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)
SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences;(BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR) and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) 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)
Kurds suspect another chemical attack by Islamic State in Iraq-Reuters-sept 1,15-yahoonews
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday they suspected a homemade rocket fired by Islamic State at their peshmerga forces in northern Iraq contained chemical substances, accusing the Islamist insurgents of an increasing use of chemical weapons.The Kurdistan Region's Security Council (KRSC) said the attack had taken place along the front line north of Mosul on Aug. 31, and one peshmerga fighter was receiving treatment in hospital.A "considerable amount" of yellow smoke was produced, it said.Samples taken from the site of another attack earlier this year tested positive for chlorine, and at least two other incidents are being investigated."This is one of an increasing number of attacks in recent months suspected of carrying chemical substances," the KRSC said in a statement."We remain deeply concerned with the escalation and delivery method of these attacks, and urgently call on the International Coalition to provide protective equipment to peshmerga forces," it said, referring to the foreign powers, led by the United States, supporting the fight against Islamic State.The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague has expressed its concern about the alleged use of chemical weapons in the region but has said either Baghdad or the U.N. Security Council would have to make a request if the OPCW were to investigate.(Reporting by Isabel Coles and by Anthony Deutsch in Amsterdam; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
Satellite images confirm major temple destroyed in Syria's Palmyra: U.N-Reuters-sept 1,15-yahoonews
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Satellite images have confirmed the destruction of the Temple of Bel, which was one of the best preserved Roman-era sites in the Syrian city of Palmyra, a United Nations agency said, after activists said the hardline Islamic State group had targeted it.A comparison of before and after images shows the damage to the temple at the UNESCO World Heritage site, the Geneva-based United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) said."We can confirm the destruction of the main building of the Temple of Bel as well as a row of columns in its immediate vicinity," the agency said in an email.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group and other activists said on Sunday that Islamic State had destroyed part of the more than 2,000-year-old temple, one of Palmyra's most important monuments.This came a week after the militants blew up another smaller site in the central desert city.Palmyra was one of the most important cultural centers of the ancient world, according to cultural agency UNESCO, which has described it as the crossroads of several civilizations. Its main colonnaded street is 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) long and forms the monumental axis of the city.The head of UNESCO said in a statement the destruction of what it described "as one of the most important 1st Century religious monuments in the Middle East," was an "intolerable crime against civilization"."The power of culture is greater than that of all forms of extremism and nothing can stop it," Director-General Irina Bokova said."Whoever saw Palmyra remains forever marked by the memory of the city which embodies the dignity of the entire Syrian people and humanity's loftiest aspirations," she added.Information on events inside Palmyra has been patchy since the militants seized it from government forces in May. Activists say the fighters are closely monitoring communications inside the city.Islamic State has declared a caliphate in territory it holds across Syria and Iraq and has destroyed other monuments it says are pagan and sacrilegious.UNESCO has called such acts war crimes and says Islamic State seeks to wipe out evidence of Syria's diverse heritage.Before the capture of the city, Syrian officials said they had moved hundreds of ancient statues to safe locations.Last month Islamic State beheaded the guardian of Palmyra's ruins, Khaled al-Asaad, an 82-year-old Syrian archaeologist who had looked after the site for more than four decades, according to Syria's antiquities chief.(Reporting by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky/Hugh Lawson)
FALSE POPE FROM THE VATICAN
ISAIAH 23:15-17
15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.(COULD THIS BE 70 YEARS AFTER ISRAEL BECAME A NATION IN 1948)(IF SO THIS SATANIC ONE WORLD WHORE CHURCH WILL MINGLE TOGETHER BY 2018)(AND NOW ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY AND ALL RELIGIONS ARE MINGLING AS ONE PEACE-LOVE-JOY-GET ALONG RELIGION LEAD BY THE VATICAN RIGHT NOW 4 YEARS FROM THE 70 YEAR TIME WHEN ISRAEL BECAME A NATION).AND IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM.
REVELATION 13:11-13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he (FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADER) exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(BOMB OR NUKE THE VATICAN)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,(VATICAN) which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
ONLY JESUS CAN FORGIVE OUR SINS-NOT NO CATHOLIC BISHOPS OR POPE.
09/ 1/2015-Pope: “During the Jubilee all priests will be able to absolve faithful of the sin of abortion”-Pope Francis in the confessional-In a letter Francis has written to Fisichella , he states that Jubilee Indulgences will be granted in all prison chapels: the prison cell door will be like a Holy Door. Absolution will be fully valid, even when granted by priests from Lefebvre’s Fraternity of St. Pius X during confession. And faithful will be able to obtain the Jubilee Indulgence through works of mercy-ANDREA TORNIELLI-vatican insider
vatican city-During the Jubilee all priests will be able to absolve faithful of the sin of abortion during confession. Pope Francis has written a letter to Archbishop Rino Fisichela - President of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelisation and head of Jubilee initiatives - containing three significant new points that are being introduced on the occasion of the Extraordinary Holy Year of mercy.The new points mentioned in the letter dated 1 September are as follows: Point no. 1: All priests throughout the world, not just “missionaries of mercy”, will be able to absolve faithful of the sin of abortion during the Jubilee. Point no. 2: The Jubilee Indulgence will be granted not only in Rome’s basilicas and or in sanctuaries and the cathedrals of the various dioceses, but also in all prison chapels around the world. And lastly, point no.3: in order to encourage steps towards full communion with the Fraternity of St. Pius X founded by traditionalist archbishop Marcel lefebvre, Francis has written that sacramntal absolutions administered by priests of the Fraternity will be fully valid even if the individual who grants them does not ordinarily have the power and authority to do so.“One of the serious problems of our time,” the Pope writes in his letter to Fisichella, “is clearly the changed relationship with respect to life. A widespread and insensitive mentality has led to the loss of the proper personal and social sensitivity to welcome new life. The tragedy of abortion is experienced by some with a superficial awareness, as if not realizing the extreme harm that such an act entails. Many others, on the other hand, although experiencing this moment as a defeat, believe they they have no other option.”“I think in particular of all the women who have resorted to abortion. I am well aware of the pressure that has led them to this decision,” the letter goes on to say. “I know that it is an existential and moral ordeal. I have met so many women who bear in their heart the scar of this agonizing and painful decision. What has happened is profoundly unjust; yet only understanding the truth of it can enable one not to lose hope. The forgiveness of God cannot be denied to one who has repented, especially when that person approaches the Sacrament of Confession with a sincere heart in order to obtain reconciliation with the Father.”“For this reason too,” Francis adds, “I have decided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to concede to all priests for the Jubilee Year the discretion to absolve of the sin of abortion those who have procured it and who, with contrite heart, seek forgiveness for it. May priests fulfil this great task by expressing words of genuine welcome combined with a reflection that explains the gravity of the sin committed, besides indicating a path of authentic conversion by which to obtain the true and generous forgiveness of the Father who renews all with his presence.”The first decision clearly shows the Bishop of Rome’s will to allow as many people as possible to re-establish contact with the Church and the sacraments, without leaving anyone out. A woman who procures a successful abortion incurs an automatic latae sententiae excommunication (1398), as well as those who persuade her to go ahead with the abortion and and those who carry out or assist in the abortion, cannot ordinarily be absolved by just any confessor, but only by a bishop or certain priests appointed by him. On certain occasions, such as Lent or Advent, some bishops extend this faculty to all the priests in their diocese. Francis’ decision makes this faculty universal, allowing all confessors to pardon those who have had an abortion or procured an abortion.The second decision highlights the special attention Francis wishes to give to those behind bars, doing all that he can in order to ensure that inmates who would like to obtain a Jubilee Indulgence in prison, can.“My thoughts also turn to those incarcerated, whose freedom is limited,” Francis writes. “The Jubilee Year has always constituted an opportunity for great amnesty, which is intended to include the many people who, despite deserving punishment, have become conscious of the injustice they worked and sincerely wish to re-enter society and make their honest contribution to it.”“May they all be touched in a tangible way by the mercy of the Father who wants to be close to those who have the greatest need of his forgiveness. They may obtain the Indulgence in the chapels of the prisons. May the gesture of directing their thought and prayer to the Father each time they cross the threshold of their cell signify for them their passage through the Holy Door, because the mercy of God is able to transform hearts, and is also able to transform bars into an experience of freedom.”Finally, the third decision. Francis writes: “A final consideration concerns those faithful who for various reasons choose to attend churches officiated by priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X. This Jubilee Year of Mercy excludes no one. From various quarters, several Brother Bishops have told me of their good faith and sacramental practice, combined however with an uneasy situation from the pastoral standpoint. I trust that in the near future solutions may be found to recover full communion with the priests and superiors of the Fraternity.”“ In the meantime, motivated by the need to respond to the good of these faithful, through my own disposition, I establish that those who during the Holy Year of Mercy approach these priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation shall validly and licitly receive the absolution of their sins.”This is a gesture of mercy and of reaching out to the traditionalist priestly fraternity. Lefebvrian priests were never excommunicated and the latae sententiae excommunications incurred by their bishops for being ordained without a papal mandate, was rescinded by Benedict XVI. But Ratzinger himself made it clear that “until the doctrinal questions are clarified, the Society has no canonical status in the Church, and its ministers – even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty – do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church”. This means they do not have the power and authority to hear confession. Confession is the only sacrament which requires that the minister is not only legitimately ordained but also has the proper faculties to administer it.On the basis of canon 144 of the Code of Canon law, the Church always seeks to save faithful: “In common error, whether of fact or of law ... the Church supplies executive power of governance for both the external and the internal forum.” It is therefore assumed that faithful are not fully conscious of the irregular status of the Fraternity’s priests. In any case this is just a transitional phase and the current situation is not expected to continue for long. With the decision set out in his letter to Fisichella, Pope Francis – with the good of faithful at heart – grants full legitimacy to confessions administered by Lefebvrian priests during the Jubilee Year.In his letter to Fisichella, Francis stresses the conditions traditionally in place for faithful to be granted the Jubilee Indulgence: “a brief pilgrimage to the Holy Door, open in every Cathedral or in the churches designated by the Diocesan Bishop, and in the four Papal Basilicas in Rome, as a sign of the deep desire for true conversion; participation in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the celebration of the Holy Eucharist with a reflection on mercy; the accompaniment of these celebrations with the profession of faith and with prayer for the Pope and for the intentions that “[the Pope] bear[s] in his heart for the good of the Church and of the entire world”. The sick and those who are confined to the home and cannot therefore reach the Holy Door, will be granted the indulgence through prayer and by following the celebration via various means of communication.Francis highlights that the Jubilee Indulgence can also be obtained for the deceased and recalls the importance of spiritual and corporal works of mercy, adding that “each time that one of the faithful personally performs one or more of these actions, he or she shall surely obtain the Jubilee Indulgence”.
08/30/2015-Ratzinger at mass with former pupils: “The epidemic of the heart leads to corruption”-The Emeritus Pope said “inner hygiene” is key and “the truth, love and goodness that come from God, make man pure”-vatican insider staff-vatican insider
Turin-“The truth, love and goodness that come from God, make man pure and truth, love and goodness come together in the Word which brings liberates a world that no longer thinks of God from ‘forgetfulness’.” This was at the heart of the homily which the Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI pronounced during a mass he presided over this morning in the Teutonic Cemetery church in the Vatican. The mass was attended by members of the Schuelerkreis (Ratzinger’s “student circle”) and the New Schuelerkreis, who gathered at Castel Gandolfo in recent days to reflect on the theme “How to speak to God today”. The priest and philosopher Tomas Halik also participated. The news was posted on the Ratzinger Foundation website.Does not the evil that afflicts us come from the outside? This was the essence of the question posed by the Emeritus Pope in his German homily. We need to be cleansed of all the impurity that exists out there: “We could respond to the many illnesses and sometimes epidemics that threaten us, by maintaining an external cleanliness,” Benedict XVI said. It is important to care for our exterior in this way so that death does not prevail, the Emeritus Pope said. But this is not enough, he added, because there is also “the epidemic of the heart” to consider, that inner epidemic that “leads to corruption and other filth, the kind of filth that drives man to think only of himself and not of goodness.” So, aside from worship, ethos, “inner hygiene” in other words, also plays a decisive role: “What does a pure man do? What is the real power of purification? How does one come to have a cleansed heart?” Benedict XVI asked.“In another passage of the Gospel,” he continued, “the Lord says to his people: ‘You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you’.” So we become pure by means of the Word: “The Word is Jesus Christ himself and we come across the Word even in those who reflect It, those who show us the face of God and reflect his meekness, his humble heart, his simplicity, his lovingness, his sincerity.”The mass was followed by a ceremony for the inauguration of the “Pope Benedict-Joseph Ratzinger Hall”, which the Pope Emeritus blessed. The ceremony took place in the buildings adjacent to the Teutonic Cemetery. In his introductory speech, Mgr. Hans Peter Fischer, Rector of the Teutonic College, announced that a ceremony will be held on 18 November to mark the opening of the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Roman Library. The library is entirely dedicated to the works and life of Joseph Ratzinger as a scholar and a Pope and is housed inside the Library of the Teutonic College and of the Roman Institute of the Gorres Society in the Vatican.Present at today’s ceremony – amongst others – were cardinals Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna and Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Prefect of the Papal Household and personal secretary to Benedict XVI.
08/30/2015 -Bartholomew I joins Pope in denouncing climate change-Francis and Bartholomew I-In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation promoted “also by the Roman Catholic Church”, the Patriarch called on all those who perceive the risk of climate change, to speak out-vatican insider staff-vatican insider
Turin-“How many of us perceive the danger of climate change that is intensifying on our planet each day as a result of human actions. We raise our voices to warn against this and invite everyone to think about what can be done ‘to prevent life from dying out as a result of wealth’.” Patriarch Bartholomew I wrote this in a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, “an initiative of the Ecumenical Patriarch, which the Roman Catholic Church recently joined in”.The Patriarch quoted Pope Francis’ “Laudato Si’” encyclical, which denounces the slow but inescapable transformation of the earth into “an immense pile of filth” and affirmed that “this filth is not only material but mainly spiritual. This filth essentially comes from the emotions of human beings themselves.” What we are calling for, he explained, is for “inevitable physiological changes in the climate to take place and be allowed within the limits of human tolerance on the one hand - for mankind’s own survival - and of nature’s tolerance on the other - for its vitality.”“As Orthodox Christians,” Bartholomew added, addressing first and foremost the faithful of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, “with our firm faith in the Creator of all things, the Almighty Lord, we are called to act in an evangelical and apostolic way also with regards to the protection of all creation: that is, to bring to life the evangelical message in today’s disturbed world and to reawaken humans who have been through many trials from their spiritual slumber, using all sorts of creative means, and to transmit the message of hope and peace and real joy: a message of peace and joy of Christ.”
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Opinion-Why the world’s last true frontier is heating up fast-The Arctic is coming under the spotlight for reasons other than global warming-By Sijbren de Jong and Lucia van Geuns-sept 1,15-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:52-The Arctic is coming increasingly under the spotlight for reasons other than global warming.The region, home to some of the world’s largest undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves, is becoming a new frontier for a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West.On 24 August, Russia kicked off a series of large-scale military exercises in the Arctic. A week earlier, Moscow informed the United Nations that it had laid claim to a staggering 1.2 million square kilometres of the Arctic shelf.Russia also plans to reopen military bases it abandoned after the Soviet Union collapsed. Although the Kremlin insists its military moves are purely defensive, they come at a time of heightened tensions with the West over Ukraine that saw Russia increase its air patrols probing Nato’s borders, including in the Arctic.So, why is Russian President Vladimir Putin asserting his ground in the Arctic? Is this mere bluster to conceal a position of fear? Or are the Kremlin’s latest moves prompted by sheer economic necessity? The answer is both, and the West ought to be profoundly worried about it.Russia in a bind-Russia finds itself in a bind over Ukraine. Contrary to the rapid takeover of Crimea, the conflict in Donbass has been fought to a standstill. Moreover, it looks unlikely that Moscow is in a position to increase the size of the land currently controlled by the separatists. It simply cannot afford it.The collapse of the price of oil has ransacked the Russian economy, sent the Rouble into a nosedive, and ensured inflation is acting like it is 1999 again.The Kremlin’s decision to defy Western sanctions by imposing countermeasures of its own such as banning and destroying western food imports did not go down well with the Russian population.Putin’s approval rating – although at a level US President Barack Obama could only dream of – dipped due to the country’s sluggish economy and the Rouble’s freefall.By way of diversion from domestic troubles, what could be better than to demonstrate your country’s might?Although plausible, there is much more to Putin’s moves than meets the eye. The oil price rout has rocked the financial foundations of Russia’s state apparatus. Moscow’s traditional earning model, built on extensive oil and gas revenues, has come under severe stress as a result.This situation is amplified by the financial and sectoral sanctions imposed by the West.Major oil and gas companies, such as Rosneft and Gazprom, are deprived of invaluable technology to explore Arctic and unconventional oil and gas resources; something Russia will desperately rely on in the long term if it wishes to stay a leading oil and gas exporter. Some commentators openly wonder whether the recession in Russia will result in social upheaval.The pressure is certainly increasing, and recent reshuffles in the elite around Putin, such as the stepping down of Vladimir Yakunin, the powerful head of Russia’s state railways and long-time Putin confidant, may indeed suggest that changes are afoot.Rosneft recently saw four out of five of its requests for funding from Russia’s sovereign wealth fund denied. Gazprom, Russia’s national gas behemoth, is hardly in a more enviable position.China gas deal-Putin heralded the May 2014 gas deal with China as the pact of the century. However, given that the contract provides no protection against low oil prices, the project is already on the edge of loss-making.With a second pipeline to China postponed, the Middle Kingdom’s economic downturn effectively hammered the final nail into the coffin of Putin’s much-coveted Asia Pivot.The problem is that if Russia wishes to continue to be a leading oil and gas producer in the future, it must explore new oil and gas finds.Russia’s traditional Siberian fields are aging and its liquefied natural gas plans are taking a hit, with more and more supplies appearing from competitors. And now that China’s energy appetite has stalled, the prospects of the oil price picking up soon are negligible.If it is to survive, Russia needs other resources. These are found in the Arctic. For example, in September 2014, Exxon Mobil and Rosneft announced a major oil find in the Kara Sea, but cooperation had to be suspended due to the souring political climate.In other words, Putin’s sabre-rattling over the Arctic is not just about diverting attention away from a troubled economy at home; it is equally about securing the country’s - and the government’s – long-term future.Why the West should be worried-On 31 August, Obama embarked on a three-day tour of the Arctic, during which he addressed the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic.“Glacier”, as the conference is known, is a policy event that brings together Foreign Ministers of Arctic nations and key non-Arctic states, as well as scientists and policy-makers to discuss climate change in the region.Western nations tend to view the Arctic as part of the Global Commons. Given the high stakes described above, it is not clear whether Russia thinks the same. There are ample reasons as to why the West ought to be profoundly concerned about this. Moscow appears to be determined to militarise the region; something Western nations, at least for now, appear unwilling to rival.Also, should a kind of “arms race for the North” take off, there is a genuine risk that these kinds of demonstrations of might are misinterpreted and could trigger an actual conflict.More acutely perhaps, a Russia that is cash-strapped may ultimately decide to engage in Arctic oil and gas exploration “on the cheap” with all the associated risk for the safety of this pristine environment.In touring one of the world’s last true frontiers, Barack Obama would do wise to keep this firmly in mind.Sijbren de Jong is a Strategic Analyst with the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and Lucia van Geuns is an expert on international oil and gas markets with a particular interest in the Arctic.
KNOWLEGE INCREASED AND WORLD TRAVEL (IMMIGRATION) INCREASED
DANIEL 12:4
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION FROM FLEEING WARS) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS MICROCHIPS ETC)
Hungary U-turn on migrant trains prompts unrest-Police cleared the migrant camp at Budapest's main train station on Tuesday morning-By Eszter Zalan-sept 1,15-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 18:39-Hundreds of migrants in Budapest on Tuesday (1 September) demanded to be allowed to go to Germany, after authorities barred them from boarding trains heading west.The crowd of Syrian, Afghan, and Central Asian asylum seekers chanted “Freedom! Freedom!”, “Let us go!”, and “Germany! UN!”.Scuffles also broke out between the migrants and police.On Monday, hundreds of asylum seekers left Budapest for Austria and Germany.But in what appears to be a policy U-turn, police, on Tuesday morning, cordoned off the main train station in Budapest and cleared the migrants’ makeshift camps.They then let only people with proper travel documents on trains, but stopped the migrants, even if they had valid tickets.Almost none of the asylum seekers wants to stay in Hungary, with Germany the preferred destination.Under EU rules, they have to be registered at their point-of-entry into the EU. If they later surface elsewhere, they should be sent back to the country of registration.Berlin said last week it would let Syrian refugees stay in the country regardless of the EU protocol.But German chancellor Angela Merkel told Hungarian authorities they still have to register and process the asylum applications, in an attempt to clear up any misunderstanding.Zoltan Kovacs, the Hungarian government spokesman, did not confirm if Merkel’s comments caused Tuesday’s U-turn.But he told this website “the chancellor’s speech made it clear migrants cannot travel without proper papers”.For his part, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban is going to Brussels on Thursday to meet European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker to clarify the situation.“Every contradiction, which makes this situation more difficult, will be discussed”, said Kovacs, in thinly-veiled criticism of Germany.Speaking about Austria, he added: “We are protecting Europe’s borders. If we do everything we can, we are criticised for it, if we don’t, then Austria does what it does now".He spoke after Vienna reintroduced border controls on the Austria-Hungary border, which is in the EU’s passport-free Schengen area.Austria took the step after police found a truck on an Austrian motorway near Hungary, containing the bodies of 71 refugees who had suffocated.According to official data, 150,400 migrants have come to Hungary so far this year.The figure is triple the number for all of last year (45,000), which was already record-high.Budapest also summoned the Austrian ambassador on Tuesday after Austrian chancellor Werner Faymann condemned Hungary’s prior decision to let the asylum seekers onto trains.Faymann, speaking on state broadcaster ORF on Monday, had said: “Allowing them to simply board in Budapest ... and watching as they are taken to a neighbour [Austria] - that's not politics”.Hungary has also attracted EU criticism for building a razor-wire fence on its border with Serbia.Orban and Weymann, are the only two EU leaders who have refused to take part in the European Commission’s voluntary scheme to relocate asylum seekers and refugees.Following his Juncker meeting, Orban will also meet with Czech, Polish, and Slovak leaders in Prague on Friday.The mini summit is designed to reiterate opposition to any binding EU relocation plan.
Europe embarrassing itself with refugee crisis - Germany's Gabriel-Reuters – sept 1,15- yahoonews
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - The European Union is presenting itself in a "super-awkward and embarrassing" light with its handling of the refugee crisis confronting the bloc, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Tuesday.A crisis rivalling the Balkan wars of the 1990s as Europe's worst since World War Two has polarised and confounded the 28-member EU, which has no effective system to cope with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of poor and desperate people.Speaking to reporters in Cologne, Gabriel said it was problematic that some EU countries only actively joined in the project when they had money to gain, and did not take an active part in the community during difficult times.Some member state governments have refused to take in refugees and resisted EU proposals to agree a common plan to do more to deal with the crisis.German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that if EU members were not able to agree to a fair distribution of refugees, the Schengen zone of passport-free travel would be called into question.Gabriel, who leads Germany's Social Democrats, the junior partners in Merkel's ruling coalition, said that such an outcome would be a terrible blow for the EU."To give up open borders would be a gigantic step backwards in European history," he said in separate comments to the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper."With Greece, there is the risk of losing money. But now Europe is at risk of losing its decency."(Reporting by Matthias Inverardi; Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL AND THE WEST
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)(JORDAN) 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?
ISRAEL-WEST ENEMIES EZEK 38:4-6,15-19
4 And I (GOD) 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)
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts,(RUSSIA-ARAB/MUSLIMS) thou, and many people with thee,(AFRICAN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES) 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;
EZEKIEL 39:1-6 ISRAELS ENEMIES DESTROYED
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.
EU and US condemn Kiev violence-Kiev: The US rejected comparisons with last year's 'dignified' Maidan-By Andrew Rettman-sept 1,15-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:26-The EU and US have condemned violence in Kiev, which left one policeman dead and hospitalised more than 140 people on Monday (31 August).The worst injuries were caused when a grenade exploded in the crowd outside parliament, which was voting on a bill to give more power to regional governments.The man charged with the grenade attack, Ihor Humenyuk, is a 24-year old supporter of the nationalist Svoboda party who recently spent eight months on the front line in east Ukraine.Svoboda and the populist Radical Party organised the protests because, they say, the decentralisation law is the first step to autonomy for Russian-occupied parts of the Donbas region.The “constitutional amendments solidify the special status of Donbas and [represent an act of] capitulation to the Kremlin”, Svoboda said.It claimed the grenade attack was “a pre-planned provocation against Ukrainian patriots”.Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said on TV the bill is in line with EU demands for political reform and with the Minsk ceasefire plan.He said it amounts to “a meager line about the peculiarities of local self-governance”, compared to Russia’s demand for federalisation, which would have given its agents in Donbas a veto on the country's EU and Nato integration.He added that without the law “the fate of a pro-Ukrainian international coalition would be significantly undermined. Potential extension of economic sanctions that hurt the aggressor [Russia] would not be on the table”.Arsen Avakov, the interior minister, posted an emotional statement on Facebook.“ [Svoboda leader] Tyahnybok brought to the Verkhovna Rada [parliament] not protesters, Tyahnybok brought gangsters who killed and crippled our soldiers”, he said.MPs passed the bill, in its first reading, by 265 votes out of 400.But Monday’s violence is the worst in Kiev since the Maidan revolution last February.The Maidan saw activists from Svoboda and Right Sector, another nationalist group, take the lead in resistance against the former regime’s forces.But Right Sector is also causing problems for Ukraine’s internal stability.Clashes between Right Sector militias and the Ukrainian army near the Polish border in July, linked to control of cross-border smuggling, claimed two lives.For her part, EU foreign relations chief Federica Mogherini, said on Monday that Ukraine’s reform “process shouldn't be jeopardised by violence. Today's events are very worrying”.The German foreign ministry said: “Street violence is unacceptable under any circumstance, but violence against the decisions of an elected parliament is even more so”.The US State Department welcomed the vote as “an important step towards good governance”.It said people have a right to peaceful protests and that law enforcement agencies must “exercise restraint”.But it “deplored” the violence and rejected comparison with police brutality against the Maidan crowds.“By and large, yes, it [the Maidan] was a dignified, peaceful protest on behalf of the Ukrainian people”, Mark Toner, a US spokesman said.Of the 144 people hospitalised in Kiev on Monday, 10 are in a critical condition, the authorities said on Tuesday, AP reports.
Opinion-EU needs to step up its game in Ukraine-By Fredrik Wesslau-euobserver
BRUSSELS, 31. Aug, 09:28-The situation in Ukraine looks increasingly grim. The war in Donbas has intensified. And Moscow shows no sign of ending its support for its proxy rebels or withdrawing troops and heavy weapons from eastern Ukraine.The EU's relations with Russia and its eastern neighbours are on the agenda when EU foreign ministers and the high representative gather in Luxembourg on 4-5 September for their post-summer Gymnich.This discussion comes not a day too soon. The EU needs to urgently step up its game in Ukraine - or risk losing it. Here's what it needs to do.-Increase support for Ukraine reform-The most pressing challenge for Ukraine is not on the battlefield but in carrying out its massive reform agenda. The EU has provided substantial support to political and economic reform in Ukraine since the crisis began. Yet more is needed, especially in the area of macro-financial assistance.Ukraine avoided imminent default thanks to the agreement reached last week with private creditors to write off 20 percent of $18 billion of debt. But Ukraine still needs significantly more financing to stabilise the hryvnia and replenish its foreign reserves.Since the Maidan protests, only three member states have given bilateral loans. The European Commission has provided € 2.2 billion in loans to Ukraine.This is not enough.If the EU is serious about wanting Ukraine’s reform to succeed, the commission and member states must provide further loans to shore up Ukraine’s economy. Default would be devastating for Ukraine’s reform efforts and could lead to political instability.Robust security arrangements-The ceasefire provisions in the Minsk agreement have proven inadequate to contain the fighting.The OSCE mission reports daily shelling and clashes. The recent flare-up is the most serious since the Minsk agreement was signed in February. Almost 7,000 people have been killed since fighting began; some 1.4 million people have fled their homes.The EU should press for more robust security arrangements.The EU should also take another look at the possibility of a UN peacekeeping force for Ukraine. The OSCE monitoring mission plays an important role in reporting on ceasefire violations and as a deterrent on the warring parties. But this deterrence is weak especially since the separatists regularly deny the mission access to Donetsk and Luhansk.A UN peacekeeping force mandated with traditional separation-of-forces tasks, such as supervising the buffer zone on both sides of the line of contact, would provide greater deterrence and stabilisation.Russia has blocked previous attempts to obtain a UN Security Council mandate for a peacekeeping operation. But this is no reason to not try again.If Moscow, as it says, wants peace then it should have to explain why a peacekeeping force would not contribute to this. Using peacekeepers from Belarus might be an acceptable option for Moscow.Implementation of Minsk agreement-It is not only the ceasefire that is regularly being violated. The Minsk agreement’s political provisions also risk not being implemented. The EU should increase overall support for implementation and take a clear position on the agreement's various elements.One of the main challenges over the next few weeks will be dealing with local elections in Donbas.The agreement stipulates that local elections should be held under Ukrainian law, in accordance with relevant OSCE standards, and monitored by OSCE/ODIHR. The Moscow-controlled separatists, however, have declared that they will hold parallel elections outside Ukraine’s constitutional and legal framework.This would clearly be a violation of the Minsk agreement. It is also highly unlikely that elections organised by the separatists would be held in accordance with OSCE standards.These standards require a conducive atmosphere in which political parties and candidates can freely campaign and present their views. Freedom of media is a basic condition. It also requires an up-to-date electoral register; in the case of Donbas, eligible voters who have been forced to flee their homes should be included in the register.The EU needs to send a clear message to Russia and its proxies that local elections in Donbas must abide by the Minsk agreement.Anything else would be a violation of Minsk and risks undermining the already fragile peace process.-Ready to extend sanctions-The prospects for a complete implementation of the Minsk agreement by the agreed end-of-year deadline look increasingly poor.Discussions in the EU on whether Minsk has been implemented will intensify as the end of the year approaches. The EU should be ready for a scenario in which Russia and its proxy rebels have not lived up to their part of the bargain. This means preparing to extend the sectoral sanctions that are conditioned on Minsk implementation.Extending sanctions in case of non-implementation is not only about the EU's credibility as a peacemaker but also about the credibility of the Minsk agreement.This time around, the EU should consider open-ended sanctions conditioned on Minsk implementation rather than sanctions that have to be regularly renewed.This would send a powerful signal to Russia about the EU’s willingness to stay the course on Minsk. It would also deny Moscow the opportunity to split the Union every time sanctions are up for renewal.-Keep Crimea on the agenda-The annexation of Crimea has largely fallen off the agenda. There is a sense in many capitals that this issue is “too hard to handle” given the unlikelihood of a reversal any time soon. But not talking about it is not a solution.The annexation is too serious an issue to be left aside. The violation of fundamental principles, as set out in the UN Charter, Helsinki Final Act, and a host of other international treaties, deserves continued attention.It should be on the EU’s agenda with Russia, as well as with other states, in particular Brazil, China, and India. The EU should also review the sanctions linked to Crimea to plug any loopholes.Prepare for a fraught relationship with Russia for the long term-The EU has still to figure out how to deal with its “Russia problem”.This is not a problem that has come about by the EU’s policy towards Ukraine or the rest of the eastern Neighbourhood.It is a problem that originates in Moscow and in the decision to use force to annex territory and destabilise a country because it exercised its sovereign right to determine its political orientation. This amounts to a substantial challenge to core principles underpinning the European security order.The EU should not expect Russia to change its posture for the foreseeable future. A confrontational relationship with the EU and US suits the Kremlin and fits its narrative about how the West is pushing for regime change in Moscow. It also provides a convenient excuse for the failure to modernise Russia’s economy and be a relevant part of globalisation.Considerable staying power will be needed to deal with Russia’s revisionism.The best way to do this is to stay true to basic principles, push back when these principles are violated, and, in particular, reject the notion of spheres of influence. It also means that the EU should prioritise its support - both political and material - to the eastern neighbours that are serious about EU integration.Dialogue with Russia is of course necessary. But dialogue should not be diplomatic code for going back to business as usual.The EU should engage with Moscow - as many member states do - but remain firm on its principles.Fredrik Wesslau is director of the wider Europe programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, a UK-based think tank One policeman had his leg torn off below the knee by the grenade.
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 IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)
Britain's EU vote to ask 'remain or leave?'-Cameron is under pressure from eurosceptic rebels-By Eric Maurice-sept 1,15-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 18:51-The question UK voters will have to answer in the planned referendum on their country's membership of the EU will probably indicate a clear "remain or leave" alternative, the British government said on Tuesday (1 September).The office of prime minister David Cameron said the government would introduce an amendment to the EU referendum bill, after the Electoral Commission recommended a new wording to avoid favouring the pro-EU side.The commission recommended that the question should be: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?".The two possible answers should be "Remain a member of the European Union" or "Leave the European Union", the commission said in a report published Tuesday.-Concerns-According to the bill put forward to the House of Commons, the present question is "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?", with Yes or No as the possible answers."We have concerns about the proposed ‘yes/no’ question", the Electoral Commission said in its report.The commission explained that the consultation process showed that "there was clearly a strong perception that the proposed question in the bill is not neutral and would not lead to a fair outcome. This also led some respondents to warn that the legitimacy of the outcome would come under doubt"."These views raise concerns about the potential legitimacy, in the eyes of those campaigning to leave and some members of the public, of the referendum result - particularly if there was a vote to remain a member of the European Union".It added: "The referendum result should be one that all voters and referendum campaigners can accept and have confidence in. For that reason, we recommend changing the way the question is asked, that it is more neutral."The PM's office said that Cameron "will accept the Electoral Commission's recommendations and we will table an amendment to the bill accordingly".Rebellion-In recent months, the organisation of the referendum, which will take place before the end of 2017, has prompted backbench Tory opposition, with eurosceptic MPs accusing No.10 of bias.In June, 27 Tory rebels voted against Cameron's plan to scrap the purdah period during the referendum campaign.The purdah period refers to the four weeks before an election, when ministers and civil servants are forbidden from issuing political statements.The Tory rebels accused the PM of wanting to promote the Yes side.To alleviate concerns, the government then said it would not use public money to promote a Yes vote.Europe minister David Lidington wrote to every Tory MP to promise that "the campaign will be conducted throughout in a manner that all sides will see as fair".Cameron also ruled out the referendum will take place on the same day as the next Scottish election, on 5 May 2016, to placate MPs who said this too would favour Europe.The government amendment will likely be examined by the House of Commons on 7 September.
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.
Magnitude 4.2 quake strikes near Grand Coulee Dam in Washington-Reuters – sept 1,15-yahoonews
(Reuters) - A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck near Grand Coulee Dam, the largest U.S. hydropower facility, in northeastern Washington state on Tuesday, prompting an immediate inspection of the facility but leaving no visible damage, a spokeswoman said.Operations of the dam, which supplies electricity to 11 Western states, were not disrupted by the tremor 25 miles (40 km) north of the facility, according to the spokeswoman, Lynne Brougher of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the agency that runs the dam.(Reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Sandra Maler)
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
41 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2015-09-01 18:49:48 UTCShowing event times using UTC41 earthquakes in map area
3.4 67km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2015-09-01 18:23:30 UTC 130.7 km
4.7 82km SW of Yonakuni, Japan 2015-09-01 17:34:06 UTC 25.9 km
5.3 8km NNW of Acacoyagua, Mexico 2015-09-01 17:04:15 UTC 108.7 km
3.3 87km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-01 16:59:11 UTC 50.0 km
4.3 34km N of Coulee Dam, Washington 2015-09-01 16:42:45 UTC 9.7 km
5.0 Kermadec Islands region 2015-09-01 16:08:27 UTC 580.1 km
5.4 104km ENE of Iquique, Chile 2015-09-01 15:28:51 UTC 97.1 km
5.6 272km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan 2015-09-01 15:25:10 UTC 12.6 km
5.6 273km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan 2015-09-01 15:24:10 UTC 21.6 km
2.8 2km S of Moca, Puerto Rico 2015-09-01 15:18:30 UTC 24.0 km
2.9 4km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma 2015-09-01 15:05:34 UTC 5.6 km
4.3 140km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia 2015-09-01 14:08:38 UTC 129.8 km
4.2 49km SSE of Yunaska Island, Alaska 2015-09-01 13:52:42 UTC 25.4 km
3.4 86km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico 2015-09-01 13:30:50 UTC 34.0 km
4.4 250km E of Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland 2015-09-01 13:26:29 UTC 10.0 km
5.0 12km SW of Hualian, Taiwan 2015-09-01 13:24:45 UTC 20.8 km
2.5 12km SE of Challis, Idaho 2015-09-01 13:16:44 UTC 5.0 km
3.1 6km E of Caldwell, Kansas 2015-09-01 11:41:00 UTC 6.5 km
2.8 80km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-01 11:02:06 UTC 27.0 km
3.1 3km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma 2015-09-01 09:43:50 UTC 5.0 km
5.1 176km N of We, New Caledonia 2015-09-01 08:57:25 UTC 31.0 km
2.7 9km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico 2015-09-01 08:51:07 UTC 58.0 km
3.3 79km SW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-01 08:25:02 UTC 43.0 km
2.9 16km SE of Medford, Oklahoma 2015-09-01 08:12:58 UTC 1.7 km
2.7 118km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii 2015-09-01 06:16:02 UTC 7.3 km
3.1 71km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-01 06:15:07 UTC 30.0 km
3.2 45km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 2015-09-01 05:36:48 UTC 87.0 km
4.4 92km S of La Libertad, El Salvador 2015-09-01 05:09:30 UTC 38.9 km
4.9 47km E of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia 2015-09-01 04:48:09 UTC 81.3 km
2.6 42km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-01 04:31:56 UTC 9.0 km
2.5 7km ENE of Helena, Oklahoma 2015-09-01 03:07:32 UTC 5.7 km
2.9 113km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico 2015-09-01 02:59:58 UTC 40.0 km
3.7 20km E of Semdinli, Turkey 2015-09-01 02:33:24 UTC 27.2 km
2.7 16km SE of Medford, Oklahoma 2015-09-01 01:32:43 UTC 5.0 km
2.7 64km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-01 00:19:53 UTC 36.0 km
3.0 90km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska 2015-08-31 23:35:15 UTC 20.8 km
3.3 69km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-08-31 22:52:27 UTC 10.3 km
4.4 228km W of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia 2015-08-31 21:54:14 UTC 295.1 km
4.6 98km SW of Chirovanga, Solomon Islands 2015-08-31 21:49:06 UTC 138.2 km
3.1 70km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-08-31 21:26:17 UTC 10.2 km
2.9 3km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma 2015-08-31 20:00:12 UTC 3.6 km
SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences;(BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR) and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) 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)
Kurds suspect another chemical attack by Islamic State in Iraq-Reuters-sept 1,15-yahoonews
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday they suspected a homemade rocket fired by Islamic State at their peshmerga forces in northern Iraq contained chemical substances, accusing the Islamist insurgents of an increasing use of chemical weapons.The Kurdistan Region's Security Council (KRSC) said the attack had taken place along the front line north of Mosul on Aug. 31, and one peshmerga fighter was receiving treatment in hospital.A "considerable amount" of yellow smoke was produced, it said.Samples taken from the site of another attack earlier this year tested positive for chlorine, and at least two other incidents are being investigated."This is one of an increasing number of attacks in recent months suspected of carrying chemical substances," the KRSC said in a statement."We remain deeply concerned with the escalation and delivery method of these attacks, and urgently call on the International Coalition to provide protective equipment to peshmerga forces," it said, referring to the foreign powers, led by the United States, supporting the fight against Islamic State.The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague has expressed its concern about the alleged use of chemical weapons in the region but has said either Baghdad or the U.N. Security Council would have to make a request if the OPCW were to investigate.(Reporting by Isabel Coles and by Anthony Deutsch in Amsterdam; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
Satellite images confirm major temple destroyed in Syria's Palmyra: U.N-Reuters-sept 1,15-yahoonews
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Satellite images have confirmed the destruction of the Temple of Bel, which was one of the best preserved Roman-era sites in the Syrian city of Palmyra, a United Nations agency said, after activists said the hardline Islamic State group had targeted it.A comparison of before and after images shows the damage to the temple at the UNESCO World Heritage site, the Geneva-based United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) said."We can confirm the destruction of the main building of the Temple of Bel as well as a row of columns in its immediate vicinity," the agency said in an email.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group and other activists said on Sunday that Islamic State had destroyed part of the more than 2,000-year-old temple, one of Palmyra's most important monuments.This came a week after the militants blew up another smaller site in the central desert city.Palmyra was one of the most important cultural centers of the ancient world, according to cultural agency UNESCO, which has described it as the crossroads of several civilizations. Its main colonnaded street is 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) long and forms the monumental axis of the city.The head of UNESCO said in a statement the destruction of what it described "as one of the most important 1st Century religious monuments in the Middle East," was an "intolerable crime against civilization"."The power of culture is greater than that of all forms of extremism and nothing can stop it," Director-General Irina Bokova said."Whoever saw Palmyra remains forever marked by the memory of the city which embodies the dignity of the entire Syrian people and humanity's loftiest aspirations," she added.Information on events inside Palmyra has been patchy since the militants seized it from government forces in May. Activists say the fighters are closely monitoring communications inside the city.Islamic State has declared a caliphate in territory it holds across Syria and Iraq and has destroyed other monuments it says are pagan and sacrilegious.UNESCO has called such acts war crimes and says Islamic State seeks to wipe out evidence of Syria's diverse heritage.Before the capture of the city, Syrian officials said they had moved hundreds of ancient statues to safe locations.Last month Islamic State beheaded the guardian of Palmyra's ruins, Khaled al-Asaad, an 82-year-old Syrian archaeologist who had looked after the site for more than four decades, according to Syria's antiquities chief.(Reporting by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky/Hugh Lawson)
FALSE POPE FROM THE VATICAN
ISAIAH 23:15-17
15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.(COULD THIS BE 70 YEARS AFTER ISRAEL BECAME A NATION IN 1948)(IF SO THIS SATANIC ONE WORLD WHORE CHURCH WILL MINGLE TOGETHER BY 2018)(AND NOW ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY AND ALL RELIGIONS ARE MINGLING AS ONE PEACE-LOVE-JOY-GET ALONG RELIGION LEAD BY THE VATICAN RIGHT NOW 4 YEARS FROM THE 70 YEAR TIME WHEN ISRAEL BECAME A NATION).AND IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM.
REVELATION 13:11-13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he (FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADER) exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(BOMB OR NUKE THE VATICAN)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,(VATICAN) which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
ONLY JESUS CAN FORGIVE OUR SINS-NOT NO CATHOLIC BISHOPS OR POPE.
09/ 1/2015-Pope: “During the Jubilee all priests will be able to absolve faithful of the sin of abortion”-Pope Francis in the confessional-In a letter Francis has written to Fisichella , he states that Jubilee Indulgences will be granted in all prison chapels: the prison cell door will be like a Holy Door. Absolution will be fully valid, even when granted by priests from Lefebvre’s Fraternity of St. Pius X during confession. And faithful will be able to obtain the Jubilee Indulgence through works of mercy-ANDREA TORNIELLI-vatican insider
vatican city-During the Jubilee all priests will be able to absolve faithful of the sin of abortion during confession. Pope Francis has written a letter to Archbishop Rino Fisichela - President of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelisation and head of Jubilee initiatives - containing three significant new points that are being introduced on the occasion of the Extraordinary Holy Year of mercy.The new points mentioned in the letter dated 1 September are as follows: Point no. 1: All priests throughout the world, not just “missionaries of mercy”, will be able to absolve faithful of the sin of abortion during the Jubilee. Point no. 2: The Jubilee Indulgence will be granted not only in Rome’s basilicas and or in sanctuaries and the cathedrals of the various dioceses, but also in all prison chapels around the world. And lastly, point no.3: in order to encourage steps towards full communion with the Fraternity of St. Pius X founded by traditionalist archbishop Marcel lefebvre, Francis has written that sacramntal absolutions administered by priests of the Fraternity will be fully valid even if the individual who grants them does not ordinarily have the power and authority to do so.“One of the serious problems of our time,” the Pope writes in his letter to Fisichella, “is clearly the changed relationship with respect to life. A widespread and insensitive mentality has led to the loss of the proper personal and social sensitivity to welcome new life. The tragedy of abortion is experienced by some with a superficial awareness, as if not realizing the extreme harm that such an act entails. Many others, on the other hand, although experiencing this moment as a defeat, believe they they have no other option.”“I think in particular of all the women who have resorted to abortion. I am well aware of the pressure that has led them to this decision,” the letter goes on to say. “I know that it is an existential and moral ordeal. I have met so many women who bear in their heart the scar of this agonizing and painful decision. What has happened is profoundly unjust; yet only understanding the truth of it can enable one not to lose hope. The forgiveness of God cannot be denied to one who has repented, especially when that person approaches the Sacrament of Confession with a sincere heart in order to obtain reconciliation with the Father.”“For this reason too,” Francis adds, “I have decided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to concede to all priests for the Jubilee Year the discretion to absolve of the sin of abortion those who have procured it and who, with contrite heart, seek forgiveness for it. May priests fulfil this great task by expressing words of genuine welcome combined with a reflection that explains the gravity of the sin committed, besides indicating a path of authentic conversion by which to obtain the true and generous forgiveness of the Father who renews all with his presence.”The first decision clearly shows the Bishop of Rome’s will to allow as many people as possible to re-establish contact with the Church and the sacraments, without leaving anyone out. A woman who procures a successful abortion incurs an automatic latae sententiae excommunication (1398), as well as those who persuade her to go ahead with the abortion and and those who carry out or assist in the abortion, cannot ordinarily be absolved by just any confessor, but only by a bishop or certain priests appointed by him. On certain occasions, such as Lent or Advent, some bishops extend this faculty to all the priests in their diocese. Francis’ decision makes this faculty universal, allowing all confessors to pardon those who have had an abortion or procured an abortion.The second decision highlights the special attention Francis wishes to give to those behind bars, doing all that he can in order to ensure that inmates who would like to obtain a Jubilee Indulgence in prison, can.“My thoughts also turn to those incarcerated, whose freedom is limited,” Francis writes. “The Jubilee Year has always constituted an opportunity for great amnesty, which is intended to include the many people who, despite deserving punishment, have become conscious of the injustice they worked and sincerely wish to re-enter society and make their honest contribution to it.”“May they all be touched in a tangible way by the mercy of the Father who wants to be close to those who have the greatest need of his forgiveness. They may obtain the Indulgence in the chapels of the prisons. May the gesture of directing their thought and prayer to the Father each time they cross the threshold of their cell signify for them their passage through the Holy Door, because the mercy of God is able to transform hearts, and is also able to transform bars into an experience of freedom.”Finally, the third decision. Francis writes: “A final consideration concerns those faithful who for various reasons choose to attend churches officiated by priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X. This Jubilee Year of Mercy excludes no one. From various quarters, several Brother Bishops have told me of their good faith and sacramental practice, combined however with an uneasy situation from the pastoral standpoint. I trust that in the near future solutions may be found to recover full communion with the priests and superiors of the Fraternity.”“ In the meantime, motivated by the need to respond to the good of these faithful, through my own disposition, I establish that those who during the Holy Year of Mercy approach these priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation shall validly and licitly receive the absolution of their sins.”This is a gesture of mercy and of reaching out to the traditionalist priestly fraternity. Lefebvrian priests were never excommunicated and the latae sententiae excommunications incurred by their bishops for being ordained without a papal mandate, was rescinded by Benedict XVI. But Ratzinger himself made it clear that “until the doctrinal questions are clarified, the Society has no canonical status in the Church, and its ministers – even though they have been freed of the ecclesiastical penalty – do not legitimately exercise any ministry in the Church”. This means they do not have the power and authority to hear confession. Confession is the only sacrament which requires that the minister is not only legitimately ordained but also has the proper faculties to administer it.On the basis of canon 144 of the Code of Canon law, the Church always seeks to save faithful: “In common error, whether of fact or of law ... the Church supplies executive power of governance for both the external and the internal forum.” It is therefore assumed that faithful are not fully conscious of the irregular status of the Fraternity’s priests. In any case this is just a transitional phase and the current situation is not expected to continue for long. With the decision set out in his letter to Fisichella, Pope Francis – with the good of faithful at heart – grants full legitimacy to confessions administered by Lefebvrian priests during the Jubilee Year.In his letter to Fisichella, Francis stresses the conditions traditionally in place for faithful to be granted the Jubilee Indulgence: “a brief pilgrimage to the Holy Door, open in every Cathedral or in the churches designated by the Diocesan Bishop, and in the four Papal Basilicas in Rome, as a sign of the deep desire for true conversion; participation in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the celebration of the Holy Eucharist with a reflection on mercy; the accompaniment of these celebrations with the profession of faith and with prayer for the Pope and for the intentions that “[the Pope] bear[s] in his heart for the good of the Church and of the entire world”. The sick and those who are confined to the home and cannot therefore reach the Holy Door, will be granted the indulgence through prayer and by following the celebration via various means of communication.Francis highlights that the Jubilee Indulgence can also be obtained for the deceased and recalls the importance of spiritual and corporal works of mercy, adding that “each time that one of the faithful personally performs one or more of these actions, he or she shall surely obtain the Jubilee Indulgence”.
08/30/2015-Ratzinger at mass with former pupils: “The epidemic of the heart leads to corruption”-The Emeritus Pope said “inner hygiene” is key and “the truth, love and goodness that come from God, make man pure”-vatican insider staff-vatican insider
Turin-“The truth, love and goodness that come from God, make man pure and truth, love and goodness come together in the Word which brings liberates a world that no longer thinks of God from ‘forgetfulness’.” This was at the heart of the homily which the Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI pronounced during a mass he presided over this morning in the Teutonic Cemetery church in the Vatican. The mass was attended by members of the Schuelerkreis (Ratzinger’s “student circle”) and the New Schuelerkreis, who gathered at Castel Gandolfo in recent days to reflect on the theme “How to speak to God today”. The priest and philosopher Tomas Halik also participated. The news was posted on the Ratzinger Foundation website.Does not the evil that afflicts us come from the outside? This was the essence of the question posed by the Emeritus Pope in his German homily. We need to be cleansed of all the impurity that exists out there: “We could respond to the many illnesses and sometimes epidemics that threaten us, by maintaining an external cleanliness,” Benedict XVI said. It is important to care for our exterior in this way so that death does not prevail, the Emeritus Pope said. But this is not enough, he added, because there is also “the epidemic of the heart” to consider, that inner epidemic that “leads to corruption and other filth, the kind of filth that drives man to think only of himself and not of goodness.” So, aside from worship, ethos, “inner hygiene” in other words, also plays a decisive role: “What does a pure man do? What is the real power of purification? How does one come to have a cleansed heart?” Benedict XVI asked.“In another passage of the Gospel,” he continued, “the Lord says to his people: ‘You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you’.” So we become pure by means of the Word: “The Word is Jesus Christ himself and we come across the Word even in those who reflect It, those who show us the face of God and reflect his meekness, his humble heart, his simplicity, his lovingness, his sincerity.”The mass was followed by a ceremony for the inauguration of the “Pope Benedict-Joseph Ratzinger Hall”, which the Pope Emeritus blessed. The ceremony took place in the buildings adjacent to the Teutonic Cemetery. In his introductory speech, Mgr. Hans Peter Fischer, Rector of the Teutonic College, announced that a ceremony will be held on 18 November to mark the opening of the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Roman Library. The library is entirely dedicated to the works and life of Joseph Ratzinger as a scholar and a Pope and is housed inside the Library of the Teutonic College and of the Roman Institute of the Gorres Society in the Vatican.Present at today’s ceremony – amongst others – were cardinals Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna and Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Prefect of the Papal Household and personal secretary to Benedict XVI.
08/30/2015 -Bartholomew I joins Pope in denouncing climate change-Francis and Bartholomew I-In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation promoted “also by the Roman Catholic Church”, the Patriarch called on all those who perceive the risk of climate change, to speak out-vatican insider staff-vatican insider
Turin-“How many of us perceive the danger of climate change that is intensifying on our planet each day as a result of human actions. We raise our voices to warn against this and invite everyone to think about what can be done ‘to prevent life from dying out as a result of wealth’.” Patriarch Bartholomew I wrote this in a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, “an initiative of the Ecumenical Patriarch, which the Roman Catholic Church recently joined in”.The Patriarch quoted Pope Francis’ “Laudato Si’” encyclical, which denounces the slow but inescapable transformation of the earth into “an immense pile of filth” and affirmed that “this filth is not only material but mainly spiritual. This filth essentially comes from the emotions of human beings themselves.” What we are calling for, he explained, is for “inevitable physiological changes in the climate to take place and be allowed within the limits of human tolerance on the one hand - for mankind’s own survival - and of nature’s tolerance on the other - for its vitality.”“As Orthodox Christians,” Bartholomew added, addressing first and foremost the faithful of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, “with our firm faith in the Creator of all things, the Almighty Lord, we are called to act in an evangelical and apostolic way also with regards to the protection of all creation: that is, to bring to life the evangelical message in today’s disturbed world and to reawaken humans who have been through many trials from their spiritual slumber, using all sorts of creative means, and to transmit the message of hope and peace and real joy: a message of peace and joy of Christ.”
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Opinion-Why the world’s last true frontier is heating up fast-The Arctic is coming under the spotlight for reasons other than global warming-By Sijbren de Jong and Lucia van Geuns-sept 1,15-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:52-The Arctic is coming increasingly under the spotlight for reasons other than global warming.The region, home to some of the world’s largest undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves, is becoming a new frontier for a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West.On 24 August, Russia kicked off a series of large-scale military exercises in the Arctic. A week earlier, Moscow informed the United Nations that it had laid claim to a staggering 1.2 million square kilometres of the Arctic shelf.Russia also plans to reopen military bases it abandoned after the Soviet Union collapsed. Although the Kremlin insists its military moves are purely defensive, they come at a time of heightened tensions with the West over Ukraine that saw Russia increase its air patrols probing Nato’s borders, including in the Arctic.So, why is Russian President Vladimir Putin asserting his ground in the Arctic? Is this mere bluster to conceal a position of fear? Or are the Kremlin’s latest moves prompted by sheer economic necessity? The answer is both, and the West ought to be profoundly worried about it.Russia in a bind-Russia finds itself in a bind over Ukraine. Contrary to the rapid takeover of Crimea, the conflict in Donbass has been fought to a standstill. Moreover, it looks unlikely that Moscow is in a position to increase the size of the land currently controlled by the separatists. It simply cannot afford it.The collapse of the price of oil has ransacked the Russian economy, sent the Rouble into a nosedive, and ensured inflation is acting like it is 1999 again.The Kremlin’s decision to defy Western sanctions by imposing countermeasures of its own such as banning and destroying western food imports did not go down well with the Russian population.Putin’s approval rating – although at a level US President Barack Obama could only dream of – dipped due to the country’s sluggish economy and the Rouble’s freefall.By way of diversion from domestic troubles, what could be better than to demonstrate your country’s might?Although plausible, there is much more to Putin’s moves than meets the eye. The oil price rout has rocked the financial foundations of Russia’s state apparatus. Moscow’s traditional earning model, built on extensive oil and gas revenues, has come under severe stress as a result.This situation is amplified by the financial and sectoral sanctions imposed by the West.Major oil and gas companies, such as Rosneft and Gazprom, are deprived of invaluable technology to explore Arctic and unconventional oil and gas resources; something Russia will desperately rely on in the long term if it wishes to stay a leading oil and gas exporter. Some commentators openly wonder whether the recession in Russia will result in social upheaval.The pressure is certainly increasing, and recent reshuffles in the elite around Putin, such as the stepping down of Vladimir Yakunin, the powerful head of Russia’s state railways and long-time Putin confidant, may indeed suggest that changes are afoot.Rosneft recently saw four out of five of its requests for funding from Russia’s sovereign wealth fund denied. Gazprom, Russia’s national gas behemoth, is hardly in a more enviable position.China gas deal-Putin heralded the May 2014 gas deal with China as the pact of the century. However, given that the contract provides no protection against low oil prices, the project is already on the edge of loss-making.With a second pipeline to China postponed, the Middle Kingdom’s economic downturn effectively hammered the final nail into the coffin of Putin’s much-coveted Asia Pivot.The problem is that if Russia wishes to continue to be a leading oil and gas producer in the future, it must explore new oil and gas finds.Russia’s traditional Siberian fields are aging and its liquefied natural gas plans are taking a hit, with more and more supplies appearing from competitors. And now that China’s energy appetite has stalled, the prospects of the oil price picking up soon are negligible.If it is to survive, Russia needs other resources. These are found in the Arctic. For example, in September 2014, Exxon Mobil and Rosneft announced a major oil find in the Kara Sea, but cooperation had to be suspended due to the souring political climate.In other words, Putin’s sabre-rattling over the Arctic is not just about diverting attention away from a troubled economy at home; it is equally about securing the country’s - and the government’s – long-term future.Why the West should be worried-On 31 August, Obama embarked on a three-day tour of the Arctic, during which he addressed the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic.“Glacier”, as the conference is known, is a policy event that brings together Foreign Ministers of Arctic nations and key non-Arctic states, as well as scientists and policy-makers to discuss climate change in the region.Western nations tend to view the Arctic as part of the Global Commons. Given the high stakes described above, it is not clear whether Russia thinks the same. There are ample reasons as to why the West ought to be profoundly concerned about this. Moscow appears to be determined to militarise the region; something Western nations, at least for now, appear unwilling to rival.Also, should a kind of “arms race for the North” take off, there is a genuine risk that these kinds of demonstrations of might are misinterpreted and could trigger an actual conflict.More acutely perhaps, a Russia that is cash-strapped may ultimately decide to engage in Arctic oil and gas exploration “on the cheap” with all the associated risk for the safety of this pristine environment.In touring one of the world’s last true frontiers, Barack Obama would do wise to keep this firmly in mind.Sijbren de Jong is a Strategic Analyst with the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and Lucia van Geuns is an expert on international oil and gas markets with a particular interest in the Arctic.
KNOWLEGE INCREASED AND WORLD TRAVEL (IMMIGRATION) INCREASED
DANIEL 12:4
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION FROM FLEEING WARS) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS MICROCHIPS ETC)
Hungary U-turn on migrant trains prompts unrest-Police cleared the migrant camp at Budapest's main train station on Tuesday morning-By Eszter Zalan-sept 1,15-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 18:39-Hundreds of migrants in Budapest on Tuesday (1 September) demanded to be allowed to go to Germany, after authorities barred them from boarding trains heading west.The crowd of Syrian, Afghan, and Central Asian asylum seekers chanted “Freedom! Freedom!”, “Let us go!”, and “Germany! UN!”.Scuffles also broke out between the migrants and police.On Monday, hundreds of asylum seekers left Budapest for Austria and Germany.But in what appears to be a policy U-turn, police, on Tuesday morning, cordoned off the main train station in Budapest and cleared the migrants’ makeshift camps.They then let only people with proper travel documents on trains, but stopped the migrants, even if they had valid tickets.Almost none of the asylum seekers wants to stay in Hungary, with Germany the preferred destination.Under EU rules, they have to be registered at their point-of-entry into the EU. If they later surface elsewhere, they should be sent back to the country of registration.Berlin said last week it would let Syrian refugees stay in the country regardless of the EU protocol.But German chancellor Angela Merkel told Hungarian authorities they still have to register and process the asylum applications, in an attempt to clear up any misunderstanding.Zoltan Kovacs, the Hungarian government spokesman, did not confirm if Merkel’s comments caused Tuesday’s U-turn.But he told this website “the chancellor’s speech made it clear migrants cannot travel without proper papers”.For his part, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban is going to Brussels on Thursday to meet European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker to clarify the situation.“Every contradiction, which makes this situation more difficult, will be discussed”, said Kovacs, in thinly-veiled criticism of Germany.Speaking about Austria, he added: “We are protecting Europe’s borders. If we do everything we can, we are criticised for it, if we don’t, then Austria does what it does now".He spoke after Vienna reintroduced border controls on the Austria-Hungary border, which is in the EU’s passport-free Schengen area.Austria took the step after police found a truck on an Austrian motorway near Hungary, containing the bodies of 71 refugees who had suffocated.According to official data, 150,400 migrants have come to Hungary so far this year.The figure is triple the number for all of last year (45,000), which was already record-high.Budapest also summoned the Austrian ambassador on Tuesday after Austrian chancellor Werner Faymann condemned Hungary’s prior decision to let the asylum seekers onto trains.Faymann, speaking on state broadcaster ORF on Monday, had said: “Allowing them to simply board in Budapest ... and watching as they are taken to a neighbour [Austria] - that's not politics”.Hungary has also attracted EU criticism for building a razor-wire fence on its border with Serbia.Orban and Weymann, are the only two EU leaders who have refused to take part in the European Commission’s voluntary scheme to relocate asylum seekers and refugees.Following his Juncker meeting, Orban will also meet with Czech, Polish, and Slovak leaders in Prague on Friday.The mini summit is designed to reiterate opposition to any binding EU relocation plan.
Europe embarrassing itself with refugee crisis - Germany's Gabriel-Reuters – sept 1,15- yahoonews
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - The European Union is presenting itself in a "super-awkward and embarrassing" light with its handling of the refugee crisis confronting the bloc, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Tuesday.A crisis rivalling the Balkan wars of the 1990s as Europe's worst since World War Two has polarised and confounded the 28-member EU, which has no effective system to cope with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of poor and desperate people.Speaking to reporters in Cologne, Gabriel said it was problematic that some EU countries only actively joined in the project when they had money to gain, and did not take an active part in the community during difficult times.Some member state governments have refused to take in refugees and resisted EU proposals to agree a common plan to do more to deal with the crisis.German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that if EU members were not able to agree to a fair distribution of refugees, the Schengen zone of passport-free travel would be called into question.Gabriel, who leads Germany's Social Democrats, the junior partners in Merkel's ruling coalition, said that such an outcome would be a terrible blow for the EU."To give up open borders would be a gigantic step backwards in European history," he said in separate comments to the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper."With Greece, there is the risk of losing money. But now Europe is at risk of losing its decency."(Reporting by Matthias Inverardi; Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL AND THE WEST
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)(JORDAN) 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?
ISRAEL-WEST ENEMIES EZEK 38:4-6,15-19
4 And I (GOD) 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)
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts,(RUSSIA-ARAB/MUSLIMS) thou, and many people with thee,(AFRICAN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES) 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;
EZEKIEL 39:1-6 ISRAELS ENEMIES DESTROYED
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.
EU and US condemn Kiev violence-Kiev: The US rejected comparisons with last year's 'dignified' Maidan-By Andrew Rettman-sept 1,15-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:26-The EU and US have condemned violence in Kiev, which left one policeman dead and hospitalised more than 140 people on Monday (31 August).The worst injuries were caused when a grenade exploded in the crowd outside parliament, which was voting on a bill to give more power to regional governments.The man charged with the grenade attack, Ihor Humenyuk, is a 24-year old supporter of the nationalist Svoboda party who recently spent eight months on the front line in east Ukraine.Svoboda and the populist Radical Party organised the protests because, they say, the decentralisation law is the first step to autonomy for Russian-occupied parts of the Donbas region.The “constitutional amendments solidify the special status of Donbas and [represent an act of] capitulation to the Kremlin”, Svoboda said.It claimed the grenade attack was “a pre-planned provocation against Ukrainian patriots”.Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said on TV the bill is in line with EU demands for political reform and with the Minsk ceasefire plan.He said it amounts to “a meager line about the peculiarities of local self-governance”, compared to Russia’s demand for federalisation, which would have given its agents in Donbas a veto on the country's EU and Nato integration.He added that without the law “the fate of a pro-Ukrainian international coalition would be significantly undermined. Potential extension of economic sanctions that hurt the aggressor [Russia] would not be on the table”.Arsen Avakov, the interior minister, posted an emotional statement on Facebook.“ [Svoboda leader] Tyahnybok brought to the Verkhovna Rada [parliament] not protesters, Tyahnybok brought gangsters who killed and crippled our soldiers”, he said.MPs passed the bill, in its first reading, by 265 votes out of 400.But Monday’s violence is the worst in Kiev since the Maidan revolution last February.The Maidan saw activists from Svoboda and Right Sector, another nationalist group, take the lead in resistance against the former regime’s forces.But Right Sector is also causing problems for Ukraine’s internal stability.Clashes between Right Sector militias and the Ukrainian army near the Polish border in July, linked to control of cross-border smuggling, claimed two lives.For her part, EU foreign relations chief Federica Mogherini, said on Monday that Ukraine’s reform “process shouldn't be jeopardised by violence. Today's events are very worrying”.The German foreign ministry said: “Street violence is unacceptable under any circumstance, but violence against the decisions of an elected parliament is even more so”.The US State Department welcomed the vote as “an important step towards good governance”.It said people have a right to peaceful protests and that law enforcement agencies must “exercise restraint”.But it “deplored” the violence and rejected comparison with police brutality against the Maidan crowds.“By and large, yes, it [the Maidan] was a dignified, peaceful protest on behalf of the Ukrainian people”, Mark Toner, a US spokesman said.Of the 144 people hospitalised in Kiev on Monday, 10 are in a critical condition, the authorities said on Tuesday, AP reports.
Opinion-EU needs to step up its game in Ukraine-By Fredrik Wesslau-euobserver
BRUSSELS, 31. Aug, 09:28-The situation in Ukraine looks increasingly grim. The war in Donbas has intensified. And Moscow shows no sign of ending its support for its proxy rebels or withdrawing troops and heavy weapons from eastern Ukraine.The EU's relations with Russia and its eastern neighbours are on the agenda when EU foreign ministers and the high representative gather in Luxembourg on 4-5 September for their post-summer Gymnich.This discussion comes not a day too soon. The EU needs to urgently step up its game in Ukraine - or risk losing it. Here's what it needs to do.-Increase support for Ukraine reform-The most pressing challenge for Ukraine is not on the battlefield but in carrying out its massive reform agenda. The EU has provided substantial support to political and economic reform in Ukraine since the crisis began. Yet more is needed, especially in the area of macro-financial assistance.Ukraine avoided imminent default thanks to the agreement reached last week with private creditors to write off 20 percent of $18 billion of debt. But Ukraine still needs significantly more financing to stabilise the hryvnia and replenish its foreign reserves.Since the Maidan protests, only three member states have given bilateral loans. The European Commission has provided € 2.2 billion in loans to Ukraine.This is not enough.If the EU is serious about wanting Ukraine’s reform to succeed, the commission and member states must provide further loans to shore up Ukraine’s economy. Default would be devastating for Ukraine’s reform efforts and could lead to political instability.Robust security arrangements-The ceasefire provisions in the Minsk agreement have proven inadequate to contain the fighting.The OSCE mission reports daily shelling and clashes. The recent flare-up is the most serious since the Minsk agreement was signed in February. Almost 7,000 people have been killed since fighting began; some 1.4 million people have fled their homes.The EU should press for more robust security arrangements.The EU should also take another look at the possibility of a UN peacekeeping force for Ukraine. The OSCE monitoring mission plays an important role in reporting on ceasefire violations and as a deterrent on the warring parties. But this deterrence is weak especially since the separatists regularly deny the mission access to Donetsk and Luhansk.A UN peacekeeping force mandated with traditional separation-of-forces tasks, such as supervising the buffer zone on both sides of the line of contact, would provide greater deterrence and stabilisation.Russia has blocked previous attempts to obtain a UN Security Council mandate for a peacekeeping operation. But this is no reason to not try again.If Moscow, as it says, wants peace then it should have to explain why a peacekeeping force would not contribute to this. Using peacekeepers from Belarus might be an acceptable option for Moscow.Implementation of Minsk agreement-It is not only the ceasefire that is regularly being violated. The Minsk agreement’s political provisions also risk not being implemented. The EU should increase overall support for implementation and take a clear position on the agreement's various elements.One of the main challenges over the next few weeks will be dealing with local elections in Donbas.The agreement stipulates that local elections should be held under Ukrainian law, in accordance with relevant OSCE standards, and monitored by OSCE/ODIHR. The Moscow-controlled separatists, however, have declared that they will hold parallel elections outside Ukraine’s constitutional and legal framework.This would clearly be a violation of the Minsk agreement. It is also highly unlikely that elections organised by the separatists would be held in accordance with OSCE standards.These standards require a conducive atmosphere in which political parties and candidates can freely campaign and present their views. Freedom of media is a basic condition. It also requires an up-to-date electoral register; in the case of Donbas, eligible voters who have been forced to flee their homes should be included in the register.The EU needs to send a clear message to Russia and its proxies that local elections in Donbas must abide by the Minsk agreement.Anything else would be a violation of Minsk and risks undermining the already fragile peace process.-Ready to extend sanctions-The prospects for a complete implementation of the Minsk agreement by the agreed end-of-year deadline look increasingly poor.Discussions in the EU on whether Minsk has been implemented will intensify as the end of the year approaches. The EU should be ready for a scenario in which Russia and its proxy rebels have not lived up to their part of the bargain. This means preparing to extend the sectoral sanctions that are conditioned on Minsk implementation.Extending sanctions in case of non-implementation is not only about the EU's credibility as a peacemaker but also about the credibility of the Minsk agreement.This time around, the EU should consider open-ended sanctions conditioned on Minsk implementation rather than sanctions that have to be regularly renewed.This would send a powerful signal to Russia about the EU’s willingness to stay the course on Minsk. It would also deny Moscow the opportunity to split the Union every time sanctions are up for renewal.-Keep Crimea on the agenda-The annexation of Crimea has largely fallen off the agenda. There is a sense in many capitals that this issue is “too hard to handle” given the unlikelihood of a reversal any time soon. But not talking about it is not a solution.The annexation is too serious an issue to be left aside. The violation of fundamental principles, as set out in the UN Charter, Helsinki Final Act, and a host of other international treaties, deserves continued attention.It should be on the EU’s agenda with Russia, as well as with other states, in particular Brazil, China, and India. The EU should also review the sanctions linked to Crimea to plug any loopholes.Prepare for a fraught relationship with Russia for the long term-The EU has still to figure out how to deal with its “Russia problem”.This is not a problem that has come about by the EU’s policy towards Ukraine or the rest of the eastern Neighbourhood.It is a problem that originates in Moscow and in the decision to use force to annex territory and destabilise a country because it exercised its sovereign right to determine its political orientation. This amounts to a substantial challenge to core principles underpinning the European security order.The EU should not expect Russia to change its posture for the foreseeable future. A confrontational relationship with the EU and US suits the Kremlin and fits its narrative about how the West is pushing for regime change in Moscow. It also provides a convenient excuse for the failure to modernise Russia’s economy and be a relevant part of globalisation.Considerable staying power will be needed to deal with Russia’s revisionism.The best way to do this is to stay true to basic principles, push back when these principles are violated, and, in particular, reject the notion of spheres of influence. It also means that the EU should prioritise its support - both political and material - to the eastern neighbours that are serious about EU integration.Dialogue with Russia is of course necessary. But dialogue should not be diplomatic code for going back to business as usual.The EU should engage with Moscow - as many member states do - but remain firm on its principles.Fredrik Wesslau is director of the wider Europe programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, a UK-based think tank One policeman had his leg torn off below the knee by the grenade.
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 IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)
Britain's EU vote to ask 'remain or leave?'-Cameron is under pressure from eurosceptic rebels-By Eric Maurice-sept 1,15-euobserver
BRUSSELS, Today, 18:51-The question UK voters will have to answer in the planned referendum on their country's membership of the EU will probably indicate a clear "remain or leave" alternative, the British government said on Tuesday (1 September).The office of prime minister David Cameron said the government would introduce an amendment to the EU referendum bill, after the Electoral Commission recommended a new wording to avoid favouring the pro-EU side.The commission recommended that the question should be: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?".The two possible answers should be "Remain a member of the European Union" or "Leave the European Union", the commission said in a report published Tuesday.-Concerns-According to the bill put forward to the House of Commons, the present question is "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?", with Yes or No as the possible answers."We have concerns about the proposed ‘yes/no’ question", the Electoral Commission said in its report.The commission explained that the consultation process showed that "there was clearly a strong perception that the proposed question in the bill is not neutral and would not lead to a fair outcome. This also led some respondents to warn that the legitimacy of the outcome would come under doubt"."These views raise concerns about the potential legitimacy, in the eyes of those campaigning to leave and some members of the public, of the referendum result - particularly if there was a vote to remain a member of the European Union".It added: "The referendum result should be one that all voters and referendum campaigners can accept and have confidence in. For that reason, we recommend changing the way the question is asked, that it is more neutral."The PM's office said that Cameron "will accept the Electoral Commission's recommendations and we will table an amendment to the bill accordingly".Rebellion-In recent months, the organisation of the referendum, which will take place before the end of 2017, has prompted backbench Tory opposition, with eurosceptic MPs accusing No.10 of bias.In June, 27 Tory rebels voted against Cameron's plan to scrap the purdah period during the referendum campaign.The purdah period refers to the four weeks before an election, when ministers and civil servants are forbidden from issuing political statements.The Tory rebels accused the PM of wanting to promote the Yes side.To alleviate concerns, the government then said it would not use public money to promote a Yes vote.Europe minister David Lidington wrote to every Tory MP to promise that "the campaign will be conducted throughout in a manner that all sides will see as fair".Cameron also ruled out the referendum will take place on the same day as the next Scottish election, on 5 May 2016, to placate MPs who said this too would favour Europe.The government amendment will likely be examined by the House of Commons on 7 September.
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.
Magnitude 4.2 quake strikes near Grand Coulee Dam in Washington-Reuters – sept 1,15-yahoonews
(Reuters) - A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck near Grand Coulee Dam, the largest U.S. hydropower facility, in northeastern Washington state on Tuesday, prompting an immediate inspection of the facility but leaving no visible damage, a spokeswoman said.Operations of the dam, which supplies electricity to 11 Western states, were not disrupted by the tremor 25 miles (40 km) north of the facility, according to the spokeswoman, Lynne Brougher of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the agency that runs the dam.(Reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Sandra Maler)
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
41 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2015-09-01 18:49:48 UTCShowing event times using UTC41 earthquakes in map area
3.4 67km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2015-09-01 18:23:30 UTC 130.7 km
4.7 82km SW of Yonakuni, Japan 2015-09-01 17:34:06 UTC 25.9 km
5.3 8km NNW of Acacoyagua, Mexico 2015-09-01 17:04:15 UTC 108.7 km
3.3 87km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-01 16:59:11 UTC 50.0 km
4.3 34km N of Coulee Dam, Washington 2015-09-01 16:42:45 UTC 9.7 km
5.0 Kermadec Islands region 2015-09-01 16:08:27 UTC 580.1 km
5.4 104km ENE of Iquique, Chile 2015-09-01 15:28:51 UTC 97.1 km
5.6 272km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan 2015-09-01 15:25:10 UTC 12.6 km
5.6 273km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan 2015-09-01 15:24:10 UTC 21.6 km
2.8 2km S of Moca, Puerto Rico 2015-09-01 15:18:30 UTC 24.0 km
2.9 4km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma 2015-09-01 15:05:34 UTC 5.6 km
4.3 140km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia 2015-09-01 14:08:38 UTC 129.8 km
4.2 49km SSE of Yunaska Island, Alaska 2015-09-01 13:52:42 UTC 25.4 km
3.4 86km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico 2015-09-01 13:30:50 UTC 34.0 km
4.4 250km E of Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland 2015-09-01 13:26:29 UTC 10.0 km
5.0 12km SW of Hualian, Taiwan 2015-09-01 13:24:45 UTC 20.8 km
2.5 12km SE of Challis, Idaho 2015-09-01 13:16:44 UTC 5.0 km
3.1 6km E of Caldwell, Kansas 2015-09-01 11:41:00 UTC 6.5 km
2.8 80km N of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-01 11:02:06 UTC 27.0 km
3.1 3km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma 2015-09-01 09:43:50 UTC 5.0 km
5.1 176km N of We, New Caledonia 2015-09-01 08:57:25 UTC 31.0 km
2.7 9km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico 2015-09-01 08:51:07 UTC 58.0 km
3.3 79km SW of Atka, Alaska 2015-09-01 08:25:02 UTC 43.0 km
2.9 16km SE of Medford, Oklahoma 2015-09-01 08:12:58 UTC 1.7 km
2.7 118km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii 2015-09-01 06:16:02 UTC 7.3 km
3.1 71km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-01 06:15:07 UTC 30.0 km
3.2 45km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 2015-09-01 05:36:48 UTC 87.0 km
4.4 92km S of La Libertad, El Salvador 2015-09-01 05:09:30 UTC 38.9 km
4.9 47km E of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia 2015-09-01 04:48:09 UTC 81.3 km
2.6 42km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-01 04:31:56 UTC 9.0 km
2.5 7km ENE of Helena, Oklahoma 2015-09-01 03:07:32 UTC 5.7 km
2.9 113km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico 2015-09-01 02:59:58 UTC 40.0 km
3.7 20km E of Semdinli, Turkey 2015-09-01 02:33:24 UTC 27.2 km
2.7 16km SE of Medford, Oklahoma 2015-09-01 01:32:43 UTC 5.0 km
2.7 64km NNW of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-01 00:19:53 UTC 36.0 km
3.0 90km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska 2015-08-31 23:35:15 UTC 20.8 km
3.3 69km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-08-31 22:52:27 UTC 10.3 km
4.4 228km W of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia 2015-08-31 21:54:14 UTC 295.1 km
4.6 98km SW of Chirovanga, Solomon Islands 2015-08-31 21:49:06 UTC 138.2 km
3.1 70km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-08-31 21:26:17 UTC 10.2 km
2.9 3km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma 2015-08-31 20:00:12 UTC 3.6 km
