KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
The proposed plan is part of the basis for U.S.-brokered talks that
are set to resume in Washington next week after Secretary of State John
Kerry announced that both Israel and PA President Mahmoud Abbas have
agreed to open negotiations aimed at creating a Palestinian state.Israel
has not agreed to the U.S. plan over the Temple Mount, with details
still open for discussion, stated the PA negotiator.The negotiator, who
is one of the main Palestinian figures leading
the Arab side of the talks, further divulged Kerry’s proposed outline
for a Palestinian state as presented orally to Israel and the PA.He said
Jordan has been invited to play a key role in the discussions
surrounding both the Temple Mount and Jerusalem while it will be the
PA, with some Jordanian assistance, that would ultimately receive
control of some of those areas.WND was first to report in 2007
that Jordan had been quietly purchasing real estate surrounding the
Temple Mount in Jerusalem hoping to gain more control over the area
accessing the holy site, according to Palestinian and Israeli
officials.Meanwhile, regarding the rest of Jerusalem, Kerry’s plan is to
rehash
what is known as the Clinton parameters. That formula, pushed by
President Bill Clinton during the Camp David talks in 2000, called for
Jewish areas of Jerusalem to remain Israeli while the Palestinians would
get sovereignty over neighborhoods that are largely Arab. Most Arab
sections are located in eastern Jerusalem.WND previously reported
the Palestinians are building illegally in Jewish-owned areas of
Jerusalem, resulting in Arab majorities in some neighborhoods.For the
strategic Jordan Valley, Obama’s proposal calls for
international forces to maintain security control along with unarmed
Palestinian police forces, the PA negotiator said. Israel will retain
security posts in some strategic areas of the Jordan Valley, according
to the leaked plan.
When it comes to the West Bank, which borders Jerusalem and is within rocket range of Israel’s main population centers, Israel is expected to evacuate about 90 percent of its Jewish communities currently located in the territory, as outlined in Kerry’s plan.Israel would retain strategic security posts along with the West Bank’s main blocs, Maale Adumin, Ariel and Gush Etzion. In return, Obama is calling for an exchange of territory with the Palestinians in other locations inside Israel, with discussion being open for the Palestinians to possibly receive land in the Israeli Negev in the country’s south.The PA negotiator further said Israel rejected a Palestinian request that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree not to place the final peace plan up for referendum in the Knesset.Indeed, Netanyahu announced today any plan must receive final approval in a national poll.“I am committed to two objectives that must guide the result … if there will be a result. And if there will be a result, it will be put to a national referendum,” he said at the start of the cabinet meeting.
“Negotiations with the Palestinians will not be easy, but we are entering them with integrity, honesty and hope,” Netanyahu added.The PA negotiator, meanwhile, said Netanyahu agreed that as a gesture to restart talks, Israel will enact a temporary freeze on all Jewish construction in the West Bank outside the main settlement blocs. According to Israeli sources, such a freeze has largely already been in place for several months now anyway.The negotiator warned that one of the toughest issues centers on control of water, with Kerry already reaching out to Turkey about the prospect of selling water at a cheaper rate to a future Palestinian state.
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
El Al flight LY3004 landed this morning at Ben Gurion Airport with 231 new Israeli citizens aboard - including a record number of children.
Even before they took off, the passengers knew not to expect getting much sleep, as close to 50% of the occupants were children - a new record for a Nefesh B'Nefesh aliyah flight, in cooperation with The Jewish Agency for Israel.The 106 young Olim are joining a whopping 989 children who will be making Aliyah throughout 2013 with Nefesh B’Nefesh, in cooperation with the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for Israel and JNF. This is an increase of 20%, compared to 822 children that made Aliyah in 2012.In anticipation of the arrival, Nefesh B’Nefesh prepared reinforcements to help parents watch over their children and keep them occupied during the long flight and at the arrival ceremony. Among the activities that awaited the children were Aliyah coloring books, games and custom-made t-shirts. Former Israeli IDF captive, Gilad Shalit, also joined the flight as a show of support and appreciation for the thousands of North American Olim who are fulfilling their dream to return to Israel and their contribution to the State of Israel.
"Modern-day pioneers"
Also on board were 41 families, including the 106 children as well as 54 singles - 13 of whom will be joining the IDF. Also of note were the 41 Olim moving to Israel’s periphery as part of the Nefesh B’Nefesh and Keren Kayemeth L’Israel's "Go North" and "Go South" programs.“As we welcome our 35,000th Oleh, it is exciting to see so many children among the modern day Zionist pioneers, who are helping to build and secure the future of the State of Israel”, said Co-Founder and Chairman of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Tony Gelbart. “This new generation is joining young adults volunteering for the IDF and Olim moving to Israel’s North and South to help strengthen the periphery, to infuse the country with renewed passion and idealism.”“I am happy to welcome over 100 children who are making Aliyah today through Nefesh B’Nefesh and joining us here in Israel,” said Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver. “Aliyah from North America is extremely important and makes us stronger as a nation.”The Chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel, Natan Sharansky said: “The Jewish Agency, which brings tens of thousands of Olim from across the globe sees Nefesh B’Nefesh as a dedicated partner in this important work. The children and their parents who are arriving on this Olim flight from North America represent the future of Israel and every one of them strengthens Israeli society.”Hundreds of families and friends as well as Israeli dignitaries gathered at Ben Gurion Airport to welcome the country’s newest citizens at the arrival ceremony. Those present included: Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver; Member of the House Committee and the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs MK Dov Lipman; Chairman of the Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky; World Chairman of KKL-JNF, Effie Stenzler; Vice President Global Sales of El Al, Offer Gat; Vice Chairman of Nefesh B’Nefesh Erez Halfon and Co-Founders of Nefesh B’Nefesh Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart.
Photo: Peter Halmagyi
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
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 evening tide 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)
EGYPT
ISAIAH 19:1-5
1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
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)
The Washington Post reported
Tuesday that the U.S. will use money already in the CIA’s budget and
transfer it to operations in Syria, as part of a plan announced last
month by the Obama Administration. The plan involves the providing of
small arms and ammunition to some of the 1,200 groups of Syrian rebels,
some of which have known affiliations with al Qaeda.The infrastructure is already in place and arms are expected to start coming in the next several weeks, said the Post.
Members of the House intelligence committee who had initially balked at the plan said Monday that their concerns had largely been alleviated."The House Intelligence Committee has very strong concerns about the strength of the administration's plans in Syria and its chances for success," Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House panel, said in a statement Monday. "After much discussion and review, we got a consensus that we could move forward with what the administration's plans and intentions are in Syria consistent with committee reservations."Sen. John McCain (R-Az) has long advocated arming Syrian rebels, and has also called for taking out Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's air assets to create a safe zone for the Syrian opposition."I know that we have the military capability to impose a 'no-fly' zone, to crater their runways and their fixed installations where fuel and parts are, and establish a 'no-fly' zone with Patriot missiles," McCain said last month.However, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey said in a letter released Monday that U.S. military involvement in Syria would likely cost billions of dollars and carry a range of risks."It is no less than an act of war," Dempsey wrote in the letter to Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
BEIRUT (AP) — An al-Qaida-linked group has warned civilians
to stay off a road linking central Syria with the northern province of
Aleppo, declaring it a military zone, as the rebels try to cut one of
the regime's main routes for supplying its forces in the north,
activists said Tuesday.The warning comes a day after rebels went
on the offensive in Syria's north, seizing three villages in the
province where a military stalemate has been in place since last summer.The
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Aleppo Media
Center said that Jabhat al-Nusra, or the Nusra Front, is threatening to
target any vehicle using the road starting Wednesday. A copy of the
warning was posted online.The regime uses the route to ferry
supplies to its forces in the north because the rebels already have
severed the main north-south highway that connects Damascus with the
embattled city of Aleppo, where regime forces have battled rebels in
vicious street fighting for a year. The desert road was paved and opened
by regime forces earlier this year.The statement, which was
stamped with the Nusra Front emblem, said the Syrian military "opened
this road to civilian cars and trucks when in fact it is a military
road.""There
are daily clashes and military operations there. Holy warriors have
booby-trapped the road," it said, instructing civilians not to use the
road and claiming that the army will be using them as "human shields to
cover its movements."If the rebels succeed in cutting the road,
it will be a major blow to the regime, making it more difficult to bring
in military reinforcements as well as other supplies to Aleppo
province, most of which is under rebel control.On Monday, rebels
captured three villages southwest of the provincial capital of Aleppo,
Syria's largest city and former commercial center. The villages are
close to the road the Nusra Front is trying to cut, and include the
strategic village of Khan al-Assal.
Located just west of Aleppo, Khan al-Assal has been a major front in the fight for the city itself. In March, chemical weapons were allegedly used in the village, killing more than 30 people. The Syrian government and the rebels blame each other for the attack.In the capital Damascus, the Observatory reported clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk. It said the fighting was between rebels and the pro-government Palestinian Popular Committees.The fighting in Yarmouk, the largest camp in Damascus, first broke out last year. Palestinians are divided between supporters and opponents of the regime.In May, the head of a U.N. aid agency said Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians — descendants of refugees from the conflict surrounding the creation of Israel — and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate.More than 93,000 people have been killed since the Syrian uprising started in March 2011, according to the United Nations.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Six people were killed in Cairo on Tuesday
in violence between supporters and opponents of deposed President
Mohamed Mursi, state-run media reported.The violence broke out
before dawn near a Brotherhood protest at Cairo University, where Mursi
supporters have been camped out since the army removed the Islamist
politician from power on July 3 following protests against his rule.The Brotherhood described it as an attack on peaceful protesters.
Police sources said hundreds of Mursi supporters clashed with local
residents, street vendors and others near the sit-in. They said gunshots
were fired and stones were thrown.The state-run Al-Ahram
newspaper quoted a health ministry official as saying six people had
been killed and a further 33 people were injured. It brings to nine the
number of people killed in political violence in the last two days.About 100 people have died in violence since the army deposed Mursi and
replaced him with an interim administration led by the Adli Mansour,
the head of the constitutional court. The Brotherhood accuses the army
of orchestrating a coup.The Brotherhood said on its website a total of seven "martyrs" had been
killed overnight in two separate attacks on Mursi supporters, one at
Cairo University and another on a march near a bigger sit-in in the
north of the city.The Brotherhood says it will maintain the
sit-in until Mursi, held by the army in an unknown location since his
overthrow, is reinstated.
"Leaders of the military coup continue to terrorize the peaceful protesters in Egypt," the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party said in a statement.Some residents close to the Brotherhood's main protest area in Nasr City have filed a complaint with the public prosecutor asking for the removal of the protesters. A security source said the case is expected to be taken to a court and ruled upon soon "to give the army a legal basis to end the protests".The National Salvation Front, an alliance of liberal and leftist parties that supported Mursi's removal from power, condemned what it described as attacks by Brotherhood supporters on protesters over the last three weeks.(Reporting by Tom Perry, Asma Alsharif, Yasmine Saleh and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran condemned on Tuesday the European
Union's decision to put the armed wing of Lebanese militant group
Hezbollah on its terrorism blacklist and said the move was "contrary to
all political and legal norms, surprising and unacceptable".Hezbollah was set up with the help of Iranian funds and military
advisers some three decades ago and, along with Syria, is still Tehran's
most important ally in the region, positioned as it is on the
"frontline" with Iran's sworn enemy Israel.Pressed by Britain and the Netherlands, the European Union
blacklisted Hezbollah's military wing on Monday over accusations it was
involved in a bus bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis and
their driver a year ago, and its deployment of thousands of fighters to
help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turn the tide of Syria's civil
war.Many EU capitals had previously resisted lobbying from Washington
and Israel to blacklist the group, warning such a move could fuel
instability in the Middle East, especially in Lebanon where Hezbollah is
part of the Lebanese government and has dominated politics in Beirut in
recent years."To label a resistance group which has campaigned against invasion
and occupation and has a legal presence with the people's support in the
government of Lebanon shows it is based on loose logical foundations,"
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in a statement on the
ministry website."This action was accomplished with the direction of some influential
members of the European Union and is contrary to all political and
legal norms, surprising and unacceptable," he said.Israel, which welcomed the EU decision, would be the main beneficiary, the Iranian foreign minister said."This action will be to be benefit of the illegitimate Zionist regime and its supporters."
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis wants to ignite the
passion of Roman Catholics for their faith while on his first
international trip, and the boisterous, sometimes frenzied welcome he
got on his first day in Rio seemed to fill those hopes.Returning
to his home continent for the first time since becoming pontiff, Francis
smiled broadly as thousands of people rushed his car Monday after it
became stuck behind buses and taxis when his driver made a wrong turn on
a main avenue in Rio's center.It was a nightmarish scene for
security officials, but clearly a delight and another opportunity to
connect for this pope, who was scheduled to take a day off Tuesday for
rest and private meetings.The ecstatic throngs forced his
motorcade to repeatedly come to a standstill, weeks after violent
protests against the government paralyzed parts of Brazil. Francis'
driver turned into the wrong side of a boulevard at one point, missing
lanes that had been cleared. Other parts of the pope's route to the city
center weren't lined with fencing, giving the throngs more chances to
get close, with uniformed police nowhere in sight to act as crowd
control.The three dozen visible Vatican and Brazilian
plainclothes security officials struggled to keep the crowds at bay.
Francis not only looked calm but got even closer to the people. He
rolled down his back-seat window, waved to the crowd and touched those
who reached inside. He kissed a baby a woman handed to him."His secretary was afraid, but the pope was happy," said the papal spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi.The
pope is here on a seven-day visit meant to fan the fervor of the
faithful around the globe. That task has grown more challenging as
Catholics stray, even in strongholds of the religion such as Brazil, yet
it seemed to come easily to Francis even on the drive from the airport
to an official opening ceremony.After finally making it past
crowds and blocked traffic, Francis switched to an open-air vehicle for a
cruise along main streets past crowds of people who screamed wildly as
he waved and smiled. He left his popemobile — the bulletproof one — in
the Vatican garage so he could better connect with people during the
church's World Youth Day.Vatican officials insisted they had no
concern for the pope's safety as his vehicles eased through the masses,
but Lombardi acknowledged there might have been some "errors" that need
correcting."This is something new, maybe also a lesson for the coming days," Lombardi said.Many in the crowd looked stunned to see the pope, with some standing still and others sobbing loudly."I
can't travel to Rome, but he came here to make my country better ...
and to deepen our faith," Idaclea Rangel, a 73-year-old Catholic, said,
choking through her tears after the pope passed by.As many as 1
million young people from around the world are expected in Rio for the
Catholic youth fest, a seemingly tailor-made event for the
Argentine-born pope, who has proven enormously popular in his four
months on the job. But the fervor of the crowds that regularly greet
Francis in St. Peter's Square was nothing compared with the raucous
welcome in Rio.Popes generally get a warm welcome in Latin
America; even the more aloof Pope Benedict XVI received a hero's welcome
when he visited Mexico and Cuba in 2012. John Paul II frequently
received rock star treatment, and during one 1996 visit to Venezuela,
his motorcade was similarly mobbed when he stopped to greet
well-wishers.Outside Rio's Guanabara government palace where the
pope was officially welcomed, Alicia Velazquez, a 55-year-old arts
teacher from Buenos Aires, waited to catch a glimpse of the man she knew
well when he was archbishop of her hometown."It
was so amazing when he was selected, we just couldn't believe it. We
cried and hugged one another," Velazquez said. "I personally want to see
if he's still the same man as simple and humble whom we all knew. I
have faith that he's remained the same."Francis displayed that
humility in greeting President Dilma Rousseff, saying he understood that
to really know Brazilians, one must pass through their heart."So
let me knock gently at this door," Francis said in Portuguese at the
official welcoming ceremony. "I have neither silver nor gold, but I
bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ."On
the plane trip to Rio, Francis had lamented that an entire generation
of young people risked not knowing what it's like to work thanks to an
economic crisis that has seen youth unemployment skyrocket in many
European countries while leaving the poor of the developing world
behind."People get their dignity from work, they earn their
bread," he told reporters aboard the plane. "Young people in this moment
are in crisis."Francis
arrived at a tense time for Brazil, as the country reels from sometimes
violent demonstrations that began last month as a protest against
public transport price hikes and mushroomed into a wave of protests
against government corruption, inefficiency and spending for the 2014
World Cup and 2016 Olympics.Those protests continued after Francis' arrival. Police and anti-government protesters clashed outside the government palace.
The government has spent about $52 million for Francis' visit, but he does not appear to be a focus of protesters' rage."We've got nothing against the pope. Nobody here is against him," said Christopher Creindel, a 22-year-old art student and Rio native protesting outside the government palace. "This protest is against our politicians."Lombardi confirmed that a homemade explosive device was found Sunday by Brazilian authorities in a public toilet near the basilica at Aparecida, a Marian shrine that Francis is to visit Wednesday. Vatican security was informed of the device but didn't think it was aimed at the pope, Lombardi said."There are no concerns for security. The concerns are that the enthusiasm is so great that it's difficult to respond to so much enthusiasm for the pope. But there is no fear and no concern," he told reporters.
Francis' weeklong schedule underscores his commitment to make his pontificate focus on the poor. He will walk through one of Rio's shantytowns, or favelas, and meet with juvenile offenders, an extension of his call for a more missionary church that goes to the peripheries to preach.He will also pray at Aparecida, an indication of his strong Marian devotion that is shared in much of Latin America. And, in a rather incongruous matchup, he will preside over a procession re-enacting Christ's crucifixion on the beach at Copacabana, ground zero of Rio's Sin City.Alex Augusto, a 22-year-old seminarian dressed in the bright green official T-shirt for pilgrims, said Monday that he and five friends made the journey from Brazil's Sao Paulo state to "show that contrary to popular belief, the church isn't only made up of older people, it's full of young people. We want to show the real image of the church."___Associated Press writers Jenny Barchfield, Vivian Sequera and Marco Sibaja contributed to this report.___Nicole Winfield on Twitter: www.twitter.com/nwinfield
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.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND
'Secret Obama plan' forfeits Temple Mount to Palestinians
Formula for Israel-Arab talks leaked to WND
When it comes to the West Bank, which borders Jerusalem and is within rocket range of Israel’s main population centers, Israel is expected to evacuate about 90 percent of its Jewish communities currently located in the territory, as outlined in Kerry’s plan.Israel would retain strategic security posts along with the West Bank’s main blocs, Maale Adumin, Ariel and Gush Etzion. In return, Obama is calling for an exchange of territory with the Palestinians in other locations inside Israel, with discussion being open for the Palestinians to possibly receive land in the Israeli Negev in the country’s south.The PA negotiator further said Israel rejected a Palestinian request that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree not to place the final peace plan up for referendum in the Knesset.Indeed, Netanyahu announced today any plan must receive final approval in a national poll.“I am committed to two objectives that must guide the result … if there will be a result. And if there will be a result, it will be put to a national referendum,” he said at the start of the cabinet meeting.
“Negotiations with the Palestinians will not be easy, but we are entering them with integrity, honesty and hope,” Netanyahu added.The PA negotiator, meanwhile, said Netanyahu agreed that as a gesture to restart talks, Israel will enact a temporary freeze on all Jewish construction in the West Bank outside the main settlement blocs. According to Israeli sources, such a freeze has largely already been in place for several months now anyway.The negotiator warned that one of the toughest issues centers on control of water, with Kerry already reaching out to Turkey about the prospect of selling water at a cheaper rate to a future Palestinian state.
Europe could label settlement products by year’s end
Letter by EU foreign policy head Catherine Ashton recommends creation of EU-wide guidelines on labeling products from beyond the Green Line
July 23, 2013, 12:17 pm
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The
letter called for a “commitment toward ensuring the effective
implementation of existing EU legislation relevant for the correct
labeling of settlement products by adopting EU guidelines and other
implementing acts where necessary” and noted that “an
overwhelming majority of Member States have recently supported or
openly demanded the preparation of EU-wide guidelines on this issue in
order to implement EU law in a coherent manner,” the report said.The proposed guidelines would actually be
non-binding for the most part and up to individual member states to
implement, but the Foreign Ministry is reportedly afraid that because
the settlements are viewed so negatively in Europe, the publication of
EU-wide guidelines will lead to mass labeling or even a blanket boycott
of settlement products.Two
of the largest supermarket chains in the Netherlands recently removed
from their shelves all products manufactured in Israeli settlements and
another asked its suppliers to verify the origin of items marked “Made
in Israel,” according to a Monday report in the Dutch daily Trouw newspaper, which noted that the moves came in response to renewed public debate around the Israeli “occupied territories.”Last week, the EU formally
published new guidelines explicitly banning any EU funding of and
cooperation with Israeli institutions operating in territories beyond
the pre-1967 lines, amid vigorous Israeli objections.The
new directive, to take effect at the start of 2014, requires the EU and
its members to cease any joint activity or funding with Israeli
entities working over the Green Line in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and
in the Golan Heights.The
measure also require any future agreements between Israel and the EU to
include a clause in which Israel accepts the European Union’s position
that all territory over the Green Line does not belong to Israel — a
requirement that is anathema to Israel.The EU holds that Jewish settlements in
territories such as the West Bank and east Jerusalem are illegal. The
Palestinians claim those territories for their hoped-for state.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. EU seeks code on Israeli settler goods by end of 2013
Today @ 09:11 JULY 23,13
By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - Foreign affairs chief
Catherine Ashton wants an EU code on retail labels of Israeli settlement
products by the end of the year.She said in a letter to seven fellow members of the European Commission dated 8 July and seen by Israeli daily Haaretz
that: "The guidelines could be adopted as a non-binding commission
notice and published in the Official Journal of the EU before the end of
2013."She noted: "I would highly appreciate your support for a political
commitment of the college [of all 28 EU commissioners] as a whole and
for all further efforts needed from your services."The seven commissioners named in the letter - Viviane Reding, Antonio
Tajani, Neven Mimica, Dacian Ciolos, Algirdas Semeta, Karel de Gucht
and Michel Barnier - deal with portfolios ranging from consumer
protection to anti-fraud.Ashton noted that EU institutions in January completed a review of existing EU law on the subject.Apart from the non-binding code of conduct on all products, the
review said there should be "mandatory" labels on cosmetics,
agricultural produce and some "non-food" items made by settler firms.The project stems from an EU member states' agreement in May last year to "effectively implement" EU legislation in the area.A group of 13 EU countries in a letter in April pledged political support for going ahead.The group includes: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain
and the UK.
Three of them - Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK - already have domestic guidelines.Two retailers in the Netherlands - Aldi and Hoogvliet - earlier recently settler goods altogether in order not to confuse their customers.Ashton's end-of-year deadline for the EU labelling code comes after last week said it will no longer give grants to Israeli entities which are established on occupied land.The move prompted a furious reaction by Israeli politicians, including accusations of European "anti-Semitism."At the same time, the EU's decision on Monday to blacklist the military wing of Lebanese group Hezbollah - Israel's fiercest enemy in the region - drew Israeli praise.The various EU moves come amid a US effort to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.EU foreign ministers on Monday said they "will give active and concrete support to help ensure negotiations between the parties are successful."But in a nod to settlements, they also said they will "address all issues that put the viability of the two-state solution at risk."Some analysts believe the EU's tough line on settlements and its Hezbollah decision are linked to the US initiative, with Europe trying to goad and cajole the two sides into serious talks.But EU diplomats dismissed the idea on Monday."They are all separate issues, they are not connected," one contact told EUobserver.Israel over the past year approved 6,600 new housing units for settlers, while demolishing 535 Palestinian-owned structures on Palestinian land.More than half a million Jewish settlers now live on land conquered by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
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-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(TAKE OVER 3 WORLD REGIONS)
Three of them - Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK - already have domestic guidelines.Two retailers in the Netherlands - Aldi and Hoogvliet - earlier recently settler goods altogether in order not to confuse their customers.Ashton's end-of-year deadline for the EU labelling code comes after last week said it will no longer give grants to Israeli entities which are established on occupied land.The move prompted a furious reaction by Israeli politicians, including accusations of European "anti-Semitism."At the same time, the EU's decision on Monday to blacklist the military wing of Lebanese group Hezbollah - Israel's fiercest enemy in the region - drew Israeli praise.The various EU moves come amid a US effort to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.EU foreign ministers on Monday said they "will give active and concrete support to help ensure negotiations between the parties are successful."But in a nod to settlements, they also said they will "address all issues that put the viability of the two-state solution at risk."Some analysts believe the EU's tough line on settlements and its Hezbollah decision are linked to the US initiative, with Europe trying to goad and cajole the two sides into serious talks.But EU diplomats dismissed the idea on Monday."They are all separate issues, they are not connected," one contact told EUobserver.Israel over the past year approved 6,600 new housing units for settlers, while demolishing 535 Palestinian-owned structures on Palestinian land.More than half a million Jewish settlers now live on land conquered by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
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-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(TAKE OVER 3 WORLD REGIONS)
Bundesbank wants treaty change for banking union
Today @ 09:38 JULY 23,13
By Valentina Pop
Berlin - Germany's Bundesbank is
concerned about the European Central Bank's mix of powers once it takes
over supervision of banks next year, insisting on an EU treaty change as
soon as possible.In its July report published Monday (22 July), the Bundesbank
welcomed the creation of the so-called banking union, pooling at
eurozone-level the supervision of large banks and, at a later stage, the
power to tell banks to close down when they run into trouble."The banking union cannot solve the current crisis, but can bring a
valuable contribution to making future crises less probable," the
Frankfurt-based bank said in its report.The Bundesbank is sceptical about the legal anchoring of the Single
Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), questioning whether the European Central
Bank can have the ultimate say in bank supervision, while preserving its
monetary policy independence.The setting-up of supervisory boards as well as assurances by ECB
chief Mario Draghi that the two activities will have a "Chinese wall"
inbetween have failed to convince the Bundesbank."An effective separation of monetary policy tasks and supervisory
tasks is not possible without changes to the institutional framework of
the ECB, as enshrined in the EU treaties," the report reads.
A further concern is that non-eurozone banks are not included in the new supervisory system: "A truly European banking supervisor, that would cover the entire single market, should comprise of a binding, single banking supervisor for all EU members."The Bundesbank urges politicians to "swiftly" proceed with EU treaty change that would put the banking union on a solid legal base.But such a process usually lasts a few years and opens a whole set of different requests from member states and the European Parliament, which would also be involved in the process.
A further concern is that non-eurozone banks are not included in the new supervisory system: "A truly European banking supervisor, that would cover the entire single market, should comprise of a binding, single banking supervisor for all EU members."The Bundesbank urges politicians to "swiftly" proceed with EU treaty change that would put the banking union on a solid legal base.But such a process usually lasts a few years and opens a whole set of different requests from member states and the European Parliament, which would also be involved in the process.
Haredi MKs mourn as draft bill passes first reading
Knesset approves measure to enlist ultra-Orthodox by 64-21 vote; religious opponents recite psalms, blow ram’s horn, tear garments
July 23, 2013, 6:49 am
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“The law the government presents is a bluff
that pushes it off four years and entrenches shortened service for
religious soldiers,” she said. Although his party backed the new law in its
first reading, MK Itzik Shmuli (Labor) said the “Peri draft is far from
perfect,” and that it merely pushes responsibility for the problem onto
the next government.Before the second and third readings of the
bill, which are done together, the legislation returns to committee. So
it’s unlikely to become law before the current Knesset session ends next
Wednesday. The bill passed a preliminary cabinet hurdle earlier in the
month with 14 ministers voting in favor and four abstaining: Yitzhak
Aharonovitch, Yair Shamir, Sofa Landver and Uri Ariel.The bill has been vehemently opposed by
portions of the ultra-Orthodox community, many of whom have vowed to
fight the new law and go to jail rather than serve in the military.
Community leaders fear enlistment in the army will make it harder for
the ultra-Orthodox to keep a strict interpretation of Jewish law and
will cause spiritually perilous mixing with the secular population.
Tuesday morning’s vote came amid a spate of violent assaults on
ultra-Orthodox soldiers by members of their community who oppose
enlistment of Haredim into the military.
But lawmakers and others say drafting the
ultra-Orthodox is essential to integrating that community and will also
help “equalize the burden” of military service across Jewish Israeli
society.Until last year, the ultra-Orthodox could
claim an exemption under the Tal Law, which granted open-ended
deferments of service for yeshiva students. However, the High Court of
Justice declared that law unconstitutional last year, setting
politicians and military brass scrambling to come up with a solution for
drafting Haredim into the army.
Aaron Kalman contributed to this report.
Israel at last to choose its next chief rabbis, probably
Arguably the most contentious and bitter rabbinical contest in Israel’s history is supposed to be resolved on Wednesday
July 23, 2013, 11:27 am
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Rabbi David Stav, June 20, 2013. (photo credit: Flash 90)
Barring a major upset by Rabbi Yaakov Shapira,
either Stav or Lau will fill the seat unceremoniously vacated by former
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yona Metzger, who stepped down last month
in the wake of a massive fraud investigation. Metzger, who has been
accused of pocketing untold amounts of donor cash earmarked for NGOs,
denies the allegations but nevertheless chose to take his exit early.A fourth candidate, Rabbi Eliezer Igra, bowed
out of the race on Monday evening, after realizing his chances of
winning were too slim.Metzger’s predecessor, Chief Rabbi Yisrael
Meir Lau, is the father of Rabbi David Lau and was known for his ability
to connect with both Haredi Jews and the Modern Orthodox. The junior
Lau, who is currently the chief rabbi of the religiously diverse city of
Modiin, has pledged the same sort of inclusiveness as his father. Stav,
meanwhile, the current chief rabbi of Shoham, is being touted by the
public as a modern man of God and a true beacon change.
Rabbi
Yitzhak Yosef, performing the ritual ‘search for leavened bread’ before
the Passover holiday in 2009. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90).
Stav is the co-founder and chairman of Tzohar,
an organization committed to helping couples maneuver the
ultra-Orthodox rabbinate’s complicated maze of requirements on the path
to religious marriage. He serves as the spiritual leader of Ma’aleh, a
Jerusalem film school with a religious bent, and his contemporary,
moderate take on Jewish life has led to a vicious backlash from more
conservative sectors of society. A group of youths attacked him at a wedding in June, and that same month Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef labeled him “wicked” and “dangerous to Judaism.”While Stav has been embraced by many Israelis
weary of the ultra-Orthodox’s strict, iron-clad grip on Judaism, Lau
says that his opponent’s platform of change is not something that should
be supported.“I represent all kinds of groups, and he
represents only a group of the national-religious, this is the
difference,” Lau told The New York Times on Sunday in a rare interview.
“You need to think about a rabbi who can speak with the other rabbis,
not fight with them. To speak is better than to fight, I think.”In the race for Sephardi chief rabbi, who
represents all Jews in Israel of Middle Eastern origin, it is still
unclear exactly which candidates are running to replace Rabbi Shlomo
Amar, who did his very best, but failed, to finagle a new law that would
allow him to stay on beyond his term’s 10-year limit.
Rabbi
Shalom Cohen, a head of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva and a member of the
Shas Council of Torah Sages, called Modern Orthodox Jews “Amalek.”
(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Rabbis Eliyahu Abergil, Ratzon Arusi, Tzion
Shalom Boaron, Yehuda Deri, Shmuel Eliyahu and Yitzhak Yosef all
officially submitted their candidacy last week. Rabbi Eliyahu’s
candidacy was okayed Monday by the Supreme Court following a challenge
by Meretz MK Isawi Frej, who submitted a petition claiming the rabbi had
incited violence against Arabs and made racist comments in the past.
The court said there was not enough time to consider the allegations;
Frej vowed to pursue the matter should the rabbi win the election.
Rabbi Yosef, who is the son of the
aforementioned Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, scraped onto the official list thanks
only to an eleventh-hour ruling by the Council of the Chief Rabbinate
who extended his authorization to serve as a municipal rabbi, a shingle
which all candidates must carry.As if that weren’t complicated enough, Shas this week scrambled to run damage control on the comments of rabbinical council member
Shalom Cohen, who last week referred to modern Orthodox Jews as
“Amalek,” which according to the Bible is a vicious, genocidal nation
that needs to be scorched off of the earth.There is no guarantee that Wednesday’s
elections, which have been rescheduled a number of times, will happen on
time. But if they do, the committee — which comprises local rabbis,
religious court judges, a sprinkling of Knesset members and only two
women — is facing its greatest scrutiny ever, and a public that is ever
skeptical that Israel even needs one chief rabbi, let alone two.LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Record-Breaking “Children’s Aliyah Flight” Touches Down
Gilad Schalit accompanied 231 North American Olim aboard this summer’s first Nefesh B'Nefesh charter Aliyah flight.-By Arutz Sheva-First Publish: 7/23/2013, 1:33 PM-israelnationalnews
Gilad Shalit with the kids on "the Children's Flight"-Peter Halmagyi
Even before they took off, the passengers knew not to expect getting much sleep, as close to 50% of the occupants were children - a new record for a Nefesh B'Nefesh aliyah flight, in cooperation with The Jewish Agency for Israel.The 106 young Olim are joining a whopping 989 children who will be making Aliyah throughout 2013 with Nefesh B’Nefesh, in cooperation with the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for Israel and JNF. This is an increase of 20%, compared to 822 children that made Aliyah in 2012.In anticipation of the arrival, Nefesh B’Nefesh prepared reinforcements to help parents watch over their children and keep them occupied during the long flight and at the arrival ceremony. Among the activities that awaited the children were Aliyah coloring books, games and custom-made t-shirts. Former Israeli IDF captive, Gilad Shalit, also joined the flight as a show of support and appreciation for the thousands of North American Olim who are fulfilling their dream to return to Israel and their contribution to the State of Israel.
"Modern-day pioneers"
Also on board were 41 families, including the 106 children as well as 54 singles - 13 of whom will be joining the IDF. Also of note were the 41 Olim moving to Israel’s periphery as part of the Nefesh B’Nefesh and Keren Kayemeth L’Israel's "Go North" and "Go South" programs.“As we welcome our 35,000th Oleh, it is exciting to see so many children among the modern day Zionist pioneers, who are helping to build and secure the future of the State of Israel”, said Co-Founder and Chairman of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Tony Gelbart. “This new generation is joining young adults volunteering for the IDF and Olim moving to Israel’s North and South to help strengthen the periphery, to infuse the country with renewed passion and idealism.”“I am happy to welcome over 100 children who are making Aliyah today through Nefesh B’Nefesh and joining us here in Israel,” said Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver. “Aliyah from North America is extremely important and makes us stronger as a nation.”The Chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel, Natan Sharansky said: “The Jewish Agency, which brings tens of thousands of Olim from across the globe sees Nefesh B’Nefesh as a dedicated partner in this important work. The children and their parents who are arriving on this Olim flight from North America represent the future of Israel and every one of them strengthens Israeli society.”Hundreds of families and friends as well as Israeli dignitaries gathered at Ben Gurion Airport to welcome the country’s newest citizens at the arrival ceremony. Those present included: Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver; Member of the House Committee and the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs MK Dov Lipman; Chairman of the Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky; World Chairman of KKL-JNF, Effie Stenzler; Vice President Global Sales of El Al, Offer Gat; Vice Chairman of Nefesh B’Nefesh Erez Halfon and Co-Founders of Nefesh B’Nefesh Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart.
Photo: Peter Halmagyi
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
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 evening tide 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)
EGYPT
ISAIAH 19:1-5
1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
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)
Congress Okays Initial Arms Shipments to Syria Rebels
House and Senate Intelligence Committees give green light to send CIA weapons to rebels, despite concerns over Al Qaeda.-By Gil Ronen-First Publish: 7/23/2013, 1:10 PM-israelnationalnews
Syria fighting
Israel news photo: Flash 90
Members of the House intelligence committee who had initially balked at the plan said Monday that their concerns had largely been alleviated."The House Intelligence Committee has very strong concerns about the strength of the administration's plans in Syria and its chances for success," Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., chairman of the House panel, said in a statement Monday. "After much discussion and review, we got a consensus that we could move forward with what the administration's plans and intentions are in Syria consistent with committee reservations."Sen. John McCain (R-Az) has long advocated arming Syrian rebels, and has also called for taking out Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's air assets to create a safe zone for the Syrian opposition."I know that we have the military capability to impose a 'no-fly' zone, to crater their runways and their fixed installations where fuel and parts are, and establish a 'no-fly' zone with Patriot missiles," McCain said last month.However, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey said in a letter released Monday that U.S. military involvement in Syria would likely cost billions of dollars and carry a range of risks."It is no less than an act of war," Dempsey wrote in the letter to Sen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Syrian rebels target regime supply lines in north
Located just west of Aleppo, Khan al-Assal has been a major front in the fight for the city itself. In March, chemical weapons were allegedly used in the village, killing more than 30 people. The Syrian government and the rebels blame each other for the attack.In the capital Damascus, the Observatory reported clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk. It said the fighting was between rebels and the pro-government Palestinian Popular Committees.The fighting in Yarmouk, the largest camp in Damascus, first broke out last year. Palestinians are divided between supporters and opponents of the regime.In May, the head of a U.N. aid agency said Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians — descendants of refugees from the conflict surrounding the creation of Israel — and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate.More than 93,000 people have been killed since the Syrian uprising started in March 2011, according to the United Nations.
At least six killed in new Cairo violence
"Leaders of the military coup continue to terrorize the peaceful protesters in Egypt," the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party said in a statement.Some residents close to the Brotherhood's main protest area in Nasr City have filed a complaint with the public prosecutor asking for the removal of the protesters. A security source said the case is expected to be taken to a court and ruled upon soon "to give the army a legal basis to end the protests".The National Salvation Front, an alliance of liberal and leftist parties that supported Mursi's removal from power, condemned what it described as attacks by Brotherhood supporters on protesters over the last three weeks.(Reporting by Tom Perry, Asma Alsharif, Yasmine Saleh and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
Iran condemns EU's blacklisting of Hezbollah
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (L) and his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh listen to a journalist …-JULY 23,13
While there may be a softening of Iran's tone towards Israel once
outgoing hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is replaced with
moderate President-elect Hassan Rouhani on August 4, Tehran's official
hostility to the Jewish state is very unlikely to change.(Reporting by Marcus George; Writing by Jon Hemming; Editing by Alison Williams)
07/22/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Young Chinese at WYD to deepen faith and pray with Pope
Young Chinese at the last World Youth Day
Many young Chinese join an estimated one to two million young people from over 150 countries in preparing to welcome Pope Francis to the World Youth Day in Rio
By Gerard O’Connell Rio de Janeiro
Hundreds of thousands of young people from more
than 150 countries, including mainland China, have already arrived in
Rio de Janeiro for the 28th World Youth Day (WYD).Together with more than one million young
Brazilians, they are preparing to give Pope Francis a tremendous welcome
this Thursday afternoon, July 25, when he meets them for the first
time at the Copacabana beachfront just before sunset.Apart from the Brazilians, the next largest group
of young people at this WYD is from Argentina, the pope’s homeland.
43,000 have come to greet, listen to and pray with their beloved “Padre
Jorge”, now Pope Francisco, who arrives at Rio airport at 4.00 p.m.(
local time), this hot and humid Monday afternoon, July 22.On the eve of his arrival there were few Vatican
flags and no photos of the Pope to be seen along the route from the
airport into city. Nevertheless everyone is aware that the first Latin
American pope in the history of the Church is arriving in this city of 6
million people, and one can sense the growing feeling of excitement and
enthusiasm hours before he arrives.I found that enthusiasm and joy particularly
evident among a small group of young Chinese from Xian, the capital of
Shaanxi province, in mainland China, where one of them proudly carried
the red flag of China while others sat under the shade of trees with
some friends. They had come with Fr. Stephen, a Chinese priest
from this area who had studied in Rome. He had floated the idea on the
internet of attending the WYD and nine of them responded: all
university students or graduates, four men and four women. They were
happy to talk with me about the reasons why they decided to come here,
but they preferred to give their Christian names only, less they run
into problems in the future for what they might say.“We are all coming to the World Youth Day for the
first time, and we really appreciate this possibility to deepen our
faith, and to meet and talk with other young people from the universal
Church”, Fr Stephen told me.Martha, who is studying Human Resources management
at university, echoed his words. ”I have come to improve my faith and
to be with other young people from the worldwide Catholic Church”, she
said. She is excited too because she will see the Pope for the first
time, and “he is the leader of the universal Catholic Church”. Like
all her friends, she had seen his photo on the internet and in the
press, but it is another thing to see him in person. She particularly
likes him because he is “humble and easy going”.Another university student, Theresa, came here “to
know more about Jesus who loves us”. Pope Francis is helping people
“to feel the love of Jesus”, she said. She’s very happy because “he is
close to young people” and “this is good for us, because the young
people are the future of the world”. She was very moved when she
learned that the Pope had asked Catholics worldwide “to pray for the
Church in China”. She hopes Catholics will do just that, “We need his
and their prayers”, she stated.This small group from Xian are not the only
Chinese Catholics present in Rio for WYD. At least 16 other young
Chinese Catholics have come from 10 dioceses in mainland China, from
both the ‘open’ and ‘underground’ Church communities. An official
Chinese delegation had attended the WYD in Manila in 1995, but “It’s the
first time that a delegation of this kind has attended a WYD from
China”, Elizabeth Zhang, the organizer told UCA News, the main Catholic
news agency in Asia. Another group of young Chinese Catholics – more
than 20, have come from Hong Kong together with Fr. Charlton Plateros
S.V.D, a Filipino priest. So too has Cardinal Joseph Zen, the emeritus
bishop of Hong Kong, who has spoken at previous WY days and who connects
very well with young people. This vast gathering of young people from the five
continents are all looking forward to meeting their fellow Catholics
from other parts of the world in these days, and to sharing experiences
about what it means to be “a disciple of Jesus” in their respective
countries. On the eve of his departure from Rome, Pope
Francis insisted that “the young people are the real protagonists of
this week in Rio”, but all the young people I have spoken to since
coming here are deeply impressed by his humility and openness, and are
looking to him for inspiration and hope. They eagerly await what he
will say to them in the coming days.
Pope all smiles as Brazilians swarm his car in Rio
The government has spent about $52 million for Francis' visit, but he does not appear to be a focus of protesters' rage."We've got nothing against the pope. Nobody here is against him," said Christopher Creindel, a 22-year-old art student and Rio native protesting outside the government palace. "This protest is against our politicians."Lombardi confirmed that a homemade explosive device was found Sunday by Brazilian authorities in a public toilet near the basilica at Aparecida, a Marian shrine that Francis is to visit Wednesday. Vatican security was informed of the device but didn't think it was aimed at the pope, Lombardi said."There are no concerns for security. The concerns are that the enthusiasm is so great that it's difficult to respond to so much enthusiasm for the pope. But there is no fear and no concern," he told reporters.
Francis' weeklong schedule underscores his commitment to make his pontificate focus on the poor. He will walk through one of Rio's shantytowns, or favelas, and meet with juvenile offenders, an extension of his call for a more missionary church that goes to the peripheries to preach.He will also pray at Aparecida, an indication of his strong Marian devotion that is shared in much of Latin America. And, in a rather incongruous matchup, he will preside over a procession re-enacting Christ's crucifixion on the beach at Copacabana, ground zero of Rio's Sin City.Alex Augusto, a 22-year-old seminarian dressed in the bright green official T-shirt for pilgrims, said Monday that he and five friends made the journey from Brazil's Sao Paulo state to "show that contrary to popular belief, the church isn't only made up of older people, it's full of young people. We want to show the real image of the church."___Associated Press writers Jenny Barchfield, Vivian Sequera and Marco Sibaja contributed to this report.___Nicole Winfield on Twitter: www.twitter.com/nwinfield
07/19/2013 VATICAN INSDER
The Pope’s move to rationalise Vatican expenses
The dome of St. Peter's Basilica
After establishing a commission to look into the IOR’s activities, Francis has set up another one to investigate other institutions that manage Vatican assets and contracts
Andrea Tornielli vatican city The Pope wants to get in the know not just about the Vatican bank’s (IOR) activities, but about the Holy See’s economic and administrative activities as a whole. To do this, he has issued a chirograph – similar to the one issued for the IOR commission - announcing the establishment of another commission that will investigate APSA, the Governorate and other Holy See institutions.The chirograph dated 18 July says that the new commission will gather information, report to the Pope and work with the Council of cardinals to examine the Holy See’s organisational and economic problems. The aim is to introduce reforms to the institutions of the Holy See “for the simplification and rationalisation of the existing bodies and more careful planning of the economic activities of all the Vatican Administrations.” This is in order to “avoid the misuse of economic resources, to improve transparency in the processes of purchasing goods and services; to refine the administration of goods and real estate; to work with ever greater prudence in the financial sphere; to ensure the correct application of accounting principles; and to guarantee healthcare and social security benefits to those eligible.”As is the case with the IOR commission, “professional secrecy and other possible restrictions established by law shall neither curtail nor restrict the access of the Commission to documents, data and information necessary for the fulfilment of the duties entrusted to it.” The workgroup will keep the Pope up to date on its findings and will deliver its entire results’ archive over to the Pope when the investigation is complete.The commission will be made up of lay people, legal, economic, financial and organisational experts who have previously worked as consultants or auditors for Vatican financial or ecclesiastical institutions. The commission’s only cleric will be its secretary, Mgr. Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, Secretary of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See. The other members are: Joseph F.X. Zahra (Malta), the commission’s president; Jean-Baptiste de Franssu (France); Enrique Llano (Spain); Jochen Messemer (Germany); Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui (Italy); Jean Videlain-Sevestre (France) and George Yeo (Singapore). Zahra and Messemerare international auditors of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.The commission along with its IOR counterpart were set up for similar reasons. The emergency decision to establish the IOR commission was taken in light of new developments in the judicial inquiries. But the IOR is not the only institution that deals with the Holy See’s assets: the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See (APSA), makes investments and manages a significant portion of the Holy See’s assets. The Governorate is responsible for the every day running of the Vatican City State and therefore handles contracts for the maintenance, construction and management of the State’s structures. The investigation is key to helping the Vatican manage expenditure in a rational way, avoid wasting resources which could be put to better use elsewhere and paying a higher price for contracts than it should. Apart from APSA and the Governorate, which also looks after the Vatican Museums, there is also the issue of the management of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide’s properties.According to the last Curia reform, the Holy See’s Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, headed by Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi - who is close to Bertone – should have had the same role as the Italian Court of Audit, similar to the U.S.’s Government Accountability Office. In other words, a sort of general inspectorate that has the authority to intervene in the financial running of other institutions. This never happened and this is partly why commissions are needed, to collect information and come up with proposed solutions.Francis wants to reform these institutions and most importantly he wants cut waste and useless spending, as quickly as possible. The work of the new commission will be invaluable when combined with that which will be carried out by the commission of eight cardinals who have been given the task of looking into a reform of the Roman Curia and helping Francis in the government of the universal Church.The commission will set to work as soon as possible. An initial meeting is expected to take place when Pope Francis returns from Brazil. Francis “hopes for a happy and productive collaboration between the Commission and the Vatican Administrations associated with its work”.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.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
29 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2013-07-23 07:59:10 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)- 4.4 32km ENE of Akutan, Alaska 2013-07-23 06:35:29 UTC-04:00 52.4 km
- 4.6 15km NE of Coishco, Peru 2013-07-23 05:48:51 UTC-04:00 78.4 km
- 4.1 80km S of Vrangel', Russia 2013-07-23 05:18:08 UTC-04:00 475.7 km
- 2.9 65km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2013-07-23 04:16:38 UTC-04:00 108.3 km
- 4.6 245km SE of Lambasa, Fiji 2013-07-23 04:12:37 UTC-04:00 556.3 km
- 4.3 113km ENE of Iquique, Chile 2013-07-23 01:11:20 UTC-04:00 90.5 km
- 2.9 102km W of Cantwell, Alaska 2013-07-23 00:18:40 UTC-04:00 16.3 km
- 2.6 42km W of Whittier, Alaska 2013-07-23 00:09:52 UTC-04:00 102.4 km
- 4.5 South of the Fiji Islands 2013-07-22 23:21:01 UTC-04:00 529.9 km
- 5.3 16km E of Ishikawa, Japan 2013-07-22 23:02:11 UTC-04:00 6.1 km
- 4.8 144km NNE of Bitung, Indonesia 2013-07-22 22:19:49 UTC-04:00 147.5 km
- 4.5 70km E of Namie, Japan 2013-07-22 22:03:47 UTC-04:00 54.9 km
- 4.9 142km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines 2013-07-22 21:46:34 UTC-04:00 67.2 km
- 2.9 63km W of Cordova, Alaska 2013-07-22 21:12:57 UTC-04:00 138.1 km
- 4.6 102km NE of Hasaki, Japan 2013-07-22 19:24:47 UTC-04:00 36.2 km
- 4.6 110km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia 2013-07-22 19:07:44 UTC-04:00 220.6 km
- 5.1 North of Ascension Island 2013-07-22 18:51:05 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
- 5.2 North of Ascension Island 2013-07-22 18:19:06 UTC-04:00 9.9 km
- 5.2 North of Ascension Island 2013-07-22 18:15:11 UTC-04:00 9.7 km
