JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
DANIEL 8:16-26
16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia:(GREECE) and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(NEW AGE HOGWASH) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
UPDATE-JULY 05,15-02:25PM
AS OF THIS MINUTE.ITS NOT A CLOSE CALL AT ALL.AFTER 39% OF THE VOTES ARE IN.THE NOS LEAD BY 61% AND YES HAS 39%.AND THERE SAYING THE BANKS IN GREECE WILL BE OUT OF MONEY IN THE NEXT 2 DAYS.BUT SINCE THE NOS WILL BE WINNING.TSIPRAS SAID BY TUESDAY THE BANKS WILL ALL BE OPEN AGAIN. HOW AN EARTH IN 2 DAYS.WILL TSIPRAS GET BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOANS FROM SOMEWERE.SUPPOSIDLY THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK.TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE BANKS.THE GOVERNMENT OF GREECE OWES 350 BILLION DOLLARS. THIS IS NOT ALL THE DEBT IN GREECE.JUST THE GOVERNMENT DEBT.THE IMF IN A LEAKED DOCUMENT.SAID THAT SOME OF GREECES DEBT WILL HAVE TO BE FORGIVIN.THEY ARE SAYING WITH THIS VOTE RESULT.GREECE MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE THE EURO FOR A WHILE.BRING BACK THE DRACNA.THEN REJOIN THE EUROGROUP LATER.WE WILL SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT OVER THE DAYS-MONTHS FROM NOW.
UPDATE-JULY 05,15-11:00AM
I HAVE A FEELING TSPRAS IS PULLING THE WOOL OVER THE EYES OF THE GREEK CITIZENS.IF A NO VOTE IS VOTED FOR WHEN THE ELECTIONS END IN ONE HOUR.AT 12PM EST.AND THE RESULTS START COMING IN.IF IN FACT THE NO VOTERS WIN. LIKE THE GREEK PRIME MINISTER WANTS.THE BANKS WILL STILL BE CLOSED.THE MONEY LIMITED TO CITIZENS OF GREECE.AND WHO KNOWS IF THE EUROGROUP LEADER WILL EVEN TALK TO GREECE ABOUT RE-NEGOTIATING A DEAL FOR GREEKS DEBT.AND WHO KNOWS IF THE IMF WILL WANT TO DO A DEAL.AND WHO KNOWS IF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK WILL FUNNEL CASH TO GREECES BANKS SO PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR MONEY OUT OF THEIR ACCOUNT.TSIPRAS AND HIS FINANCIAL LEADER SAID THEY WILL RESIGN IF GREECE GETS A YES VOTE.I THINK THE GREEK LEADER IS JUST TRYING TO SAVE HIS SKIN FROM GETTING FORCED OUTTA OFFICE.BY HIM TELLING ALL GREEK CITIZENS TO VOTE NO IN THIS REFERENDUM.EVEN IF THE NO VOTE WINS.GREECE WILL NOT LEAVE THE EUROGROUP.GREECE HAS TO DROP OUT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ITSELF.BUT IF THIS IS PROPHECY.THREE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES DO GET BOOTED FROM THE EU BY THE BIBLE.
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.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER AND BOOTS 3 FROM THE TRADE BLOC)
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.
BUT IF THE EU BOOTS 3 FROM THE EUROGROUP.THAT STILL LEAVES 16 COUNTRIES IN IT.BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL CONTROL ALL THE ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD.SO IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.ALL THE WORLD MUST JOIN THE EUROGROUP.OR THE WORLD WILL BE PUT INTO 3 GIGANTIC WORLD MONEY BLOCS AS WELL AS 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS.THEN THE EU WILL INVENT THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT SYSTEM.THEN THE WORLDS STOCK MARKETS CRASH.AND SINCE THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS IN PLACE THIS RFID CHIP IMPLANT SYSTEM IN YOUR HAND OR FOREHEAD.THEY WILL BE THE LEADER OF THE WORLD ECONOMIES.AND THE EU WILL JOIN UP WITH THE OTHER 2 WORLD MONEY BLOCS. THE EU WILL THEN CONTROL ALL THE WORLDS ECONOMIES.AND WILL FORCE EVERYONE ON EARTH TO ACCEPT THE CHIP IMPLANT IN THEIR RIGHT HANDS OR FOREHEADS.AND IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS CHIP IMPLANT.YOU WILL BE BEHEADED.AND THE BIBLE WILL COME TO PASS.THAT SAYS THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE WILL CONTROL ALL THE WORLDS ECONOMIES.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
No one will enter the New World Order... unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a Luciferian Initiation.- David Spangler Director of Planetary Initiative United Nations.
Divided and desperate Greeks vote in referendum that may decide euro future-Reuters By George Georgiopoulos and Michele Kambas-JULY 5,15-YAHOONEWS-Men holding a Greek national flag march during a demonstration in support of Greece, in Madrid
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks voted on Sunday in a referendum that could determine their future in Europe's common currency, with banks shuttered, the treasury empty and a population desperate, angry and so deeply split that the outcome was too close to call.The referendum is officially a Yes or No vote on a bailout offer from creditors, but a 'Yes' could bring down the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, while European leaders say a 'No' could force a chaotic exit from the euro.The country of 11 million people is being asked whether to accept the offer which left-wing leader Tsipras rejected eight days ago. Elected in January on a promise to end years of crippling austerity, he calls the offer a “humiliation”.He is urging a resounding ‘No’, saying it would give him a strengthened mandate to return to negotiations and demand a better deal, including a writedown on Greece’s massive debt.His European partners, however, say rejection would set Greece on a path out of the euro, with potentially far-reachingconsequences for the global economy and Europe’s grand project of an unbreakable union."I voted 'No' to the 'Yes' that our European partners insist I choose," said Eleni Deligainni, 43, in Athens. "I have been jobless for nearly four years and was telling myself to be patient ... but we've had enough deprivation and unemployment."Angry and exhausted after five years of pension cuts, falling living standards and rising taxes, Greeks now face closed banks, rationed ATM withdrawals and the prospect of the country literally running out of cash.Pensioners besieging bank gates to claim their retirement benefits, only to leave empty-handed and in tears, have become a symbol of the nation's dramatic fall over the past decade, from the heady days of the 2004 Athens Olympics to the ignominy of bankruptcy and bailout.Tsipras, a 40-year-old former student activist, has framed the referendum as a matter of national dignity and the future course of Europe.“As of tomorrow we will have opened a new road for all the peoples of Europe,” he said after voting in Athens, “a road that leads back to the founding values of democracy and solidarity in Europe.”A ‘No’ vote, he said, “will send a message of determination, not only to stay in Europe but to live with dignity in Europe.”Not everyone agreed.“You call this dignity, to stand in line at teller machines for a few euros?” asked pensioner Yannis Kontis, 76, after voting in the capital. “I voted 'Yes' so we can stay with Europe.”Polls close at 7 p.m. (1200 EDT), with the first official projection of the result expected at 9 p.m.Most opinion polls have the ‘Yes’ vote narrowly in front. But all have been within the margin of error.
‘CANNOT END LIKE THIS’
Called at eight days’ notice, the referendum offers Greece a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ vote on a proposal that is no longer on the table, which would have required cuts to pensions and hikes in taxes that Tsipras says would be ruinous.Given the chaos of the past week, in which Greece became the first developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund, creditors say a new deal will have to be drafted, probably involving harsher terms.Anxious Greeks rallying for a 'Yes' vote say Greece has been handed a raw deal but that the alternative, a collapse of the banks and a return of the old drachma currency, would be far worse.The ‘No’ camp says Greece cannot afford more of the austerity that has left one in four without a job and society fraying at the edges.Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, whose forceful denunciations of a deal that would bring more austerity alienated many of his euro zone colleagues, was confronted on the street after voting in Athens.“Come with me to see the crowds of people waiting at Alpha Bank,” one man said to him.In reply, Varoufakis repeated a pledge to resign if the ‘Yes’ vote wins. Another man asked: “Mr Varoufakis, what value will the money have? What will it be worth in the next few days? What will we be able to buy with it?”Tsipras too has hinted that he would step down if Greeks vote to accept the bailout terms, triggering a new chapter of uncertainty as political parties try to cobble together a national unity government to keep talks with lenders going until elections are held.The creditors say a ‘No’ vote will represent rejection of the rules that bind the euro zone nations, and may dash hopes of a negotiated deal to keep Greece within the euro.“If they (Greeks) say ‘No’, they will have to introduce another currency after the referendum because the euro is not available as a means of payment," Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, said in remarks broadcast on Germany’s Deutschlandfunk radio on Sunday."And how are they going to pay salaries? How are they going to pay pensions?”Still, some European countries have held out the prospect that Greece could continue to negotiate even if it votes 'No'.Italy's prime minister, Matteo Renzi, said it was "obvious" negotiations would have to resume as of Monday, telling the Rome newspaper Il Messaggero that Greece "cannot end up like this."But it's equally obvious, he said, that "it's impossible to save Greece without the commitment of the Greek government: reforming pensions, fighting tax evasion, the new labor market all depend on them."French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron also said there must be more talks, whatever the outcome: "Whatever the vote, we must, starting tomorrow, respond with political discussions to create a framework."On Monday, all eyes will be on the European Central Bank, which will review its emergency liquidity line that is keeping Greek banks afloat. The ECB could freeze the liquidity or cut it off altogether if Greeks vote ‘No’, or if Athens subsequently defaults on a bond redemption to the ECB on July 20.An inconclusive result may sow further confusion, with the potential for violence."The nightmare result would be 51-49 percent in either direction," a senior German official said. "And the chances of this are not insignificant."(Additional reporting by Noah Barkin and Madeline Chambers in Berlin, Isla Binnie in Rome, Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and Michele Kambas in Athens; Writing by Deepa Babington and Matt Robinson; Editing by Peter Graff)
DANIEL 8:16-26
16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia:(GREECE) and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(NEW AGE HOGWASH) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
UPDATE-JULY 05,15-02:25PM
AS OF THIS MINUTE.ITS NOT A CLOSE CALL AT ALL.AFTER 39% OF THE VOTES ARE IN.THE NOS LEAD BY 61% AND YES HAS 39%.AND THERE SAYING THE BANKS IN GREECE WILL BE OUT OF MONEY IN THE NEXT 2 DAYS.BUT SINCE THE NOS WILL BE WINNING.TSIPRAS SAID BY TUESDAY THE BANKS WILL ALL BE OPEN AGAIN. HOW AN EARTH IN 2 DAYS.WILL TSIPRAS GET BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOANS FROM SOMEWERE.SUPPOSIDLY THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK.TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE BANKS.THE GOVERNMENT OF GREECE OWES 350 BILLION DOLLARS. THIS IS NOT ALL THE DEBT IN GREECE.JUST THE GOVERNMENT DEBT.THE IMF IN A LEAKED DOCUMENT.SAID THAT SOME OF GREECES DEBT WILL HAVE TO BE FORGIVIN.THEY ARE SAYING WITH THIS VOTE RESULT.GREECE MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE THE EURO FOR A WHILE.BRING BACK THE DRACNA.THEN REJOIN THE EUROGROUP LATER.WE WILL SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT OVER THE DAYS-MONTHS FROM NOW.
UPDATE-JULY 05,15-11:00AM
I HAVE A FEELING TSPRAS IS PULLING THE WOOL OVER THE EYES OF THE GREEK CITIZENS.IF A NO VOTE IS VOTED FOR WHEN THE ELECTIONS END IN ONE HOUR.AT 12PM EST.AND THE RESULTS START COMING IN.IF IN FACT THE NO VOTERS WIN. LIKE THE GREEK PRIME MINISTER WANTS.THE BANKS WILL STILL BE CLOSED.THE MONEY LIMITED TO CITIZENS OF GREECE.AND WHO KNOWS IF THE EUROGROUP LEADER WILL EVEN TALK TO GREECE ABOUT RE-NEGOTIATING A DEAL FOR GREEKS DEBT.AND WHO KNOWS IF THE IMF WILL WANT TO DO A DEAL.AND WHO KNOWS IF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK WILL FUNNEL CASH TO GREECES BANKS SO PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR MONEY OUT OF THEIR ACCOUNT.TSIPRAS AND HIS FINANCIAL LEADER SAID THEY WILL RESIGN IF GREECE GETS A YES VOTE.I THINK THE GREEK LEADER IS JUST TRYING TO SAVE HIS SKIN FROM GETTING FORCED OUTTA OFFICE.BY HIM TELLING ALL GREEK CITIZENS TO VOTE NO IN THIS REFERENDUM.EVEN IF THE NO VOTE WINS.GREECE WILL NOT LEAVE THE EUROGROUP.GREECE HAS TO DROP OUT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ITSELF.BUT IF THIS IS PROPHECY.THREE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES DO GET BOOTED FROM THE EU BY THE BIBLE.
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.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER AND BOOTS 3 FROM THE TRADE BLOC)
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.
BUT IF THE EU BOOTS 3 FROM THE EUROGROUP.THAT STILL LEAVES 16 COUNTRIES IN IT.BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL CONTROL ALL THE ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD.SO IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.ALL THE WORLD MUST JOIN THE EUROGROUP.OR THE WORLD WILL BE PUT INTO 3 GIGANTIC WORLD MONEY BLOCS AS WELL AS 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS.THEN THE EU WILL INVENT THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT SYSTEM.THEN THE WORLDS STOCK MARKETS CRASH.AND SINCE THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS IN PLACE THIS RFID CHIP IMPLANT SYSTEM IN YOUR HAND OR FOREHEAD.THEY WILL BE THE LEADER OF THE WORLD ECONOMIES.AND THE EU WILL JOIN UP WITH THE OTHER 2 WORLD MONEY BLOCS. THE EU WILL THEN CONTROL ALL THE WORLDS ECONOMIES.AND WILL FORCE EVERYONE ON EARTH TO ACCEPT THE CHIP IMPLANT IN THEIR RIGHT HANDS OR FOREHEADS.AND IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS CHIP IMPLANT.YOU WILL BE BEHEADED.AND THE BIBLE WILL COME TO PASS.THAT SAYS THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE WILL CONTROL ALL THE WORLDS ECONOMIES.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
No one will enter the New World Order... unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a Luciferian Initiation.- David Spangler Director of Planetary Initiative United Nations.
Divided and desperate Greeks vote in referendum that may decide euro future-Reuters By George Georgiopoulos and Michele Kambas-JULY 5,15-YAHOONEWS-Men holding a Greek national flag march during a demonstration in support of Greece, in Madrid
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks voted on Sunday in a referendum that could determine their future in Europe's common currency, with banks shuttered, the treasury empty and a population desperate, angry and so deeply split that the outcome was too close to call.The referendum is officially a Yes or No vote on a bailout offer from creditors, but a 'Yes' could bring down the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, while European leaders say a 'No' could force a chaotic exit from the euro.The country of 11 million people is being asked whether to accept the offer which left-wing leader Tsipras rejected eight days ago. Elected in January on a promise to end years of crippling austerity, he calls the offer a “humiliation”.He is urging a resounding ‘No’, saying it would give him a strengthened mandate to return to negotiations and demand a better deal, including a writedown on Greece’s massive debt.His European partners, however, say rejection would set Greece on a path out of the euro, with potentially far-reachingconsequences for the global economy and Europe’s grand project of an unbreakable union."I voted 'No' to the 'Yes' that our European partners insist I choose," said Eleni Deligainni, 43, in Athens. "I have been jobless for nearly four years and was telling myself to be patient ... but we've had enough deprivation and unemployment."Angry and exhausted after five years of pension cuts, falling living standards and rising taxes, Greeks now face closed banks, rationed ATM withdrawals and the prospect of the country literally running out of cash.Pensioners besieging bank gates to claim their retirement benefits, only to leave empty-handed and in tears, have become a symbol of the nation's dramatic fall over the past decade, from the heady days of the 2004 Athens Olympics to the ignominy of bankruptcy and bailout.Tsipras, a 40-year-old former student activist, has framed the referendum as a matter of national dignity and the future course of Europe.“As of tomorrow we will have opened a new road for all the peoples of Europe,” he said after voting in Athens, “a road that leads back to the founding values of democracy and solidarity in Europe.”A ‘No’ vote, he said, “will send a message of determination, not only to stay in Europe but to live with dignity in Europe.”Not everyone agreed.“You call this dignity, to stand in line at teller machines for a few euros?” asked pensioner Yannis Kontis, 76, after voting in the capital. “I voted 'Yes' so we can stay with Europe.”Polls close at 7 p.m. (1200 EDT), with the first official projection of the result expected at 9 p.m.Most opinion polls have the ‘Yes’ vote narrowly in front. But all have been within the margin of error.
‘CANNOT END LIKE THIS’
Called at eight days’ notice, the referendum offers Greece a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ vote on a proposal that is no longer on the table, which would have required cuts to pensions and hikes in taxes that Tsipras says would be ruinous.Given the chaos of the past week, in which Greece became the first developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund, creditors say a new deal will have to be drafted, probably involving harsher terms.Anxious Greeks rallying for a 'Yes' vote say Greece has been handed a raw deal but that the alternative, a collapse of the banks and a return of the old drachma currency, would be far worse.The ‘No’ camp says Greece cannot afford more of the austerity that has left one in four without a job and society fraying at the edges.Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, whose forceful denunciations of a deal that would bring more austerity alienated many of his euro zone colleagues, was confronted on the street after voting in Athens.“Come with me to see the crowds of people waiting at Alpha Bank,” one man said to him.In reply, Varoufakis repeated a pledge to resign if the ‘Yes’ vote wins. Another man asked: “Mr Varoufakis, what value will the money have? What will it be worth in the next few days? What will we be able to buy with it?”Tsipras too has hinted that he would step down if Greeks vote to accept the bailout terms, triggering a new chapter of uncertainty as political parties try to cobble together a national unity government to keep talks with lenders going until elections are held.The creditors say a ‘No’ vote will represent rejection of the rules that bind the euro zone nations, and may dash hopes of a negotiated deal to keep Greece within the euro.“If they (Greeks) say ‘No’, they will have to introduce another currency after the referendum because the euro is not available as a means of payment," Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, said in remarks broadcast on Germany’s Deutschlandfunk radio on Sunday."And how are they going to pay salaries? How are they going to pay pensions?”Still, some European countries have held out the prospect that Greece could continue to negotiate even if it votes 'No'.Italy's prime minister, Matteo Renzi, said it was "obvious" negotiations would have to resume as of Monday, telling the Rome newspaper Il Messaggero that Greece "cannot end up like this."But it's equally obvious, he said, that "it's impossible to save Greece without the commitment of the Greek government: reforming pensions, fighting tax evasion, the new labor market all depend on them."French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron also said there must be more talks, whatever the outcome: "Whatever the vote, we must, starting tomorrow, respond with political discussions to create a framework."On Monday, all eyes will be on the European Central Bank, which will review its emergency liquidity line that is keeping Greek banks afloat. The ECB could freeze the liquidity or cut it off altogether if Greeks vote ‘No’, or if Athens subsequently defaults on a bond redemption to the ECB on July 20.An inconclusive result may sow further confusion, with the potential for violence."The nightmare result would be 51-49 percent in either direction," a senior German official said. "And the chances of this are not insignificant."(Additional reporting by Noah Barkin and Madeline Chambers in Berlin, Isla Binnie in Rome, Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and Michele Kambas in Athens; Writing by Deepa Babington and Matt Robinson; Editing by Peter Graff)
