contrasted, proving that the one thing that is certain about the Shroud is that no one is indifferent to it.In this sense, the scientific research into the Shroud, begun at the start of the century, has contributed to making today’s debate even more fascinating and more heated. This is because although most of this research has not led to any concrete conclusions about how the figure on the Shroud was formed, all studies seem to exclude the possibility of a man-made image, given that the Shroud has been dated back to the medieval period.Until the end of the Nineteenth century, research into the Holy Shroud had focused above all on the historical and to some extent theological aspects of the relic, but the problem of its so-called “authenticity” – which has been the main focus of scientific research – was limited to scholarly debates which were not of much interest to the wider public.Historically, it was the devotional aspect of the Shroud that emerged as most important, attracting the interest of ordinary people who travel for miles to attend solemn ostentations. It is not intellectual curiosity in the Shroud’s origins, or their search for material grace that attracts the masses but their drive to search for something – a face, a figure – and their anxiousness to find out something that forms part of the deepest, innermost feelings of the human soul. Mgr. Ghiberti rightly underlined the fact that man’s encounter with the Shroud (especially if he or she is a faithful) is pre-scientific. Surveys carried out on pilgrims who attended the ostensions which took place between 1978 and today reveal that very few of them were drawn to Turin because of the question of the Shroud’s “authenticity”. So this is not a core part of their relationship with the relic. Instead, many were interested in the Shroud as a “sign” that becomes a “mystery” and “speak of violence and injustice,” “an image of peace, a sign of suffering.” But a suffering that goes beyond mere suffering: for believers, meditating on Christ’s death cannot be separated from the joy of Easter and vice versa: the Shroud therefore becomes a “symbol of life and resurrection.”This is why the Holy Father and the Church in Turin wanted to give all the people of the world the chance to come face to face with the painful image imprinted on the Shroud, leaving the scientific question aside for once; the chance to set their eyes on "the one they have pierced” (John, 19:37), on Holy Saturday, the day of great silence of which the Shroud is an icon. An icon which illustrates the deep reflections of Benedict XVI, who was among the pilgrims to visit the Shroud in 2010.* Scientific director of the Museum of the Holy Shroud of Turin, Vice-director of the International Center of Sindonology of Turin and member of the Archdiocese of Turin’s Diocesan Commission for the Shroud

Pope reluctant to be pope: What does it mean?

By NICOLE WINFIELD | Associated Press – 2 hrs 2 mins ago MAR 27,13

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — He still goes by "Bergoglio" when speaking to friends, seems reluctant to call himself pope and has decided to live in the Vatican hotel rather than the grand papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace.It might seem as if Pope Francis is in a bit of denial over his new job as leader of the world's 1.2-billion Catholics. Or perhaps he's simply changing the popular idea of what it means to be pope, keeping the no-frills style he cultivated as archbishop of Buenos Aires in ways that may have broad implications for the church.The world has already seen how Francis has cast aside many trappings of the papacy, refusing to don the red velvet cape Benedict XVI wore for official occasions and keeping the simple, iron-plated pectoral cross he used as bishop and archbishop.On Thursday, his belief that a pope's job is to serve the world's lowliest will be on display when he washes the feet of a dozen young inmates at a juvenile detention center in Rome. Previous popes have celebrated the Holy Thursday ritual, which re-enacts Christ's washing of his disciples' feet before his crucifixion, by washing the feet of priests in one of Rome's most ornate basilicas.Such moves hint, even at this early stage, only two weeks into his papacy, at an apparent effort by Francis to demystify the office of pope.Unlike his predecessors, he doesn't sign his name "Pope Francis," ending his official correspondence simply "Francis."To those closest he is still Bergoglio, and this week, Italian state radio broadcast a voice mail he left wishing a friend Happy Birthday. "It's Bergoglio," the pope said, using the surname he was born with.Even on Day One, Francis didn't acknowledge he was pope.
Speaking on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after his election the night of March 13, Francis told the tens of thousands gathered there that the cardinals' task during the conclave had been to "give Rome a bishop."
And bishop of Rome is the title he has emphasized repeatedly ever since — not vicar of Christ, or any of his other official titles."I do think there is something about trying to reduce the awesomeness, the grandeur and majesty of the papacy," said John Allen Jr., Vatican columnist for the National Catholic Reporter. "Part of this is just his personality. He's never liked pomp and circumstance."Indeed. Even after he became Argentina's top church official in 2001, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio never lived in the ornate church mansion that Pope John Paul II stayed in when visiting, preferring simple rooms in a downtown building, warmed by a small stove on frigid weekends when the heat was turned off. He did his own cooking and rode the bus to get around town.In that same vein, Francis announced this week that he wasn't moving into the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace and would stay instead in the Vatican's Santa Marta residence, the antiseptically clean, institutional-style hotel where he and the 114 cardinals who elected him pope were sequestered during the conclave.Calling the hotel home, Francis indicated that he wants to live in a community with ordinary folk, not the gilded cage of the Apostolic Palace.He will eat in the common dining room as he has for the past two weeks, and celebrate 7 a.m. Mass in the hotel chapel as he has each day, inviting Vatican gardeners, street sweepers, hotel workers and newspaper staff to attend.The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the decision to stay put in the hotel had been taken "for now."
"We'll see how it works," he said.In one concession, Francis did move in recent days from the hotel's cramped Room 207, where he had stayed as cardinal, into Room 201, the larger papal suite, which has a study and sitting room to receive guests. The furnishings are a step up from the simple fare of the rest of the hotel: dark wood armoires and a bed with a matching headboard carved with an image of Christ's face.
Francis' initial refusal to move into the hotel's papal suite is perhaps understandable, given the reluctance with which he accepted the job in the first place.On Wednesday, the Vatican revealed what Francis said in the Sistine Chapel when he was formally asked if he accepted the outcome of the vote. "I am a big sinner. Trusting in the mercy and patience of God, in suffering, I accept," he answered.The decision not to take up residence in the Apostolic Palace might also signal a desire to keep his distance from the dysfunctional Vatican government Francis has inherited. One of his major tasks will be to rid the Vatican bureaucracy of the mismanagement, petty turf battles and allegations of corruption that were revealed in leaks of papal documents last year.Francis does go to work each day at his "office" in the Apostolic Palace, where he meets with various Vatican officials. He uses the ornate Clementine Hall for larger audiences, such as his first formal addresses to representatives of the world's religions and the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See.In his March 20 audience with religious leaders, Francis sent an important signal about his view of the papacy and its relationship with other Christians. He addressed the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, as "my brother" — a fraternal nod to a church that split from Rome 1,000 years ago and has remained separated in part over disputes about the primacy of the pope.To make that message abundantly clear, Francis' chair was on the ground — the same level as all the other religious leaders — and not on a raised platform. Two days later, when Francis greeted diplomats accredited to the Holy See, his chair was up on a platform."To have a simpler view, less grandiose sense of the trappings of the papacy might be saying, 'I want to be able to relate to you at a different level,'" said Anton Vrame of the Greek Orthodox archdiocese in the U.S.Francis' gestures, choices and emphasis were clearly an indication of his personality and the simplicity for which Jesuits are known, Vrame said.
"Is it a further simplification of the papacy that we've seen over the years? Potentially. It remains to be seen," he said.___Follow Nicole Winfield at www.twitter.com/nwinfield

03/27/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

“We must step outside a tired way of living faith and go to the outskirts of existence”

Francis

The Pope’s reflections during today’s General Audience, which began with a mention to Benedict XVI and an appeal for Central Africa and the Middle East

Alessandro Speciale vatican city In his first General Audience today, Pope Francis followed the line adopted at the beginning of his pontificate, speaking almost entirely in Italian: not just the catechesis, which the Pope read from a sheet of paper, spontaneously adding his own remarks here and there, but also the greetings to the pilgrims from various parts of the world. “He doesn’t want to favour any language in particular,” the deputy director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Ciro Benedettini. Some speakers read summaries of the papal catechesis in the various languages and provided a translation of his greetings.Approximately 15 thousand people attended Pope Francis’ first Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter’s Square today. The Argentinean Pope first gave a mention to Benedict XVI: “With deep gratitude and veneration I am taking up the "witness" from the hands of my beloved predecessor, Benedict XVI.” Francis said that after Easter he planned to resume the series of catechesis on the Year of Faith, which Benedict XVI had started during his pontificate.”In his first Audience, the Pope focused on the rites celebrated during Holy Week, starting with the Palm Sunday celebrations. He took the opportunity to reiterate what has become one of the leitmotifs of the early stages of his papacy: he invited the Church and Christians to “step outside” of themselves and reach out to the world and other people.“Stepping outside of ourselves, of a tired and routine way of living the faith, of the temptation to withdraw into pre-established patterns that end up closing our horizon to the creative action of God. God stepped outside of Himself to come among us, He pitched His tent among us to bring the mercy of God that saves and gives hope,” Pope Francis recalled. “Even if we want to follow Him and stay with Him, we must not be content to remain in the enclosure of the ninety-nine sheep, we have to "step outside", to search for the lost sheep together with Him, the one furthest away. Remember well: stepping outside of ourselves, like Jesus, like God has stepped outside of Himself in Jesus and Jesus stepped outside of Himself for all of us.”
 
The Pope stressed that “God did not wait for us to go to Him , but He moved towards us, without calculation, without measures.” So Jesus lived his fine humanity in “the daily realities of most ordinary people: He was moved by the crowd that seemed like a flock without a shepherd, and He cried in front of the suffering of Martha and Mary on the death of their brother Lazarus; He called a tax collector to be His disciple and also suffered the betrayal of a friend. In Christ, God has given us the assurance that He is with us, in our midst.”When Jesus said "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest His head" (Mt 8:20). Jesus did not have a home because His house is the people -- that is, us; His mission is to open all God’s doors, to be the loving presence of God.” At the end of the General Audience, Pope Francis launched his first international appeal for the civil war that is tearing the Central African Republic apart. “I call for an immediate halt to the violence and looting, and a political solution to the crisis to be found as soon as possible that would restore peace and harmony to that dear country for too long marked by conflict and division,” the Pope said.“Dear Arab speaking pilgrims and pilgrims from the Middle East: do not be afraid to follow the crucified and resurrected Jesus with courage, bringing joy and the light of your faith to everyone,” the Pope said when it came to the moment of the greetings in various languages at the end of today’s General Audience in St. Peter’s Square.After the Audience, Pope Francis tweeted using the @pontifex account: “Being with Jesus demands that we go out from ourselves, and from living a tired and habitual faith.” The papal Twitter accounts in 9 languages have a total of over 4 and a half million followers.

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.
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MUSLIM NATIONS

GENESIS 12:1-3
1  Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
2  And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3  And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

MATTHEW 25:32-34,40-41
32  And before him (JESUS) shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33  And he shall set the sheep on his right hand,(ISRAEL SUPPORTERS) but the goats on the left.(ISRAEL HATERS)
34  Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
40  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren,(ISRAELIS) ye have done it unto me.
41  Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,(ISRAEL HATERS) Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

PSALMS 129:1-8
1  A Song of degrees. Many a time have they (WORLD) afflicted me from my youth,(ISRAELIS) may Israel now say:
2  Many a time have they afflicted (DESCRIMINATED AGAINST) me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.(TO DESTROY US)
3  The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4  The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.(ISRAEL HATERS)
5  Let them all be confounded (DEFEATED) and turned back that hate Zion.(JERUSALEM/ISRAEL)
6  Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7  Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8  Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)

EZEKIEL 12:25
25  For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass;(LITERALLY) it shall be no more prolonged: will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.(JESUS MAKES PROPHECIES COME TO PASS)

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,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-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;(ISRAEL) 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,(OIL IS IN 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.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-18
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,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) 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.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)

JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36  And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37  For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)

EZEKIEL 35:3-6,11-15
3  And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir,(ARABS) I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
4  I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
5  Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred,(AGAINST ISRAEL) and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
6  Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
11  Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
12  And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
13  Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
14  Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.(ARAB,MUSLIMS)
15  As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir,(ARABS) and all Idumea,(ARAB,MUSLIMS) even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

ISAIAH 17:1,12-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
12  Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13  The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14  And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.

JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23  Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24  Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25  How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26  Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27  And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)

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 (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

JEREMIAH 47:1-7
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN/ARABS) before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2  Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,(NORTHERN TSUNAMI POSSIBLY) and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3  At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,(ISRAELS ARMY) at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;(ISRAEL POSSIBLY NUKES GAZA)
4  Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN FAKE ARABS) and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5  Baldness is come upon Gaza;(NUKED POSSIBLY) Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6  O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7  How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? (MEDITTERANEAN SEA) there hath he appointed it.

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south ( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS-MUSLIMS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them,(BEFORE THE NUKE GOES OFF) and behind them a desolate wilderness;(AFTER THE ATOMIC BOMB GOES OFF) yea, and nothing shall escape them.(EVERYTHING NUKED)
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate,(SIBERIAN DESERT) 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.(FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL)
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.

JEREMIAH 8:7
7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times;(MIGRATION TIME) and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming;(IN MIGRATION SEASON) but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.(WW3 MIGRATING BIRDS EAT ISRAELS ENEMIES FLESH AND BLOOD)

Nations close to deal on U.N. arms trade treaty: envoys

By Louis Charbonneau | Reuters – 43 mins ago MAR 27,13

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations members on Wednesday were close to a deal on the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, though delegates and rights groups said India, Iran or others could still block agreement.Arms control campaigners and human rights advocates say one person dies every minute worldwide as a result of armed violence and a treaty is needed to halt the uncontrolled flow of weapons and ammunition that they argue helps fuel wars, atrocities and rights abuses.United Nations member states began meeting last week in a final push to end years of discussions and hammer out a binding international treaty to end the lack of regulation over international conventional arms sales.The world body's 193 member states received the last revision of the draft treaty ahead of the final day of the drafting conference on Thursday. Reuters questioned delegates from over a dozen countries who said they were cautiously optimistic that the treaty would be adopted unanimously."India, Syria and Iran are countries that could still cause trouble," a European diplomat told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "But I'll wager the treaty will pass by consensus."Iran, which is under a U.N. arms embargo over its nuclear program, is eager to ensure its arms imports and exports are not curtailed, diplomats say. Syria is in a two-year-old civil war and hopes Russian and Iranian arms keep flowing in, they added.But they are under pressure to back the draft, envoys said.Speaking on condition of anonymity, a U.S. official declined to say whether Washington would support the draft treaty."We are continuing to review the text with an eye toward ensuring that it accomplishes all of our goals, including that it protect the sovereign right of states to conduct legitimate arms trade and of course that it not infringe upon the constitutional right of our citizens to bear arms," he said.Several U.N. diplomats predicted Washington would vote yes.The National Rifle Association, a powerful U.S. pro-gun lobby, opposes the treaty and has vowed to fight hard to prevent its ratification if it reaches Washington. The NRA says the treaty would undermine domestic gun-ownership rights.The American Bar Association, an attorneys' lobbying group, last month disputed the NRA position on the treaty, saying in a paper that "ratification of the treaty would not infringe upon rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment."
'DEFICIENCIES'
The chief British delegate, Ambassador Joanne Adamson, said the new draft treaty has many improvements over earlier drafts."These (improvements) include inclusion of ammunition in the scope of the treaty, a new article on preventing diversion of arms, and strengthened section on exports which are prohibited," she said. "Human rights are at the heart of this text."The main reason the arms trade talks are taking place at all is that the United States - the world's biggest arms exporter - reversed U.S. policy on the issue after President Barack Obama was first elected and decided in 2009 to support an arms treaty.The point of an arms trade treaty is to set standards for all cross-border transfers of conventional weapons. It would also create binding requirements for states to review all cross-border arms contracts to ensure arms will not be used in human rights abuses, terrorism or violations of humanitarian law.Several human rights groups and arms control advocates, including Amnesty International, Oxfam and Control Arms, praised the new draft. They said it had shortcomings but was a major improvement over an earlier draft that had too many loopholes."While there are still deficiencies in this final draft, this treaty has the potential to provide significant human rights protection and curb armed conflict and violence if all governments demonstrate the political will to implement it," said Brian Wood of Amnesty International.But he made clear that there were problems with the text, including an overly narrow scope of types of arms covered. It covers tanks, armored combat vehicles, large-caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles and missile launchers and small arms and light arms.Predator drones and grenades are among the weapon categories that are not covered explicitly in the draft treaty.Anna Macdonald of Oxfam said there were "some improvements" in the draft, though some problems remained she wanted fixed in the final hours before a decision is made by U.N. member states."We need a treaty that will make a difference to the lives of the people living in Congo, Mali, Syria and elsewhere who suffer each day from the impacts of armed violence," she said.Rights groups complained about one possible loophole in the current draft involving defense cooperation agreements. Several diplomats who also oppose this loophole said it could exempt certain weapons transfers from the treaty.Three delegates dubbed that provision the "India clause," because it was something India pushed hard for, they said.(Reporting By Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

Syrian opposition opens first embassy, says world lets it down

By Yara Bayoumy and Regan Doherty | Reuters – 1 hr 17 mins ago MAR 27,13

By Yara Bayoumy and Regan Doherty

DOHA (Reuters) - A Syrian opposition bloc recognized by the Arab League as the sole representative for Syria opened its first embassy in Qatar on Wednesday in a diplomatic blow to President Bashar al-Assad.

But opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib, who took Syria's seat at an Arab summit in Doha on Tuesday, used the ribbon-cutting ceremony to voice his frustration with world powers for failing to do more to help in the two-year-old struggle to topple Assad."There is an international willingness for the revolution not to triumph," he told reporters at the embassy, which was festooned with balloons in the red, green, white and black of Syria's national flag.Alkhatib, a Sunni Muslim cleric who resigned this week as leader of the Syrian National Coalition, but who is staying on as a caretaker, also alluded to internal differences plaguing the opposition umbrella group formed in Qatar in November."The only way to victory is unity," he declared.Damascus raged against summit host Qatar for helping the opposition into Syria's seat at the League, while Russia and Iran also criticized the move to delegitimize Assad's rule."This is a flagrant violation of the pact and internal organizations and rules of shared Arab work and is a dangerous precedent," a statement attributed to the government and run on Syrian state television said."The Doha summit's decision has created a model that will encourage the practice of violence, extremism and terrorism and will be a danger not just to Syria, but Arab states and the whole world."Yet although the 22-member Arab bloc lent its support to giving weapons to Syrian rebels, it is unclear how much impact the opposition's diplomatic advances will have inside Syria.

The Cairo-based coalition's control over insurgent groups is tenuous at best. Some of the most militarily effective, such as the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, openly reject its authority.Alkhatib told Reuters in an interview he was surprised by a rebuff from the United States and NATO to his request for Patriot missiles based in Turkey to help protect rebel-held parts of northern Syria from Assad's helicopters and warplanes.

"I'm scared that this will be a message to the Syrian regime telling it 'Do what you want'," he said.
OPPOSITION DISUNITY
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, speaking to students in Moscow via video link from Brussels, again said the Western alliance had no intention of intervening in Syria."We believe that we need a political solution in Syria," he said, noting there was no U.N. mandate for NATO action there.Disunity among Syria's opposition in exile and the armed factions on the ground have long hindered the struggle against Assad and have contributed to Western reluctance to intervene.Alkhatib has cited the West's failure to do more to help the opposition, as well as the coalition's internal divisions, as reasons for announcing on Sunday that he would quit as leader.He offered no clarity on his own political future in his interview with Reuters. "I have given my resignation and I have not withdrawn it. But I have to continue my duties until the general committee meets," the former mosque imam said.The Arab summit's support for Assad's foes may prove more symbolic than practical, but Syria vented its wrath at Qatar for its pro-opposition actions at the annual gathering."The emir of Qatar, the biggest bank for supporting terrorism in the region, began his presidency of the Arab League by hijacking it with tainted oil and money," said state news agency SANA, a mouthpiece for Assad's government.Qatar's Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani "committed a flagrant violation of the League's pact by inviting the deformed body, the 'Doha Coalition', to usurp Syria's seat in the League", SANA said, in a scathing reference to the opposition.Qatar has funded political opposition groups and is believed to be funneling money and weapons to rebels in Syria.Russia, which gives Damascus military and diplomatic support, scolded the Arab League for taking "another anti-Syria step" by giving Syria's seat to the opposition.Arab nations are far from united on Syria, with Algeria, Iraq and Lebanon often opposing any action against Assad's rule.Saudi Arabia, Qatar and some others have thrown their support behind the mostly Sunni Muslim rebels in Syria, partly to weaken Shi'ite Iran, the main regional ally of Assad, whose minority Alawite sect is distantly derived from Shi'ite Islam.Iran, which has sent advisers, money and weapons to help Assad stay in power, also lambasted the Arab League for allowing a foe of Assad to take Syria's seat at the summit, calling this "a pattern of dangerous behavior".Iran views Assad as a pillar of an "axis of resistance" against Israel and a bulwark against Sunni militants in Syria, a country which for three decades has been the main conduit for Iranian arms supplies to Lebanon's Shi'ite Hezbollah movement.
(Additional reporting by William Maclean in Doha, Oliver Holmes and Erika Solomon in Beirut, Marcus George in Dubai and Gabriela Baczynska in Moscow; Writing by Alistair Lyon; Editing by Jon Boyle and Michael Roddy)

Egypt could hold delayed election in October: Mursi

By Tom Perry and Yasmine Saleh | Reuters – 4 hrs ago MAR 27,13

By Tom Perry and Yasmine Saleh

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said on Wednesday parliamentary elections could be delayed until October, a postponement which could give his cash-strapped administration breathing space to negotiate an IMF deal.Mursi's original plan was for a four-stage election that would start in late April and put a parliament in place by July.But the schedule fell apart this month when a court canceled the presidential decree setting the dates. "Perhaps the elections will be held in the coming October," state news agency MENA quoted Mursi as saying.The postponement removes one source of friction between Mursi and the secular-minded opposition that had planned to boycott the vote on the grounds that the election law had been drawn up to suit Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists.But many tensions remain in a political landscape where divisions have deepened since Mursi was elected in June.The acrimony will complicate efforts to build the consensus that the International Monetary Fund wants to underpin a loan deal likely to require cuts in unaffordable state subsidies.This week Mursi's opponents accused him of instigating a crackdown on dissent when the prosecutor-general ordered the arrest of five bloggers alleged to have incited violence against the Brotherhood.Mursi has in turn hardened his tone in response to recent violence triggered by protests against him and the Brotherhood. After promising on Sunday to take unspecified steps to protect the nation, Mursi vowed on Tuesday to "break the neck" of anyone who threw a petrol bomb.The unrest is frustrating efforts to revive the economy.Dwindling wheat stocks and shortages of imported fuel have increased the urgency of securing the IMF loan to plug the budget deficit and support foreign currency reserves that have dropped below the level needed for three months of imports.The government has said it expects an IMF technical mission in Cairo soon to complete negotiations on the agreement.The IMF, however, has not given a date. The planning minister said last week he expected a deal and payment of the first tranche of the loan by the end of June.Masood Ahmed, director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia department, held talks in Cairo earlier this month, saying loan discussions would continue in the coming weeks.
A GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE?
An IMF deal would unlock billions of dollars in further support for Egypt. But political consensus is seen as vital.With elections postponed, Mursi may have to give ground to opposition demands including a change in government."This could increase the possibility of a reshuffle. It would force some concessions in line with opposition demands," said Mona Mansour, chief regional economist at CI Capital.Ahmed Omran, Mursi's adviser for development issues, told a Kuwaiti newspaper this week that one way forward would be for Mursi to head the government himself.But the arrest warrants for the bloggers appeared to have made the opposition less willing to talk of give-and-take."If he is going to arrest us, arrest the activists, threaten the opposition, I don't think this is showing any sign of compromise," said Khaled Dawoud, spokesman for the National Salvation Front, an alliance of non-Islamist parties that have come together to oppose Mursi.
Hassan Nafaa, a professor of political science and a critic of Mursi, also questioned the Islamist leader's readiness for concessions. "If the president had wanted a dialogue, he would have postponed the elections a while ago," he said.One opposition demand is for the removal of the prosecutor- general appointed by Mursi in November.In a blow to the president, an appeals court on Wednesday ordered the reinstatement of the former prosecutor-general, a Hosni Mubarak-era appointee whom Mursi had sacked. It was not immediately clear whether Mursi would appeal.Mursi had billed the parliamentary election as completing the transition from Mubarak's autocracy. A court dissolved the previous lower house, which was led by the Brotherhood, in June.Mursi now expects the new lower house to convene by the end of the year, according to MENA, the state news agency, which said it would take two and a half months to complete a new election law and another two months to prepare for the vote.Yasser Mehrez, a Brotherhood spokesman, said Mursi's critics should now "calm down" since the delay met one of their demands. "I really hope they react to it positively," he said.(Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

Supreme Court indicates it may strike down marriage law

By Lawrence Hurley and David Ingram | Reuters – 1 hr 51 mins ago MAR 27,13

By Lawrence Hurley and David Ingram

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court seemed to be leaning on Wednesday toward striking down a law that denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples in a move that would reflect a shift in Americans' attitudes about gay marriage.In a second day of oral arguments on same-sex marriage, a majority of the court raised serious concerns with the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, enacted in 1996 under President Bill Clinton.Arguments over the last two days on the DOMA case and a separate one challenging California's ban on gay marriage marked the high court's first foray into a delicate and divisive political, religious and social issue in the United States as polls indicate growing public support for same-sex marriage.In theory, the cases have the potential for the court to take a significant step toward endorsing gay marriage as it gains support in some parts of the country. Based on the arguments, however, a partial victory for gay rights activists seems more likely than the sweeping declaration of same-sex marriage rights they had hoped for.As demonstrators rallied outside the Supreme Court building for a second day, Justice Anthony Kennedy, a potential swing vote, showed a willingness to invalidate DOMA, which denies married same-sex couples access to federal benefits by defining marriage as between a man and a woman.He warned of a "real risk" that the law infringes on the traditional role of the states in defining marriage.A conservative, Kennedy is viewed as a key vote on this issue in part because he has twice authored decisions in the past that were viewed as favorable to gay rights.In contrast to the ambivalent approach they displayed on Tuesday in arguments about California's Proposition 8 gay marriage ban, the nine justices seemed willing to address the substantive issue in the DOMA case, while also eyeing procedural questions.The court is not expected to rule on the two cases until the end of June. If the justices were to strike down DOMA, legally married gay couples would be winners because they would have improved access to federal benefits, such as tax deductions.Justices gave a strong indication they might resolve the Proposition 8 case on procedural grounds, but even that would be viewed as a win for gay rights activists as same-sex marriages in California would likely resume.What appears highly unlikely is a sweeping declaration of a right for gay people to marry, a possible option only in the California case.Overall, a majority of the justices made it clear that, while they might not impede the recent movement among some states toward gay marriage, they were not willing to pave the way either.Nine states now recognize gay marriage, while 30 states have constitutional amendments banning it and others are in-between.On several occasions over the two days, the justices' own remarks illustrated how quickly attitudes have changed in favor of gay marriage.During Tuesday's arguments, Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative, questioned whether there was sufficient data to show that children are not adversely affected if raised by same-sex couples. Likewise, Justice Samuel Alito noted the concept of gay marriage is "newer than cellphones and the Internet."Offering a liberal perspective, Justice Elena Kagan prompted murmurs of surprise from onlookers on Wednesday when she quoted from a U.S. House of Representatives report written less than two decades ago, at the time DOMA was enacted, that referenced "moral disapproval" of gay marriage.
'SKIM MILK MARRIAGE'
As attention turned to DOMA on Wednesday, Kennedy made it clear where he stood, referring to DOMA as "inconsistent" because it purports to give authority to the states to define marriage while limiting recognition of those determinations.His states' rights concerns were echoed by two of the liberal members of the bench, Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor. "What gives the federal government the right to be concerned at all about what the definition of marriage is?" Sotomayor said.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Stephen Breyer also raised concerns about the law.Ginsburg stressed how important federal recognition is to any person who is legally married."It affects every area of life," she said.Comparing marriage status with types of milk, Ginsburg said that a gay marriage endorsed by a state, but not recognized by the federal government, creates two types of marriage, "full marriage, and then this sort of skim milk marriage."If the court rules on the states' rights issue, the justices could strike down the law without deciding the bigger question of whether DOMA violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law.On that issue, Kagan spoke of a "red flag" that indicates Congress passed DOMA with the intent of targeting a group that is "not everyone's favorite group in the world."Various groups are calling for DOMA to be struck down, such as the Business Coalition for DOMA Repeal, whose members include Marriott International Inc, Aetna Inc, eBay Inc, and Thomson Reuters Corp, the corporate parent of the Reuters news agency.Separately, several conservative justices criticized Obama and his Justice Department for not defending the marriage law in court.Chief Justice John Roberts questioned whether Obama had "the courage of his convictions" for continuing to enforce DOMA while calling it invalid.(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley, Joan Biskupic, David Ingram and Joseph Ax; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Eric Beech)

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH(BECAUSE OF SIN AND GODLESS PEOPLE)

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
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)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Landslide hits Washington state's Whidbey Island, destroys one home

By Laura L. Myers | Reuters – 1 hr 17 mins ago MAR 27,13

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By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A landslide thundered through a subdivision in Washington state's Whidbey Island north of Seattle on Wednesday, destroying one home and threatening more than 30 others, a fire official said.

"It looks like a giant shovel pulled the hill down to the water," said Central Whidbey Fire Chief Ed Hartin. "We heard a lot of rumbling and snapping of trees."The landslide hit the Ledgewood Beach community about 50 miles north of Seattle at 4:15 a.m. local time, knocking one house off its foundation and destroying a road, Hartin said.Authorities rescued 12 residents from nearly 20 homes in the area that were cut off when a road was damaged by the landslide, Hartin said.Another 17 homes were evacuated because they were left unsafe or uninhabitable by the disaster, he said. None one was injured, he added.The homes in the Ledgewood Beach area are a mix of year-round and vacation properties that sit high on a bluff overlooking the waters of the Puget Sound.A local home owned by Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer did not appear to be immediately threatened, Hartin said.A county geotechnical engineer was evaluating how long residents would be forced to stay out of their homes."This is an area that has experienced a few landslides in the past," Hartin said.The area has not experienced recent heavy rains, he said.(Reporting by Laura L. Myers, Editing by Alex Dobuzinskis and Richard Chang)

EARTHQUAKES

ISAIAH 42:15
15  I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Update time = Thu Mar 28 0:08:40 UTC 2013

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	3.0	2013/03/27 22:56:23	33.898	-119.328	0.0	CHANNEL ISLANDS REGION, CALIFORNIA
MAP	2.8	2013/03/27 22:54:32	19.049	-65.121	30.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.7	2013/03/27 19:48:16	33.490	-116.442	4.6	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.1	2013/03/27 19:11:13	62.918	-150.752	108.3	CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP	2.6	2013/03/27 18:17:44	33.492	-116.439	9.0	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.7	2013/03/27 18:17:00	33.495	-116.443	8.8	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.4	2013/03/27 17:50:29	33.495	-116.445	8.5	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	4.7	2013/03/27 17:44:53	-25.989	-177.230	147.8	SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
MAP	4.3	2013/03/27 16:39:11	1.423	99.167	34.6	NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP	2.6	2013/03/27 16:37:33	62.236	-150.219	0.0	CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP	2.7	2013/03/27 10:26:12	18.896	-65.503	28.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.5	2013/03/27 09:10:50	38.668	-82.215	15.4	OHIO
MAP	5.5	2013/03/27 06:42:47	-57.290	-24.939	10.0	SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
MAP	5.6	2013/03/27 05:59:42	-57.357	-24.874	10.0	SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
MAP	6.0	2013/03/27 02:03:20	23.840	121.135	20.7	TAIWAN
MAP	2.8	2013/03/27 01:57:14	60.722	-148.418	20.8	KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP	5.0	2013/03/27 01:25:46	45.375	142.700	280.1	HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
MAP	3.1	2013/03/27 00:53:19	18.833	-67.391	10.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.3	2013/03/27 00:44:44	31.994	-116.273	15.4	BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

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	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	5.1	2013/03/26 23:35:25	43.232	41.654	10.0	CAUCASUS REGION, RUSSIA
MAP	2.6	2013/03/26 23:21:34	32.905	-115.527	13.9	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	2.8	2013/03/26 20:17:55	34.246	-116.776	9.1	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.4	2013/03/26 20:01:20	37.336	-114.969	10.1	NEVADA
MAP	5.4	2013/03/26 17:36:25	-33.160	-179.394	50.7	SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
MAP	5.5	2013/03/26 17:23:58	-9.416	120.250	65.0	SUMBA REGION, INDONESIA
MAP	2.6	2013/03/26 15:46:54	51.623	-177.089	53.2	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	4.2	2013/03/26 15:22:08	16.167	-98.102	10.0	OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP	4.5	2013/03/26 14:53:09	-24.486	-179.989	511.1	SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
MAP	2.9	2013/03/26 14:37:14	40.577	-124.442	22.2	OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	2.7	2013/03/26 14:19:42	18.142	-67.488	5.0	MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO
MAP	2.6	2013/03/26 14:16:24	18.309	-67.335	27.0	MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO
MAP	2.7	2013/03/26 13:45:15	48.093	-113.043	6.3	WESTERN MONTANA
MAP	4.7	2013/03/26 13:37:50	8.721	-40.425	10.0	CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
MAP	4.6	2013/03/26 13:36:16	16.481	-98.026	10.0	OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP	4.6	2013/03/26 13:26:00	16.397	-98.022	10.0	OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP	5.1	2013/03/26 13:12:18	16.234	-98.175	11.4	OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP	5.5	2013/03/26 13:04:48	16.209	-98.136	10.0	OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP	4.6	2013/03/26 11:55:16	35.754	140.848	10.0	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	4.7	2013/03/26 11:48:25	35.773	140.798	17.4	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	3.0	2013/03/26 11:47:54	18.511	-64.562	1.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.3	2013/03/26 11:20:45	51.904	-173.855	30.3	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	2.6	2013/03/26 11:01:47	58.855	-154.586	128.3	ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP	2.5	2013/03/26 11:00:26	18.525	-66.295	85.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.0	2013/03/26 10:44:00	36.937	-121.431	7.8	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.2	2013/03/26 10:39:55	65.251	-140.811	4.4	NORTHERN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA
MAP	4.6	2013/03/26 10:00:56	-23.227	-68.906	96.5	ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
MAP	3.0	2013/03/26 09:32:00	18.918	-64.553	5.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.7	2013/03/26 07:33:49	63.379	-149.283	95.7	CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP	4.6	2013/03/26 07:31:18	-25.529	179.962	487.1	SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
MAP	2.8	2013/03/26 07:23:12	52.037	-173.561	49.6	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	4.5	2013/03/26 06:16:46	-17.666	-178.818	544.2	FIJI REGION
MAP	3.5	2013/03/26 04:30:06	60.922	-150.867	14.9	KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP	4.5	2013/03/26 04:26:20	11.110	93.514	136.3	ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP	4.3	2013/03/26 04:17:31	51.828	-179.902	7.7	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	3.3	2013/03/26 03:18:56	62.092	-147.999	31.4	CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP	2.6	2013/03/26 01:23:17	18.744	-64.371	77.0	ANEGADA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

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	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	4.3	2013/03/25 23:42:03	13.464	-89.973	90.1	OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
MAP	6.2	2013/03/25 23:02:14	14.599	-90.428	200.5	GUATEMALA