KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
FALSE POPE FROM THE VATICAN
REVELATION 13:11-13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
On August 11, Pope Francis called Muslims “our brothers”. How do you interpret this?
To me this is a further sign that Pope Francis is reaching out to Muslims in a friendly way. Already the day after the inauguration of his pontificate, when he met with the delegations which had been present, including representatives of Muslims, he surprised the director of the Rome mosque by embracing him. He later told the members of the diplomatic corps that for him dialogue with Muslims is a priority. Just recently Pope Francis has signed in person the annual message to Muslims for the end of Ramadan. Addressing Muslims as brothers (including “sisters” one would presume) is in line with these steps.
Who was the first Pope to call Muslims ‘brothers’?
As far as I know, the first Pope to call Muslims “brothers” was Pope John Paul II.
Why did Benedict XVI call them ‘friends’ and not ‘brothers’?
It may be that Benedict XVI was following an ancient tradition in the Church according to which only fellow Christians are called brothers. We find this expressed in a sermon on Psalm 32 by St Augustine, and we can remember that Benedict is very much an Augustinian. Augustine say: “The prophet says of certain people: ‘To those who say to you, “You are not our brothers,” say, “You are our brothers.” Ask yourselves whom he could have meant – surely not the pagans? No, for according to the scriptures and in the normal usage of the Church we do not call them our brothers. Surely it was not the Jews, who did not believe in Christ? Read the apostle (i.e. St Paul), and observe that when he says ‘brothers’ without any qualification he means only Christians” (Office of readings, Tuesday of 14th week of the year).
Could you mention some significant statements by Popes in this regard since the Second Vatican Council?
Before setting out on his apostolic journey to India, Pope Paul VI referred to this trip in a general audience (2 December 1964). He called it “a journey of friendship and fraternity”. Having arrived the following day in Bombay (now Mumbai) he said: “We must meet not merely as tourists, but as pilgrims who set out to find God – not in buildings of stone but in human hearts. Man must meet man, nation must meet nation, as brothers and sisters, as children of God”. Of course the Pope was speaking to the people of India in general, but we should remember that Muslims make up a considerable number of the population of that country. When Paul VI journeyed to Uganda in 1969 he made a point of meeting with Muslims. He expressed to them his hope “that what we hold in common may serve to unite Christians and Muslims ever more closely in true brotherhood”. If we are united in brotherhood, there is surely no reason not to call one another “brothers”.
John Paul II was even more explicit in the use of the word ‘brother’ for Muslims.
Yes! John Paul II did not hesitate to call Muslims “brothers”. Speaking to representatives of the Muslims of France on 31 May 1980, he said: “It is with great joy that I address my greetings to you Muslims, our brothers in faith in the one God. Through you I salute all your brothers and sisters living in this country”. When he met representatives of Muslims of the Philippines in Davao, on 20 February 1981, he was even more explicit. “I deliberately address you as brothers: that is certainly what we are, because we are members of the same human family, whose efforts, whether people realize it or not, tend toward God and the truth that comes from him. But we are especially brothers in God, who created us and whom we are trying to reach in our own ways, through faith, prayer, and worship, through the keeping of his law and through submission to his designs.” He continues: “But are you not, above all, brothers of the Christians of this great country, through the bonds of nationality, history, geography, culture, and hope for a better future, a future that you are building together?” (G363 emphasis in the original) .In this speech we can see different reasons for using the term “brothers” to express the relationship between Christians and Muslims: first of all simply as human beings, since we are all members of the one human family; secondly, because Christians and Muslims are united in their belief in and in the worship of the one God, even if their ways of expressing their belief and worship differ. Thirdly there is the brotherhood that exists when Christians and Muslims belong to the same nation.
Apart from the statements by Paul VI, John Paul II and Francis, are there some significant Church documents where this concept of Muslims as brothers is used?
The Second Vatican Council was the first Council ever to mention Muslims. It does so twice. In the Constitution on the Church it is stated that “the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place among whom are the Muslims: these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day” (LG16). The Declaration on the Relations of the Church to other religions has a special paragraph on Islam. Brotherhood is not mentioned, but the paragraph starts by affirming that “The Church has also a high regard for the Muslims” (NA3).Attention should be given also to the final paragraph of this Declaration. Here the purpose is to remove the basis for discrimination of any kind. The following are the significant words: “We cannot truly pray to God our Father of all if we treat any people in other than brotherly fashion, for all men are created in God’s image. Man’s relation to God the Father and man’s relation to his fellowmen are so dependent on each other that the scripture says ‘he who does not love, does not know God’ (I Jn 4:8)” (NA5). It is true that this text is addressed to Christians, and it is true also that Muslim would not wish to use the name of Father for God; nevertheless if people are to be treated in brotherly fashion, there should be no objection to calling them “brothers”.
Following Pope Francis’ remarks, I have seen on Twitter comments like ‘Yes, they are brothers like Cain and Abel”, or ‘Why does the Pope call them brothers when they kill or behead us”. What do you say to such people?
One could say: Of course, brothers do not always behave, but this is not a reason for not considering them as brothers. We should remember too that our Christian brothers in past centuries, the Crusaders, did not refrain from killing people. We should remember too that it was Christians who dropped the first atomic bomb.
From your experience and travel, do you think Christians in majority Muslim countries are happy at the identification of Muslims as brothers of Christians?
It is hard to generalize. It seems to me that many Christians in Muslim majority countries are quite happy to call Muslims their brothers. In Egypt there is a movement called al-ikhâ’ al-dînî, “the Religious Brotherhood”, which brings together Christians and Muslims. On the other hand, there are Christians who are tired of suffering from discrimination, and so tend towards a negative attitude to Muslims.
Do Muslims consider Christians as ‘brothers’?
The Qur’an states: “The Believers are but a single Brotherhood” (49:10). Another translation is: “Surely, the believers are brothers.” The question then arises as to who are the believers. All those who believe in God, whether they be Jews, Christians or Muslims, could be intended, yet Islamic tradition has tended to limit brotherhood to fellow Muslims only.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
By Dave Warner-sept 13,13-yahoonews
SEASIDE PARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Two New Jersey beach towns devastated by Superstorm Sandy will once again need to rebuild, after a fast-moving fire reduced dozens of businesses along the towns' boardwalk to rubble.About 100 firefighters remained on the scene on Friday, putting out remaining hot spots after containing a fire that started at a frozen custard stand in Seaside Park on Thursday and blazed out of control for hours, moving several blocks into neighboring Seaside Heights."It's piles of rubble, it's piles of just char and debris, caved-in buildings with no walls and no roofs," said Brian Gabriel, chief fire coordinator for Ocean County. "It just looks like a bomb went off."Authorities said they did not yet know the cause of the fire and did not have an estimate of how many businesses had been damaged."I don't have a handle on it," Gabriel said. "It's a lot."WCBS-TV reported, however, that witnesses said they saw electrical wires under the custard stand catch fire. The fire then burned through the stand and spread, the witnesses told WCBS-TV.Seaside Heights was the setting of MTV's reality show "Jersey Shore" and more recently became famous as the site of one of the most memorable images of Sandy: a roller coaster that fell into the Atlantic Ocean, where it stood, partially submerged by the waves.The blaze destroyed businesses over a total of six blocks in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights, officials said. Both communities were badly damaged during Sandy in October 2012."We're going to go up and do an assessment and put everything back together as soon as possible," Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers said on CNN on Friday. "If there's a silver lining, we just built it, we have the specs, we know what we're doing and we'll get it out to bid and we'll get it back up."
'CALL THE GOVERNOR'
Officials on Friday were urging people to stay away from the towns as fire crews and inspectors finished their work."It's unimaginable," said Seaside Park city councilwoman Gail Coleman as she directed traffic on one of the town's streets. "It's heart-wrenching. All of these businesses borrowed money, rebuilt with a lot of blood, sweat, tears and hope," Coleman said.Standing next to a large hose piping water in from nearby Barnegat Bay, Coleman urged motorists to stay out of town."You have to call your boss and tell him it's an emergency," she told one driver. "If your boss doesn't like it, tell him to call the governor."New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared a state of emergency on Thursday after surveying the damage and declaring that it made him want to "throw up."Sandy, the second-costliest storm in U.S. history after Hurricane Katrina, devastated the New Jersey coast. The state estimated the damage at $37 billion.
The blaze was fanned by wind gusts that reached 40 miles per hour, though the 400 firefighters who were fighting the fire at its peak were aided by an overnight rainstorm.Crews tore up part of the boardwalk and a dug a 20-foot trench to keep flames from spreading through the closely packed buildings.(Additional reporting by Ian Simpson; Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Steve Orlofsky)
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
LYONS, Colo. (AP) — With rain still falling and the flood
threat still real, authorities called on thousands more people in the
inundated city of Boulder and nearby towns to evacuate as rivers and
creeks rose to dangerous levels.The late-night reports from
Boulder and the village of Eldorado Springs came as rescuers struggled
to reach dozens of people cut off by flooding in Colorado mountain
communities. Residents in the Denver area and other downstream
communities were warned to stay off flooded streets.The towns of
Lyons, Jamestown and others in the Rocky Mountain foothills have been
isolated by flooding and without power or telephone since rain hanging
over the region all week intensified late Wednesday and early Thursday.At
least three people were killed and another was missing, and numerous
people were forced to seek shelter up and down Colorado's populated
Front Range.Boulder County spokesman James Burrus said 17 people
were unaccounted for Friday, and officials planned to publicly release
the names later."Unaccounted for doesn't mean missing. It means we haven't heard back from them," he said.
Two backpackers who were hiking the 14,259-foot Longs Peak became stranded when the weather turned, the mother of one of the backpackers said Friday.Suzanne Turell and Connie Yang of York, Maine, last sent a text message at 9 a.m. Thursday with their GPS coordinates, but their cellphones have since gone dead, said Barbara Turell of Federick, Md.They have a tent but do not have cold-weather gear, she said"Those kids have been up there for two days now. They're not prepared for the cold weather," she said. "We're very concerned we may be in a long line of people needing assistance."Late Thursday, warning sirens blared in Boulder and city officials sent notice to about 4,000 people living along Boulder Creek around the mouth of Boulder Canyon to head for higher ground, according to Boulder's Daily Camera newspaper.The alert was prompted by rapidly rising creek levels caused by water backing up at the mouth of the canyon because of debris and mud coming off the mountainsides, the city Office of Emergency Management said.The creek began to recede after midnight, but the conditions remained dangerous and a surprising amount of water was still flowing into the city's streets, Police Chief Mark Beckner told the Daily Camera after touring the damage.The entire hamlet of Eldorado Springs, about 500 people, was urged to evacuate because of a flash flood and mudslide threat along South Boulder Creek, Burrus said.Northwest of Boulder, the overflowing Vrain Creek cut the town of Longmont in half. Evacuation requests were issued for some neighborhoods, all major roads were closed, and several thousand homes and businesses were without power, he said.
Interstate 25 east of Loveland was closed in both directions Friday, state transportation officials said.In Fort Collins, neighborhoods along the Cache La Poudre River were evacuated overnight, with the river expected to rise to nearly 2 feet above flood stage Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
City officials in Fort Collins closed bridges after water began topping Seaman Reservoir in the Poudre Canyon, The Denver Post reported. The city warned residents to stay clear of the river.South of the historic Red Rocks Amphitheater, Jefferson County deputy sheriffs went door-to-door in Morrison and Kittridge, asking hundreds of residents to leave their homes as Bear Creek neared flood stage. The amphitheater was in no immediate danger.In Lyons, residents took shelter on higher ground, including some at an elementary school. Although everyone was believed to be safe, the deluge was expected to continue into Friday.
"There's no way out of town. There's no way into town. So, basically, now we're just on an island," said Jason Stillman, 37, who was forced with his fiancee to evacuate their home in Lyons after a nearby river began to overflow into the street.The Colorado National Guard began trucking people out of Lyons on Thursday evening.To the north, residents along the Big Thompson Canyon in Larimer County, scene of the deadliest flash flood in state history, were also evacuated. The Big Thompson River flooded in 1976 after about a foot of rain fell in just four hours, killing 144 people.Early Friday, the National Weather Service warned of more flash flooding in Loveland, according to the Post. NOAA reported that the Big Thompson River at Drake was more than 4 feet above its flood stage of 6 feet.President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration Thursday night, freeing federal aid and allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief efforts.Some of the flooding was exacerbated by wildfire "burn scars" that have spawned flash floods all summer in the mountains. That was particularly true in an area scarred by fire in 2010 near the tiny community of Jamestown and another near Colorado Springs' Waldo Canyon that was hit in 2012.The University of Colorado canceled classes at least through Friday after a quarter of its buildings were flooded. Students in family housing near Boulder Creek were also forced to leave.One person was killed when a structure collapsed in the tiny town of Jamestown northwest of Boulder. Another man drowned in floodwaters north of Boulder early Thursday, and a woman who was with him was missing.
The woman was swept away after the vehicle she was riding in got stuck in water. The man died after getting out of the vehicle to help her, Commander Heidi Prentup of the Boulder Sheriff's Office said.To the south, Colorado Springs police conducting flood patrols found the body of 54-year-old Danny Davis in Fountain Creek on the west side of the city.At least one earthen dam gave way southeast of Estes Park, the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. Water levels could rise downstream as authorities release more water to ease pressure on dams. With debris piling up near bridges, downstream farming areas including Fort Lupton, Dacono and Plateville were also at risk.__Associated Press writers Colleen Slevin, Steven K. Paulson and Thomas Peipert in Denver and Mead Gruver in Longmont contributed to this report.
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)
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.
FALSE POPE FROM THE VATICAN
REVELATION 13:11-13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
09/12/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Archbishop Fitzgerald reflects on the Pope's friendly outreach to Muslims
Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald
Archbishop M. Fitzgerald, one of the Catholic Church’s top experts on Islam, reflects on Pope Francis’s friendly outreach to Muslims, and why he calls them “our brothers”
gerard o'connell rome Pope Francis has reached out in a very friendly way to Muslims calling them “brothers”. He has done so on a number of occasions, including at Aparecida on July 24, when he met a representative of Brazilian Muslims, and on August 11 when, from the Vatican, he extended his greeting to “the Muslims of the entire world” – some one billion of them, who had just celebrated the end of the month of Ramadan.I discussed the Pope’s approach and his use of the word ‘brother’ for Muslims with Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald, one of the Catholic Church’s top experts on Islam, former head of the Vatican’s office for interreligious dialogue (2002-06) and papal nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to the Arab League (2006-2012), who now lives in Jerusalem.On August 11, Pope Francis called Muslims “our brothers”. How do you interpret this?
To me this is a further sign that Pope Francis is reaching out to Muslims in a friendly way. Already the day after the inauguration of his pontificate, when he met with the delegations which had been present, including representatives of Muslims, he surprised the director of the Rome mosque by embracing him. He later told the members of the diplomatic corps that for him dialogue with Muslims is a priority. Just recently Pope Francis has signed in person the annual message to Muslims for the end of Ramadan. Addressing Muslims as brothers (including “sisters” one would presume) is in line with these steps.
Who was the first Pope to call Muslims ‘brothers’?
As far as I know, the first Pope to call Muslims “brothers” was Pope John Paul II.
Why did Benedict XVI call them ‘friends’ and not ‘brothers’?
It may be that Benedict XVI was following an ancient tradition in the Church according to which only fellow Christians are called brothers. We find this expressed in a sermon on Psalm 32 by St Augustine, and we can remember that Benedict is very much an Augustinian. Augustine say: “The prophet says of certain people: ‘To those who say to you, “You are not our brothers,” say, “You are our brothers.” Ask yourselves whom he could have meant – surely not the pagans? No, for according to the scriptures and in the normal usage of the Church we do not call them our brothers. Surely it was not the Jews, who did not believe in Christ? Read the apostle (i.e. St Paul), and observe that when he says ‘brothers’ without any qualification he means only Christians” (Office of readings, Tuesday of 14th week of the year).
Could you mention some significant statements by Popes in this regard since the Second Vatican Council?
Before setting out on his apostolic journey to India, Pope Paul VI referred to this trip in a general audience (2 December 1964). He called it “a journey of friendship and fraternity”. Having arrived the following day in Bombay (now Mumbai) he said: “We must meet not merely as tourists, but as pilgrims who set out to find God – not in buildings of stone but in human hearts. Man must meet man, nation must meet nation, as brothers and sisters, as children of God”. Of course the Pope was speaking to the people of India in general, but we should remember that Muslims make up a considerable number of the population of that country. When Paul VI journeyed to Uganda in 1969 he made a point of meeting with Muslims. He expressed to them his hope “that what we hold in common may serve to unite Christians and Muslims ever more closely in true brotherhood”. If we are united in brotherhood, there is surely no reason not to call one another “brothers”.
John Paul II was even more explicit in the use of the word ‘brother’ for Muslims.
Yes! John Paul II did not hesitate to call Muslims “brothers”. Speaking to representatives of the Muslims of France on 31 May 1980, he said: “It is with great joy that I address my greetings to you Muslims, our brothers in faith in the one God. Through you I salute all your brothers and sisters living in this country”. When he met representatives of Muslims of the Philippines in Davao, on 20 February 1981, he was even more explicit. “I deliberately address you as brothers: that is certainly what we are, because we are members of the same human family, whose efforts, whether people realize it or not, tend toward God and the truth that comes from him. But we are especially brothers in God, who created us and whom we are trying to reach in our own ways, through faith, prayer, and worship, through the keeping of his law and through submission to his designs.” He continues: “But are you not, above all, brothers of the Christians of this great country, through the bonds of nationality, history, geography, culture, and hope for a better future, a future that you are building together?” (G363 emphasis in the original) .In this speech we can see different reasons for using the term “brothers” to express the relationship between Christians and Muslims: first of all simply as human beings, since we are all members of the one human family; secondly, because Christians and Muslims are united in their belief in and in the worship of the one God, even if their ways of expressing their belief and worship differ. Thirdly there is the brotherhood that exists when Christians and Muslims belong to the same nation.
Apart from the statements by Paul VI, John Paul II and Francis, are there some significant Church documents where this concept of Muslims as brothers is used?
The Second Vatican Council was the first Council ever to mention Muslims. It does so twice. In the Constitution on the Church it is stated that “the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place among whom are the Muslims: these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day” (LG16). The Declaration on the Relations of the Church to other religions has a special paragraph on Islam. Brotherhood is not mentioned, but the paragraph starts by affirming that “The Church has also a high regard for the Muslims” (NA3).Attention should be given also to the final paragraph of this Declaration. Here the purpose is to remove the basis for discrimination of any kind. The following are the significant words: “We cannot truly pray to God our Father of all if we treat any people in other than brotherly fashion, for all men are created in God’s image. Man’s relation to God the Father and man’s relation to his fellowmen are so dependent on each other that the scripture says ‘he who does not love, does not know God’ (I Jn 4:8)” (NA5). It is true that this text is addressed to Christians, and it is true also that Muslim would not wish to use the name of Father for God; nevertheless if people are to be treated in brotherly fashion, there should be no objection to calling them “brothers”.
Following Pope Francis’ remarks, I have seen on Twitter comments like ‘Yes, they are brothers like Cain and Abel”, or ‘Why does the Pope call them brothers when they kill or behead us”. What do you say to such people?
One could say: Of course, brothers do not always behave, but this is not a reason for not considering them as brothers. We should remember too that our Christian brothers in past centuries, the Crusaders, did not refrain from killing people. We should remember too that it was Christians who dropped the first atomic bomb.
From your experience and travel, do you think Christians in majority Muslim countries are happy at the identification of Muslims as brothers of Christians?
It is hard to generalize. It seems to me that many Christians in Muslim majority countries are quite happy to call Muslims their brothers. In Egypt there is a movement called al-ikhâ’ al-dînî, “the Religious Brotherhood”, which brings together Christians and Muslims. On the other hand, there are Christians who are tired of suffering from discrimination, and so tend towards a negative attitude to Muslims.
Do Muslims consider Christians as ‘brothers’?
The Qur’an states: “The Believers are but a single Brotherhood” (49:10). Another translation is: “Surely, the believers are brothers.” The question then arises as to who are the believers. All those who believe in God, whether they be Jews, Christians or Muslims, could be intended, yet Islamic tradition has tended to limit brotherhood to fellow Muslims only.
09/12/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Pope Francis shows his knack for communication with a flurry of letters and phone calls
Pope Francis
The Pope has surprised everyone once again, this time with a letter to the co-founder and former editor of the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica"
Andrea Tornielli vatican city “Dear Dott. Scalfari…” Breaking with traditional Vatican protocol, the Pope has put pen to paper and written a letter in response to a couple of open letters published in Italian newspaper La Repubblica by its co-founder and former editor, Eugenio Scalfari. Scalfari had written to the Pope twice, in July and again in August, with a series of questions and reflection regarding Francis’ first encyclical, “Lumen Fidei”. The Pope, considering them to be intelligent questions, responded with a long letter written in person and published yesterday by La Repubblica, in which he outlines the core elements of the Christian faith and experience. Francis also explains that dialogue with non-believers “is not a secondary accessory in the existence of those who believe, but is rather an intimate and indispensable expression.”In his letter – a sort of compendium of essential points about the faith – the Pope talks about Jesus who “is revealed as the Son of God” on the cross. He talks about God’s forgiveness which is “stronger than any sin”. Francis answers the question about whether the Christian God forgives the sins of those who do not believe, explaining that the issue for those who do not believe in God is in obeying their own conscience.” In terms of the difference between “absolute truth” and “relative and subjective truths” he says: “I would not speak about, not even for those who believe, an "absolute" truth, in the sense that absolute is something detached, something lacking any relationship. Now, the truth is a relationship! ”As a cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger sometimes discussed faith-related issues with non-believers. When he became Benedict XVI, he promoted the meeting of the “Court of Gentiles” to continue this dialogue between believers and non-believers. But the letter which La Repubblica published yesterday has no precedent. Paul VI and John Paul II had discussed faith before and the content of these interviews published in books, but only with great Catholic figures such as Jean Guitton, André Frossard, Vittorio Messori. Not with non-believers.Francis’ letter to Scalfari is just the latest of a number of surprise gestures made by the Pope. The same Pope who, in response to the general bafflement at the fact that he carried his own hand luggage onto the plane to Rio last July, said: “We need to be normal”. Francis’ “normality” as Pope is certainly out of the ordinary. He gets around Rome without escorts and swaps flashy cars for ordinary Fiats and Ford Focuses – far more modest than the cars the cardinals in his retinue ride in. He decided to live in St. Martha’s House, which is much smaller and less isolated than the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace and he eats his meals in the common dining room. He often telephones people – even complete strangers – who have written to him about their hardships, personally. For example, he called a mother who decided not to abort and another whose son was killed during a robbery..These little and big choices that reflect Francis’ personal style are new for a Pope. They are reminiscent of a pastor who twenty years ago, worked as a bishop among the people, far away from the Curia and any form of clericalism and power. Francis has not changed one bit, even now he is in the Vatican.This Pope, who bowed his head and asked people – before blessing them – to pray for him in silence, minutes after making his first appearance as newly-elected Pope, is reaching the hearts of so many people. Men and women who may not be that close to the Church, await his daily homilies in St. Martha’s House and look fondly upon the Pope-“parish priest” who manages to break the Gospel down, giving special focus to its message of mercy. And the message of a loving God who embraces the poor and suffering and calls on us to touch “the flesh of Christ”, an evangelical priority. What makes Francis so good at communicating is the fact that he is a direct and credible witness of the faith. “He is a Pope who really makes the poor and needy feel God close to them,” an African girl said last Tuesday during the Pope’s visit to Centro Astalli, the Jesuit refugee centre in Rome. Francis is as at ease in Rio’s favelas, in soup kitchens and hugging the sick in St. Peter’s Square, as he is discussing faith with Eugenio Scalfari.FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
After raging fire, Jersey towns slammed by Sandy must rebuild - again
SEASIDE PARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Two New Jersey beach towns devastated by Superstorm Sandy will once again need to rebuild, after a fast-moving fire reduced dozens of businesses along the towns' boardwalk to rubble.About 100 firefighters remained on the scene on Friday, putting out remaining hot spots after containing a fire that started at a frozen custard stand in Seaside Park on Thursday and blazed out of control for hours, moving several blocks into neighboring Seaside Heights."It's piles of rubble, it's piles of just char and debris, caved-in buildings with no walls and no roofs," said Brian Gabriel, chief fire coordinator for Ocean County. "It just looks like a bomb went off."Authorities said they did not yet know the cause of the fire and did not have an estimate of how many businesses had been damaged."I don't have a handle on it," Gabriel said. "It's a lot."WCBS-TV reported, however, that witnesses said they saw electrical wires under the custard stand catch fire. The fire then burned through the stand and spread, the witnesses told WCBS-TV.Seaside Heights was the setting of MTV's reality show "Jersey Shore" and more recently became famous as the site of one of the most memorable images of Sandy: a roller coaster that fell into the Atlantic Ocean, where it stood, partially submerged by the waves.The blaze destroyed businesses over a total of six blocks in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights, officials said. Both communities were badly damaged during Sandy in October 2012."We're going to go up and do an assessment and put everything back together as soon as possible," Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers said on CNN on Friday. "If there's a silver lining, we just built it, we have the specs, we know what we're doing and we'll get it out to bid and we'll get it back up."
'CALL THE GOVERNOR'
Officials on Friday were urging people to stay away from the towns as fire crews and inspectors finished their work."It's unimaginable," said Seaside Park city councilwoman Gail Coleman as she directed traffic on one of the town's streets. "It's heart-wrenching. All of these businesses borrowed money, rebuilt with a lot of blood, sweat, tears and hope," Coleman said.Standing next to a large hose piping water in from nearby Barnegat Bay, Coleman urged motorists to stay out of town."You have to call your boss and tell him it's an emergency," she told one driver. "If your boss doesn't like it, tell him to call the governor."New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared a state of emergency on Thursday after surveying the damage and declaring that it made him want to "throw up."Sandy, the second-costliest storm in U.S. history after Hurricane Katrina, devastated the New Jersey coast. The state estimated the damage at $37 billion.
The blaze was fanned by wind gusts that reached 40 miles per hour, though the 400 firefighters who were fighting the fire at its peak were aided by an overnight rainstorm.Crews tore up part of the boardwalk and a dug a 20-foot trench to keep flames from spreading through the closely packed buildings.(Additional reporting by Ian Simpson; Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Steve Orlofsky)
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Colo. flooding leads to thousands more evacuations
Two backpackers who were hiking the 14,259-foot Longs Peak became stranded when the weather turned, the mother of one of the backpackers said Friday.Suzanne Turell and Connie Yang of York, Maine, last sent a text message at 9 a.m. Thursday with their GPS coordinates, but their cellphones have since gone dead, said Barbara Turell of Federick, Md.They have a tent but do not have cold-weather gear, she said"Those kids have been up there for two days now. They're not prepared for the cold weather," she said. "We're very concerned we may be in a long line of people needing assistance."Late Thursday, warning sirens blared in Boulder and city officials sent notice to about 4,000 people living along Boulder Creek around the mouth of Boulder Canyon to head for higher ground, according to Boulder's Daily Camera newspaper.The alert was prompted by rapidly rising creek levels caused by water backing up at the mouth of the canyon because of debris and mud coming off the mountainsides, the city Office of Emergency Management said.The creek began to recede after midnight, but the conditions remained dangerous and a surprising amount of water was still flowing into the city's streets, Police Chief Mark Beckner told the Daily Camera after touring the damage.The entire hamlet of Eldorado Springs, about 500 people, was urged to evacuate because of a flash flood and mudslide threat along South Boulder Creek, Burrus said.Northwest of Boulder, the overflowing Vrain Creek cut the town of Longmont in half. Evacuation requests were issued for some neighborhoods, all major roads were closed, and several thousand homes and businesses were without power, he said.
Interstate 25 east of Loveland was closed in both directions Friday, state transportation officials said.In Fort Collins, neighborhoods along the Cache La Poudre River were evacuated overnight, with the river expected to rise to nearly 2 feet above flood stage Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
City officials in Fort Collins closed bridges after water began topping Seaman Reservoir in the Poudre Canyon, The Denver Post reported. The city warned residents to stay clear of the river.South of the historic Red Rocks Amphitheater, Jefferson County deputy sheriffs went door-to-door in Morrison and Kittridge, asking hundreds of residents to leave their homes as Bear Creek neared flood stage. The amphitheater was in no immediate danger.In Lyons, residents took shelter on higher ground, including some at an elementary school. Although everyone was believed to be safe, the deluge was expected to continue into Friday.
"There's no way out of town. There's no way into town. So, basically, now we're just on an island," said Jason Stillman, 37, who was forced with his fiancee to evacuate their home in Lyons after a nearby river began to overflow into the street.The Colorado National Guard began trucking people out of Lyons on Thursday evening.To the north, residents along the Big Thompson Canyon in Larimer County, scene of the deadliest flash flood in state history, were also evacuated. The Big Thompson River flooded in 1976 after about a foot of rain fell in just four hours, killing 144 people.Early Friday, the National Weather Service warned of more flash flooding in Loveland, according to the Post. NOAA reported that the Big Thompson River at Drake was more than 4 feet above its flood stage of 6 feet.President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration Thursday night, freeing federal aid and allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief efforts.Some of the flooding was exacerbated by wildfire "burn scars" that have spawned flash floods all summer in the mountains. That was particularly true in an area scarred by fire in 2010 near the tiny community of Jamestown and another near Colorado Springs' Waldo Canyon that was hit in 2012.The University of Colorado canceled classes at least through Friday after a quarter of its buildings were flooded. Students in family housing near Boulder Creek were also forced to leave.One person was killed when a structure collapsed in the tiny town of Jamestown northwest of Boulder. Another man drowned in floodwaters north of Boulder early Thursday, and a woman who was with him was missing.
The woman was swept away after the vehicle she was riding in got stuck in water. The man died after getting out of the vehicle to help her, Commander Heidi Prentup of the Boulder Sheriff's Office said.To the south, Colorado Springs police conducting flood patrols found the body of 54-year-old Danny Davis in Fountain Creek on the west side of the city.At least one earthen dam gave way southeast of Estes Park, the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. Water levels could rise downstream as authorities release more water to ease pressure on dams. With debris piling up near bridges, downstream farming areas including Fort Lupton, Dacono and Plateville were also at risk.__Associated Press writers Colleen Slevin, Steven K. Paulson and Thomas Peipert in Denver and Mead Gruver in Longmont contributed to this report.
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)
Barroso: Crisis inspired EU-wide debate
Today @ 09:29 SEPT 13,13
By Nikolaj Nielsen
BRUSSELS - European Commission
President Jose Manuel Barroso said his State of the Union address laid
out a pro-European narrative for political groups to follow in the lead
up to the European elections.
Speaking to a group of reporters on Thursday (12 September), one day after his speech in the EU parliament, he conceded that the message may have been lost in some media coverage.“I thought I was making 28 different speeches,” the Portuguese politician said after reviewing press clips.“In my own country the debate was about the issue of flexibility in terms of the correction of the deficit, almost exclusively, something I did not even mention,” he noted.He said the speech received extensive TV coverage, but less so in the written press.“It is probably true that in the written press it got less coverage and has less impact, probably it was not attractive what I said, probably it was my fault,” he said.With the EU parliament election in May, campaign strategies are already being discussed among the groups.He said he is confident that the more moderate and mainstream parties will come out on top despite the rise of eurosceptic forces in some countries, which he attributes to simplistic messages and their manipulation of people’s emotions in times of difficulty.The anger felt among people about the crisis is justified and has paradoxically helped kick-start a wider European public space, he said.“We have seen in the last months and years in the coffee bars of Athens people discuss the internal politics of Germany and in the popular talk shows in Germany people discuss the public finances of Cyprus,” he said.He added: “I understand them, they are very angry when they see what happened in the financial sector, there is a resistance for the bonus for bankers and at the same time there is a resistance to a financial transaction tax that is a kind of a way of responding to the equity principle.”
But moderate political parties should resist the urge to redirect that anger against Europe because the EU cannot implement solutions without the member states, he said.“Very often Europe takes the blame but it is not Europe, it is national capitals that put obstacles and that is why I said, once again, that there is a tendency of national politicians to nationalise the successes and Europeanise the failures,” he said.For its part, the European Union is on the path to deeper political and monetary integration, he said.He pointed out that the single supervisor mechanism, which was presented one year ago, was approved earlier this week by heads of the European Parliament and European Central Bank (ECB).The rules lay the ground for a new bank supervisor to oversee the eurozone’s 150 largest banks.“A few years ago that would have been unthinkable with the arguments even among countries considered the most European would not have accepted that an entity outside their competence would supervise their banks. It’s done, it’s fantastic,” he said.The next step, he said, is to adopt a single resolution mechanism before the end of the parliament’s mandate.“I think we have to do it because it is something essential to create confidence which is indispensible for establishing the mechanisms of the monetary union and to avoid the disintegration of the financial market,” he said.Asked if he would consider running a third time as European Commission president, he said it was too early to discuss.“I still have my mandate until next October and a political year is an eternity. For the moment, like I said, I am concentrated on what I have to do. One thing I can say is that two mandates is already a lot in terms of responsibility.”
Speaking to a group of reporters on Thursday (12 September), one day after his speech in the EU parliament, he conceded that the message may have been lost in some media coverage.“I thought I was making 28 different speeches,” the Portuguese politician said after reviewing press clips.“In my own country the debate was about the issue of flexibility in terms of the correction of the deficit, almost exclusively, something I did not even mention,” he noted.He said the speech received extensive TV coverage, but less so in the written press.“It is probably true that in the written press it got less coverage and has less impact, probably it was not attractive what I said, probably it was my fault,” he said.With the EU parliament election in May, campaign strategies are already being discussed among the groups.He said he is confident that the more moderate and mainstream parties will come out on top despite the rise of eurosceptic forces in some countries, which he attributes to simplistic messages and their manipulation of people’s emotions in times of difficulty.The anger felt among people about the crisis is justified and has paradoxically helped kick-start a wider European public space, he said.“We have seen in the last months and years in the coffee bars of Athens people discuss the internal politics of Germany and in the popular talk shows in Germany people discuss the public finances of Cyprus,” he said.He added: “I understand them, they are very angry when they see what happened in the financial sector, there is a resistance for the bonus for bankers and at the same time there is a resistance to a financial transaction tax that is a kind of a way of responding to the equity principle.”
But moderate political parties should resist the urge to redirect that anger against Europe because the EU cannot implement solutions without the member states, he said.“Very often Europe takes the blame but it is not Europe, it is national capitals that put obstacles and that is why I said, once again, that there is a tendency of national politicians to nationalise the successes and Europeanise the failures,” he said.For its part, the European Union is on the path to deeper political and monetary integration, he said.He pointed out that the single supervisor mechanism, which was presented one year ago, was approved earlier this week by heads of the European Parliament and European Central Bank (ECB).The rules lay the ground for a new bank supervisor to oversee the eurozone’s 150 largest banks.“A few years ago that would have been unthinkable with the arguments even among countries considered the most European would not have accepted that an entity outside their competence would supervise their banks. It’s done, it’s fantastic,” he said.The next step, he said, is to adopt a single resolution mechanism before the end of the parliament’s mandate.“I think we have to do it because it is something essential to create confidence which is indispensible for establishing the mechanisms of the monetary union and to avoid the disintegration of the financial market,” he said.Asked if he would consider running a third time as European Commission president, he said it was too early to discuss.“I still have my mandate until next October and a political year is an eternity. For the moment, like I said, I am concentrated on what I have to do. One thing I can say is that two mandates is already a lot in terms of responsibility.”
EU-Israel talks fail to agree on science funding
Today @ 09:21 SEPT 13,13
By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - EU and Israeli negotiators
in Brussels on Thursday (12 September) failed to agree on new funding
rules, but identified "options" on making them easier for Israel to
swallow.The talks, involving dozens of officials and diplomats from both sides, centred on Israel's participation in Horizon 2020.The EU's €80 billion science scheme runs from 1 January 2014 for seven years.But Israel has said it will not take part under new rules, published
in July, which oblige its firms and institutions to sign documents
saying EU money will not fund activity on occupied land.The European Commission noted on Thursday that "each side will go
back to consult and check the various options discussed today," with a
view to holding more talks "as soon as possible."An earlier meeting between EU and Israeli diplomats in Jerusalem on Tuesday also failed to reach agreement.But an EU spokeswoman said the Jerusalem talks were "fruitful" and
that both sides "expressed their willingness to find solutions."For his part, the Greek ambassador to Israel, Spiros Lampridis, told
Israeli daily the Jerusalem Post he sympathises with his host country."If I put myself in the Israeli shoes I can see why they are not able
to sign it … our task as European states is to find alternatives to
make this thing workable," he said.Israel has lobbied EU foreign ministers and the US state department to make Brussels postpone the measures.It says it cannot sign EU grant papers saying East Jerusalem, for
example, is part of Palestine at the same time as negotiating final
borders with Palestine in ongoing peace talks.US secretary of state John Kerry urged EU ministers at a meeting in Vilnius last Saturday to put off the rules.
But his appeal had limited impact.When EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton briefed ambassadors in the EU's political and security committee in Brussels on Monday, "she said there is no suggestion of changing the EU's policy," an EU diplomat told this website.The EU estimates that 0.3 percent, or €2.5 million, of the €800-million-or-so it paid to Israel in 2007 to 2013 funded settler activity.But under old rules it has no way to claim the money back even though it violates the EU position on Israel's borders.Meanwhile, Israeli opinion is split on the subject.In July, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "We will not accept any external dictates regarding borders."But on Wednesday over 600 Israeli intellectuals, former officials and activists, including Netanyahu's sister-in-law Ofra Ben-Artzi, sent a petition to EU officials urging them not to give way.They said Israel's threat to stay out of Horizon 2020 is a "tactical manoeuvre," which would be "to Israel’s own great detriment" if it followed through.
But his appeal had limited impact.When EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton briefed ambassadors in the EU's political and security committee in Brussels on Monday, "she said there is no suggestion of changing the EU's policy," an EU diplomat told this website.The EU estimates that 0.3 percent, or €2.5 million, of the €800-million-or-so it paid to Israel in 2007 to 2013 funded settler activity.But under old rules it has no way to claim the money back even though it violates the EU position on Israel's borders.Meanwhile, Israeli opinion is split on the subject.In July, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "We will not accept any external dictates regarding borders."But on Wednesday over 600 Israeli intellectuals, former officials and activists, including Netanyahu's sister-in-law Ofra Ben-Artzi, sent a petition to EU officials urging them not to give way.They said Israel's threat to stay out of Horizon 2020 is a "tactical manoeuvre," which would be "to Israel’s own great detriment" if it followed through.
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.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
30 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2013-09-13 10:28:02 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)13 earthquakes in map area- 2.9 27km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana 2013-09-13 08:58:39 UTC-04:00 9.0 km
- 3.4 27km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana 2013-09-13 08:55:57 UTC-04:00 11.6 km
- 4.2 30km SSW of Naica, Mexico 2013-09-13 03:41:37 UTC-04:00 10.1 km
- 2.8 19km WNW of Rincon, Puerto Rico 2013-09-13 01:50:01 UTC-04:00 11.0 km
- 2.6 11km E of Mammoth Lakes, California 2013-09-13 01:45:07 UTC-04:00 8.2 km
- 3.0 78km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2013-09-12 22:09:16 UTC-04:00 25.0 km
- 3.1 5km SSW of Estancias de Florida, Puerto Rico 2013-09-12 21:45:51 UTC-04:00 118.0 km
- 3.4 51km N of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2013-09-12 20:30:57 UTC-04:00 70.0 km
- 3.3 121km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2013-09-12 20:05:32 UTC-04:00 36.0 km
- 3.4 94km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2013-09-12 19:28:27 UTC-04:00 41.0 km
- 2.8 71km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, Mexico 2013-09-12 17:12:18 UTC-04:00 0.3 km
- 3.1 17km NNE of Lucerne, California 2013-09-12 15:02:43 UTC-04:00 12.7 km
- 2.8 57km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2013-09-12 13:04:44 UTC-04:00 66.0 km
