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)DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN ( 500 million DEAD )
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 billion) of (8 billion) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500 million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
/11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye chil dren of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
AS OF AUGUST 24,20-THERE ARE 975,626 DEATHS OF THE 22,792,475 COVID-19 CASES WORLDWIDE.
Trudeau, Ford announce partnership with 3M as Ontario records another 131 cases of COVID-19-[CBC]-August 21, 2020
Premier Doug Ford urged Ontarians not to let their guard down for a second amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced 3M Canada would produce personal protective equipment, including N95 masks, at an expanded facility in Brockville, Ont.Ford called the announcement, first reported Thursday by CBC News, one of the proudest moments of his time as premier.Earlier in the pandemic, the province was left scrambling to acquire more PPE with just one week of supplies left.ord said today's announcement will stop that from happening again."Back in April, I made a promise...That we would never, never again be left at the mercy again of other countries for this critical PPE," said Ford. The plant is expected to deliver 25 million masks to the federal government and another 25 million for Ontario. Production is set to begin early next year. 131 new COVID-19 cases Friday-Ontario recorded a total of 131 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, which includes the missing numbers from the previous day's data glitch.In a series of tweets on Thursday, Health Minister Christine Elliott said Thursday's actual number of confirmed cases was likely higher than the reported 76.The missing data, from 11 public health units across the province, has now been added to Friday's count. "Because of the data gap yesterday, today's number is an overestimation of daily counts," Elliott tweeted. The units whose COVID-19 data wasn't captured Thursday included:Algoma-Brant County-Chatham-Kent-HamiltoN-Niagara-Peterborough-Simcoe Muskoka-Southwestern-SudburY-Timiskaming-Windsor-Essex-The province has now seen a total of 41,179 confirmed cases of the virus since the outbreak first began in late January.More than 28,000 tests were processed in the last 24 hours, the province says.Of the 131 new cases, Ottawa, Peel, and Toronto had highest number of daily cases counts on Friday with 37, 21, and 25, respectively.There are currently 986 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, a slight increase from yesterday's total of 964.Of those, 35 are being treated in the hospital, including 13 patients in the ICU and seven are on ventilators. It's only the fourth time the number of patients requiring a ventilator has fallen into single digits since the province began reporting that data on April 1.Ontario's official COVID-19 death toll grew by three, sitting now at 2,796. However, a CBC News count based on data from public health units puts the actual toll at 2,831.
13 Thou shalt not kill.(Murder)(THAT INCLUDES ABORTION)
MATTHEW 18:6
6 But whoso shall offend (HURT) one of these little ones (CHILDREN) which believe in me,(JESUS) it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.(THATS THE DEATH PENALTY FOLKS)
EXODUS 21:12
12 He that smiteth (MURDER)a man,(OR BABY) so that he die, shall be surely put to death.(THATS THE DEATH PENALTY PEOPLE)
REVELATION 9:20-21
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils,(OCCULT) and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries,(DRUG ADDICTIONS) nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)
IN REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV 17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)
ISAIAH 34:10
10 It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32 And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)
COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AMERICA)
Australian watchdog slams online sellers for ‘Make Israel Palestine Again’ shirt-Anti-Defamation Commission says Etsy, Redbubble ‘should not provide a forum for anyone who is employing genocidal language targeting Jews’-By TOI staff-AUG 22,20-Today, 12:53 pm
An Australian anti-racism organization on Friday harshly criticized two online retailers for selling shirts it said were calling for the destruction of Israel.The Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), which describes itself as “Australia’s leading anti-hate organization” said that Australian-based seller Redbubble, as well as Etsy, were allowing the sale of shirts with the slogan “Make Israel Palestine Again.”Additionally, Etsy was said to sell a shirt depicting a map including Israel, the West Bank and Gaza with the word “Palestine” printed across it.It was unclear if the shirts violated any policies of the retailers.“These shirts, plainly and simply, call for the elimination of Israel and its replacement with a Palestinian state. Any product that explicitly promotes the destruction of a country which is home to nearly 50 percent of the world’s Jews is anti-Semitism of the worst kind and is beyond the pale,” said Dvir Abramovich, chair of the ADC. “And while people are free to produce such materials, Etsy and Redbubble should not provide a forum for anyone who is employing genocidal language targeting Jews.”Last year Redbubble came under fire for selling items with a “Zyklon B” parody logo printed on them.At the time a Redbubble spokesperson said the platform was working to ensure offensive products don’t remain on the site.
Gaza terror groups: Tel Aviv will burn if targeted killings are renewed-Organizations said to tell Israel via intermediaries it would be an ‘act of war,’ after Gantz, PM hint at return to policy; balloon-borne devices spark 7 fires-By TOI staff-AUG 22,20-Today, 11:41 am
Gaza terror groups have warned Israel against returning to a policy of targeted killings, saying there would be a large and coordinated response including thousands of missiles fired at Tel Aviv, a Lebanese newspaper reported on Saturday.Sources told the pro-Hezbollah Al-Akhbar newspaper that the “Joint Operations Room” of Gaza factions notified Israel, via intermediaries, that “it would respond in a large and strong way” in the event that Israel carried out an assassination.The report said it would be seen as a declaration of war “in which the resistance would burn Tel Aviv with thousands of missiles as well as things the occupation does not expect.”The targeted killing of a Palestinian leader in Gaza is a rare event but both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz have hinted at a possible return to the policy, with the latter warning on Thursday that the IDF was able to hit human targets as well as buildings and terror infrastructure.Gantz on Friday additionally warned the terror groups in Gaza that the IDF will deliver a “very harsh blow” if violence continues.“The IDF is ready, it defends and will continue to defend the residents of the south and will attack anyone who attacks us and deliver a very harsh blow,” Gantz said after a meeting with senior IDF officers.IDF chief of staff Aviv Kohavi met with the heads of the Southern Command and “heard a situational assessment and authorized the command’s plans for various scenarios,” the IDF said. Gantz joined the briefing via video conference.Saturday morning saw a renewal of fires in the south caused by incendiary balloons launched from Gaza toward Israel with seven blazes reported, including one in a greenhouse in Moshav Netiv Ha’Asara.Over the past few weeks, terrorists in the enclave have again begun launching balloon-borne incendiary and explosive devices into southern Israel, sparking dozens of fires that caused environmental and property damage in the region. Those attacks have drawn daily retaliatory Israeli strikes against Hamas installations.An Israeli man works to extinguish a fire on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza, August 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)-Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at Israel on Friday evening that was intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system, the army said. There were no reports of injuries or damage.The Israel Defense Forces said sirens went off in the town of Sderot and in Kibbutz Ivim. The IDF said one launch was identified and intercepted.The IDF said as morning broke on Saturday that it had attacked Hamas positions in response to the rocket fire.On Friday night, police removed a balloon with an incendiary device from the roof of a house in the city of Beersheba. While arson balloons have ignited scores of fires in parts of Israel adjacent to Gaza in recent weeks, Beersheba is located over 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Strip.Friday’s sirens came as Israel and the Hamas terror group traded threats after 12 rockets were fired toward Israel overnight Thursday-Friday. Israeli warplanes carried out three rounds of reprisal strikes following the barrage.Smoke rises in the distance after war planes belonging to the Israeli army carried out airstrikes over Khan Yunis, in the Southern Gaza Strip early morning on August 21, 2020. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)-The rockets marked a major escalation, even as tensions have ramped up over the past several weeks with sporadic rocket fire and hundreds of balloons carrying incendiary devices being launched toward Israel, drawing near-daily Israeli reprisal fire.A home in the southern Israeli town of Sderot sustained considerable damage in one of the attacks.Pictures of the home showed a kitchen blown apart, windows smashed and large holes in walls and the roof. Reports indicated that the damage was likely caused by shrapnel from an interception.The owner of the home said he believed he and his wife miraculously escaped after warning sirens failed to wake them.The IDF boosted the number of Iron Dome batteries in the south of the country in response to the uptick in violence.It also ordered the cessation of agricultural work near the border fence with the enclave until further notice.The apparent uptick in fighting late Thursday and early Friday comes amid truce efforts being brokered by Egypt.A ceasefire in place for years, which has already been renewed several times, is bolstered by millions of dollars in financial aid from Qatar to Gaza. But complaints from Hamas that Israel has failed to live up to its side of the bargain have been accompanied by sporadic flare-ups on the border.AFP contributed to this report.
Lebanon’s Beirut blast shatters taboos around Hezbollah-The Times of Israel-Terror group no longer seen as untouchable, but instead as complicit in the corruption that led to deadly Beirut port explosion-By AFP-AUG 22,20-Today, 10:28 am 0
BEIRUT — Hezbollah’s emphatic defense of the political status quo in Lebanon has exposed it since the deadly Beirut blast to levels of public contempt and anger it was once shielded from.The terror group remains the dominant player in Lebanon, but the special status it enjoyed and the fear it instilled were torn down by the explosion.In a scene that was almost unthinkable only a few months ago, an image of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was among the cardboard cutouts protesters hanged from their mock gallows this month.“In the hours that followed the explosion, many blamed Hezbollah,” said Fares al-Halabi, who has been active since an unprecedented anti-government protest movement that erupted in October 2019.A cardboard cutout of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group, is hung in a noose by Lebanese protesters in downtown Beirut on August 8, 2020, during a demonstration against a political leadership they blame for a monster explosion that killed more than 150 people and disfigured the capital Beirut. (AFP)-Last year, he said, “there had been a tacit agreement among the revolutionary camp not to raise the issue of Hezbollah and of its weapons.”The group is the only faction to have kept its weapons long after the 1975 to 1990 civil war. Its military might rivals the state’s and is seen by many as one of the main obstacles to democratic reform.The verdict of a special court based in The Netherlands on Tuesday found a Hezbollah member, Salim Ayyash, guilty in absentia of murder over the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafic Hariri, a Sunni.The investigation did not establish a direct link with Hezbollah’s leadership but it stressed the evidently political nature of the crime.“Hezbollah operatives do not freelance,” was how US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo put it.By jumping into the mainstream political swamp, the militia group has exposed itself to being held responsible, if not accountable, for the shortcomings of the state.Whatever investigations come to reveal of what triggered the August 4 port blast that killed more than 180 people, many Lebanese already agree one thing: that their entire corrupt ruling elite is the real culprit.Whoever may have owned the stock of ammonium nitrate that blew up and devastated swathes of Beirut, the main powerbrokers of a system that Hezbollah dominates and protects all knew about it.When protesters, in a rare show of non-sectarian unity, last year sought to bring down the system, it was Hezbollah that came to the rescue of Lebanon’s reviled class of hereditary political barons.In this October 29, 2019 file photo, supporters of the Shiite Hezbollah terror group burn tents in the camp set up by anti-government protesters near the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)-‘De-facto ruler’“To me that was a significant move. Hezbollah could have shielded itself from this role but chose to protect this house that’s collapsing,” said Sami Atallah, who heads the Lebanese Centre for Policy Studies.Hezbollah has long enjoyed some level of popular legitimacy over its history of wars against Israel, which has spared it some of the spite directed at other parties.The fervor surrounding Nasrallah as a religious leader also created a lese-majeste rule that made his fiercest opponents think twice about voicing their opinions with the same bravado they would use against other politicians.That restraint was laid to rest after the August 4 deadly blast as an angry public let rip at their political leadership, Nasrallah included, in ways not seen before.Anti-government protesters near the Lebanese parliament building, a week after the massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, August 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)Many Lebanese saw the explosion as the starkest evidence yet that corruption kills. Tongues have loosened now and ridiculing Hezbollah is no longer sacrilege.A widely shared meme had a screen grab of Nasrallah choking back tears over the killing of Iranian spymaster Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike in Iraq earlier this year, contrasting with another of him looking composed and smiling after the Beirut blast.Lebanon’s worst peacetime disaster left more than 6,000 people wounded and maimed, 70,000 jobless, and hundreds of thousands without a home.Many victims said they will never forgive the state for failing to prevent the blast, and also for failing to respond adequately.Activist Naji Abou Khalil said that before the explosion “Hezbollah had managed to cast itself as an anti-establishment party.”Hezbollah fighters stand in formation at a rally to mark Jerusalem Day or Al-Quds Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)“Now Hezbollah’s image as a governing party like any other dominates that of the resistance party,” said Abou Khalil, also an executive committee member of the reformist and secular National Bloc party.Hezbollah long had the best of both worlds, wielding considerable behind-the-scenes power without having to answer publicly for its decisions.Now it is finding that being the boss comes with drawbacks, Halabi said of the movement which dominates parliament and government with its allies.“Hezbollah is the de-facto ruler and everything that happens falls under its authority, and the… ruler is always the one who bears responsibility for any negative consequences that occur,” he said.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Preachers, soldiers, a long-lost skull: Unearthing Mt. Zion Protestant cemetery-The historic Jerusalem graveyard is home to the remains of Royal Engineers, missionaries, archaeologists and philanthropists, and built atop remnants of the Second Temple era-By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am-AUG 22,20-Today, 6:14 am
The most unusual gravesite in Jerusalem’s Protestant cemetery belongs to Sir Flinders Petrie, a famous British archeologist who proposed the idea — radical at the time — that you could date archeological layers based on pottery shards and ceramic artifacts.What makes his grave so special is the tombstone, which is split into two parts. Barely visible on the larger one is the name Flinders Petrie, who was born in 1853 and died in 1942. The small white stone next to it apparently represents his head: Petrie was super smart and believed that there was a correlation between intelligence and the size of one’s skull, so he willed his head to the Royal College of Surgeons in London.That would be strange enough. But there is an unusual end to this story. Because Petrie passed away at the height of World War II, there was a delay in transferring his head. Stored in a jar at what was, at the time, the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem (today the Albright Institute of Archeological Research), the head was later sent to London. There, the label fell off and remained unidentified for decades. It was only in 1989 that archeologist Shimon Gibson finally identified the skull as that of Flinders Petrie.Some of you may consider traipsing through the country’s cemeteries a rather gruesome hobby. But is it really? Israel’s modern history was written by many of the souls buried in its cemeteries. Like the Protestant Cemetery on Mount Zion, the final resting place for some of the country’s most prominent 19th and 20th century Christian figures. Also interred within are British policemen, soldiers and a Postmaster General.The gravestone of Flinders Petrie, a British archaeologist, in Jerusalem’s Mount Zion Protestant cemetery. (Shmuel Bar-Am)-Located on the grounds of the Jerusalem University College, also known as the Institute of Holy Land Studies, the cemetery stands on land purchased by Rev. Samuel Gobat in 1848. Gobat, Jerusalem’s Protestant Bishop at the time, later divided the land in two. That portion which was largest became the Bishop Gobat School, and was constructed atop Hasmonean stones over 2,000 years old. The school operated from 1853 until the War of Independence in 1948-Samuel Gobat in a print made c. 1886. (Public domain)-After the war, Mount Zion was located in Israeli territory and the Old City — adjacent to the mountain — on Jordanian land. Until the reunification of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day War, the buildings and grounds were occupied by the Israeli army.During those 19 years, a cable car from the Gobat Compound ran across the Hinnom Valley to the neighborhood of Yemin Moshe, transferring supplies to and from Mount Zion. Still visible on the grounds is one of the wheel cranks used to raise the cable at night, and to lower it into the valley during the day.Gobat’s robe, books and some of his personal effects, sent recently to Jerusalem, are in a glass display case inside the school. His tombstone — the most elaborate in the cemetery — includes not only a detailed inscription but his likeness as well.The Gobat Compound and cable, once used for a cable car, was established by Jerusalem’s Protestant bishop Rev. Samuel Gobat in 1948. (Shmuel Bar-Am)-Born in 1910, G. Douglas Young was born into a fundamentalist family and early on became one of Israel’s staunchest supporters. He was adamant in his attempts to counter anti-Semitism, and he hoped to foster good relations between Jews and Christians in Israel and all over the world. To that end, in 1976 he and his wife Georgina founded Bridges for Peace. The two are buried next to each other in the Protestant cemetery; the tombstones above their graves date back 2,000 years to the Herodian era.In 1957, Young founded the Institute for Holy Land Studies in order to give students the opportunity for live learning experiences in biblical history, historical geography, archaeology, Hebrew language, culture, and religion. The Institute, originally situated on the Street of the Prophets (HaNevi’im Street), moved to the Gobat Compound after it was vacated by the Israeli army in 1967.The graves of Douglas and Georgina Young, Christian philanthropists who fought anti-Semitism, in the Jerusalem Protestant cemetery. (Shmuel Bar-Am)-Charles Warren was a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers’ Corps in 1867 when the Palestine Exploration Fund sent him to the Holy Land to carry out excavations. Accompanying him were three soldiers, also from the corps. One of them, James Duncan, contracted malaria and died less than a year later in Jerusalem. He was interred in the Protestant cemetery, and on his tombstone his friends placed the stone leg of a pedestal table discovered during excavations and dating back to the Second Temple Period (516 BCE to 70 CE).The grave of James Duncan, a British Royal Engineer who died of malaria in the 1860s, with the stone leg of a pedestal table dating back to the Second Temple Period left by his compatriots. (Shmuel Bar-Am)-Also buried here is architect Paul Palmer, who designed a lovely two-story house for the head of the German Protestant community (today the Ort vocational school) in Jerusalem. His main claim to fame, however, is an intricate drawing of the 6th century mosaic Madeba map. Discovered in 1884 during renovations at a church in Madeba, Jordan, it covered the floor of a Byzantine church and is the only surviving ancient map of the Holy Land. Absolutely exquisite, it was created with over two million mosaic tiles.During the final years of the British Mandate in Palestine, its administrative and military nerve center was located in Jerusalem’s elegant King David Hotel. When the hotel was bombed by members of the Jewish Underground in 1946, over 90 people were killed in the blast. Among them was 20-year-old Constable Ronald Arthur Woodward, lying at rest in the Protestant Cemetery on Mount Zion.One modest tombstone is inscribed with the name of James Starkey, the first ever archeologist to excavate the Judean town of Lachish. It was his privilege to uncover the Lachish Letters — clay missives written during the Babylonian siege of the city in 596 BCE. Starkey was murdered by Arab assailants in 1936, while on his way to the inauguration of Jerusalem’s famous Rockefeller Museum.Excavated remains of the ancient Judean town of Lachish. (Shmuel Bar-Am)-A large cross tops the tombstone of German-born Johann Ludwig Schneller, a devout Lutheran missionary who came to Palestine intent on serving the local population. In 1855 he bought a plot of land in the wilderness outside of the Old City, and in 1860 designed and built a house there for his family.Soon afterwards, when thousands of Christians were massacred in Syria, Schneller dashed up north and brought back nine orphan boys. The population of what is known as the Syrian Orphanage quadrupled a year later, so additional buildings were added and the complex was surrounded with a large wall.All kinds of activities went on in the complex, which had a kitchen, school, clinic, workshops, bakery, printing press, and laundry. Schneller was determined that the children under his care would become productive members of society: nearly all remained until they turned 18 — and then left with a trade under their belts.The gravestone of Johann Ludwig Schneller, a German-born missionary who established an orphanage for Syrians in Jerusalem, in the Mount Zion Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem. (Shmuel Bar-Am)-Yet of all the 19th and early 20th century architects, missionaries and archaeologists lying at rest in the cemetery, it was, perhaps, Conrad Schick who had the most impact on Jerusalem. Trained as both missionary and craftsman, he made a living in the city, at first, by assembling and repairing cuckoo clocks.A self-taught architect, Schick designed some of the city’s most historic buildings, among them the Hansen Leper Hospital, the St. Paul Anglican Church, one wing of the former Bikur Holim Hospital, and his own, unique dwelling — Tabor House. He also planned Mea Shearim, one of the earliest Jewish neighborhoods outside the Old City walls.Although he never studied archaeology, he took part in some of the country’s most important excavations and published their findings. And although non-Muslims were generally not allowed on the Temple Mount, an exception was made for Schick. As a result he was able to build models of the Temple Mount, on display today at the city’s Schmidt School for Girls and in the Christ Church Heritage Center.Visitors that wander to the far end of the cemetery, or a bit to the side, discover that the Gobat compound was built on an archaeological treasure house. Indeed, during construction of the original buildings, part of the Jerusalem wall dating back to the Second Temple period was uncovered. Fairly recent excavations revealed both a mikveh (Jewish ritual bath) and a tomb from that same era. Looking down from the edge of the cemetery all kinds of artifacts come into view. What an incredibly appropriate site for an institution whose website invites students to “Read the Land, See the Text, Live the Book!”—Aviva Bar-Am is the author of seven English-language guides to Israel. Shmuel Bar-Am is a licensed tour guide who provides private, customized tours in Israel for individuals, families and small groups.
THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week:(7 YEARS) and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-2321 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 33:8
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED
GENESIS 25:20-26
20 And Isaac was forty years old (A BIBLE GENERATION NUMBER=1967 + 40=2007+) when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children (2 NATIONS IN HER-ISRAEL-ARABS) struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;(ISRAEL AND THE ARABS) and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;(ISRAEL STRONGER THAN ARABS) and the elder shall serve the younger.(LITERALLY ISRAEL THE YOUNGER RULES (ISSAC)(JACOB-LATER NAME CHANGED TO ISRAEL) OVER THE OLDER ARABS (ISHMAEL)(ESAU)
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.(THE OLDER AN ARAB)
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob:(THE YOUNGER-ISRAELI) and Isaac was threescore (60) years old when she bare them.(1967 + 60=2027)(COULD BE THE LAST GENERATION WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AMOUNG THE 2 TWINS)(THE 2 TWINS WANT JERUSALEM-THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM TODAY)(AND WHOS IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM TODAY-THE YOUNGER ISSAC-JACOB-ISRAEL)(AND WHO WANTS JERUSALEM DIVIDED-THE OLDER,ESAU-ISHMAEL (THE ARABS)
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)
IAEA chief to make 1st Iran trip, seeking more access to nuclear sites-Focus will be on sites thought to be from early 2000s, before Iran signed the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which Tehran says IAEA inspectors have no legal basis to inspect-By David Rising-AUG 21,20-Today, 3:59 pm
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the UN’s atomic watchdog agency will head to Tehran next week to press Iranian authorities for access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material, the organization said Saturday.It will be the first visit to Iran of International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi since he took office last December, and comes amid intense international pressure on the country over its nuclear program.The focus will be on access to sites thought to be from the early 2000s, before Iran signed the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Iran maintains the IAEA inspectors have no legal basis to inspect the sites.“My objective is that my meetings in Tehran will lead to concrete progress in addressing the outstanding questions that the agency has related to safeguards in Iran and, in particular, to resolve the issue of access,” Grossi said in a statement.Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria on March 9, 2019. (Joe Klamar/AFP)-“I also hope to establish a fruitful and cooperative channel of direct dialogue with the Iranian government which will be valuable now and in the future.”The Iranian delegation to international organizations in Vienna tweeted that “we hope this visit will lead to reinforced mutual cooperation.”Since US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled the US out of the nuclear deal with Iran in 2018, the other countries involved — France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China — have been struggling to keep it alive.The deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, promises Iran economic incentives in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program. But with the reinstatement of some American sanctions, Iran’s economy has been steadily deteriorating and Tehran has begun violating provisions of the agreement to try to pressure the other countries to do more to offset those sanctions.At the same time, Iran has continued to provide IAEA inspectors with access to its nuclear facilities — one of the major reasons the countries still party to the agreement stress it’s important to keep it alive.Last week, the US ratcheted up the pressure, officially informing the United Nations it was demanding the restoration of all UN sanctions on Iran, arguing that Iran is in non-compliance and invoking a provision of the nuclear deal to “snap back” even more sanctions.Members of the UN Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters on the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, July 20, 2015. (AP/Seth Wenig, File)-Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, who often disagree, all declared the US action illegal, arguing it is impossible to withdraw from a deal and then use the resolution that endorsed it to re-impose sanctions.Iran has also rejected the move, but the US has stuck to its guns, declaring that a 30-day countdown for the snapback of penalties eased after the 2015 deal was signed had begun.The five nations and Iran are due to meet in Vienna on Sept. 1.
SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.
GENESIS 1:5,145 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
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)
REVELATION 16:21 80-120LB HAIL ON HUMANS
21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent:(80-120 LBS) and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
SUV-sized asteroid makes surprising record-close flyby of Earth-[The Weather Network]-Scott Sutherland-August 21, 2020
Earth had a close call this week. A small asteroid swept past us on Sunday, and although it was a clean miss, it was also the closest asteroid approach on record.Asteroids fly near Earth all the time. They're everywhere around. They orbit the Sun along with us, with some just buzzing past and others crossing our path through space.Space is huge, though. Far more often than not, these asteroids miss us entirely. Also, for most 'encounters' that catch our attention, involving the larger asteroids, their closest approach is measured in the millions of kilometres. So for practical purposes, they never truly get close to us.Once in a while, though, an asteroid gets much, much closer. As of Sunday, August 16, we've now seen our closest asteroid flyby on record.This illustration shows asteroid 2020 QG's trajectory bending during its close approach to Earth. The asteroid is the closest known nonimpacting asteroid ever detected. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.Approaching from the Sun's direction, asteroid 2020 QG passed by Earth at a distance of just 2,950 kilometres above the surface. Estimated at between 3 and 6 metres across, it was too small to pose a threat to anyone on the ground. However, the asteroid was only detected at around the same moment it made its closest approach. There was no warning of its approach at all.This wasn't a failure of the surveys that are in place to detect these asteroids, though. Telescopic surveys need dark skies to spot asteroids. When an asteroid approaches Earth from the direction of the Sun, telescopes have no chance of seeing it until after it has passed by.Asteroid 2020 QG (circled) as captured by the Zwicky Transient Facility, as it flew past Earth on Sunday, Aug. 16 at 12:08 a.m. EDT. Credit: ZTF/Caltech Optical Observatories"It's quite an accomplishment to find these tiny close-in asteroids in the first place, because they pass by so fast," Paul Chodas, director of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), said in a statement. "There's typically only a short window of a couple of days before or after close approach when this small of an asteroid is close enough to Earth to be bright enough but not so close that it moves too fast in the sky to be detected by a telescope."The now-famous Chelyabinsk asteroid, which exploded over Russia on February 15, 2013, is another example of a space rock that came at us undetected. It also approached us from the direction of the Sun. That event turned out far differently than this one, however, just based on lucky timing.According to NASA, if 2020 QG had impacted Earth, it would have become a fireball as it broke up in the atmosphere. While pieces of it would have indeed reached the ground, it did not pose a significant threat to people or property. NASA says that impacts like this happen several times each year.This map shows all of the significant fireballs on record from 1988 to 2020. The highlighted event is the most recent in the records, which occurred on August 2, 2020, high above the south Atlantic Ocean. The large red circle represents the February 15, 2013, Chelyabinsk bolide explosion. Credit: NASA CNEOS/Alan B. Chamberlain (JPL/Caltech)-NEVER COMING BACK-We may have only just found this tiny asteroid, but it appears as though we're not likely going to see it ever again."It's really cool to see a small asteroid come by this close, because we can see the Earth's gravity dramatically bend its trajectory," Chodas said. "Our calculations show that this asteroid got turned by 45 degrees or so as it swung by our planet."With this change in the asteroid's trajectory, it appears this will be the very last time we will see 2020 QG. According to NASA, its next 'close' approach will be in May of 2028, but at a distance of over 45 million kilometres. For reference, that's around four-fifths of the closest distance to the planet Mars! So, it's very likely we'll never see this asteroid again.Sources: NASA | NASA CNEOS | NASA CNEOS
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,(DAY LIGHT HOURS 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.
Weinstein seeks to pursue arbitration over firing-[The Canadian Press]-Randall Chase-August 21, 2020
DOVER, Del. — Disgraced Hollywood film mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein is asking a bankruptcy judge in Delaware to allow him to pursue arbitration in New York over what he claims is his wrongful termination from the company he co-founded.An attorney for Weinstein submitted a court filing this week asking the judge who is presiding over The Weinstein Co. bankruptcy to lift the automatic stay that halts outside legal proceedings involving Chapter 11 debtors so he can pursue the arbitration case he filed in 2017.“Newly discovered information and facts, gleaned during the course of investigation and discovery in collateral matters, have yielded evidence that corroborates the wrongful termination claim that is subject of the arbitration,” Weinstein attorney Julia Klein wrote.Klein also said there has been no wilful delay in seeking to lift the bankruptcy stay in order to proceed with the arbitration.“Movant has been involved in one of the most publicized criminal proceedings in recent history, after which he was convicted and sentenced to a term of incarceration of 23 years, and is also defending against numerous civil claims, while facing additional prosecution in California,” she noted. “All while movant has suffered from increasing ill health and medical issues.”The Weinstein Co. sought bankruptcy protection in March 2018 amid a sexual misconduct scandal that brought down Weinstein and triggered a nationwide movement to address predatory sexual behaviour and harassment in the workplace. Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison earlier this year after being convicted in New York of rape and sexual assault.Prosecutors in Los Angeles are seeking his extradition to California to face charges of raping a woman and sexually assaulting another in 2013.According to Wednesday’s court filing, Weinstein in 2015 entered into an employment agreement with The Weinstein Co. that includes a provision requiring binding arbitration in New York for any dispute between the parties, including claims for discrimination and for violation of any federal, state or local law.The company fired Weinstein in October 2017 just days after The New York Times published a story detailing decades of sexual harassment allegations made against him by actresses and employees. Weinstein filed an arbitration demand two weeks later, asserting violations of the employment agreement and related state law claims.The future of the bankruptcy case remains up in the air following a decision by a federal judge in New York last month to reject a proposed $19 million settlement between Weinstein and some of his accusers. Lawyers for several other alleged victims had opposed the deal, which also would have required approval by the bankruptcy court.The proposed settlement amount was included in a plan proposed in the bankruptcy case to create a $46.8 million fund to settle claims against Weinstein and other company officials and to cover their defence costs.Attorneys for two women who have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually assaulted by Weinstein have asked the bankruptcy judge to convert the Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation. Doing so would reduce the amount of money going to professionals and allow a trustee to pursue civil claims on behalf of the bankruptcy estate against Weinstein and other company officials, they argue.Attorneys for the company and the official committee of unsecured creditors have asked the judge to give them until Aug. 31 to try to negotiate a revised plan that would eliminate class action treatment of sexual misconduct claims and would be overseen exclusively by the bankruptcy court, with no involvement by the New York district court.Attorneys for the two women contend that any revised bankruptcy plan would still be dictated and funded by self-interested insurance companies who are not fiduciaries of the bankruptcy estate and not working in the best interests of Weinstein’s victims.“A threshold issue, therefore, is whether the insurance companies will be permitted to rent this court, with the debtors and committee acting as their proxies, and have this court invoke its most robust powers and jurisdiction, to silence forever victims of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment,” they wrote in a recent court filing.A hearing in the case is scheduled for Sept. 2.Randall Chase, The Associated Press.
