KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE
REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a(MEASURING) reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out,(TO THE WORLD NATIONS) and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.(JERUSALEM DIVIDED BUT THE 3RD TEMPLE ALLOWED TO BE REBUILT)
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant 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.
JERUSALEM (AP) — For decades, the religious Jews who bucked a
rabbinic ban and visited a Muslim holy site in Jerusalem where the
ancient Jewish temple once stood were seen by many as a fanatic fringe.
But their cause is gaining support among both
mainstream religious Jews and Israel's government. Jewish visits to the
politically-sensitive compound are on the rise, and key Israeli
lawmakers are lobbying to end a ban on Jewish prayer there.The
matter reached the highest of official levels this month when Israel
asked Jordan, which administers Muslim religious affairs at the site, to
consider allowing limited Jewish worship there, according to a
Jordanian official.The visits have unnerved Muslim authorities,
who fear that Israel is quietly trying to upset a fragile status quo and
encroach upon the site. Similar tensions in the past have boiled over
into deadly violence."If this happens, there will be lot of
bloodshed," said Azzam Khatib, director general of the Waqf, Jordan's
Islamic authority that manages the Jerusalem holy site, about the
possibility of organized Jewish prayers there.The site, known to
Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, is
ground zero in the territorial and religious conflict between Israel and
its Arab neighbors.
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Washington (AFP) - The West's policies on Iran and Syria are a
"dangerous gamble" and Saudi Arabia is prepared to act on its own to
safeguard security in the region, a top Saudi diplomat said."We
believe that many of the West’s policies on both Iran and Syria risk
the stability and security of the Middle East," the Saudi ambassador to
Britain, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, wrote in a commentary
in the New York Times."This is a dangerous gamble, about which we cannot remain silent, and will not stand idly by," he wrote.The
bluntly-worded warning was the latest in a series of public statements
by senior Saudi figures expressing displeasure with US and Western
diplomatic initiatives towards Syria and Iran.
Until recently, Saudi leaders rarely voiced public criticism of their Western allies in a decades-long partnership.But Washington's decision to pull back from military action in Syria and its backing for an interim nuclear deal with Iran has dismayed the oil-rich Saudi kingdom, which views Tehran as a dangerous regional rival.Citing Iran's backing for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, he said "rather than challenging the Syrian and Iranian governments, some of our Western partners have refused to take much-needed action against them."The West has allowed one regime to survive and the other to continue its program for uranium enrichment, with all the consequent dangers of weaponization," he wrote.Diplomatic talks with Iran may "dilute" the West's will to confront both Damascus and Tehran, he said."What price is 'peace' though, when it is made with such regimes?"As a result, Saudi Arabia "has no choice but to become more assertive in international affairs: more determined than ever to stand up for the genuine stability our region so desperately needs."The Gulf monarchy had "global responsibilities," both political and economic, and he said: "We will act to fulfill these responsibilities, with or without the support of our Western partners."In a thinly veiled jab at US President Barack Obama, the Saudi ambassador said that "for all their talk of 'red lines,' when it counted, our partners have seemed all too ready to concede our safety and risk our region’s stability."
Obama had used the term "red lines" to warn Syria's regime against using chemical weapons. After the regime was accused of firing chemical weapons, Obama threatened punitive military strikes. But in the end he pursued a diplomatic agreement in which Damascus promised to give up its lethal arsenal of chemical agents.
The Saudi ambassador slammed the West for its reluctance to offer decisive help to Syrian rebels, vowing to continue support for the Free Syrian Army and the "Syrian opposition."Acknowledging the threat of Al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria, he argued the best way to counter the rise of extremists among the rebels was to support the "champions of moderation."
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)
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
Professor Manfred Lütz, a German psychologist and theologian and a friend and colleague of Ratzinger’s has made a new anew and important contribution to the debate over the degree of continuity between the Francis and Benedict XVI pontificates. In a recent interview with the Catholic News Agency, Lütz said he still kept in touch with Ratzinger and even met with him recently.Ratzinger still considers himself in “the service of St. Peter, that he lives the service of St. Peter in another way.” Lütz revealed. “He's praying, and this is an important aspect, he said, of the service of St. Peter.” Benedict XVI was “old physically” but “mentally he was very good. He had a better memory than me!” Lütz said.The professor added that the Pope Emeritus and Francis have a common vision on various aspects. For example they both believe the Church must not become worldly and must not be tempted by worldly power. “Benedict said to us that he also has the impression that theologically he is very in the same line with Pope Francis,” Lütz said.If we look beyond certain self-referential continuity vs. discontinuity debates – which focus on crosier models, shoe colour and other such details, forgetting that every new Pope’s arrival has been marked by both elements of continuity and discontinuity (if absolute continuity were the rule, the Pope should have gone to Galilee to be a fisherman) – we discover that the Pope and his predecessor have various points and visions in common.
Ratzinger’s clear (and yet very quickly forgotten and shelved) criticism of ecclesiastical careerism, remains embedded in our memories. Another memorable message was the one the Pope Emeritus pronounced in Portugal back in 2010, about the need to return to the proclamation of the faith because stressing the importance of values in the modern world is not enough. The two also share the idea that the Church cannot be seen as a business based on human plans and strategies.It is not surprising therefore that Ratzinger should feel theologically in tune with Francis, despite the obvious differences in character and background between the mild-mannered Bavarian professor and the bishop/”priest from the streets” who came “from the other side o the world.”
A SHIFT IN TONE
It’s a change in tone, not doctrine. Francis has not softened the Church’s opposition to gay marriage. His church still believes gay sex is a sin. But by adopting a less scolding tone, he has used his bully pulpit to heal divisions rather than highlight them.On some issues, the church is unlikely to budge. Don’t hold your breath the church will suddenly sanction birth control or abortion. Or that priests won’t have to be celibate or that women will be allowed to become priests.But Francis has cracked open the door for dialogue.
THE HUMBLE MESSENGER
As the earthly successor to St. Peter, the pope is not just the spiritual leader of the world’s largest faith. He is also, according to Catholic tradition, the keeper of the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. That’s why the pope’s heraldic shield features pair of crossed keys beneath a papal crown.Earlier this month, during a visit to a working-class parish in Rome, he disclosed that he used to be a bouncer. One more of many surprises that sets Pope Francis apart from his predecessors.His immediate predecessor, Benedict XVI, was an aloof German theologian who appeared, at times, to struggle to connect with the wider world. Benedict’s papacy continued a decades-long restoration of orthodoxy, dialing back progressive reforms of the 1960’s, and his personal style reflected that. He favored the ancient pomp and flair -- bespoke slippers, custom-made perfume, and hats that would not be out of place in a Renaissance painting.Pope Francis has a far more humble approach. His cassocks are plain white. He elected not to live in the ornate papal apartments, preferring instead the simple quarters of the Vatican guest house.Humility is a big part of his ministry. On Holy Thursday, he washed the feet of 12 female prison inmates. On his first pilgrimage to Assisi, birthplace of his patron saint, he said the Church must strip itself of “vanity, arrogance, and pride.”He is more approachable than any pope in recent memory, posing with tourists for pictures, embracing pilgrims on the rope line at general audiences, allowing a child to sit on his lap at a public mass.There’s a pointed message here. For centuries, people have called the church hypocritical because it champions the poor from a perch of such opulence. Pope Francis said he believes the church should practice what it preaches.“It hurts me when I see a priest or nun with the latest-model car,” he recently said.The official papal car is now a used Ford Focus. Sticker price: $16,000.He owns a second car too, a 1984 Renault given to him by an Italian parish priest who dropped it off at the Vatican last summer. Appropriately the Renault is papal white.
A POINTED MESSAGE
Commuters found a sluggish commute
home Tuesday evening and police reported cars sliding off snow-covered
roads. Airports reported delays of an hour to more than 2 1/2 hours
because of snow and ice, according to the website FlightAware.Before
the storm's arrival, the region woke up to frigid cold. Temperatures
were below zero in many places — including minus-27 in Berlin, N.H., and
Saranac Lake, N.Y., — and 10 to 15 degrees below normal for this time
of year. Temperatures will start to rise as the weekend approaches and
could hit 60 in Boston by Sunday, Hawley said.In Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, the extreme cold temporarily
shut down the bus system after sub-zero temperatures froze air lines
that run hydraulic and steering systems.It was so cold in Maine
that power cables snapped in at least two locations, leaving about 950
homes and businesses without electricity and heat for a couple of hours
in subzero temperatures.Some school districts in Connecticut,
including Waterbury, Danbury and Torrington, were closed Tuesday, while
some districts in Massachusetts, including Worcester, North Andover and
Framingham, said they would dismiss students early. There were parking
bans in some communities.
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.
REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE
REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a(MEASURING) reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out,(TO THE WORLD NATIONS) and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.(JERUSALEM DIVIDED BUT THE 3RD TEMPLE ALLOWED TO BE REBUILT)
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant 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.
Support mounts for Jewish prayer at key holy site
By DANIEL ESTRIN
15 hours ago-DEC 18,13-Yahoonews
Revered as Islam's third holiest spot, the
site's iconic gold-topped Dome of the Rock enshrines the rock where
Muslims believe the Prophet Mohammad ascended to heaven.Jews
believe the rock may be where the holiest part of the two ancient
temples stood about 2,000 years ago -- and where religious Jews pray a
third temple will one day be built.The site is so holy that Jews
have traditionally refrained from praying on the hilltop, congregating
instead at the adjacent Western Wall. In recent weeks, Israel's chief
rabbis, as well as the rabbi of the Western Wall, have issued directives
urging people not to ascend the Temple Mount, arguing that the temple's
former location on the mount is unclear and that Jews at the site could
inadvertently enter the holiest area of the once-standing temple, where
it was forbidden to tread.Attitudes among Orthodox Jews have
been evolving, however, as archaeologists have weighed in about the
precise location of the ancient temples -- and of places where Jews
would be allowed to tread.According to figures the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon said it
obtained from the police, Jewish visits to the holy site have jumped
from about 5,700 in 2009 to some 8,300 in 2011. Last year, the number
dropped slightly to about 7,800 and this year rose to nearly 8,000.The
Temple Institute, an organization that has led efforts to allow Jewish
prayer at the site, attributes the drop in 2012 and this year to police
closures during religious holidays when many Jews usually visit. There
was no immediate comment from the police to confirm the statistics.In
one of the strangest security measures in the Holy Land, visitors
identified as Jews receive police escorts and are banned from praying.Rabbi
Chaim Richman of the Temple Institute, a group that has for years been
advocating for Jewish prayer at the holy site, said police often harass
and remove Jews who ascend the mount and recite prayers. He called for
Jewish religious freedom at the site."I'm asking for the right to move my lips," Richman said.Israeli
officials declined comment on the matter, but an aide to Israel's
deputy minister of religious affairs said the religious affairs ministry
has drafted a proposal that would allow for limited Jewish prayer at
the site."We see great importance to allow equality in freedom of
religion" at the site, said the Idit Druyan, the aide to Deputy
Minister Eli Ben-Dahan. "There is no reason why one religion is allowed
and another religion is not."Muslims at the site have protested
in recent weeks over what they call Jewish encroachment, and Muslim
clerics warn against allowing separate hours for Jewish and Muslim
prayer at the site, an arrangement that exists at a Hebron holy site and
that Druyan said the religious affairs ministry has considered.A
Jordanian official said Israel asked Jordan this year to consider
allowing limited amount of Jews to pray in a small area at the site,
according to a Jordanian official. The Israeli request was rebuffed,
said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was
discussing a classified diplomatic matter.The Jordanian official said Jordanian King Abdullah II has
asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu several times, most
recently two weeks ago, to prevent Jewish worship at the compound,
warning that such a move would provoke Muslims and rekindle anti-Israel
sentiment around the Muslim world.Israeli officials declined to comment on those talks, citing the extreme sensitivity of the matter.Israel
captured the site, located in the walled Old City, and the rest of east
Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war. An Israeli flag was
enthusiastically raised on the peak of the Dome of the Rock and a
military commander announced what later became an iconic catchphrase:
"The Temple Mount is in our hands."But the flag was quickly taken
down, and Israel conceded administrative control of the compound to the
Waqf, the Islamic religious body in Jerusalem, to keep the peace. The
Western Wall, a remnant of the retaining wall of the ancient second
Jewish temple just below the compound, was cemented as Israel's central
Jewish pilgrimage site.When hawkish former Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon ascended the mount in 2000 in a demonstration of Israeli
sovereignty over the site, it helped trigger the second Intifada, or
Palestinian uprising. More than 3,000 Palestinians and 1,000 Israelis
were killed in several years of fighting.The Palestinians claim
east Jerusalem, and the Old City, as the capital of their future state.
The status of the site remains perhaps the most sensitive and explosive
issue in U.S.-brokered peace talks.Despite the tensions, the
Jewish visits continue. Early one morning last week, during limited
hours open for tourist visits, eight Orthodox Jews ascended the compound
in groups of one and two.One Israeli, an immigrant from St.
Louis, Missouri, walked barefoot despite the morning winter chill, as
Jewish pilgrims did millennia ago.An Israeli police officer and a
Waqf representative shadowed the Jewish visitors to ensure they did not
break the ban on Jewish prayer. When their minders were distracted, the
visitors murmured psalms.The Jewish visitors said they often
resort to tricks to circumvent the police-enforced ban on prayer. Some
pretend to talk on the phone but recite prayers instead. Others secretly
prostate themselves in prayer while bending down to observe shrubbery,
pick up dropped keys or take a photo low to the ground.Pinchas
Rosenfelder, a 44-year-old Toronto native who moved to Israel, said his
monthly visits to the site were to uphold Israeli sovereignty of the
site."If you're not in a place, you lose it," Rosenfelder said. "The lack of a Jewish presence here is not a good thing."Rabbi
David Rosen, an Israeli interfaith activist, said Jews should be
allowed to pray at the site in the framework of an Israeli-Palestinian
peace deal, but allowing Jewish prayer before peace was reached could
torpedo current negotiations."The fact something is a right
doesn't mean you have to exercise it," Rosen said about Jewish prayer at
the site. "It doesn't take much to light this tinderbox."___Associated Press writer Jamal Halaby contributed to this story from Amman, Jordan.___Follow Daniel Estrin at twitter.com/danielestrin
GENESIS 12:1-3
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
EZEKIEL 12:25
25 For I am the LORD: I will speak,(PROPHECY) and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass;(LITERALLY) it shall be no more prolonged: will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.(JESUS MAKES PROPHECIES COME TO PASS)
EZEKIEL 28:25-26
25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered,(WORLD NATIONS) and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.(ISRAEL)
26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them;(ARAB/MUSLUM NATIONS AROUND ISRAEL) and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
MUSLIM NATIONS (SLAUGHTERED BY NUKES FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL)
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-21
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
EZEKIEL 12:25
25 For I am the LORD: I will speak,(PROPHECY) and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass;(LITERALLY) it shall be no more prolonged: will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.(JESUS MAKES PROPHECIES COME TO PASS)
EZEKIEL 28:25-26
25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered,(WORLD NATIONS) and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.(ISRAEL)
26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them;(ARAB/MUSLUM NATIONS AROUND ISRAEL) and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
MUSLIM NATIONS (SLAUGHTERED BY NUKES FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL)
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-21
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)
How Hamas used the weather to defame Israel
Islamic government blasts Jewish state for flooding Gaza, with one official decrying ‘contradictory’ policy of helping and harming
December 18, 2013, 2:03 pm
7-The times of Israel
Even the weather is fair game in
Hamas’s war of words against Israel. A fabricated claim that Israel
intentionally flooded the Gaza Strip during the worst storm to hit the
region in decades has made headlines in Middle Eastern and international
media over the past week.The
Gaza Strip was one of the areas most affected by the storm Alexa.
Torrential rain caused widespread flooding, forcing some 40,000
residents to evacuate their homes as rescuers used rowboats to assist
stranded civilians. UNRWA, a UN agency tasked with assisting Palestinian
refugees, described parts of northern Gaza Strip as a disaster zone.Rainfall of 260 millimeters (10.23 inches) was
documented in the Gaza area between December 11 and 13, comprising a
staggering 60 percent of the annual average for the region. According to
Israel’s Water Authority, the flow in Shikma River — emanating in the
Hebron hills and pouring into the Mediterranean Sea north of the Gaza
Strip — broke a 50-year record.But force majeure would not suffice for Gaza’s
Hamas authorities as an explanation for the population’s suffering.
Hamas’s Disaster Response Committee chairman Yasser Shanti told
journalists on Friday that Israel opened dams just east of the Gaza
Strip, causing a flood in the area of Moghraqa near the town of Deir
El-Balah.A variation on that claim was made by Civil
Defense spokesman Muhammad Al-Maidana, who told the Palestinian daily
Al-Quds that Israel had opened sewage canals east of the Gaza Strip,
“exacerbating the crisis and raising the water level, causing homes to
be submerged.”
Al-Majd, a Palestinian security-oriented
website, went so far as to claim that Israel opened the dams in order to
expose Hamas tunnels leading into Israel and impose an unbearable
financial burden on Gaza’s government. ”For Gaza to drown is an old
Zionist dream,” the site wrote in a report.Israel denied Hamas’s claims out of hand.“The allegation of [Israel] opening dams and
flooding the Gaza Strip is baseless and false,” Uri Schor, a spokesman
for Israel’s Water Authority told The Times of Israel in an email
correspondence Wednesday. No dams even exist in the area, he added,
noting that water reservoirs have overflowed across the country, causing
flooding.“The opposite is true: due to the damage
caused by the storm — which affected all neighboring countries and not
only the Palestinian Authority — Israel responded to a special appeal
conveyed through the UN, transferring four high-power pumps to the Gaza
Strip intended to help residents remove water from flooded areas.”But Hamas’s false reports had already run their course. Articles claiming Israel intentionally flooded Gaza went viral on news channels, blogs, and social media.
Moussa Abu Marzouk, deputy head of Hamas’s
political bureau, acknowledged Israel’s assistance to Gaza, claiming
that Israel was acting in a contradictory manner with regards to the
crisis.“The Zionists, of course, have taken advantage
of the situation, sending some pumps and supplies which they had
deprived the besieged Gaza Strip of,” the Hamas official wrote on his
Facebook page Sunday.“Later, the occupation forces opened the Wadi
Salqa dams to sink dozens of Palestinian homes in the central region of
the Gaza Strip, thereby sending two contradictory messages!”A spokesman for the Israeli Coordinator of
Government Activities in the Territories told The Times of Israel in an
email reply that rumors of Israel flooding Gaza “repeat themselves every
year when Gaza is drenched in rain.”Schor, the spokesman for Israel’s Water
Authority, said it was regrettable that Israel’s “immediate and
professional” assistance to the Gaza Strip was not adequately reported
by Palestinian media.“One can assume that the considerations
motivating the Palestinian side [on this matter] were political rather
than professional,” he wrote.
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Saudi ready to act alone on Iran, Syria: ambassador
4 hours ago-DEC 18,13-Yahoonews
Until recently, Saudi leaders rarely voiced public criticism of their Western allies in a decades-long partnership.But Washington's decision to pull back from military action in Syria and its backing for an interim nuclear deal with Iran has dismayed the oil-rich Saudi kingdom, which views Tehran as a dangerous regional rival.Citing Iran's backing for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, he said "rather than challenging the Syrian and Iranian governments, some of our Western partners have refused to take much-needed action against them."The West has allowed one regime to survive and the other to continue its program for uranium enrichment, with all the consequent dangers of weaponization," he wrote.Diplomatic talks with Iran may "dilute" the West's will to confront both Damascus and Tehran, he said."What price is 'peace' though, when it is made with such regimes?"As a result, Saudi Arabia "has no choice but to become more assertive in international affairs: more determined than ever to stand up for the genuine stability our region so desperately needs."The Gulf monarchy had "global responsibilities," both political and economic, and he said: "We will act to fulfill these responsibilities, with or without the support of our Western partners."In a thinly veiled jab at US President Barack Obama, the Saudi ambassador said that "for all their talk of 'red lines,' when it counted, our partners have seemed all too ready to concede our safety and risk our region’s stability."
Obama had used the term "red lines" to warn Syria's regime against using chemical weapons. After the regime was accused of firing chemical weapons, Obama threatened punitive military strikes. But in the end he pursued a diplomatic agreement in which Damascus promised to give up its lethal arsenal of chemical agents.
The Saudi ambassador slammed the West for its reluctance to offer decisive help to Syrian rebels, vowing to continue support for the Free Syrian Army and the "Syrian opposition."Acknowledging the threat of Al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria, he argued the best way to counter the rise of extremists among the rebels was to support the "champions of moderation."
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)
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
EU reaches deal to protect bank savings
Today @ 09:26-DEC 18,13-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS - EU lawmakers have made a
breakthrough in banking union talks after agreeing on rules to protect
people's savings, ending a two-year impasse between MEPs and ministers.Under the deal brokered on Tuesday night (17 November), the first
€100,000 of savings per depositor and per bank will be guaranteed if the
bank gets into financial difficulty.Banks will also be required, for the first time, to put in place
financing schemes to ensure that money is available to reimburse savers.EU officials have long regarded a deal on banking savings as one of
the three main pillars of a eurozone banking union, together with a
single regime for bank supervision and resolution in times of crisis.The European Commission tabled the legislation in autumn 2010. But
progress on the draft directive was stalled by a two-year log-jam
between MEPs and ministers over the funding requirements and the
timetable for paying out to savers.
The move leaves the resolution mechanism as the last outstanding as lawmakers bid to ensure that the costs of future banking crises will be borne by the banks themselves rather than the taxpayer. Finance ministers will reconvene this morning in Brussels in a last attempt to reach a compromise before the Christmas break.
Last week, officials agreed on rules governing the hierarchy of who would bear losses if a bank became insolvent, putting shareholders and bondholders first in line and savers and the taxpayer last in the queue.
However, it was called into question in March this year when eurozone finance ministers attempted to impose a levy on all savings held in Cypriot banks worth more than €20,000 as part of the country's €17 billion bailout.The plan was swiftly rejected by the Cypriot parliament, but not before a run on the island's banks as panicked savers sought to withdraw their money.Banks will have ten years to create a fund worth at least 0.8 percent of their deposits, with institutions engaged in more risky activities required to pay in more. The agreement also reduces the time depositors will need to wait to receive their deposits from the current 20 days to 15 days in 2019 and, ultimately, to 7 days by 2024. This provision was trumpeted as a victory for MEPs, with governments eventually backing down from insisting on the current time limit.However, the deal does not include plans for a common deposit guarantee fund for the eurozone, following resistance from a number of governments, including Germany.In a statement, Internal market commissioner Michel Barnier said that the deal marked "another important step towards completing the single rulebook on crisis management for credit institutions in the EU."For his part, Peter Simon, the German centre-left deputy leading the European Parliament's negotiating team, remarked that the agreement was "good day for the taxpayer and for depositors.""We have further severed the link between taxpayers and banks, and depositors will be able to receive their money more quickly," he added.
The move leaves the resolution mechanism as the last outstanding as lawmakers bid to ensure that the costs of future banking crises will be borne by the banks themselves rather than the taxpayer. Finance ministers will reconvene this morning in Brussels in a last attempt to reach a compromise before the Christmas break.
Last week, officials agreed on rules governing the hierarchy of who would bear losses if a bank became insolvent, putting shareholders and bondholders first in line and savers and the taxpayer last in the queue.
However, it was called into question in March this year when eurozone finance ministers attempted to impose a levy on all savings held in Cypriot banks worth more than €20,000 as part of the country's €17 billion bailout.The plan was swiftly rejected by the Cypriot parliament, but not before a run on the island's banks as panicked savers sought to withdraw their money.Banks will have ten years to create a fund worth at least 0.8 percent of their deposits, with institutions engaged in more risky activities required to pay in more. The agreement also reduces the time depositors will need to wait to receive their deposits from the current 20 days to 15 days in 2019 and, ultimately, to 7 days by 2024. This provision was trumpeted as a victory for MEPs, with governments eventually backing down from insisting on the current time limit.However, the deal does not include plans for a common deposit guarantee fund for the eurozone, following resistance from a number of governments, including Germany.In a statement, Internal market commissioner Michel Barnier said that the deal marked "another important step towards completing the single rulebook on crisis management for credit institutions in the EU."For his part, Peter Simon, the German centre-left deputy leading the European Parliament's negotiating team, remarked that the agreement was "good day for the taxpayer and for depositors.""We have further severed the link between taxpayers and banks, and depositors will be able to receive their money more quickly," he added.
Ukraine opts for Russian bailout instead of EU treaty
Today @ 09:29-DEC 18,13-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS - Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych has opted for a no-strings-attached Russian bailout instead of the EU alternative.He made the agreement at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday (17 December).Under the accord, Putin promised to use money from Russia's National
Welfare Fund to buy $15 billion of distressed Ukrainian bonds. He also
promised to cut gas prices from $400 or so per thousand cubic metres to
$269 until 2019, saving Ukraine up to $2 billion a year.
He described Ukraine as a "strategic partner and ally.""I want to bring to your attention the fact that it is not connected with any conditions, not connected with the increase, decrease or freezing of any social standards, pensions, subsidies or salaries," he said."I also want to calm everyone down: Today we did not discuss the question of Ukraine’s accession to the Customs Union," he added.Yanukovych said: "Ukraine's trade with Russia makes it impossible for us to act in any other way … There is no alternative to this."The alternative was to sign an EU association and free trade pact, triggering International Monetary Fund (IMF) support and top-up EU assistance.But the EU-IMF package came with tough conditions: to increase domestic gas prices; modernise Ukrainian industry; relax his grip on judges; and free political opponents.Yanukovych's Party of the Regions said in a statement the same day the EU pact is not dead: "Ukraine remains faithful to its strategic Euro-integration course."Some EU politicians said the same.Lithuania's foreign minister, Linas Linkevicius, told press in Brussels after visiting Kiev: "I was told clearly that not one single agreement of the 14 [accords signed in Moscow] would go against any commitments toward EU association, [there is] nothing on Customs Union, no withdrawal from the European Energy Community."But speaking privately, EU diplomats say the Putin deal has killed hope Yanukovych might sign."For sure, it means no signature in the foreseeable future," one EU source told this website."We saw it coming. The question now is what Yanukovych will do with all those people who are still on the streets of Kiev," the source added.
The immediate reaction in the pro-EU protest camp was calm.Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko told people on the barricades in Kiev's maidan square that Yanukovych "has given up Ukraine's national interests, given up independence." The protesters chanted "shame" and vowed to stay in place.Ukrainian pop star Ruslana also gave a free concert later in the evening.Meanwhile, few in Brussels believe the Russian deal is as good as it sounds.The EU source told this website that Russia has in the past pledged cheap loans to Belarus and Ukraine, without paying a cent.The source added that even if Yanukovych did not promise to join the Customs Union, he likely promised to sell Ukrainian state assets to Russian oligarchs at knock-down prices. "We have a saying in eastern Europe: You only get free cheese in a mousetrap," the source said.For their part, EU leaders plan to make a short statement on Ukraine at a summit in Brussels on Friday.Giving a foretaste of what they might say, Germany's new foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, told the Bundestag on Tuesday: "It is utterly scandalous how Russia used Ukraine's economic plight for its own ends, also in order to prevent the signing of the association agreement with the EU."According to the Reuters news agency, he cut a paragraph from the original draft of the speech."We [the EU] presented a financial and economic aid package that lay far behind what was necessary to keep Ukraine competitive and permanently tie it economically to Europe," the redacted text said.
He described Ukraine as a "strategic partner and ally.""I want to bring to your attention the fact that it is not connected with any conditions, not connected with the increase, decrease or freezing of any social standards, pensions, subsidies or salaries," he said."I also want to calm everyone down: Today we did not discuss the question of Ukraine’s accession to the Customs Union," he added.Yanukovych said: "Ukraine's trade with Russia makes it impossible for us to act in any other way … There is no alternative to this."The alternative was to sign an EU association and free trade pact, triggering International Monetary Fund (IMF) support and top-up EU assistance.But the EU-IMF package came with tough conditions: to increase domestic gas prices; modernise Ukrainian industry; relax his grip on judges; and free political opponents.Yanukovych's Party of the Regions said in a statement the same day the EU pact is not dead: "Ukraine remains faithful to its strategic Euro-integration course."Some EU politicians said the same.Lithuania's foreign minister, Linas Linkevicius, told press in Brussels after visiting Kiev: "I was told clearly that not one single agreement of the 14 [accords signed in Moscow] would go against any commitments toward EU association, [there is] nothing on Customs Union, no withdrawal from the European Energy Community."But speaking privately, EU diplomats say the Putin deal has killed hope Yanukovych might sign."For sure, it means no signature in the foreseeable future," one EU source told this website."We saw it coming. The question now is what Yanukovych will do with all those people who are still on the streets of Kiev," the source added.
The immediate reaction in the pro-EU protest camp was calm.Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko told people on the barricades in Kiev's maidan square that Yanukovych "has given up Ukraine's national interests, given up independence." The protesters chanted "shame" and vowed to stay in place.Ukrainian pop star Ruslana also gave a free concert later in the evening.Meanwhile, few in Brussels believe the Russian deal is as good as it sounds.The EU source told this website that Russia has in the past pledged cheap loans to Belarus and Ukraine, without paying a cent.The source added that even if Yanukovych did not promise to join the Customs Union, he likely promised to sell Ukrainian state assets to Russian oligarchs at knock-down prices. "We have a saying in eastern Europe: You only get free cheese in a mousetrap," the source said.For their part, EU leaders plan to make a short statement on Ukraine at a summit in Brussels on Friday.Giving a foretaste of what they might say, Germany's new foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, told the Bundestag on Tuesday: "It is utterly scandalous how Russia used Ukraine's economic plight for its own ends, also in order to prevent the signing of the association agreement with the EU."According to the Reuters news agency, he cut a paragraph from the original draft of the speech."We [the EU] presented a financial and economic aid package that lay far behind what was necessary to keep Ukraine competitive and permanently tie it economically to Europe," the redacted text said.
12/17/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Benedict XVI is theologically in tune with Francis, says German professor
Benedict XVI and Francis
Manfred Lütz, who has known Ratzinger for over 30 years and paid a visit to him in recent days, revealed that the Pope Emeritus believes he and his successor are on the same wavelength when it comes to theological thought
andrea Tornielli vatican cityProfessor Manfred Lütz, a German psychologist and theologian and a friend and colleague of Ratzinger’s has made a new anew and important contribution to the debate over the degree of continuity between the Francis and Benedict XVI pontificates. In a recent interview with the Catholic News Agency, Lütz said he still kept in touch with Ratzinger and even met with him recently.Ratzinger still considers himself in “the service of St. Peter, that he lives the service of St. Peter in another way.” Lütz revealed. “He's praying, and this is an important aspect, he said, of the service of St. Peter.” Benedict XVI was “old physically” but “mentally he was very good. He had a better memory than me!” Lütz said.The professor added that the Pope Emeritus and Francis have a common vision on various aspects. For example they both believe the Church must not become worldly and must not be tempted by worldly power. “Benedict said to us that he also has the impression that theologically he is very in the same line with Pope Francis,” Lütz said.If we look beyond certain self-referential continuity vs. discontinuity debates – which focus on crosier models, shoe colour and other such details, forgetting that every new Pope’s arrival has been marked by both elements of continuity and discontinuity (if absolute continuity were the rule, the Pope should have gone to Galilee to be a fisherman) – we discover that the Pope and his predecessor have various points and visions in common.
Ratzinger’s clear (and yet very quickly forgotten and shelved) criticism of ecclesiastical careerism, remains embedded in our memories. Another memorable message was the one the Pope Emeritus pronounced in Portugal back in 2010, about the need to return to the proclamation of the faith because stressing the importance of values in the modern world is not enough. The two also share the idea that the Church cannot be seen as a business based on human plans and strategies.It is not surprising therefore that Ratzinger should feel theologically in tune with Francis, despite the obvious differences in character and background between the mild-mannered Bavarian professor and the bishop/”priest from the streets” who came “from the other side o the world.”
Pope Francis, a New Messenger for the Catholic Church
It’s a change in tone, not doctrine. Francis has not softened the Church’s opposition to gay marriage. His church still believes gay sex is a sin. But by adopting a less scolding tone, he has used his bully pulpit to heal divisions rather than highlight them.On some issues, the church is unlikely to budge. Don’t hold your breath the church will suddenly sanction birth control or abortion. Or that priests won’t have to be celibate or that women will be allowed to become priests.But Francis has cracked open the door for dialogue.
THE HUMBLE MESSENGER
As the earthly successor to St. Peter, the pope is not just the spiritual leader of the world’s largest faith. He is also, according to Catholic tradition, the keeper of the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. That’s why the pope’s heraldic shield features pair of crossed keys beneath a papal crown.Earlier this month, during a visit to a working-class parish in Rome, he disclosed that he used to be a bouncer. One more of many surprises that sets Pope Francis apart from his predecessors.His immediate predecessor, Benedict XVI, was an aloof German theologian who appeared, at times, to struggle to connect with the wider world. Benedict’s papacy continued a decades-long restoration of orthodoxy, dialing back progressive reforms of the 1960’s, and his personal style reflected that. He favored the ancient pomp and flair -- bespoke slippers, custom-made perfume, and hats that would not be out of place in a Renaissance painting.Pope Francis has a far more humble approach. His cassocks are plain white. He elected not to live in the ornate papal apartments, preferring instead the simple quarters of the Vatican guest house.Humility is a big part of his ministry. On Holy Thursday, he washed the feet of 12 female prison inmates. On his first pilgrimage to Assisi, birthplace of his patron saint, he said the Church must strip itself of “vanity, arrogance, and pride.”He is more approachable than any pope in recent memory, posing with tourists for pictures, embracing pilgrims on the rope line at general audiences, allowing a child to sit on his lap at a public mass.There’s a pointed message here. For centuries, people have called the church hypocritical because it champions the poor from a perch of such opulence. Pope Francis said he believes the church should practice what it preaches.“It hurts me when I see a priest or nun with the latest-model car,” he recently said.The official papal car is now a used Ford Focus. Sticker price: $16,000.He owns a second car too, a 1984 Renault given to him by an Italian parish priest who dropped it off at the Vatican last summer. Appropriately the Renault is papal white.
A POINTED MESSAGE
He
has captured the imaginations of believers and non-believers alike,
giving the Church’s message of social justice far greater resonance.Pope
Francis has taken public views on income equality and “the idolatry of
money” that could win votes at an Occupy Wall Street rally. He is easily
the world’s foremost champion of the poor.Last month he attacked
trickle-down economics and “the widening gap between those who have
more and those who must be content with the crumbs.” Conservative
commentators in the U.S. greeted that message with a sharp intake of
breath. Sarah Palin said he sounded “kind of liberal” and Rush Limbaugh
called him a pure Marxist, insisting Francis is “dramatically,
embarrassingly, puzzlingly wrong.”Without
addressing those critics by name, Francis responded he’s no Marxist. He
defended his criticism of trickle-down economics is perfectly valid:
”There was the promise that once the glass had become full it would
overflow and the poor would benefit. But what happens is that when it's
full to the brim, the glass magically grows, and thus nothing ever comes
out for the poor.”That
economic message is in keeping with the doctrines of John Paul II and
Benedict XVI. But the messenger is decidedly different.Recent
polls suggest the world is listening. A recent ABC News/Washington Post
survey found more than 90% of Catholics approve of his performance. So
do 69% of Americans, regardless of faith.
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)
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)
More snow, frigid temps take aim at Northeast
By RIK STEVENS
16 hours ago-DEC 17,13-Yahoonews
All nonessential state workers in
Massachusetts were sent home early and State Secretary William Galvin
asked private employers in the greater Boston area, which could get 4 to
8 inches of snow, to consider releasing employees early.The
weather forced officials to lower the speed limit to 45 mph on the New
Jersey Turnpike, and on a section of the Garden State Parkway. United
Airlines canceled flights arriving from and departing for Newark, N.J.,
Tuesday morning and early afternoon.In western New York, a car
crashed on a snowy road, killing the 23-year-old driver and injuring
four students and the bus driver.___Associated Press Writer David Sharp in Portland, Maine, contributed to this report.
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: 2013-12-18 08:25:03 UTC-05:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-05:00)30 earthquakes in map area- 5.2 Izu Islands, Japan region 2013-12-18 07:54:38 UTC-05:00 425.8 km
- 4.6 88km SE of Ofunato, Japan 2013-12-18 05:14:10 UTC-05:00 42.9 km
- 5.4 221km SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia 2013-12-18 05:01:14 UTC-05:00 41.2 km
- 2.8 37km SE of Cohoe, Alaska 2013-12-18 04:19:39 UTC-05:00 11.9 km
- 4.3 Greenland Sea 2013-12-18 03:22:16 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
- 4.7 211km E of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands 2013-12-18 10.3 km
- 4.5 122km SE of Kuril'sk, Russia 2013-12-18 00:33:24 UTC-05:00 51.9 km
- 4.9 222km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia 2013-12-18 00:27:31 UTC-05:00 155.9 km
- 2.5 17km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico 2013-12-17 23:19:47 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
- 5.1 50km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-12-17 22:15:19 UTC-05:00 38.2 km
- 4.0 115km NNW of Tome, Chile 2013-12-17 21:17:34 UTC-05:00 22.4 km
- 2.7 28km WNW of Rincon, Puerto Rico 2013-12-17 21:10:46 UTC-05:00 2.0 km
- 5.0 193km E of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands 2013-12-17 10.0 km
- 4.7 185km E of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands 2013-12-17 9.9 km
- 6.2 195km E of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands 2013-12-17 16.1 km
- 3.4 110km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2013-12-17 18:32:32 UTC-05:00 75.0 km
- 4.9 133km SSE of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand 2013-12-17 18:22:42 UTC-10.1 km
- 5.1 218km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 2013-12-17 17:43:14 UTC-05:00 35.0 km
- 4.6 231km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 2013-12-17 17:43:07 UTC-05:00 35.0 km
- 2.6 52km ESE of Adak, Alaska 2013-12-17 13:54:15 UTC-05:00 47.7 km
- 4.9 52km ESE of Nemuro, Japan 2013-12-17 12:13:48 UTC-05:00 67.3 km
- 5.4 16km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2013-12-17 12:02:00 UTC-05:00 583.8 km
- 2.9 68km WSW of Ferndale, California 2013-12-17 11:51:19 UTC-05:00 1.3 km
- 4.9 202km E of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands 2013-12-17 54.5 km
- 4.6 32km N of Goroka, Papua New Guinea 2013-12-17 10:51:08 UTC-05:00 120.4 km
- 3.4 51km SW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2013-12-17 09:55:55 UTC-05:00 100.0 km
- 4.4 Off the west coast of northern Sumatra 2013-12-17 09:21:34 UTC-05:00 32.5 km
- 5.2 87km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands 2013-12-17 09:16:42 UTC-05:00 101.6 km
- 5.1 Greenland Sea 2013-12-17 08:49:36 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
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